Free Website Health Check

Common questions

What does the website health check cover?

Ten questions about the things that most often cost a small business customers: whether the site is easy to use on a phone, whether it loads in under three seconds, whether it appears on Google when you search your business name, whether it is secure (the padlock / https), whether there is an obvious way to contact you, whether it shows reviews, whether it has been updated in the last two years, whether the first screen explains what you do, whether you can edit it yourself, and whether it is free of broken links and missing images.

Is this an automated scan of my URL?

No — and that is deliberate. It is a guided self-assessment: you answer ten plain-English questions about your own site and get a score with an explanation of why each one matters. An automated crawler can tell you a page is slow; it cannot tell you whether the first screen actually explains what your business does, or whether you can update the site without calling someone. Those are the questions that decide whether a website earns its keep.

How long does it take?

About sixty seconds. There is no signup, no email gate, and no report emailed to you afterwards — you see your results on the page immediately.

My site scored badly. What should I fix first?

In this order: security, then mobile, then whether the first screen explains what you do, then contact options. A site that is flagged 'Not Secure' or unusable on a phone loses visitors before anything else matters, and a visitor who cannot tell what you do within one screen leaves regardless of how fast the page loaded.

Does a good score mean I will rank on Google?

No, and be sceptical of any tool that promises that. A good score means the foundations are sound. Ranking also depends on your content, how closely it matches what people actually search for, and how many other sites reference yours. Foundations are necessary, not sufficient.

What if most of my answers are 'no'?

Then a rebuild is usually cheaper than a series of patches. A Minuswires Website Launch is $499 plus $45/month for hosting and care, typically live in about a week, and covers every item on this list from the start.

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