The whole world of spam is an accessibility nightmare. The concept behind web accessibility is to ensure that users can access the complete functionality of your web site — but how do you cope with the fact that spambots will happily take advantage of any hole you leave? Comment forms, contact pages, email addresses and enrollment forms. …
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Spam vs. Accessibility
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Speaking on Web Accessibility
http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2008/06/speaking-on-web-accessibility/Giving a talk is an interesting experience. In this case, with a time limit of 15 minutes, the biggest challenge was figuring out what I had time to cover. With a subject like web accessibility, I firmly believe that every aspect is critical — anything I leave out is something that somebody needs to know. …
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Looking for Translations
http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2008/06/looking-for-translations/Looking for Translations I’m looking for people to provide alternate language translations for my Color Contrast Tester. I’ve already got people offering to provide Italian and German language files, but once you’ve gone that far…why not keep going? If anybody reading this can provide additional translations, let me know in the comments — I’ll respond privately to make arrangements. …
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Some links for light reading (2/7/08)
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/07/02/some-links-182/Integrating Social Media into a Web Content Strategy Enterprise CMSes vs. Blog CMSes Make government data freely available Reduce Bounce Rates: Fight for the Second Click CSS Positioning Properties At-A-Glance Guide FancyZoom 1.1 Spam vs. Accessibility html vs css pt3/heading headaches Is Email In Danger? CSS Nesting Specifics - When CSS Misbehaves SWF searchability FAQ Improved Flash indexing
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Search Engine Friendly Web Design Services | Van SEO Design
http://www.vanseodesign.comwill and you can use the file to manage access to your site. Sometimes no matter how careful we are visitors to our sites can lose their way. What’s a 404 to do? How to Build a Useful Site How to Create a Directory Structure Search Engines Rock To Spam vs. Accessibility Do link spammers leave footprints? Managing Robot’s Access To Your Website What’s a 404 to Do?
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Father Knows Best When It Comes To Links - This Month In SEO - 6/08 | TheVanBlog | Van SEO Design
http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/this-month-in-seo/tmseo-608will and you can use the file to manage access to your site. Sometimes no matter how careful we are visitors to our sites can lose their way. What’s a 404 to do? How to Build a Useful Site How to Create a Directory Structure Search Engines Rock To Spam vs. Accessibility Do link spammers leave footprints? Managing Robot’s Access To Your Website What’s a 404 to Do?
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TheVanBlog | Van SEO Design
http://www.vanseodesign.com/blogwill and you can use the file to manage access to your site. Sometimes no matter how careful we are visitors to our sites can lose their way. What’s a 404 to do? How to Build a Useful Site How to Create a Directory Structure Search Engines Rock To Spam vs. Accessibility Do link spammers leave footprints? Managing Robot’s Access To Your Website What’s a 404 to Do?
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Web Axe - Practical Web Design Accessibility Tips - Podcast and Blog
http://webaxe.blogspot.comNews & EventsRefresh Detroit meeting April 23 (demo night) Accessible Online Learning Accessible Data Visualization with Web StandardsGuide to semantic use of HTML elements / Why use semantic XHTML Everything I know about accessibility I learned from Star Wars (MP3) (Derek Featherstone at SXSW)
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links for 2008-06-25
http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2008/06/links_for_20080625...Spam vs. Accessibility - Joe Dolson Accessible Web Design
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Accessibility, Usability, Findability & SEO
http://www.aimclearblog.com/2008/06/19/accessibility-usabili...you need in order to do this is available to you through analytics, you simply need to understand and interpret that information in the right way. Use this knowledge to satisfy the needs of your users. Next we heard from Joseph C. Dolson, a Web Design Consultant, who spoke on the topic of accessibility and SEO, and who reminded us of the importance of ensuring that people with limitations are able to access your website and its content. Universal navigation is the method by which non-visual, non- mouse using
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Search Engine Strategies 2008 Update - Day 2
http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/blog/2008/06/19/search-engi...that it might be an accessibility issue. His theory was that I was still getting the clicks but perhaps the pages weren’t loading properly and therefore the hits weren’t being recorded. Lucky for me a speaker at the next seminar was Joe Dolson, a Web Design Consultant, and an accessibility expert. On the break I checked out my site on Browsershots.org. Browsershots (one of Ken Jurina’s tool suggestions) let’s you see what your website looks like in all the various browsers. I submitted my site and it looked fine
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Why Your Business Needs a Blog
http://www.1955design.com/2008/06/13/why-your-business-needs...Accessites Beast Blog Joe Dolson Lireo Design Stoney Creek Design
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Web Worker Daily - GigaOm praises the Mobile Web Book
http://www.mehtanirav.com/2008/06/13/web-worker-daily-gigaom...The gist of the book is to help you create mobile-friendly sites and mobile-ready apps.” That’s pretty good! Thanks Aliza for your affirmation on the value of the book! And while on the topic, I must not forget the excellent review Joe Dolson did a while ago. Joe said: My overall reaction to this book was positive. It covers a wide variety of key issues for mobile web programming in an easily understood manner. Mehta goes out of his way on many occasions to emphasize the serious importance of
24 days ago in Nirav Mehta on life, technology and future — Entrepreneur Geek by mehtanirav · Authority: 44
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