Recession beating free micro-audit for your website

Why are we offering this service for free? Simple. A good business decision requires solid information to base it upon. This is true at the best of times and even more so during times of recession. By offering this service for nothing you get a risk-free assessment of your website. In return we hope to gain your custom in assisting you carry out remedial work. That decision is entirely in your hands though - no obligations or hard-sell.

What is a micro-audit?

Our auditing services give in-depth analysis of various factors that contribute to the success (or failure) of a website. We cover everything from getting visitors (search engine optimization) to the website, to ensuring they have the best experience possible so that they return again and again, becoming loyal customers.

Micro-audits are cut-down versions of our full auditing service (more on that below). They contain sample feedback on the following factors:

Search engine optimization (SEO)
Content
Design and presentation
Usability
Build quality
Accessibility.

There is a 5-star scoring system rating your websites performance in each area.

Each audit is clearly structured as follows:

Each of the factors listed above is described, detailing its importance in terms of websites
Your website is then tested against each factor using both automated and manual review processes
Problems are identified and the impact of each is explained
Solutions are suggested
An overview of your website is provided along with recommended action(s).

The micro-audit is intended to be a useful tool for you and as a sample of our standards, but remember - it is only a sample! If you like the free micro-audit then don't forget to order a full audit to ensure you are getting the complete picture.

Your micro-audit

Exactly what you do with your free micro-audit is up to you, however we suggest the following:

Read it through whilst accessing your website¹
Share it with all the people in your company who have a stake in the website²
Decide how to tackle the problems identified - internally or with professional assistance³

Depending on the results of the audit you may then consider on of the following options:

Commissioning a full audit to check the website thoroughly for defects and potential improvements
Revamping the existing site to in terms of design, cleaning up the code, re-writing content etc
A full re-design of the website from the ground up.

Choosing the right approach is difficult as each has associated costs and benefits. We at Simius Web can advise you on how best to improve your website.

How to request your free micro-audit

We have a limited number of free micro-audits available each month and all you need to do is drop us an email from your business email address (this helps us prevent spam and misuse). We will carry out the micro-audit and deliver it back to you as soon as possible.

Please include in your email:

Your name
Company name
Address of the website to be audited (e.g. www.mysite.com)
Contact telephone number.

Full website audit

The full audit is tailored to your website but covers the same areas as the micro-audit in far greater detail. It also includes additional factors such as work-flow, the publishing and quality assurance processes and more.

These audits vary greatly in length depending on the size of the website, its complexity and the number of different work-flow processes involved. The result is that the audit can take between a few days for a simple site up to a few weeks for a larger, more complex one.

We encourage everyone to be as environmentally aware as possible. Whilst your audit can be read on-screen, if you do print it please use re-cycled paper and print on both sides - when the audit is finished with the paper can be re-cycled again. back to 1
Especially your marketing, and corporate communications departments, but the more people the better. We have found that many of the best development ideas have sprung from employee suggestions! back to 2
Of course we would love to hear from you if you need help! back to 3