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The European Accessibility Act: Why You Must Act Now

What is the EAA? The European Accessibility Act (EAA) introduces new rules that mirror the regulatory impact of GDPR, which... read more »

Three monitors show web accessibility stats: 97.8% (2019), 97.4% (2021), 95.9% (2024), with slow improvement.

Some inaccessibility stats

According to WebAIM’s annual Million Report, a sobering 95.9 per cent of the top one million home‑pages scanned in 2024... read more »

Two color contrast checker results: left passes accessibility, right fails due to low contrast.

What is an alt tag and how should I use it?

Alt text in a nutshell Alt text (often mis‑labelled an “alt tag”) is the little string you drop into an image’s alt=""... read more »

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3 reasons why digital accessibility is important

Reason 1 - Legal There are guidelines you are legally required to follow if you are in... read more »

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What is digital accessibility?

22In essence, anything delivered through a web browser—be it a public‑facing site, a secure staff portal, an e‑learning environment... read more »

The kerb that was hit by the car in June 1989 that Clive, Jess and their friends were in

Why Accessibility is important to me

Most people who work within accessibility have a personal reason for doing so.This is the central reservation on the... read more »

Clive is on stage at Brighton SEO delivering his talk

Brighton SEO 2025 - Google is Blind

I had the privilege of speaking about website accessibility at Brighton SEO last week.It was... read more »

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Alt Text And Accessibility Testing Tools Guide

In today’s digital world, websites must be accessible to everyone — including users with visual impairments. Alt text plays... read more »

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The return of plain text emails!

Today I celebrate the return of plain text emails! I hope this will lead, one day, to the eventual elimination... read more »

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TEDTalk views passes 1 million!

I am very pleased to announce that my TEDTalk has now had over 1 million views!It has been... read more »