The Website Redesign Checklist

• Do you currently have a website that needs a fresh new look?
• Does your current website just look old fashioned?
• Is your website built in Flash that cannot be recognized by search engines or mobile devices?
• Do you hate paying for update after update to your current developer or development company?
• Is your website lacking browser compatibility?
• Are your images optimized for page speed?
• Does your website have poor or lack of content?
• Is your website housing a lot of broken links?
• Is your navigation user friendly?
• Does your website load very slow and have very dramatic load times?
• Is your overall website user friendly for users to navigate through your site?
• Do you have an online form that works and creates conversions?
• Is your website setup with Google Webmaster Tools & Google Analytics?
• Are you tracking your websites hits and clicks?
• Does your website utilize social networking tools?

Website questions and answers

The overall look and feel of your website

• Does your website design fit or match your brand?
• Are the colors of your website consistent to your company or brand?
• Is your website appealing to users?

The overall look and feel of your website should match your brand and send a message to your clients and or users.

Does your website have a mission or message?

• What is the overall goal or intention of your website?
• What is that people are searching for when looking your branded website?
• Are your delivering the right information to your users?​

Your website should uphold the overall message for  your brand or business and provide the information the searchers are looking for.

• Does your website get the attention?
• Does your website grab the attention of your users?

Your website should be pleasing to the eye and be informative. It should be rich and full of the content that your clients and readers are looking for. It should be relevant.

Is your content easy to manage?

• Is your website easy to use and easy to update on the fly at any given time of day?
• Does the content that you manage have the options to optimize for SEO(Search Engine Optimization?
• Is your website setup the way you want it and appear to have the options that you expect?

It’s important to have access to all of the important aspects that make a website strong. Content Management has become a big deal and it should be available for any website.

Does your website display any credibility or proof?

• Does your website have a testimonials or review section for users to post and to see if your services are worthy?

Showing reviews, ratings and testimonials on your website is very powerful for businesses. It display trust and likability to the brand for the buyers and users.

Is you website search friendly with all major search engines?

• ​Does your website show strongly in search engines and have you tried searching for it, but can’t seem to find it?

SEO plays the biggest role when having a website. SEO it what drives users to your website and allows you to be found easily when optimized properly for your business or niche.

Is your menu or navigation easy to follow?

• Is your menu in flash, images, or hard to read text? ​

Your main navigation should be fully functional on any browser or device. It should be user friendly and have the correct naming convention applied to each link or tab.

Is your website readable for humans and setup accordingly?

• Does your website have a lot of typos or poor content in general?

Your website should be top notch for search bots and readers. It plays two roles. First rule is that its more professional to have copy on your website that reads right and is grammatically correct. The second role, is search bots. Search bots read your content through a saficticated thing of whats called an algorhythm. It meant for reading through your text to index searches based on given search queries through major search engines. This is how your website achieves good SEO.

Is your text that is displayed consistent across all pages?

• Is the text on your website easy to read for users and are the font colors consistent across all pages?

Your text and fonts should all match and be easy to read at all times. Take into consideration that the human follows text online best, when it’s set at about 4.5 inches across. Also the text should be a light on the eyes and no overdoing it with bold or caps. Search engines don’t like it when they read through verbiage in all caps lock or when there’s too much bold. They can consider this to be black hat SEO and lead to little to no value in terms of good SEO. ​