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Web Developement – unseen benefits of compliance

Wanna know why my personal web developer site is so high when searching for ‘cheshire web developer’ in Google, Bing, Yahoo, plus many more?
No.1 on yahoo.com when searching for the generic term ‘web developer’ and selecting results ‘from the web’.
Probably not, but here goes:
When I decided to rebuild my site, I considered SEO right from [...]

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Usability, accessibility and screenreaders

This video from the University of Arkansas shows why descriptive text rather than ‘click here’ should be used for links and how skip navigation can improve user experience.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQpNYDvQ010&hl=en&fs=1]

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Practice What You Preach!

Morning,

It is one thing that I put hints and tips on this blog for all to see. But, if I do not actually follow my own advice, it makes me look like a hypocrit.

So, a few weeks ago, I took a good look at my own personal website and found it wanting in the areas [...]

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