iLG is how many people are abbreviating iLearningGlobal.

However, is it smart?

If you are writing on the web and you are using iLG to cut the number of letters you need to type, do not do it.  People that are interested in iLearningGlobal have not grown accustom to using iLG and they are definitely not going to be searching on iLG.

Using iLG will make it harder for people to find your information.  Using iLG will also make your information harder to read if someone is not familiar yet with the iLearning Global opportunity.

Imagine someone refers to your article and in the article you say, “iLG is a great training resource…”

  • People reading RSS may see it but not click on it because they do not know what iLG means.
  • People quoting you will use a part of your article but not all of it, and their readers will not know what iLG means.
  • Search engine results show the text around the search term, and if iLG shows up instead of iLearningGlobal, your site will seem technical and be less likely to get clicks.

Trust me, you get used to writing out iLearningGlobal, iLearning Global, iLearningGlobal.tv, etc - there is no need to shorten it to iLG