Writing for the Web › HTML Understanding the reader profiles of your readers is an important process,and the best copy usually results from extensive time spent figuring out youraudience.Tailoring your copy to your audience does not necessarily limit you to onepersona. Digital copy can be structured in such a way that it caters for severalpersonas. However, you need to spend time understanding their needs beforeyou are able to write copy that addresses these needs. 5.4 HTMLHTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, and it’s the foundation ofdocuments on the web. HTML tags tell browsers how to present content. HTMLtags are in the brackets that look like arrows: < >A good digital copywriter will also be able to use basic HTML to layout copy,knowing that it is the appearance of the page that will get his words read. Itshould be easy for users to skip and skim the copy, and it should be easy forthem to find the parts that are most relevant to them.When writing online copy, you can use an HTML editor, where you insert thetags yourself, or a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editor which worksin a similar way to a word processor.Figure 5.1 An example of a WYSIWYG editor. WYSIWYG Builder 6.5.1 119