John Mueller shared on Mastodon that he met with somebody who depends on display readers to eat the net. And he defined to him how old-school search engine optimization tips make studying the net utilizing display readers, properly let’s simply say, not nice.
John wrote “At present I had a gathering with somebody who depends on #screenreaders to get round on-line.” John mentioned that among the previous search engine optimization tips like key phrase stuffing and dropping alt textual content in small invisible photos with key phrases, and that kind of stuff, simply made it arduous or unimaginable for these utilizing display readers. John mentioned “listening to how the old-school #search engine optimization tips like #keyword-stuffing in #alt-text & for 1px photos, and variations of hidden textual content (dimension, shade, off-screen) are part of their regular on-line life was fairly unhappy (and sure, I additionally made some pages like that again within the day). Simply think about what you’d consider the search engine optimization world if that is search engine optimization for you…”
John did add that this individual mentioned issues are getting higher, he wrote “I used to be glad to listen to that additionally they noticed this type of abuse declining.”
Here’s a screenshot of the submit:
However yea, attempt to obtain a display reader and eat the net as should you have been visually impaired. See how that goes for you…
Oh yea, I’m fairly energetic on Mastodon, you’ll be able to observe me at c.im/@rustybrick in order for you.
Discussion board dialogue at Mastodon.