Web Design: Web Content Accessability Guidelines

WCAG or Web Content Accessability Guidelines is a set of standards to help ensure that the maximum number of people who view your site can adequately view everything you’ve designed.

The guidelines help the following parties view your website:

• Those with old computers, old browsers, and no support for javascript, flash or other such web design components.
• Those who are blind that use screen readers.
• Many other people with disabilities and hardware/software compatibility issues

Although your site may not necessarily cater to these populations, these guidelines are conducive to good web design too. By following the guidelines and by spending the extra time to create alternatives to your media files, you make your website more search engine friendly and increase your rankings.