Website Audit Checklist
Our audit checklist contains over sixty different points which are checked when reviewing a website. A full audit, although time consuming is ideal for large corporate websites, but Apollo can scale down the audit to suit the size of your website and budget.
The following list details all areas Apollo can review, please click on any of the highlighted words for more information about the individual checks.
Navigation & Usability testing
Screen Legibility and Text Content... ( More »)
- Font size
- Headings
- Short paragraphs
- Bulleted lists
- Use of Keywords
- Weight of text
- Easy to visually scan
- Content copy and narrative voice
- Is the content Search Engine Friendly
- Clear and accessible sitemap
- Search Function
- Navigation Structures
- Logical SiteMap / Page structure
- Menu names concise and accurate
- Breadcrumb navigation trail
- Navigation & Usability
- Guidance for new users
- Provide text/audio alternatives to visual and auditory content
- Identify the natural language
- Clarity
- Display
- Text reader friendly tables
- Scripts, applets & plug ins
- Accessible Frames
- Use meaningful link text
- Use of Colour
- Mark up and Style Sheets
- Navigation
- Forms
- Provide Metadata
- HTML, CSS Construction
- Hyperlinks to key areas? (first time visitor)
- Check all links are active(internal, external)
- Does every page link to home?
- Does every page have an obvious location: what page, section and area of what site?
- Do all the forms work?
- Can users reverse their actions?
- Technical Compatibility Browser Friendliness , IE, Firefox, Opera, Mozilla, Netscape
- Return on Investment Improvements and Suggestions
- Visitors confirming they agree to Terms of Service/Usage
- Public Content Addition Policy, i.e. if visitors can add content who's responsible for their content.
- Screen Size/resolutions
- Missing images
- Missing Titles
- Script errors
- Missing attachments/downloads
- Visible contact details & enquiry form
- Search facility
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Across the board consistent corporate identity
- Use of Imagery
- Quality of images/dimensions
- Are images integrated well with text?
- The visual interface (attractive? inviting?)
- Look & Feel
- Image, design and style