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Toronto, Canada
WSI Internet Consulting & Education, the global leader in providing
Internet Solutions to the small and medium-sized business market,
takes pride in educating the business community and the public in
general about Web Accessibility. Through the media, client seminars
and the over 1000 strong network of
WSI Internet Consultants who operate around the world, WSI is
opening the door to accessible websites. Recently WSI published a
comprehensive report on Web Accessibility for
Technology-Reports.com, a leading technology research and
education website maintained by
Sapien Partners (formerly Chase Associates).
This report covers all the most important aspects about this
increasingly relevant topic, including an overview of what
Web Accessibility is and how to make a website accessible.
Business owners, government bodies and special interests groups will
find this report’s discussion regarding the economic and legislative
implications that providing information without barriers is having
and will have in the near future particularly pertinent. As WSI VP
of Knowledge Management, Valerie Brown-Dufour states, “We
have made our physical world more accessible for disabled persons.
The next logical step is accessibility for disabled persons in the
electronic world”.
According to WSI, universally accessible websites are not just the
ethical choice, they make economic sense. The economic benefits of
accessible websites are widespread but rarely understood by most
businesses that don’t factor in that an accessible website is more
likely to generate a greater Return on Investment because it
services more people. As WSI’s report states, Web Accessible sites
also have better rankings on search engines because the content can
be more accurately predicted and linked to relevant search terms.
And, websites that meet even the minimum level of Web Accessibility
standards have the added function of being accessible via PDAs,
telephones, and similar devices that use alternative browsers. With
the market for these devices booming, so too will the demand for
websites that conform to Web Accessibility standards and are thereby
compatible with these technologies.
To read the full report,
click here.
About WSI
WSI ICE is the world’s largest network of Internet Consultants
with offices serving over 1000 local markets worldwide. Ranked the
#1 Internet Services Business by industry-leading Entrepreneur
magazine, our proven systems are used to deliver thousands of
economical e-Business solutions to small and medium-sized businesses
annually.
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