tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34060655137354402822012-01-01T10:23:49.039+01:00WebHelWebmaster Helenahoeve
<a href="http://www.helenahoeve.nl/index.htm">www.helenahoeve.nl</a>WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-85137676410487923162012-01-01T10:21:00.002+01:002012-01-01T10:23:49.044+01:00Yearly StatisticsIt's amazing, the number of unique visitors was growing spectucalar last year. Plus 40% compared with 2010. See the following graph:
The average number of unique visitors per day for 2011 is: 393WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-3612287199055805932011-07-12T23:43:00.008+02:002011-07-14T23:30:28.370+02:00Troubles with the Google Plus One buttonAs always external content on your website is difficult to embed. This even applies for Google's Plus One button.
Invalid HTML code
The initial problem is that it is not valid HTML code. The g:plusone tag isn't a valid tag. The alternative is to use a div tag with the class g-plusone. That's better.
Invalid Javascript code
The second problem was with the Javascript code. For the Dutch website IWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-77443982700031256002011-06-08T22:39:00.004+02:002011-06-19T21:11:47.086+02:00W3Fools - Bad value for attribute name on element metaSince early June 2011 the validator of validator.w3.org works different with respect to meta and link tags. Before june 2011 almost all attributes where possible as an attribute. For example www.helenahoeve.nl uses:
name="language" content="nl"
name="WGS84" content="51.347669, N, 3.67498, E"
name="ICBM" content="51.347669, 3.67498"
name="DC.title" content="Boerderijcamping de Helenahoeve"
name="WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-91351582085428099542011-05-26T17:56:00.002+02:002011-05-26T19:09:22.356+02:00Usability Award 2011In 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:
http://www.sunweb.nl/ 4 stars
http://www.vd.nl/ 4 stars
http://www.zalando.nl/ 4 stars
http://www.mycom.nl 3 stars
http://neckermann.nl/ 3 stars
http://www.bol.com 2WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-91969311692934220732011-05-09T14:51:00.004+02:002011-05-10T23:02:05.133+02:00Hey LipperheyThis year lipperhey.com celebrates her birthday with a free account for one month. I have tested Lipperhey with the website www.helenahoeve.nl and learned the following:
As Lipperhey user you are allowed to export a rtf report and a csv-file. This way all necessary information is available even if your account is stopped. That's great;
Lipperhey analyses all your webpages, allthough sometimes WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-19243693196262903702011-01-01T10:03:00.002+01:002011-01-02T21:11:57.260+01:00Yearly StatisticsThe number of visits at the website www.helenahoeve.nl is growing every year. See this graph:
The average number of visits per day was 279 for 2010.WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-15878289999875614722010-11-08T12:51:00.000+01:002010-11-08T12:51:20.321+01:00Upgrading a great websiteLast year I was at the award ceremony of the Usability Awards 2010. For the website www.helenahoeve.nl there was a honorable mention. During this ceremony I learned some things to improve the website.
This is what I have done:
Changed the font from serif to sans-serif.
This change has some impact. The top menu was too large now, so
I had to remove a menu item in the top menu.
