Basics of website review questions?

So, I have been thinking about writing a review and have come up with a few points to note and discuss and would like your opinion on this. There might be things that I have missed, but I’m sure you will let me know.

Also note that not all reviews would have these points, they are just a guideline of what I could discuss.

First impressions:

  • How long does the site take to load?
  • Does the site catch ones attention straight away?
  • Is the site direct in saying what it’s all about or do you have to dig deeper?

After browsing a bit longer:

  • How easy is is to navigate through and find what you are looking for?
  • Would you sign up for RSS feed, email subscription, newsletter or even join their forum?
  • Is there an about/contact/sitemap page?
  • Search functionality?

Comments about the site in detail:

  • Do you enjoy the site’s content?
  • Do you like the way the site has been structured? (content/sidebars/footer/etc)
  • What do you think of the colours used?
  • Graphics quality and their loading time?
  • Are there too many distractions?
  • Browser compatibility?
  • Do they have any video’s?
  • Can you bookmark the site with ease?
  • Use of technologies? (new or old)
  • Coding and Validation?
  • Do they advertise any affiliate services or programs?
  • Is the site DoFollow?
  • How easy is it to leave a comment?
  • Does the site enable comment gravatars?
  • Do they offer advertising services?
  • If site is mobilized or not?
  • Partner and links provided?

Rankings and ratings:

  • Google Page Rank?
  • Alexa Ranking?
  • Any feedback or reviews via Google search?

Conclusion:

  • Give a small conclusion at the end.
  • Give an overall rating out of 10.
  • Let the site owner know that you have reviewed their site.

Please let me know if there is anything I have missed.

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1 Michael Aulia June 5, 2009 at 5:21 pm

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Wow..looks like a lot of things to focus on. I guess it depends on whether you want to focus on the content or the design of the page. You can do both I guess, but your review post will be quite long

You are starting to review other blogs? Can start with mine heh heh ^^

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2 George Serradinho June 5, 2009 at 5:44 pm

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@Michael – I understand there are a lot of points, but I will not do them all. Just some ideas if possible. I will let you know if I do a review of your site :)

3 Michael Aulia June 6, 2009 at 11:40 am

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Looking forward to it :)

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4 George Serradinho June 6, 2009 at 10:28 pm

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@Michael – you are second on my list. Be happy as my list is getting long now and I have not even written the first one.

5 Maria@Conversations with moms June 6, 2009 at 2:25 am

These are fantastic questions. It helped me ponder some ideas on my blog.

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6 George Serradinho June 6, 2009 at 10:25 pm

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@Maria – glad it helped, let me know if you need anything else :)

7 Ricky June 6, 2009 at 1:51 pm

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It’s a long list george.i would like to have my website review also so i can improve my website if anything is missing

8 George Serradinho June 6, 2009 at 10:26 pm

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@Ricky – I guess you are third on my list for reviews. My list seems seems to be getting longer and I haven’t even written the first one.

9 Ricky June 7, 2009 at 6:41 am

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You can also include whether the blog is mobilized or not. Partner or links provided by that website is worthy or not.

10 George Serradinho June 7, 2009 at 8:02 am

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@Ricky – I will update the post with your suggestion. Thanks for mentioning it :)

11 Atul June 10, 2009 at 10:00 am

Hi George
will be happy if u can review my blog too

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12 George Serradinho June 10, 2009 at 6:09 pm

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@Atul – I will let you know. I have 2 more reviews to do.

13 Metz June 12, 2009 at 12:51 am

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Hi George,

This is going to be a pretty comprehensive review of the blogs. I would love to see how this would go :) Hope things are well. :) xoxo
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14 George Serradinho June 12, 2009 at 7:55 am

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@Metz – the list above is just a guideline of what I could cover. Some reviews will be short while others will contain more information.

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