The best web site or blog evaluation!

After looking for ways to evaluate my website, I've  discovered a wonderful tool - SiteBeam. They have a free test. I recommend you give it a try.

All you have to do is sign up, submit your URL, and wait a few minutes. The free test allows up to five URL submissions.

I tried the test for my web site and blog, ASK Harriete, . . .  and then learned the harsh reality - my web site needs work.



What distinguished this web site testing service is that it does not present a simplistic single numberical value indicating the overall effectiveness of your site.  Instead, SiteBeam measures many factors with a score.

The free test offers information on multiple categories:

• broken links
• content keywords
• headings
• printability
• twitter
• W3C compliance
• social interest
• stylesheets
• broken files
• incoming links
• spelling
• poplularity
• url format
• link states
• freshness
• search engine results
• facebook
• readability
• analytics
• alternative text
• speed
• visual interest
• image usage
• links
• search ranking

The free test examined my main directory pages, not the complete web site (I have a lot of pages), but it offered enough information that I have weeks of work to do to improve my web site. I also ran my blog ASK Harriete through the free test. 

While I am a rank amateur in web design and SEO (Search Engine Optimization), this test raised my awareness for many SEO evaluation standards. I didn't know that links from social networks, spelling, titles, headers, or image ALT text (descriptions of your images) had such important impact in evaluating my site. (Since this was a free test, many results were withheld.)  Still, I have lots of information to work with in the next weeks.

TEST YOUR WEB SITE or Blog.

Learn how to improve your web site going forward into the new year.

Harriete