Luckily did thisWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-90752060262342380442010-10-06T20:20:00.001+02:002010-10-07T22:13:24.747+02:00The Belgian Usability Awards 2010For the Belgian Usability Awards 2010 are the following sites nominated:
www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be
www.kdg.be
www.newpharma.be
www.mobistar.be
www.toerismevlaamsbrabant.be
www.agsob.be
www.middelkerke.be
www.kriskras.be
www.connections.be
www.sibelga.be
The scores according to the Dutch Web Guidelines are:
www.uitinvlaamsbrabant.be 38 points;
www.kdg.be 37 points;
www.newpharma.be 35 points;
WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-11530714008014222412010-06-28T11:57:00.000+02:002010-06-28T11:57:00.905+02:00Click Through RateBased on Google Webmaster Tools for the period 26 May - 24 June 2010 the Helenahoeve got the following Click Through Ratings:
minicampings zeeuws vlaanderen 57%
cadzand haaientanden 48%
boerencamping zeeuws vlaanderen 43%
boerencampings zeeuws vlaanderen 43%
haaientanden zoeken 43%
campings in zeeuws vlaanderen 40%
molka spel 38%
campingsWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-21374462318125569842010-06-28T11:52:00.000+02:002010-06-28T11:52:27.490+02:00Top 20 of search terms usedThe top 20 (actual 22 due to some ties) of used search terms based on Google Webmaster Tools for the period 26 May - 24 June are:
trampoline
haaientanden
boerencamping zeeland
jeu de boules
camping zeeuws vlaanderen
campings zeeuws vlaanderen
dolfinarium
boerderijcamping
havenfeesten terneuzen
boerderijcamping zeeland
goedkoop kamperen
kleine kinderen
speurtocht
struisvogelboerderij
WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-72450572113071987532010-06-28T11:37:00.001+02:002010-06-28T12:08:29.607+02:00Search terms which appear at position 1, 2, 3Based on Google Webmaster Tools for the period 26 May - 24 June 2010 there where 894 search terms used. 282 of these search terms have an average ranking of 10 or less. I will show you the 77 search terms with an average ranking of 3 or less:
haaientanden zeeland 1
grasmaaier race bergharen 1
gemiddelde neerslag nederland 1
haaientanden zoeken 1
westerschelde strand 1
haaientanden zoeken WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-33319488161576127882010-06-17T22:41:00.002+02:002010-06-17T22:43:30.941+02:00Trends and VisitsGoogle Trends gives an overview of the search terms used. Camping related search terms have a strong relation with the season. In the winter nobody cares about the website. However in July a lot of people are searching for a camping.
When you take a look at our visits, you see that we follow this trend.
So I decided that in the summertime I keep the site as is, and make structural WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-20925778703854736332010-06-14T21:15:00.001+02:002010-06-14T21:16:01.750+02:00Global Traffic RankDiscovered a new tool for measuring the popularity of a website thewebinfo.com. What is the most popular site of my favorite list of test sites:
bol.com 3121
funda.nl 3301
helenahoeve.nl 3347391
nu.nl 579
philips.nl 124369
postbus51.nl 183339
rabobank.nl 1999
vrom.nl 148059
wehkamp.nl 6154
wnf.nl 174260
These numbers are difficult to compare. With the log10 function the numbers are easier WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-41198687093270862752010-06-06T18:09:00.002+02:002010-06-07T09:42:10.579+02:00GWT Speed AnalysisAccording to Google Webmaster Tools, the last three months, the site www.helenahoeve.nl was FAST.
See also this graph.WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-60524150649522038352010-05-30T22:39:00.004+02:002010-05-30T22:45:31.237+02:00SlideShare presentation: Over de website Helenahoeve.nlCheck out this Dutch SlideShare Presentation, created for the Usability Award 2010:
Over de website Helenahoeve.nl
The website www.helenahoeve.nl was not nominated for the Usability Award 2010, however we got an honorable mention. See also the photos of the ceremony.WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-64638550260521436032010-05-25T23:15:00.001+02:002010-05-25T23:17:17.165+02:00Photo's Usability Award 2010This year I was invited to visit the award ceremony for the Dutch Usability Awards because the website www.helenahoeve.nl received a honorable mention! The reason? Well see this blog, and the Dutch website overdewebsite.helenahoeve.nl
WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-60990497061325699062010-04-26T23:16:00.001+02:002010-04-26T23:19:55.283+02:00The usability testOkay, what to test when you want to test the usability? The ease of use? Okay, lets try.
www.bol.com
Lets buy a book ("priemgetallen").
Search for priemgetallen
The first result is the right one
Click on "In winkelwagentje"
Click on "Bestellen"
Login or create an account
Create an account
Fill in the form
First error made, filled in name instead of given name
Got a question about the present WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-36916193751235946092010-04-26T21:10:00.002+02:002010-05-25T23:35:48.394+02:00The Design testTesting the design is subjective, however there are some methods which helps.
The small screen test
The first one, is the small screen test. This test is easy to do and I will tell you the result now.
