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How long a title tag and meta description should be
Why Google cuts titles and descriptions by pixel width rather than characters, the lengths that usually fit on desktop and mobile, what to put first, and when Google rewrites them anyway.
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How many words is a five-minute speech?
Typical speaking rates for speeches, presentations, podcasts and voiceovers, how to turn a time limit into a word count and back, and why your own pace matters more than the averages.
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Choosing a username or gamertag you will not regret in five years
What makes a handle easy to remember, available across platforms and still comfortable years later, the shapes most good usernames take, and the mistakes worth avoiding.
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Writing a tagline that sticks, and the five shapes most of them take
Most memorable taglines follow one of a handful of patterns. Here is what they are, how to test a tagline before you print it, and where a generator helps.
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Old Norse names, patronymics and bynames for fiction and games
How Viking Age names were actually built, from two-part given names to -son and -dóttir patronymics and bynames like Eirik the Red, so your Norse characters sound right.
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