Check your website for flaws in one click

by Sapphire (June 8, 2005)

Ctabuck at WebProWorld recommended a great tool for checking your site’s quality. It’s called SiteReportCard, and all you do is plug your url in, click a button and get a report. The information they give you is terrific.

It checks for:

* Broken Links
* Misspelled Words
* HTML Validation
* Load Time Analysis
* Meta Tag Optimization
* Image Optimization
* Search Engine Inclusion
* Site Popularity
* Keyword Analysis

It gives you a rank out of 10. Ctabuk was saying you should rank 8 with SiteReportCard before bothering to apply to DMOZ. I would say that whether or not DMOZ is your focus, ranking an 8 with this tool is a pretty good goal. It’s probably close to the standard sought mechanically by search engines and unconsciously by visitors.

They make it easy, too, because when it tells you what’s wrong with your site, it also gives you links to details and fixes. Missing some metatags? One click takes you to one of the most comprehensive and quick metatag generators I’ve ever seen. The HTML validator tells you what the mistakes are and where to find them. Even the spell-checker tells you what words are misspelled. You can put your image URL in and instantly get several options of reduced size and load time.

This is one of the most inclusive sites I’ve come across for getting a quick review of your site in terms of errors and general quality. Try it out, and see if you can’t rank an 8 overall.

Posted in Development & Design
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