WEB/240
Website Evaluation
This week, our design team evaluated the target site, Berry’s Bug Blasters, along with the websites of two competitors – Terminix and Orkin. The results of all three evaluations are depicted in the attached form, followed by the team’s recommendations for improving Berry’s Bug Blasters’ public internet site. Lastly, Team A has also developed a list of specific modifications which will be implemented in the coming weeks, in an effort to enhance the company’s web presence and to increase site functionality.
Website Evaluation
Website evaluation form
Page Layout
Criteria
Berry’s Bug Blasters
Terminix
Orkin
Organization
Simplistic design
Structured in unordered list
All links are functional
Logical naming convention (Home, About Us, etc.)
This site was extremely simplistic, not much to organize.
The structure was not all that bad the site just needs more meaningful placement of information
The links were functional
Logical names were selected
This site has a simplistic design with the links located at top of the page for easy user access.
The structure of the site seemed to be based on company clientele percentages.
All links were functional
The site was very logical with link a service names
This site has a simplistic design with the add-on of the bud identification section.
The site was set up to flow from an introduction to who they are and why choose them into the services
All links were functional
The site was very logical with links and service names
Header/logo
Consistency
User appeal
Occupies less than 1/4 – 1/3 of viewport at 1024x768 resolution
The header is consistent throughout the website
This header does not have much of a user appeal
This header occupies about 1/3 of the page and not that much viewpoint at the specific resolution
The header is consistent throughout the website
This header has a great deal of user appeal with links located below for
References: Felke-Morris, T. A. (2015). Web Development and Design Foundations (7th ed.). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix ebook Collection. Orkin. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.orkin.com Terminix. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.terminix.com University of Phoenix. (2013). Berry 's Bug Blasters - Virtual Organization.Retrieved from University of Phoenix, WEB/240 - Web Design Fundamentals website.