Analyzing Websites


Consistency and Hierarchy
- How to promote consistency and hierarchy
- Placement of the navigation scheme
- Use of color
- Use of fonts (colors, emphasis, and size)
- Use of headings (H1, H2 ect)

Website Analysis Techniques

- Design
- Content (Is the content useful?)
- Visual Layout (Layout of the screen; job of a web designer)
- Bias
- Consistency Structures'
- Currency (How current is it? It is up to date? Is it 5 years old?)
- Color Scheme
- Source (Whose writing it?)
- Visual Hierarchy Elements
- Ability to confirm information