{"id":16780,"date":"2019-02-15T09:51:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=16780"},"modified":"2020-03-12T14:39:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T18:39:21","slug":"accessibility-in-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/boldgrid-easy-seo-plugin-product-guide\/accessibility-in-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility in SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-easy-seo-horizontal-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"72\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-easy-seo-horizontal-image.png 800w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-easy-seo-horizontal-image-300x27.png 300w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-easy-seo-horizontal-image-768x69.png 768w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-easy-seo-horizontal-image-250x23.png 250w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-easy-seo-horizontal-image-550x50.png 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Accessibility in web design is anything that improves the user experience (UX) for disabled users. Improving website accessibility is another way to improve search engine optimization (SEO). Below are some ways to improve accessibility in BoldGrid.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"image-alt-text\"><span>Image Alt Text<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Alternative (alt) text allows screen readers to describe an image to blind users. Edit the alt text for an image from <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Media &gt; Library &gt; Select Image<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-tags\"><span>H Tags<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>As covered in our <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/boldgrid-easy-seo-plugin-product-guide\/introduction-to-seo-content-and-structure\/\">Intro to SEO Content and Structure<\/a><\/span><span>, H1 and H2 tags provide an outline for the information on a webpage. Having appropriate header tags makes it easier for especially disabled users to find a specific section.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"plugins\"><span>Plugins<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-accessibility\/\">WP Accessibility<\/a><\/span><span>&nbsp;offers over 2 dozen features to make your website more accessible to disabled users &ndash; <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic\">e.g. font size toggle, color contrast tester, skiplinks<\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-weight: 700\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/access-monitor\/\">Access Monitor<\/a><\/span><span>&nbsp;emails scheduled accessibility test results to users.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"testing\"><span>Testing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>You can test your website accessibility with free online tools such as <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tenon.io\/\">Tenon.io<\/a><\/span><span>&nbsp;and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wave.webaim.org\/\">WAVE.Webaim.org<\/a><\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To learn more, check out <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/boldgrid-easy-seo-plugin-product-guide\/\">BoldGrid Easy SEO<\/a><\/span><span>&nbsp;and <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/user-manual\/web-publishing\/accessibility\/\">Accessibility in WordPress<\/a><\/span><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Accessibility in web design is anything that improves the user experience (UX) for disabled users. Improving website accessibility is another way to improve search engine optimization (SEO). Below are some ways to improve accessibility in BoldGrid. Image Alt Text Alternative (alt) text allows screen readers to describe an image to blind users. 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