You know how long I've been banging on about text-only versions of websites, don't you?
Well, due to the spectacular lack of response from clients (and ... er .... lack of gratitude) I have always assumed that people just don't realize the importance of a text-only version.
I have, of course, gone on about it for long enough - how a text-only version helps anyone who is browsing your site without images to navigate your site properly. But who browses without images?
Just because you don't, don't think that other people don't. Some of them will be visually handicapped people, using a screenreader. Increasingly, I use the internet WITHOUT images if I have a wifi connection which isn't as speedy as my home or work connection. Lots of people do that - people aboard ship, people in airports etc.
And at last, Google is on my side. See the image above. Notice the link top right, TEXT ONLY VERSION.
To see this for yourself, next time you perform a Google search, click on the CACHE link and you'll see what I mean.
At last!
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