Website Usability

Online General Accessibility tool

These tools provide general information about your web site accessibility. They deal with aspects like: links, images, colors contrast.

30.	WAVE 3.0
31.	TAW3 Online
32.	Watch Fire
33.	Cynthia
34.	Section 508
35.	Truwex
36.	Web Accessibility Checker
37.	Run FAE
38.	Site Check

Page validators

Although it's not yet a fact that W3C validation gives you better search engine rankings, it's sure that errors in your code can cause you a lot of trouble. Converting your website pages to XHTML will help you reach more customers, as your site will work better in more browsers and on "non-traditional" devices. Read more about this topic in our article: Does your website need W3CF Validation

In order to see if you're CSS files or HTML code turns out to be valid use these tools

38.	W3C MarkUp Validation Service
39.	W3C CSS Validation Service
40.	W3C Link Checker
41.	HTML Validator (based on Tidy and OpenSP)
42.	Relaxed HTML Validator

Web site speed check

It's important to consider how fast your pages load because users will shy away from sites they can't navigate quickly and easily. Additionally, smaller pages are indexed by Google and other search engines easier.

43.	Link Vendor
44.	Website Speed Test - Web Hosting
45.	Website Speed Test - iWebTools
46.	Website Speed Test - WebSite Goodies
47.	Web Page Speed Report - Web Site Optimization
48.	Loading time checker - Website load time test - 1Hit
49.	Load Time Check - NetMechanic
50.	Internet Speed Test - Visual Ware

The primary goal of usability is making sure that the intended users are able to interact properly with the web site while having a positive and convenient experience. By developing this list we provided you a starting point which is going to help you keep your customers happy and satisfied.

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