Accessibility

We specialise in the development of advanced web sites, which meet DDA, W3C and Bobby standards. Approximately 8.5 million (one in seven) people in the UK have a disability which could hamper their ability to use the internet. This is an issue that cannot be ignored, aside from the legal implications, can your business really afford to turn away a potential 14% of your visitors through failure to meet current standards? Not only can Visualsoft save your business from legal embarrassment, we can help maximise your earning potential.

All Visualsoft web projects are built to comply W3C coding standards. Code which is optimised to meet W3C standards is much leaner which results in smaller file sizes, which speeds up visitor download times, shaves down bandwidth usage and can also help with search engine optimisation. The nature of W3C standard web sites can have a positive effect on search engine rankings. By reducing the ratio of code to content, search engine spiders (online Robots which help determine your ranking) will find your web site much easier to digest. Another major advantage is the improvements over cross browser compatibility. Using traditional design techniques, it is an almost impossible task to create a site which works well over a variety of web browsers.

What all this means, is that your online presence is open to a much wider audience. If your web site is not W3C or DDA compliant, you are shutting out possibly thousands of potential customers. By maximising your audience, you will maximise your income.

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