SEO & ADA Compliance

SEO and ADA Compliance are imperative for websites nowadays.  Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) can help you rank higher in search engine’s ‘organic search’ (search results that aren’t paid for).  I Heart Blank, LLC believes that search engines want you to be on top (ask us about it), and there are certain ‘rules’ that help search engines effectively ‘index’ your site for search results.  ADA Compliance and accessibility are a commonplace on websites nowadays.  While ADA Compliance can help with your organic search rankings, they are also important for people with disabilities to effectively ‘read’ or ‘see’ your website.

Search Engine Optimization and Integration has become an important part of any small business’ online marketing strategy.  There are a lot of tips and tricks we can do to get your site to the top of the list in Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask and many other search engines.  Your page titles, meta-tags and linked content can help to boost your organic search engine results.  Having a Facebook or Twitter account can also help you to reach optimal Search Engine Optimization.  Unfortunately, sometimes SEO submissions can take a little bit of time to show up.  Because search engines are consistently trying to give you the best search results so they are constantly changing their algorithms.

Accessibility is now common place in websites.  One in four adults (in the US) have a disability including visual, auditory, motor and cognitive disabilities.  Accessibility on your website not only helps with your SEO, but it is also makes your website inclusive to people with disabilities.  I Heart Blank strives for WCAG AA & AAA compliance when creating websites.  If you’d like to learn more about web accessibility, WebAIM has a great article titled, “Introduction to Web Accessibility.”  Below are some of the ways that I Heart Blank will help make your new website ADA Compliant.