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- | **Acessibility** Websites are legally bound to make their content accessible to readers with disabilities. This includes design points such as using the right contrast for legibility but also sub's additions of image alt text on pictures that will be read out the visually impaired or dyslexic, for example. Find the W3C checklist here: [[http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/full-checklist.html]] | + | **Accessibility** Websites are legally bound to make their content accessible to readers with disabilities. This includes design points such as using the right contrast for legibility but also sub's additions of image alt text on pictures that will be read out the visually impaired or dyslexic, for example. Find the W3C checklist here: [[http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/full-checklist.html]] |
**[[http://www.ask500people.com|Ask 500 People]]** A useful crowdsourcing tool for global surveys. | **[[http://www.ask500people.com|Ask 500 People]]** A useful crowdsourcing tool for global surveys. | ||
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- | **Links** Linking out is sometimes frowned upon as sending traffic away but statistics suggest that there is a strong relationship between external links and receiving a boost to your incoming links. Publish only internal links and risk readers seeing your site as a dead end. Read [[http://www.seoco.co.uk/blog/2008/07/16/how-good-is-the-mainstream-media-at-linking-out|some more thoughts on linking out]]. Be consistent in your linking policy and be sure to check where your outbound links go. Even if web pages that you link to look fine, the site they are part of may contain inappropriate material which could offend your audience. | + | **Links** Linking out is sometimes frowned upon as sending traffic away but statistics suggest that there is a strong relationship between external links and receiving a boost to your incoming links. Publish only internal links and risk readers seeing your site as a dead end. Read [[http://www.seoco.co.uk/blog/2008/07/16/how-good-is-the-mainstream-media-at-linking-out|some more thoughts on linking out]]. Be consistent in your linking policy and be sure to check where your outbound links go. Even if web pages that you link to look fine, the site they are part of may contain inappropriate or libellous material which could offend your audience or be illegal. |
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