A Few Automated Tests You Can Run On Your Site

The following tests can be run on your site by simply clicking the link and then submitting your URL. You could also use this list to evaluate your competitors.
  1. BrowserShots Generates screenshots of how websites appear at 800x600 and 1024x768 resolution in six commonly used web browsers. A great link to get an idea of how other people see your site.
  2. SiteCheck SiteScore rates how well designed, popular and accessible your website is. Results are given over several categories, they check links to your site to get an idea of your popularity.
  3. Meta Tag check Although there is debate about the value of using meta tags at all these days, if you have them then you might as well check to see there implemented correctly and that the fit within excepted guidelines. I found several errors on Jiploo when I ran this test.
  4. Speed Test Does exactly what it says on the tin and generates a report showing you what your pages are loading and how fast they took.
  5. Link Popularity Check Generates a report showing your backlinks from various search engines, you could also add a couple of your competitors and the report will show you how you compare.
Posted on Friday, Dec 2, 2005