ACCESSIBILITY INFO COVERING W3C WEB COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE ON WEBSITE VALIDATION INFORMATION.
ACCESSIBILITY INFO COVERS W3C, W3C CSS, FEDERAL SECTION 508 WEB PAGE VALIDATION, COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE INFORMATION OPENING THE WEB UP FOR ALL.
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Accessibility and Validation using the W3C standards is the must have in the 21st century of website building, design and Search Engine Optimization (Optimisation).
Accessibility and Validation goes hand in hand with each other, please let us try and explain most websites don't have either Validation or Accessibility about 15% of all websites carry Validations and its estimated that there are only 5% of the worlds webmasters have both Validation and Accessibility Validated websites this means almost 80% of all web sites are in danger of dropping right out of the worlds top search engines in the non to distant future.
We hear you ask what is the benefits of having a fully Validated website?
No one is saying this is easy and its true even the experts sometimes find it hard to validate certain web pages but its just an other important learning curve in the mad world of website design and optimization (SEO).
Most of the websites today are so littered with errors and Accessibility "correctable" problems its a small wonder they open at all!
For example there are many websites on the web that have as many as 1500+ errors on a single web page website now this may at first seem ok to the web designer but it also means he is very lucky they even see there website on the browser of choice, because there are so many browsers out there the chances of this website being seen on all other browsers is slim which means your website may be on a search engine but that's no guarantee the visitor will see your website in there old style browser and please remember at least 70% of worldwide internet/pc users are still on Windows 98!
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What ever you do after you leave this site please remember all the above title and description as it will become vital to your websites survival in the future.
It won't be very long that you will see some very big name websites simply dropping off the Search Engines due to the fact their respective website owners completely overlooked the need to provide proper Web Accessibility and Coupled with website Validation.
The reason this standard is so important to reach are as follows, the World Wide Consortium are the God Fathers of the Internet these are the men and women that started the internet and they are the overseers to it!
The Consortium is made up of all Search Engines, Big Business interests, Top HTML Coders and many, many more.
What is the Purpose?
The purpose of good website design using the guidance laid down by W3C notes is primary for ACCESSIBILITY for all and mostly for the very Disabled members of our communities.
WAI develops...
* guidelines widely regarded as the international standard for Web accessibility
* support materials to help understand and implement Web accessibility
* resources, through international collaboration
WAI welcomes...
* participation from around the world
* volunteers to review, implement, and promote guidelines
* dedicated participants in working groups
source - w3c.org
Let Us Explain.
A company that wishes to use a web design company without these validation skills runs the risk of their website budget going down the pan this because there are so many web browsers out there that so many people use is incredible but if the validation standards of W3c are implemented properly then your website will be seen by all your website visitors and look extremely professional.
At Domain holdings / Aberdeen Website Design, we think this concept of full website access is so important we as a company provide validation on all sites we work on as standard and forms part of our services, Free of Charge.
Where would you start?
Lets say we at Aberdeen Website Design has convinced you that Accessibility and Validation is indeed the future of the internet, where would one start?
This is not as daunting a task as you may think there are many places you can go, one of the best places to start is by going to the excellent W3c sites you can get there by clicking the W3c sites icon above and comparing your websites source code with the outstanding validated websites on offer and work out the differences in each others HTML source codes.
W3c.org has a vast data base of Accessibility and Validation material to read through first port of call on the site is the HTML Validation info and then on to the CSS section if it applies to the type of website software you use.
PLEASE REMEMBER.
All though there are great looking Validated websites out there beautiful is not everything in the world of website design, first a site must be functional and designed for the purpose in other words Validation and Accessibility is all don't let class website design put you off, the better you understand the HTML code the better the website designer you will become come and not forgetting a validated website will open in every known browser thus increasing your websites traffic.
Please follow this link for a better understanding to Section 508 and some free tools.
This should be enough information to get you webmasters interested without information over load, we at Aberdeen Website Design and Domain Holdings wish you well and hope you become one of the great Validation and Accessibility experts on the W3csites.com.
GOOD LUCK!
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