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Allerdale Council

North Square completes its evaluation of the new Allerdale Council website. North Square has worked for 26 councils in the UK.
View major clients, testimonials, and request references in our Client Portfolio.
(January 2008)

Newsletter

North Square's website best practice newsletter provides updates on our latest research articles and recommended tools. We encourage you to look at our sample newsletter.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page contains answers to common questions about North Square Interactive and the services we offer. A form to ask us a question can be found at the foot of this page.

Questions: Our Services

  1. How can we make our website accessible?
  2. How can we improve our website's usability?
  3. What does North Square's website evaluation report consist of?
  4. Can North Square audit our intranet against best practice?
  5. Does North Square offer a competitor benchmarking report?
  6. How can we thoroughly test our application?
  7. How do we know if our website renders and functions correctly across all browsers?

Questions: Our Business

  1. Who has North Square worked for?
  2. Does North Square source website developers?
  3. Does North Square design websites?
  4. Does North Square provide Search Engine Optimisation services?

Answers: Our Services

1. How can we make our website accessible?

North Square produce bespoke accessibility reports to teach organisations the steps required to reach defined levels of accessibility. For more information, please see Accessibility Evaluation.

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2. How can we improve our website's usability?

There are three services we offer to help companies improve their website's usability: Website Evaluation, Usability Testing and Website Experts Panel. Website Evaluation is where a North Square analyst audits a website against research into best practice producing a report of deliverable actions. Usability Testing involves setting tasks for members of the target audience to perform on the website and making recommendations based on the observations. Our Website Experts Panel is designed to compliment Website Evaluation or Usability Testing. We submit websites to a roster of 20-70 marketing, communications and media experts to feedback their opinions.

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3. What does North Square's website evaluation report consist of?

The report consists of over 300 best practice assessment paragraphs. The 300+ assessments are divided into chapters and are grouped in sections covering Content, Design, Usability, Accessibility, Navigation, Strategy, and more. Each assessment receives a written response presenting both findings and solutions. For more information, see Website Evaluation.

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4. Can North Square audit our intranet against best practice?

Yes - please refer to our Intranet Evaluation service.

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5. Does North Square offer a competitor benchmarking report?

Yes - please refer to our Competitor Analysis service.

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6. How can we thoroughly test our application to see if it works?

North Square offers script-based and exploratory-based Functionality Testing.

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7. How do we know if our website renders and functions correctly across all browsers?

North Square offers an exploratory testing service, which is the only assured method of finding out. We can test websites across all browsers and platforms. For more information, see Browser Testing.

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Our Business

1. Who has North Square worked for?

North Square worked for numerous FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies, including BAE Systems, Manchester United Football Club, Smith & Nephew PLC, Ryanair PLC, Finnair PLC, BAA PLC, BUPA, Amnesty International, Royal & Sun Alliance PLC, McGraw-Hill Publishers. You can read testimonials and request for client reference letters to be sent to you by email from our Client Portfolio page.

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2. Does North Square provide help in sourcing website developers?

Yes - North Square maintains a roster of developers in general design and development, e-commerce, information architecture, database development and search optimisation. Our roster incorporates international top tier agencies through to freelance-based speciality developers.

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3. Does North Square design and develop websites?

No - designing and developing websites is not in North Square's remit. Our overriding aim is to stay on top of best practice and provide analysis and evaluation reports of the highest quality. We do however maintain a roster of suppliers who provide specialist and general websites development services.

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4. Does North Square provide search engine and website marketing services?

No - North Square does not provide search engine and website marketing services. We do however maintain a roster of suppliers who provide assistance in search engine and website marketing services.

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