John Mueller shared on Mastodon that he met with somebody who depends on display screen readers to eat the net. And he defined to him how old-school search engine marketing methods make studying the net utilizing display screen 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 John stated that among the outdated search engine marketing methods like key phrase stuffing and dropping alt textual content in small invisible pictures with key phrases, and that sort of stuff, simply made it arduous or unattainable for these utilizing display screen readers. John stated “listening to how the old-school #search engine marketing methods like #keyword-stuffing in #alt-text & for 1px pictures, and variations of hidden textual content (measurement, coloration, 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 marketing world if that is search engine marketing for you…”
John did add that this individual stated issues are getting higher, he wrote “I used to be pleased to listen to that in addition they noticed this sort of abuse declining.”
Here’s a screenshot of the put up:
However yea, attempt to obtain a display screen reader and eat the net as for those who have been visually impaired. See how that goes for you…
Oh yea, I’m fairly energetic on Mastodon, you may observe me at c.im/@rustybrick if you’d like.
Discussion board dialogue at Mastodon.
