[Nfb-web] Visually Impaired in Search

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

To piggyback Peter, where are the explanations of what hardware people used?
Bryan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Visually Impaired in Search


> Hello J.J. and listers,
>
> How about trying, "Blind and visually impaired" as a keyword string. Also
> what's up with your 2006 convention audio on your Web Site. I caught some 
> of
> your state convention stream and would like to hear the rest. The same 
> goes
> for all of the other state affiliates that said they would post archives 
> of
> their streaming on their Web Sites. Colorado was another affiliate that 
> was
> going to place audio archives on their site, but it has yet to happen. 
> Ruth
> Ann do you know when the 2006 NFB of Illinois Convention audio will be
> available? Just thought I would ask.
>
> Peter Donahue
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> From: "J.J. Meddaugh" <jj at bestmidi.com>
> To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 2:29 PM
> Subject: [Nfb-web] Visually Impaired in Search
>
>
> I've been working to maximize our exposure on search engines, but have run
> into a slight quandry. Generally, we like to say that there's no 
> difference
> between the blind and visually impaired. But for this reason, when I type 
> in
> visually impaired michigan into Google, the NFB of Michigan doesn't show 
> up.
> I know we're a relevant search result for this search, but I need to find 
> a
> way for us to show up without putting visually impaired all over the page.
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Incidentally, our chapter pages formerly said NFB of Michigan, and after
> looking at them a bit, I realized that the word blind didn't appear on the
> page at all. After fixing this, we now show up near the top for searches
> like "Kalamazoo blind", "Lansing blind", and "Grand Rapids blind". We now
> have the phrase "National Federation of the Blind of Michigan" in the 
> title
> bar for every page. Just goes to show how important some simple
> modifications to a website can be.
>
> J.J. Meddaugh
> Webmaster, NFB of Michigan
> President, Kalamazoo chapter
> Vice-president, Michigan Association of Blind Students
>
>
>
> J.J.
>
>
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