Usability Award 2011

In 2010 the helenahoeve was a candidate for the Usability Award. This year there are 50 nominees, in 5 categories. This time I check the sites with ZOMDirs Website Quality at a Glance.

The results for the categorie "E-commerce" are:

1. http://www.sunweb.nl/ 4 stars
2. http://www.vd.nl/ 4 stars
3. http://www.zalando.nl/ 4 stars
4. http://www.mycom.nl 3 stars
5. http://neckermann.nl/ 3 stars
6. http://www.bol.com 2 stars
7. http://www.debijenkorf.nl/ 1 star
8. http://www.esprit.nl/ 1 star
9. http://www.greetz.nl 1 star
10. http://www.wehkamp.nl/ 1 star Winner and overall winner

The results for the category "Government / non-profit" are:

1. http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ 5 stars
2. http://www.wnf.nl 4 stars
3. http://www.dance4life.nl/ 3 stars
4. http://www.denhaag.nl/ 3 stars
5. http://www.jantjebeton.nl/ 3 stars Winner
6. http://www.consumentenbond.nl/ 3 stars
7. http://www.rotterdam.nl/ 3 stars
8. http://www.1procentclub.nl/ 3 stars
9. http://www.nibud.nl/ 3 stars
10. http://www.energiebespaarwijzer.nl/ 2 stars

The results for the category "Company website" are:

1. http://www.nn.nl/ 4 stars Winner
2. http://www.t-mobile.nl/ 4 stars
3. http://www.unilever.nl/ 3 stars
4. http://www.manpower.nl/ 3 stars
5. http://thuis.eneco.nl 2 stars
6. http://www.ns.nl/ 2 stars
7. http://www.vodafone.nl/ 2 stars
8. http://www.philips.nl/ 2 stars
9. http://www.ing.nl/ 2 stars
10. http://www.heineken.nl/ 1 star

The results for the category "Communities" are:

1. http://www.goeievraag.nl/ 3 stars
2. http://www.iens.nl/ 3 stars
3. http://www.funda.nl/ 3 stars
4. http://www.beslist.nl/ 3 stars
5. http://www.hyves.nl/ 3 stars
6. http://www.independer.nl/ 3 stars
7. http://www.micazu.nl/ 2 stars
8. http://www.vliegtickets.nl/ 2 stars
9. http://www.zoover.nl/ 1 star Winner
10. http://www.telecomvergelijker.nl/ 0 stars

The results for the category "News and entertainment" are:

1. http://www.nrc.nl/ 4 stars
2. http://www.ondertussen.nl/ 4 stars
3. http://www.nederland24.nl/ 3 stars
4. http://www.styletoday.nl/ 3 stars
5. http://www.trouw.nl/ 3 stars
6. http://www.bnr.nl/ 2 stars
7. http://www.z24.nl/ 2 stars
8. http://www.nu.nl/ 2 stars Winner
9. http://www.vi.nl/ 1 star
10. https://www.ziggo.nl/ 1 star

Strange enough the score varies in time. However the first conclusion is that there is no relation between website quality and usability, because the website quality is not that good. Hmmm. 


Lets check the winners with http://www.qualidator.com:

1. wehkamp.nl overall score 75.4%
2. jantjebeton.nl overall score 76.3%
3. nn.nl overall score 77.0%
4. zoover.nl overall score 73.6%
5. nu.nl overall score 73.1%

Again, no relation. May be the Quickscan of the webguidelines (max score is 47)?

1. wehkamp.nl score 32 
2. jantjebeton.nl  score 31
3. nn.nl  score 39 
4. zoover.nl  score 30
5. nu.nl  score 27

Again, no relation. Last test. The W3C validator

1. wehkamp.nl invalid 48 errors
2. jantjebeton.nl  invalid 3 errors
3. nn.nl invalid 3 errors
4. zoover.nl  invalid 89 errors
5. nu.nl  invalid 147 errors

Again, no relation. It's a pity.