We know that a website needs to be more that just a pretty picture. It needs to follow the highest quality control standards to get noticed by search engines and prospects.
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Our web hosting platform is optimized to produce the best possible performance results.
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Our content management system optimizes every image to support the most current standards.
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Our applications are designed so they don't slow down the initial load of your web pages.
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Our content management system is a publish model so all the files associated with your site load quickly.
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Our sites are audited with Lighthouse to ensure they are accessible by handicapped visitors.
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Our optional Accessibility application can let the visitor change the appearance of text.
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Field names are tied to fields so the visually disabled can understand how to complete forms.
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All links have a descriptive name so visually disabled can know where the links take them.
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All images have a descriptive an alternate name so visually disabled can understand the images message.
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Our sites are audited to ensure they use the most current best practices.
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Our sites use HTTPS so all the data transfer between the visitor and your site is encrypted.
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Best practices will make it more difficult for scammers to use your site in phishing scams.
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JavaScript libraries are kept up-to-date to avoid zero day exploits.
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Many other technical items are verified for current best practices.
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Our sites are audited to ensure they provide the best possible chance for your site to place well with search engines.
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Every page has a title.
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Every page has a valid description.
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All links within the website are crawl-able.
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All images have an alternate text attribute.
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All links are appropriately sized for use on a mobile device.
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Avoid the use of gimmick plugins or applications that do not contribute to your the websites usefulness.
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Many other technical items are verified for the current search engine optimization standard.
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This auditing tool is provided by IBM to ensure compliance with WCAG 2.1/
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Ensure your site is accessible by people with various disabilities.
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A wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible.
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Sites that do not follow these guidelines can be a target for litigation.
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If your site passes this test, it's unlikely you will need to use a costly third-party accessibility overlay.
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Third party overlays alone do not automatically make your site accessible.
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The W3C is the group that defines how the web is supposed to work.
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Our web sites must pass the current W3C validations.
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Ensures the code used in your site is technically correct.
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Eliminates most problems with consistency in the appearance of your web site across browsers.
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Our hosting services support all the current hosting protocols.
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HTTP2 is the most current protocol that connects a visitor to your website.
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HTTPS encrypts all communication between your visitor and your website.
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We ensure that if someone visits the insecure address for your website, they get redirected to the secure version of your site.
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Our sites are accessible using IPv6 which is the newest low-level protocol being used on the Internet.
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We encourage customers that collect sensitive information to use Extended Verification certificates.
