Every day, websites and mobile apps prevent people from using them. Ignoring accessibility is no longer a viable option. How do you prevent your company from being a target for a website accessibility ADA lawsuit? Guidelines for websites wanting to be accessible to people with disabilities have existed for nearly two decades thanks to the […]
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It’s never too late to start making a difference. Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. What exactly does that mean? To the average person, not too much. To the average business, quite a bit. Over the past three years, an unprecedented number of federal website accessibility lawsuits have been filed against non-compliant organizations. While this
Website accessibility is about much more than due diligence and ‘doing the right thing’ – it can seriously boost your bottom line. The web is a democratic space that’s built on principles of inclusivity and it stands to reason that access to a bigger market is good for business. However, you might be surprised to
When we talk about digital accessibility as marketers, we’re talking about the intentional creation of an experience that can be accessed by as many people as possible. Designing for digital accessibility means many things. It means designing for individuals with sensory or cognitive impairments. It means designing for people with physical limitations. It means designing
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Practically everyone knows user experience (UX) is an important consideration when creating a website or app. No one wants to use an unintuitive app with a terrible user interface (UI).
Many experienced search marketers added usability testing to their site audits. Still, they may be unprepared when they learn of clients facing ADA website accessibility lawsuits. Where do they find accessibility resources and testing tools? Why should marketers care about website accessibility? Who is responsible for the accessibility of websites and apps? “When we say
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MIAMI, March 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In the age of technology, website accessibility is as critical a feature and has the ability to expand your company’s market. As part of a continued commitment to guide companies in self-promotion, online marketing agency, fishbat, explains the importance of increasing the accessibility of your company’s website. What is Website
In the spring of 2009, I wrote a 4-part series on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, version 2.0, which had just been published. Those guidelines were a major update to the international standards for website accessibility. After nearly 10 years, the publication is still useful, thanks to a dedicated effort by the World Wide Web
As website owners and creators, it’s our shared responsibility to make sure that our websites are accessible to all users including people with disabilities. A person with a disability should be able to understand and interact with most of the content on your website. Compared to physical content, the web has made it increasingly easy for
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The U.S. Department of Justice has not issued regulations on website accessibility. But U.S. courts have consistently ruled that the Americans with Disabilities Act requires commercial websites to be accessible for disabled users. On December 26, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice published a notice for web accessibility. The notice, like many governmental documents, was