From the following sites, only the Helenahoeve has a seperate design for small screens.
www.bol.com
www.ditzo.nl
www.eduhub.nl
www.hotels.nl
www.nos.nl
www.helenahoeve.nl
The grayscale test
How WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-32003683424949917232010-04-26T16:08:00.001+02:002010-04-26T16:09:10.253+02:00Content testThis is the most difficult test. For each site I have to know what I expect. Okay, lets give it a try.
www.bol.com
Bol.com is working hard at several disiplines. Second hand books, toys, you name it and they sell it.
What information do they have about the new Nintendo DS XL or alternatively the Nintendo DSi? Founded very quickly, however it was not directly clear to me that the XL also have WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-42957575780175443252010-04-25T20:31:00.000+02:002010-04-25T20:31:21.042+02:00Navigation testWhat should I test when I want to test navigation?
I want to go to the homepage within one click;
I want to browse to the contact page and the privacy page;
I want to go to the sitemap within one click;
I want to use the backbutton;
I want to find a specific item.
The test sites are the sites nominated for the usability award 2010 and of course www.helenahoeve.nl
To the homepage with one WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-68132747909397569062010-04-15T23:02:00.003+02:002010-04-15T23:11:53.894+02:00Candidates Usability Award 2010The candidates for the usability awards 2010 are:
www.bol.com
www.ditzo.nl
www.eduhub.nl
www.hotels.nl
www.nos.nl
The scores for the webguidelines are:www.bol.com 36 points;
www.ditzo.nl 28 points;
www.eduhub.nl 40 points;
www.hotels.nl 40 points;
www.nos.nl 42 points.
The validation results of these sites are:www.bol.com Not valid, 111 errors;
www.ditzo.nl Not valid, 390 errors;
www.eduhub.nl WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-60947590695461167022010-04-12T22:53:00.007+02:002010-04-13T07:41:55.730+02:00How fast is fast enoughNow speed is relevant for your score in Google, people are thinking about the necessary speed. On Seochat they state the following:
If your website's average loading time is below 9.82 seconds, your website is loading VERY fast as compared to the average websites ranking in Google at Position 1. You do not need to improve in this case.
Sorry, but even according to the old formula you are WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-66097756644130093112010-03-15T14:06:00.000+01:002010-03-15T14:06:11.488+01:00More candidates for the usability award 2010At the website usabilityaward.wikispaces.com you will find some extra websites who are probably in the race for the usability award 2010.
At this moment, only www.helenahoeve.nl has a score of 42 (or more) according to the Web Guidelines Test. So I will not test these sites.WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-83142653112358090632010-03-15T09:57:00.011+01:002010-03-15T14:48:14.210+01:00Candidates for the Dutch Usability Award 2010At the site frankwatching.com there are 40 websites mentioned as candidate for the Dutch usability award 2010. To test the usability of these sites I decide to check the webguidelines score for these sites. In an earlier test the Helenahoeve got 42 points. I will mention the sites here with 42 points or more:
www.alkmaar.nl 45 points;
www.infomil.nl 43 points;
www.assen.nl the maximum score of WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-80647359291763514642010-03-08T13:32:00.007+01:002010-03-28T21:20:39.837+02:00How to improve Safe BrowsingRemember my first post on this blog? It was about malware on the site. According to Google nowadays almost every website could be infected with malware, and I believe that that is true.
As webmaster I want 2 things:
That the site does not contain malware;
That I do not link to a site containing malware.
The second option seems to be the hardest, because I don't have control over the sites to WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-55802630825374963132010-02-25T21:53:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:07:47.212+01:00Normal, large, larger and largerJust another test. How many times is it possible to increase the font-size before there appears a horizontal scrolbar. This time the test is in Firefox on a 1024x768 pixel monitor.
