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What do Search Engines "think" of your web site? What additional features could be added to improve the site?
Site Evaluation
Your website should reflect your business and your visions
What do Search Engines "think" of your web site? What additional features could be added to improve the site?
Common Sense Evaluation Questions
- 1. Technology: - Does your site load fast or slow? - Do your pages load fast or slow? - Do your products load fast or slow?
- 2. Appearance: - Are you using CSS design (Cascading Style Sheets), as opposed to tables? - Is the overall look of your site clean, professional and pleasing to the eye? - If there's a logo, is it professionally designed? - Are the site colors pleasing to the eye? _ Are you using reverse type - white/light letters on a black/dark background? That's a no, no. - Do the colors fit the overall theme of the site? - If the site has ads, are they subtle or intrusive?
- 3. Content: - Does your site have enough content? - Is the content appropriate for your target audience? - How scannable is your site's content? - Is the information on your website clearly written and easy to understand? - Does your website contain blatant grammar or spelling errors? - Is The content of your website up-to-date? - Is the font style and size of the text on website easy to read?
- 4. Graphics: If your site has graphics and/or photos, do they load fast or slow? - Do graphics and/or photos appear clear and professional? - Are graphics and/or photos consistent with the theme of the site?
- 5. Navigation: - How easy is it to navigate your website? - Are there any broken links? - Does your site have a site map?
- 6. Organization: - Is the Website Organized? - Can visitors quickly and easily ascertain what your site is about? - Does your site have a consistent theme or is it scattered?
- 7. Usability. - How easy is it to use site? - Can users find the information they're looking for quickly and easily? - Is information clearly laid out and easy to find? - Are customer questions addressed on the site? - Is contact information easily accessible? - Does your site ask users to take some sort of action? Contact you? Request more information ? Sign-up for newsletter?
- 8. (SEO) Search Engine Optimization: - Is your site dedicated or part of another website? - Is your site search engine friendly? - Is your source code properly written? - Is each page properly optimized, including keywords and page titles? - Does your site have a good search engine presence? - Does your site have proper meta tags, title and description? - Does your site have quality, relevant inbound links? - Is the domain name appropiate and effective? - Does your site have a real domain name, or does your domain include names like Homestead, Bravenet, Tripod or GeoCities?
- 9. (USP)Unique Selling Proposition: - Is there anything that makes
your website unique or special, when compared to your competitors? -
Does your site have strong recommendation or bookmarking value? Are
there real testimonials, as opposed "John S." in Anywhere, USA?
Creativity is crucial to being unique
Providing creative services related
to web and printed media design. The aim is on professional and original
designs created for the customer's need.
Uniqueness is the outcome of Creativity
Being unique carries traits of individual
ideas or identity. Uniqueness portrays professionalism, so that you do
not fall into the category of a "cookie-cutter" pattern. To reach these
goals collaboration between client and designer is crucial.
