2014 Q3/UK Retail 500 Websites : web benchmark : Charles Clinkard rises 208

21 Aug 2014

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Top site this quarter with an Index of 8.12 is Pownall Carpets http://www.pownallcarpets.com/

Screenshot of Pownall Carpets

The next top five sites are listed below:
2nd Mexx
3rd KD Beds
4th Bargain Booze
5th Hammonds Furniture
6th W Boyes & Co

The site that demonstrated the greatest improvement was Charles Clinkard rising 208 places to rank 59 (Index of 5.12).

The next five most improved sites are listed below:
Rising 190, Superdrug
Rising 180, Magnet
Rising 173, Baker Ross
Rising 162, Evans
Rising 161, Graham & Green

The reviewing and subsequent benchmarking of the sites was completed on 21st August, in all we carried out 876,695,456 checks - testing function, checking compliance and measuring performance - reviewing the page content, code and delivery infrastructure. Functionally Pumpkin Patch was top, H&M had the fastest response time with The Bear Factory reporting the best HTML 'code quality'.

The top sites for accessibility were:
1st Williams & Griffin
2nd Acotis
3rd Divertimenti
4th Space NK
5th The Works Holdings

The full results and access to the Sitemorse INDEX, 2014 Q3/UK 500 Retail is available at: http://www.sitemorse.com/rt/1062.

Sitemorse INDEX

HOW? Using our software, we look at each site individually, mapping out every combination of every one of the top 125 pages and complete around 1,200 tests, checks and measures across User Experience (UX), Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Search Capability (SEO). Against the results, our benchmarking methodology is applied to provide a ranked table - the results are then published as the "UK Retail 500 Websites" INDEX.

WHY? The quarterly Index Website Review, is across each of the sectors as the independent benchmark identifying how websites are performing, meeting compliance levels and satisfying their users. It's also a key indicator for website managers who, while always wanting to be at the top of their game, could be hampered by poor-performing suppliers, non-compliant legacy content or content management systems that often fail to spot errors affecting user experience.

Client services such as Venobia, Governisation and the Web Management Toolkit immediately find the issues that affect web users the most on any website, help demonstrate real improvement and ensure you have control and confidence in your web presence. They will help you minimise unnecessary risk, issues covering everything from compliance with web standards to helping you deal with malware, protect your brand across even a large web presence, and enhance search engine optimisation to help more potential customers find you. They can help spotlight content that may need updating, issues with staff training and support, and focus supplier management. We offer a confidential internal 'company wide' website testing and benchmarking service - allowing you to review the position of all the sites in your organisation.