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The World Wide Web Consortium is the major international non-profit organization that establishes web standards. When your website is W3C compliant, it means your website functions as it’s supposed to across all the major browsers, search engines can crawl and index your content easily, and users can easily navigate your site. The rules in web development are constantly changing. Imagine That is committed to staying current with W3C standards. Contact us today for a free analysis of your website.
In 1994 Tim Berners-Lee (the true inventor of the World Wide Web) left his job at the European Organization for Nuclear Research to form the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The goal was to have an independent, international organization that would establish standards and best practices in web development. Ultimately, our goal is to build websites that perform.
When your website is W3C compliant, it means users have the same experience whether they view your site on Safari, Internet Explorer, or FireFox. While each browser has its own peculiarities that make it proprietary to the company that owns it, the major browsers adhere closely to W3C standards. The changes to these standards, the ever-increasing demands of users, and changes in Internet technologies are behind the constant revision of browsers.
Using a CMS for your website that stays current with web programming standards means your website is always up-to-date and providing users with a good experience. If you have no CMS or use one that does not regularly update itself, your website will become incompatible with browsers overtime and it may cease to work completely. While no CMS is perfect, a good CMS strives to generate as few W3C errors as possible.
Having a website that is W3C compliant helps the user experience in the following ways:
Lots of factors play into a well designed website. One of those is W3C compliance. Imagine That will build a W3C compliant website for your business that will meet best practices in web development. Contact us today for a quote on your project.