bol.com 1x 'CTRL +' gives a horizontal scrollbar
funda.nl 4x 'CTRL +' gives a horizontal scrollbar
helenahoeve.nl After 8x 'CTRL +' (the maximum fontsize), there is still no horizontal scrollbar
nu.nl 5x 'CTRL +' givesWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-77756619528290941792010-02-15T13:26:00.012+01:002010-03-19T13:46:24.565+01:00Getting it all togetherThe website helenahoeve.nl is a great site which could be improved in the following ways:
Safety
Ask for ratings on www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/www.helenahoeve.nl;
Make the forms secure;
AccesabilityCreate a logical tab order through links, form controls, and objects by using the tabindex attribute;
Provide keyboard shortcuts to important links (including those in client-side image maps), form WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-27103754026233952542010-02-15T13:15:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:09:22.291+01:00Lipperhey scoresThere is a great tool which probably make all other tests unnecessary. It is called Lipperhey. The results are:
bol.com Technical 7.2, SEO Score 73%, Populatity 10.0, Overall score 8.2
funda.nl Technical 6.4, SEO Score 75%, Populatity 10.0, Overall score 8.0
helenahoeve.nl Technical 8.6, SEO Score 76%, Populatity 7.0, Overall score 7.7
nu.nl Technical 5.7, SEO Score 48%, Populatity 10.0, Overall WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-1209939662379948962010-02-15T12:32:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:09:40.519+01:00SERP Search resultsSERP is standing for Search Engine Results Page, searching for the websites gives these results on Google:
bol Number 1
funda Number 1
helenahoeve Number 1
nu Number 1
philips Number 1
postbus51 Number 1
rabobank Number 1
vrom Number 1
wehkamp Number 1
wnf Number 1
The same for Bing:bol Number 1
funda Number 1
helenahoeve Number 3 and 4, number 1 is helenahoeve.hyves.nl
nu Number 1
philips NumberWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-34632118831523052832010-02-15T12:10:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:10:00.873+01:00PageranksHow visible are the test websites. Time to look at the pageranks.
bol.com Pagerank: 6
funda.nl Pagerank: 7
helenahoeve.nl Pagerank: 3
nu.nl Pagerank: 7
philips.nl Pagerank: 7
postbus51.nl Pagerank: 8
rabobank.nl Pagerank: 7
vrom.nl Pagerank: 8
wehkamp.nl Pagerank: 6
wnf.nl Pagerank: 6
See also this graph:
WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-72953332531040361542010-02-15T11:52:00.002+01:002010-03-15T14:10:25.211+01:00How to improve the formsIn one of the earlier tests I concluded that 6 of the 10 test websites do have a contact form. Let's see how good these forms are. I think the following questions are relevant:
Is it a secure form;
How much information is necessary;
What is the response to an error.
Let's see how secure the forms are:helenahoeve.nl Not secure
philips.nl Not secure
postbus51.nl Secure
vrom.nl Not secure, note: WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-30362741021311100382010-02-15T09:53:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:10:59.875+01:00Hot, not or uselessCommandShift3 is a website where people compare two sites a time. Lets see how hot the test websites are...
bol.com Preparing for battle
funda.nl Preparing for battle
helenahoeve.nl 14% won 3 of 21 battles
nu.nl 20% won 15 of 75 battles
philips.nl Preparing for battle
postbus51.nl Preparing for battle
rabobank.nl Preparing for battle
vrom.nl Preparing for battle
wehkamp.nl 20% won 18 of 88 WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-4308907443342176942010-02-15T09:39:00.002+01:002010-04-13T19:54:02.906+02:00The need for speedThe speed of a website is very important. According to Akamai nowadays a website should have a respons of max 2 seconds. According to Jacob Nielsen a good site have a respons of max 1 second.
Yahoo has a great tool for Firebug users. It is called YSlow and gives an indication of the speed of your website. Testing the websites with YSlow give the following results:
bol.com Grade E, Overall WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-87848638957811522392010-02-14T20:12:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:11:41.058+01:00Things to do to improve the quality of the codeThe tests I have done so far learned me that the quality of the HTML code is very good compared with the other test sites. helenahoeve.nl is the only site without HTML errors, the only site who passes the automated WAI verification test and the only site who renders well in all test situations (see some older blogs on the webblog).
