[Sigia-l] microcontent - a definition?

[Joy Schwarz]

Hi Eric -

Marion Walton defines it as, "... the short bits of text which carry
disproportionate weight on a website."
<http://www.writing.uct.ac.za/user/writing5.htm>

Joy Schwarz
Web Librarian
Winnefox Library System
106 Washington Avenue
Oshkosh, WI  54901-4985

Eric Scheid said:
>
> Does anyone have handy a concise definition of the term "microcontent"?
>
> I know what sorts of things are microcontent -- subject lines, link
> titles,
> page headlines, domain names, etc -- but I don't have a decent definition.
>
> Curiously, Jakob's seminal AlertBox [1] on Microcontent doesn't even offer
> up a definition. WordSpy and WhatIs also lets me down.
>
> [1] http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980906.html