Website accessibility and ADA compliance is of utmost importance for ecommerce websites. Having an ADA compliant website could significantly increase your web traffic and boost your SEO efforts allowing you to reach a wider audience. Allowing potential customers to have...
If you’ve heard of the WCAG, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, you may also know the name Sir Tim Berners Lee because he invented the World Wide Web in 1989 and is the director of W3C. The World Wide Web Consortium...
A majority of people in the world today live their lives and conduct business online every day. It’s important as a business owner for your website to function in the way it’s meant to for all the types of users...
Under Title III of the American Disability Act (ADA), there must be no discrimination against people living with a disability at places of public accommodations. That includes premises that are open to the public, such as schools, restaurants, office buildings,...
Companies who want to promote brand awareness and reach out to a larger consumer base must factor in web accessibility guidelines as a key part of their marketing strategy. People with disabilities deserve inclusion in public forums such as the...
For most nonprofit organizations, web accessibility is becoming an essential facet in developing their sites. This undertaking allows persons with a disability to use the organization’s services online. As well as, the chance to use the internet in the...
Web accessibility affects everyone. Take this example for instance. You’re web browsing on your phone when you notice that after tapping on the site, all the tiny font is impossible to read. You end up having to zoom in...
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) update 2.1 includes important recommendations for improving web accessibility. WCAG 2.1 does not replace WCAG 2.0 but rather amends it to include considerations of new criteria. These amendments aim to build upon the...
We'll Likely All Need Accommodation at Some Point At some time, most of the human population will probably rely on accessibility basics in order to perform basic tasks-- and yes, searching the web and interacting with online marketing...
Equal access to all Internet users, regardless of whether they have a disability, has been a divisive issue since the advent of the World Wide Web. Accessibility-related litigation has exploded in recent years, and it looks like that trend will...