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Meta

Meta tags help search engines properly index and reference your site, which facilitates accessibility for persons with disabilities.

Using Meta Tags to Enhance Accessibility

Include "keywords" and "description" meta tags, and "title" tags that include terms used by people to find content relevant to your site. Whenever possible (and logical), use those terms as well in your domain name (web address), headers, links, alt tags and body copy.

Code Example:

<meta name="keywords" content="Designing 
accessible websites creating usable software 
accessibility guidelines online ada regulations 
Americans with Disabilities Act compliance 
Section 508 requirements 
W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 
html code tags evaluation tools resource links" />
		
<meta name="description" content="Websites 
and software compliant with Americans with 
Disabilities Act (ada), Section 508 and 
W3C guidelines improves accessibility 
and usability for persons with disabilities. 
Our tutorial, formats, html tags, evaluation 
tools, resources, and disability 
types improve handicapped access." />

Identify Search Terms

You can determine how frequently persons use search terms by going to Overture.com's Search Term Suggestion Tool (http://inventory.overture.come/d/searchinventory/suggestion/) and typing in a particular term or phrase.

More about Site Optimization

For more information on optimizing your site for search engines, see Chaptive 15 in Andy King's excellent book called "Speed Up Your Site: Website Optimization," New Riders, 2003 or his site on website optimization (www.WebSiteOptimization.com).