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- No website should be built unless it conforms to current web standards
I'm just about to register myself as a sole trader developing websites and other areas of I.T. that I specialise in once I get a few tax questions answered so maybe I can help if it ends up taking too much of your time.
I'm not sure I agree. I know what you're saying regarding Google, Amazon et.al, but my guess is that these sites are quite old and have just been added to over the years. I would imagine if they were starting from scratch, they would like to build a standards compliant website.I'm sorry, but IMHO that is rubbish. Google.ie fails web standards on 48 accounts, Yahoo.ie on 53 accounts, Youtube.com on 153 accounts and Amazon.com on 1157 accounts.
Conforming 100% to current web standards is a very rare feat in web design and is not necessarily desirable. If the aforementioned websites spent their resources on web standards rather than doing what they wanted they would not be where they are today. Does Jeff Bezos stay awake at night worrying that Amazons homepage throws up over a thousend validation errors? Not at all.
Isn't that what web standards is all aboutA far better objective than 100% validation is to ensure the maximum preportion of the target audiance can access the website in its fullest form.
Sorry, I don't mean to burst your bubble but those sites are dreadful. They can't even come close to competing with anything you'd get from an experienced designer. It just proves to me that money will buy you quality.
I agree that those sites are perfect for voluntary groups or personal sites. But as regards a company, I think they look very cheap and a bit unprofessional. Your company branding is often the first thing people see about you, if you look cheap and unprofessional, then that is how people will view your company. People tend to denigrate web design nowadays as there are so many cheaper software options available. But to compare it to hair dressing say, everyone has a scissors at home and can give themselves a haircut, but there's no substitute to getting someone who is a trained professional to give you a proper style, which is unique to you and flatters you.
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