some Resources

Here are a selection of tools that you might find useful. Any comments regarding this list or specific questions regarding one of these tools can be forward directly to us via our contact form.

Guidlines

Google Webmaster Guidlines

Design, content and technical guidelines from Google. Included are Quality Guidelines, which outline illicit practices that may lead to a site being penalized or completely removed from Google's index.

Webmaster Guidelines

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W3C Accessibility Standards Overview

The official guideline for web standards.

Guidelines

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Tools

DNSstuff

A whole host of tools and reports for DNS domain name servers and information system networks. Including whois/ipwhois lookup, country ip lookup, tracer routes, e-mail lookup and more.

DNSstuff Tools

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Google Lighthouse

Google Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool for measuring the quality of a site.

Step by Step Guide to Run Lighthouse

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Google Toolbar

All tools are now integrated into Chrome directly!

Toolbar Download Page

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Website Validation

CSS Validation - W3C

The 'official' CSS validator to check the CSS of Web documents.

CSS Validator

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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. They offer the 'official validator to check the markup validity of Web documents.

Markup Validation Service

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