Glossary: how to make one

[slava75]

I run a niche website and need to make a glossary for it. What are my options?

Can I collect entries from few glossaries available online?
Or can I use some offline resources?
Or should I make it myself writing all descriptions?

Does anyone have experience of that? What is common practice?

Thank you.

[mad4]

It depends on whether you want it to be searchable or if you are happy with a static html page. As long as you are not using hundreds of words then just one page will be fine. I created a mobile phone glossary (http://www.mad4mobilephones.com/mobilephoneglossary.php3) just on one page.

[slava75]

No, you did not get me. I talk about content, not page design.

[mad4]

If you want maximum seo benefit you need to write the content yourself. Copying it from elsewhere will probably end up with a duplicate content penalty.

[adpd]

Agreed. It is best to write it yourself; original content is important.

I would also suggest breaking the pages up if the word count starts getting high.