At this moment it is clear for me that I don't have to put WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-32083106908990915172010-02-14T19:58:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:11:56.240+01:00There is printing and printingThe last test in the quality test serie is the printer test. Initial I want to test this on a MacBook only. This is because I thought that Apple understood the use of PDF. With a MacBook you can after the print commando directly save the result a a PDF instead of a physical print. The results were a little bit strange. I seems that Flash components of the webpage will not be printed.
So I WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-35730536280439553732010-02-12T07:55:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:12:33.212+01:00Watching televisionOne of the last tests is viewing the sites on the television by taking a look at the test websites with the Opera Browser for the Wii.
The test results are:bol.com Horizontal scroll needed
funda.nl Great
helenahoeve.nl Great, seperate design for the television
nu.nl Great
philips.nl Horizontal scroll needed
postbus51.nl Horizontal scroll needed
rabobank.nl Horizontal scroll needed
vrom.nl WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-39288961282192481242010-02-11T22:44:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:12:51.079+01:00The HTC TyTN 2 testTime to test the sites with a real mobile phone. The display of the HTC TyTN 2 is a 2.8 inch, 240 X 320 QVGA TFT-LCD display with adjustable angle and backlight. Testing the sites with this phone gives the following results:
The test results are:bol.com Horizontal scroll needed
funda.nl Great, seperate design for mobile devices
helenahoeve.nl Great, seperate design for mobile devices
nu.nl GreatWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-8471246868251431132010-02-11T22:20:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:13:06.559+01:00The iPhone test
The iPhone is a strange phone. When I test the resolution of the iPhone with www.helenahoeve.nl/peek.htm I always get an horizontal width of 320 pixels. For this test I set the viewport to 320x480. Disable flash and set the user agent to iPhone 3.0.
The test results are:
bol.com Horizontal scroll needed
funda.nl Bad layout, horizontal scroll needed
helenahoeve.nl Great, seperate design for WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-24077519728870914352010-02-09T20:43:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:13:20.606+01:00The superphone testGoogle stated that the Nexus One is a superphone. The resolution is 480x800 pixels. I do not have a Nexus One (allthough I think I will love it). To test the websites for the Nexus One I used Firefox with the Web Developer toolbar. With this toolbar I resized the viewport of the Firefox to 480x800.
With these settings, the results are:
bol.com Horizontal scroll needed
funda.nl Horizontal scrollWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-7124654898733680412010-02-08T14:41:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:13:34.719+01:00The 800x600 pixels testOld computers did have a screen resolution of 800x600 pixels. Old fashioned? Not so fast, take a look at the new modern mobile phones. A 800x600 pixel test is not naive. Here are the results when you browse with Internet Explorer 8:
bol.com Horizontal scroll needed
funda.nl Great
helenahoeve.nl Great
nu.nl Great
philips.nl Horizontal scroll needed
postbus51.nl Great
rabobank.nl Horizontal scroll WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-58208047558582585852010-02-08T14:06:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:13:48.563+01:00The DSi browser testThe number of internet devices is growing fast. Nowadays it is possible to browse the web with the DSi browser. The results are ...bol.com Not optimized, horizontal scrolling neccesary, a specific plug-in seems to be required
funda.nl Not optimized, horizontal scrolling neccesary
helenahoeve.nl Optimized!
nu.nl Not optimized, horizontal scrolling neccesary
philips.nl Not optimized, horizontal WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-5254990735288451102010-02-07T23:26:00.005+01:002010-03-15T14:14:13.696+01:00What is normalI thought originally to test the testsites on several devices like a netbook and a normal computer. In the local computer shop I learned that nowadays a normal size for a netbook is 1024x768 pixels. Hmmm, that is exactly the screen size of the desktop computer at home. Time to figure out which screensize people actual use.
According to www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_display.asp most WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-61488206832669518652010-02-07T22:32:00.002+01:002010-03-15T14:14:34.914+01:00A fistfull of dollarsRecently I discovered www.peekstats.com. This site tells you how much your site is worth ...
