- From: Martin Atkins <mart@degeneration.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:43:24 +0100
Shannon wrote: > > The ONLY "business" justification I have for using alt tags is that a > w3c valid site REQUIRES them and this may increase the sites Google rank > (which is just speculation really). If you take the requirement out to > use them on every image in a valid site then you take away much of my > argument for using them at all. > In many juristictions, a company can face legal action if its website is not "accessible" per some standard or set of standards. This is the business justifaction I usually use; here in the UK, the Disability Discrimination Act[1] is the relevant reference. [1]http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-accessibility/uk-website-legal-requirements.shtml
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