Comments on: Web Accessibility is not SEO

By: Andrew Bradley

Andrew Bradley — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:29:52 +0000

The sites i build as a freelancer and for myself tend to sway more towards the seo path.

Site maps i do tend to go to the bottom of page to leave room for the links i/ client want visitors to click on.

For headings and titles if page is a landing page then i just use keywords when possible. Else i would try to guide the visitor to what they were looking for.

Good article.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:29:02 +0000

This is a great tool for SEO, many people over look many aspects of SEO and you seem to have hit it on the head. I am currently doing some seo for some sites I am working on, mostly my own located at Evan Watkins Web Design and you give some good tips.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:09:13 +0000

Ah yes, working together…it’s such a chore!

Balancing the needs of different expectations is always a challenge — the ideal is certainly for everybody to know as much as possible about the other points of view!

By: Lara

Lara — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:03:11 +0000

Good article! I think it’s important to highlight the differences between SEO and Usability/Accessibility, but also understand the importance of both when designing websites. I think it’s important to have SEO Specialists, Designers and Usability Specialists working together, but unfortunately that’s easier said than done

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:30:20 +0000

The title of the article is really positioned pointedly at people who contact me looking for SEO work — but your point is taken. In general, a site constructed by an SEO specialist may not have any benefits worth mentioning for the disabled, whereas a site constructed by an accessibility professional will probably offer significant benefit for search engines. I would not, however, say that the site is search engine ‘optimized,’ as that is truly a different art.

By: Joshua Allen

Joshua Allen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:33:55 +0000

I think a headline “SEO is not Accessibility” would be more appropriate. It is hard to imagine a site that is well-designed for accessibility which is not automatically more SEO-optimized than the average site, while the converse is another story.

By: Alayne Dolson

Alayne Dolson — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:31:59 +0000

And all of you without mothers who check in on you and still try to give a best foot forward,(and maybe the occasional foot on the backside) please stand up or approximate such a position, to the best of your abilities.
Mom

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:17:41 +0000

Funny, I did notice that!

By: David Zemens - 1955 Design

David Zemens - 1955 Design — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:13:05 +0000

Your mother never stops being your mother, Joe. But then you probably already knew that, eh?

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:42:28 +0000

Thanks, Mom…I think.