Okay, lets test the sites:
bol.com $1012275 that is roughly 750.000 euro
funda.nl $667624 that is roughly 500.000 euro
helenahoeve.nl $804 that is roughly 500 euro
nu.nl $3652098 that is roughly 2.500.000 euro
philips.nl $22330 that is roughly 15.000 euro
postbus51.nl $26832 that is roughly 20.000 euro
WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-33751777465419788532010-02-06T15:33:00.005+01:002010-03-15T14:14:48.976+01:00Browsing with Lynx
Browsing with Lynx
==================
Lynx is a text based browser. Browsing with Lynx gives the following results. Allthough I don't get the layout correct (the characters are too large, or this column is too small).
I don't know how good the results are, because I am not familair with character based browsers like Lynx. The best I can do is to decide that this is a tie for all websites. This WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-77687752529061327462010-02-04T23:16:00.002+01:002010-03-15T14:15:12.710+01:00Cynthia Says ... AAAThere is a great tool to test the Accesability Guidelines, it is called Cynthia Says. One of the basic tests is the Section 508 test. The results are:
bol.com Failed Automated Verification
funda.nl Passed Automated Verification
helenahoeve.nl Passed Automated Verification
nu.nl Failed Automated Verification
philips.nl Failed Automated Verification
postbus51.nl Passed Automated Verification
WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-15808963561337041872010-02-04T19:05:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:15:34.836+01:00The Web GuidelinesTime to test the sites against the Web Guidelines. See http://www.webrichtlijnen.nl/english/test/
The results are:
bol.com Score: 34
funda.nl Score: 39
helenahoeve.nl Score: 42
nu.nl Score: 30
philips.nl Score: 36
postbus51.nl Score: 46
rabobank.nl Score: 39
vrom.nl Score: 44
wehkamp.nl Score: 33
wnf.nl Score: 31
The maximum score is 47. www.helenahoeve.nl will never reach this maximum becauseWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-11613265573914211262010-02-04T18:56:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:15:55.055+01:00Testing the quality of the HTML codeOkay, time for a technical test. I will test the quality of the code with several tools. First the well known W3C Validator.
bol.com 126 errors, 45 warnings
funda.nl 65 errors, 26 warnings
helenahoeve.nl Valid XHTML Transitional
nu.nl 150 errors, 83 warnings
philips.nl 8 errors, 2 warnings
postbus51.nl Valid XHTML Strict
rabobank.nl Valid XHTML Strict
vrom.nl 9 errors, 9 warnings
wehkamp.nl 45 WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-2270188758502812592010-01-31T21:15:00.002+01:002010-03-15T14:16:15.073+01:00Things to do to improve the User SafetyAfter the following safety tests I conclude that helenahoeve.nl:
is a save website;
has much less visitors as the other test sites;
is too small for Norton and the Web Of Trust;
is one of the two websites with a great and clear privacy policy;
is one of the two websites with clear contact information.
I think that I should ask people via the website to rate the Helenahoeve at www.mywot.com/en/WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-62399779605661541852010-01-31T20:47:00.002+01:002010-03-15T14:16:40.249+01:00Web Of TrustSo far, so good, time for the last safety test, with the Web Of Trust.
bol.com - Excellent
funda.nl - Excellent
helenahoeve.nl - Not enough ratings for this site
nu.nl - Excellent
philips.nl - Excellent
postbus51.nl - Excellent
rabobank.nl - Excellent
vrom.nl - Excellent
wehkamp.nl - Excellent
wnf.nl - Excellent
Hmmm, every test site rates Excellent, except the Helenahoeve. I think that here is WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-63830965626675923172010-01-31T15:14:00.002+01:002010-03-15T14:16:54.717+01:00Contact optionsIn the previous test, I discovered syntax errors in the P3P file from Philips and in the P3P file from the Rabobank. I was able to mail Philips via a webform, however it seems not possible to contact the Rabobank by mail.
