What are Web Standards?

Web Standards are guidelines and recommendations put forth by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that are internationally agreed on as best technical practices by web developers.

How Web Standards can benefit your business!

Lower bandwidth costs and faster download speeds:
Semantic and Structured HTML result in much smaller file sizes, which means better loading times and less bandwidth (lower hosting costs). We even go to great lengths to ensure your website loads gracefully. Users should be able to start reading the content even before the page has finished loading.

Lower maintenance costs:
Because the structure is separated from the presentation, the website is much quicker and easier to update for future programmers, copywriters and designers.

More search engine friendly:
Semantic and structured HTML & CSS makes your content represent more of the total file (code to content ratio) and makes it easier for search engine spiders to crawl your website. The better the code to content ratio, the more important your content is perceived by search engines. This means improved search engine ranking's.

More accessibility to a wider range of users:
Semantic structured HTML is easier for screen readers and browsing devices to present and interpret your site content. Not everyone uses a common browser and having valid and structure code will mean your website will be reaching the widest possible audience.

Compatibility:
There are more and more people accessing the internet today and with a wide variety of platforms, devices and browsers than ever before. Building a website following web standards is the only way to ensure uniformity.