The Associated Press Stylebook is like the Holy Bible for newspaper reporters and copy editors. Every so often, the AP comes up with changes to well-established style rules.

Ten years ago, for example, the word online was hyphenated, "on-line." This changed as the word became more common in the English language due to the popularity of the Internet.

This week, AP is changing the way it refers to pages on the World Wide Web. It used to be "Web site," (two words, capital "W" for Web) but will now become "website" (one word, no capitalization).

Perhaps this seems more natural to some, since most people write about websites this way. For us here in the newsroom, however, it will take some time getting used to.