We use a tool called SiteRay (http://www.silktide.com/siteray), which
performs some similar functions to SiteCheck.
I'm finding it really useful, and I find it does some quite interesting
tests, beyond the ones that I would expect to see in automated tools
(spelling, broken links, invalid HTML, etc). For example it reports on
how well formatted your URLs are - do they use natural language, use
sensible separator characters, etc. The full list of tests can be found
here: http://siteray.silktidewiki.com/Main_Page
One big difference I can see between the two is that SiteCheck will
automatically check your site at regular intervals, whereas you start
the testing process manually in SiteRay.
Cheers
Paul
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Paul Kelly
Web Content & Design Officer, University of York
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On 31/08/2010 14:33, Stephen Emmott wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> We've been using this for a few years now. We're happy and intend to
> continue using it. We're listed as one of the case studies.
>
> The key issue is deciding the scope of what is checked: HE websites are
> large, between and within which there is significant variation in
> value/quality.
>
> We have looked at a variety of solutions but another key issue - for us
> - is measuring quality from the visitor's perspective. This means
> checking the site as provided (ie published) rather than as produced (eg
> pre-publishing). SiteCheck matches our requirments on this.
>
> I'd also add that it's important to respond pragmatically to the results
> of checks: we don't always correct if we judge the visitor experience is
> better served by not correcting, or if we have other higher priorities
> to address using our limited resource.
>
> Happy to answer any direct questions.
>
> Stephen...
>
>
> Stephen Emmott
> Head of Web Services
> London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
> W400, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
>
> 020 7955 6939 (desk); 07711 082 554 (mobile); 020 7852 3658 (fax);
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/ (www); [log in to unmask] (email);
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenemmott (LinkedIn)
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Managing institutional Web services
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark
> Shaw-Griffiths
> Sent: 31 August 2010 14:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Quality compliance tools
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have recently been introduced to a web-based quality compliance tool
> called 'SiteCheck'
> offered by a company called 'Siteimprove'. The service can regularly
> check your website for misspellings, broken links (internal& external)
> and pages that do not validate against W3C standards. For those
> interested further details about this service can be found here:
> http://siteimprove.com/Solutions/SiteCheck/SiteCheck2.aspx.
>
> I have so far been impressed with this product and was wondering if
> anyone has had any experiences using it? I would also be interested to
> know if anyone is aware of or is currently using any other similar
> services?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
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