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Alt Text
Alt Text is used to describe images on your website. This relates mainly to accessibility issues on websites. If images on your site fail to load, the alt text can still be displayed that will provide visual context for the user.
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Parallax Scrolling
This is a web design technique in which the background and foreground elements of the design scroll at different speeds as you move up or down the page. This creates the illusion of depth, and can also help to highlight elements of a page that contain key information.
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External Link
Linked text on your website that links to another domain. External links can provide informational value for those reading your site, and also signal to search engines which external sites have content that is related to yours.
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Google Analytics
A free, browser-based software that allows users to link their website to the Google Analytics (GA) platform. The tool then gives users information about users and traffic to their website including, but not limited to, total visitors and visits, individual pages visited, what site users entered your website from, and demographic information on users such as age and geographic region.
The most recent version of Google Analytics is GA4, replacing the previous version, Universal Analytics. Having GA set up for your business is an easy and important step to gathering useful data on your website’s effectiveness.
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