News
What we’ve been up to
Behind the scenes in September 2014: a CMS upgrade, lossless image compression, faster pages through optimising and caching, and passing 100 designscans.
Blog
News from DesignScan since 2014: new features, website tips and what thousands of scans say about the web.
News
Free signup enabled
By popular request, a free account: FreeBee. Keep the credits you earn by voting under your own name and take part in the forum, the blog and the Vote section.
News
30 days and counting
One month after the launch: bugs fixed, the first paid scans, the first blog posts, an author section for guest writers, a clearer front page and the start of the support section.
Website tips
The periodic table of SEO ranking factors
Search engine optimisation looks like alchemy from the outside, but there is a science to it: ranking factors that work together, weighted from 1 to 3, and the violations that hurt your chances.
Website tips
Subsequent costing
A $25,000 quote lost to a $1,000 offer, and a client who regretted it. A freelancer’s story about subsequent costs, and the one question every client should ask before signing.
News
Website launch announcement
June 2014: after three years of spare-time work, DesignScan.me goes live. A look at the first version, with Made Scans, the Dashboard and Support, and the plan to bring website owners and web designers together.
How old does your website look?
A free scan takes about a minute: Website Age, speed, SEO, the UX Doctor and real people’s votes.