120 Billionth time viewed post
In this post I am going reveal some facts about prospective 120 billion hits for your website therefore user attention is required and my apologies if you find any grammatical mistakes.
First let me ask you one question. Is you website accessible ? I.e. is your website capable of providing information to people with disabilities ? If not then your are loosing potential traffic for your website.
According to Robin Christopherson ( Blind ), AbilityNet’s Web Consultancy Manager
“In the UK there are around 1.6 million registered blind people, 1.5 million with cognitive difficulties, six million with dyslexia and a further 3.4 million who have some problem making use of a standard computer difficult or impossible. In addition there is an increasing number of elderly ‘silver surfers’ with failing eyesight or arthritis. These potential internet users represent a spending power in excess of £120 billion. The arguments are compelling, whether from a moral, legislative or commercial perspective, suppliers of goods, services and information on the internet are ignoring a highly significant market sector at their peril.”
“Disabled users are seeking the same range of information, goods and services as everyone else and it is no surprise therefore that they visit the same mainstream sites as their ‘able-bodied’ peers, rather than opting for disability-related sites. In almost every case, the sites listed in this top ten sample have competitor sites. What the survey shows categorically is that given a choice, the disabled visitor will opt for a site which is more accessible in preference to the others on offer.”
There is no doubt that people can create websites accessible to the broadest audience possible and we are now beginning to see examples of highly professional and accessible sites that prove this to be so.
The Disability Rights Commission shows that able-bodied visitors also benefit from accessible websites, finding them easier and quicker to use by a highly significant factor of 35 %. When we visit a website we are seeking critical functionality - namely speed and efficiency - not a life-changing experience.
Accessible sites are simply easier and more intuitive to use: they improve productivity for everyone.
I know my blog is not accessible right now and I have started looking into it, have you ?
Few Examples of accessible website
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DisabledPeople/index.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/
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Comments
Tam,
Even myself have not considered about it before this post.
Anyway have a look on the below mentioned post because below mentioned post is eye opening and fairly popular as well
http://webcritics.peepsreview.com/2008/10/who-wants-money-or-quick-ways-programs-to-get-it/
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I had never even considered the access of my information. Very interesting post.
Thanks!
TAM