The more that people learn about website accessibility, the better it is for everyone. Accessible websites:
- Improve search engine results. Search engines read the source code (like screen readers do), and clean code improves your ranking.
- Reduce maintenance costs. The cleaner the code, the easier it is to maintain the site and make future updates.
- Increase profits. If your costs go down and if more people can use your site to make purchases, your profits have to go up.
Today people get their information by using desktops (with one or more monitors), laptops, netbooks, tablets, smartphones, e-readers, and more. No matter what device they use, they all have one thing in common: they want to find the information they are looking for. By creating websites that are accessible, we make it easier for people to find that information.
During this session, we’ll provide some easy-to-remember ways that you can use to improve the accessibility of your website, but that won’t take a lot of effort on your part.