When I use a website, I expect that it is possible to mail. A webform is ok, a real e-mail address is superb. Both is of course the best.
bol.com - Real e-mail address found
WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-7736020256052539642010-01-31T14:46:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:17:22.591+01:00Privacy TestIn the previous test there where three sites with a privacy policy. In this extra test, I will take a look at the privacy policies of the test websites. In Internet Explorer 8 there is an option to retrieve the privacy policy of a specific site. When I look for the privacy policy, I got these results:
bol.com - No privacy policy found.
funda.nl - Privacy policy available!
helenahoeve.nl - PrivacyWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-59124481921236088622010-01-31T10:31:00.001+01:002010-03-15T14:17:42.231+01:00Third Safety Test - Norton Safe WebAccording to Google Safe Browsing and McAfee SiteAdvisor all tested sites are save. I suppose Norton Safe Web will conclude the same. The test results are:
bol.com Safe
funda.nl Safe
helenahoeve.nl Untested. This site has not been tested yet.
nu.nl Safe
philips.nl Safe
postbus51.nl Safe
rabobank.nl Safe
vrom.nl Safe
wehkamp.nl Safe
wnf.nl Safe
As far as Norton Safe Web knows, all tested sites areWebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-73952000279320653672010-01-31T10:04:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:17:56.367+01:00Second Safety Test - McAfee SiteAdvisorThe first safety test with Google Safe Browsing indicates that all the test sites are safe. Time to use another tool. This time I test the site with McAfee SiteAdvisor.
The results are:
bol.com We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
funda.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant problems.
helenahoeve.nl We tested this site and didn't find any significant WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-78210248377303533182010-01-28T19:06:00.003+01:002010-03-15T14:18:19.053+01:00Google Safe BrowsingOctober 2009, I discovered the site www.helenahoeve.nl was infiltrated and contains malware. See the first article of this blog. I did not expect that that was possible. A good reason to test the sites selected in the article How to further improve the website with Google Safe Browsing.
The test results are:
bol.com This site is not currently listed as suspicious.
funda.nl This site is not WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-47038258907964848612010-01-26T23:20:00.002+01:002010-03-15T14:18:35.711+01:00How to futher improve the website
A good website is always under construction. The question is "What to do next?" To answer that question, you should know what to improve.
To decide what to improve I will compare the website of the Helenahoeve with sites with a great usability. These site are:
www.bol.com
www.funda.nl
www.nu.nl
www.philips.nl
www.postbus51.nl
www.rabobank.nl
www.vrom.nl
www.wehkamp.nl
www.wnf.nl
So I will test WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-54295747361298670552009-12-16T20:47:00.007+01:002010-04-12T14:54:13.201+02:00Site Performance in a Graph
The faster your site, the more sites that are slower...
According to this Graph (based on Google's Site Performance) almost all sites are slower when your performance is 0,3 seconds.
% slower sites = 105 - 18 * site performance
Update 05-04-2010: At a regular base, I upgrade this graph, normally, it are minor changes. However today it seems that there is a real change in the graph (1.0s WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-41057448147872270742009-12-11T20:11:00.004+01:002010-03-15T14:19:51.435+01:00Crawlstats versus Site PerformanceGoogle introduced Site Performance. What is the difference between the Crawl Stats and the Site Performance. Crawl time is between the 0.2 and 0.4 seconds. The site is fast, except at the end of November. Strange. See this image ...
WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-37078429613227942732009-11-04T21:57:00.009+01:002009-11-04T22:20:06.603+01:00How to prevent your website for malwareWhat the hell, how is it possible that I got malware at my website?
I have a theory. A nasty computer program infected the website. The way it is done seems Cross-site scripting to me.
Ok, why me? May be because the nasty computer program searches for webpages called webform*.htm for example with this search http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=allinurl:+webform.
Ok, why was it possible? WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406065513735440282.post-74140194990870897432009-11-04T21:31:00.010+01:002009-12-14T09:42:31.946+01:00How to test if your site contains malwareA few weeks ago I discovered a problem as webmaster of the Helenahoeve (www.helenahoeve.nl). The site was hacked. Each page contains some extra code between the end head and the body tag.
The code was something like:
script src=http://mashaei.ir/AWStats/admin.php /script
I did not check it, but I think it is some nasty code. I discovered this code because I saw in the status bar that the WebHelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098490853002608891noreply@blogger.com0