Like anything, there are different standards on the Internet. This will help the different parts of the Internet (browser, server, mobile phone, etc.) to communicate so that all the connected devices will understand. Internet standards make the Internet a place where files of each can be read, no matter what you use to access it.

Web standards say not only the Web-author as his pages. They say including the browser, as he interpreted the page and present, so that visitors can read it. Web standards ensure that each of the same rules.

Below is a few reasons why your side should meet the standards.

Better for search engines

Current standards provide that, for example, headlines in the so-called source code of a website as such strengths. This is much more logical. Everyone, whether browser or search engine, it knows that this is a headline, and it can also treat accordingly.

Device Independent

If you look at the verbindlichsten CSS standards, makes it different browsers and devices available on the content of this site - for example, the same site on a mobile phone and a brand new computer equally usable.

Faster load times

The simplicity and clarity of standard-compliant source code of a website will also reduce the file size. This expresses itself in shorter charging times what visitors liked.

Less data volume

You pay for the traffic that is the mass of information (text, pictures, other files…), which of your page to the users is sent. It also speaks of traffic, transport, your page is produced. Most of the traffic is limited, so if your side too much traffic makes you pay it. You can reduce costs for traffic by irrelevant information, which your site visitors to your broadcasts, reduce. Studies have shown that through the use of modern, standard-based methods of traffic one side by 25% to 50%.

Changes Easier

The separation of design and content, which is sought by standards, allows site-wide changes by editing a single file. Without standards would have the same change on all sides to be made individually.

More users

Not the standards appropriate sites can be for people, which might be less common platforms, devices or browsers make it impossible to use the contents of your page. If your page is equivalent to the standards they all Internet benefits (your potential customers) accessible.

Increased Compatibility

A website, or a program, which according to a written standard was specified uses technology and can easily for compatibility with other products reviewed. Non-standard pages or programs can be a company because of a lack of compatibility, fast in a few dependencies advised compatible products.

Prepared for the future

All Web standards, including future tasks in mind, designed to cooperate extensible nature. Standard compliance is a good way to a web project to invest, which is still room to grow, and also to be prepared for future tasks.

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More on standards can be found at the Web Standards Project and the W3C.