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Let two seasoned experts review your website and provide on-the-spot advice and insights into ways it can be improved! This two hour session will give you feedback on your existing website with practical recommendations to improve it. Website assessments will include reviewing usability, messaging, SEO (search engine optimization) and design. We’ll address the principles of each as we review the websites of participants in the room.
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Ruth MaudeDandelion Web Designdandelionwebdesign.com
Web Design + Development
Dawn ComberDigital Dialoguesdigitaldialogues.ca
Web content
We teach WordPress workshops at LearnWP.ca
Website Assessment Clinic
Who we are
Improve your website Usability Clear navigation Design: Typography, Colour, Alignment Consistency Guide the eye SEO principles Great content
Search Engine OptimizationOn site SEO is about doing what is good for site users
Clear titles & descriptions in SERP Clear heading titles Chunking text for readability Clear navigation aids i.e. search box, site
map, breadcrumb trail and no broken links. Keeping the main message above the fold Interlinking – great for SEO & usability
SPEEDSpeed is a factor in usability and in search ranking. If your site is slow you will lose visitors.
Hosting – cheap hosting impacts speed Images – optimize images for smaller file
sizes, seamless repeating backgrounds Caching Plugins – store content in memory
to use fewer server resources
TEST YOUR SPEED
https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights
Is your site Responsive?
Is your site Accessible?
Accessibility removes barriers ensuring that your website works for all users.
Content What do you want site visitors to do? Guide
them with a call to action Know your audience – Write content with
them in mind Google loves fresh content – Onsite blogs
are great Do you know what terms people will search
to find you? Use those keywords in your headlines and site copy
Let’s look at your sites…
Let’s look at your sites…