If you have a URL at the end of a sentence, don’t put a full stop after it. You’ll only confuse people.
You probably shouldn’t be writing out URLs on a web page anyway. Rather than writing: “Visit the text-centric website at www.text-centric.com“, you should create a text link e.g. “Visit the text-centric website.”
I avoid using semi colons when writing online. They’re too easily mistaken for colons. According to Strunk & White, the proper use of a semi colon is to join two independent clauses into a compound sentence e.g. “It’s nearly midnight; the restaurants will probably be closed.”
On the web you’re better off using a full stop (period for my US readers) or an em-dash (long hyphen) e.g. “It’s nearly midnight. The restaurants will probably be closed.” or “It’s nearly midnight – the restaurants will probably be closed.”
Charles Cuninghame – Freelance Copywriter
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