Using capital letters in blog post titles

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by Ryan6, May 8, 2009.

  1. #1
    Just curious, being fussy and all...

    Say you wrote a blog post in either of the two methods...

    1- A Review of the Mcdonald's Company
    2- A review of the Mcdonald's company


    Which one is the correct way to go about it? Should we over-compensate our capital letters? I would have thought that option 2 would be the best solution, but then again, some bloggers would argue that you should capitalise all of the "important" words. Elsewhere, I heard that you should just add capitals when they are only needed, i.e. Mcdonald's being a brand name and the capital letter at the very start of the sentence. Then you would add bold text in such headings.

    Some would even compose the post as...
    3- A Review Of The Mcdonald's Company

    Don't really like this option at all. I know this is being pedantic, but I just wonder if any bloggers use a particular style over another? Or is this being too fussy?

    Cheers.
     
    Ryan6, May 8, 2009 IP
  2. Gavenecko

    Gavenecko Member

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    #2
    I capitalize all words except for small words and articles. For example:

    "A Review of the McDonald's Company"
     
    Gavenecko, May 8, 2009 IP
  3. Gavenecko

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    Oh, and I had a client who was EXTREMELY anal about titles. I had to capitalize everything and it had to be less than 100 characters.
     
    Gavenecko, May 8, 2009 IP
  4. pipes

    pipes Prominent Member

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    #4
    I always go for the third one for my blog titles.
     
    pipes, May 9, 2009 IP
  5. hmansfield

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    I do number 1, but it is a little fussy. I don't wee where one or the other is going to make much of a difference.
     
    hmansfield, May 9, 2009 IP
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    #6
    In general, I use the #1 technique
     
    dfourss, May 11, 2009 IP
  7. LennyP

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    The proper form for a title is to capitalize all but the connective words. That would be #1.
     
    LennyP, May 12, 2009 IP