The best way to describe in brief what Web Standards are is to take the introduction from the Wikipedia page:
Web standards is a general term for the formal standards and other technical specifications that define and describe aspects of the World Wide Web. In recent years, the term has been more frequently associated with the trend of endorsing a set of standardized best practices for building web sites, and a philosophy of web design and development that includes those methods.
At Venn Design we pride ourselves in conforming to all recommendations, and building websites that are World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) compliant. This means a website built by us has the best chances of high search rankings and are as future proof as possible.
All of our websites are all valid HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and meet all accessibility and semantic guidelines.
Our knowledge, and interest in Web Standards, gives you the peace of mind that the service you are receiving from us is of the latest and cleanest quality.