GUIDE 017 SIMPLE CHECKS8 MINUTE READ

Practical website guide

How to review your
own homepage.

A simple fresh-eyes check for small-business owners who want to know what might be helping—or confusing—a new customer.

07HOMEPAGE
CHECKS

You know your business so well that it can be difficult to see your homepage as a stranger sees it. This guide helps you step back and examine the page in the order a potential customer may experience it.

01

Can someone tell what you do?

Look only at the first visible part of the page. A visitor should be able to identify the service or product without interpreting a clever slogan or scrolling for an explanation.

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QUICK TEST

Read the main heading without the logo. Does it still make sense?

02

Is it clear who and where you serve?

A local business should usually state its location or service area early. A specialist business should make the intended customer obvious. This helps the right visitor recognise that they are in the right place.

QUICK TEST

Could a stranger tell whether the service is suitable for them?

03

Can visitors see why they should trust you?

Trust is rarely created by saying you are trustworthy. Useful reassurance might include genuine reviews, years of experience, professional memberships, guarantees, named people or clear photographs of completed work.

QUICK TEST

Choose the two strongest pieces of proof. Are they easy to find?

04

Is the next step unmistakable?

Decide what you most want a suitable visitor to do. The wording on buttons should describe that action clearly, and the same primary action should be used consistently rather than changing from section to section.

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QUICK TEST

Can you identify the main action in less than five seconds?

05

Does the page answer practical questions?

Visitors may want to know what is included, how the service works, where you operate, how delivery is arranged or what happens after an enquiry. Put essential answers before the visitor has to ask for them.

QUICK TEST

Write down the three questions customers ask most often. Does the homepage answer them?

06

Is anything competing or repeating?

Repeated introductions, several different calls to action and large blocks saying similar things make the page feel harder to scan. Repetition can usually be replaced by one clearer statement in the right place.

QUICK TEST

Highlight every repeated promise and action. Which version is strongest?

07

Does it still work on a phone?

Mobile visitors see less at once. Check whether the heading wraps naturally, buttons are easy to tap, important proof remains visible and product or service cards are not squeezed into narrow columns.

QUICK TEST

Use the page with one hand. Can you scan it and take the main action comfortably?

Your final check

Seven questions.
One clearer homepage.

You do not need to redesign everything. Start with the first question you cannot confidently answer “yes” to.

  1. Can someone tell what you do?

  2. Is it clear who and where you serve?

  3. Can visitors see why they should trust you?

  4. Is the next step unmistakable?

  5. Does the page answer practical questions?

  6. Is anything competing or repeating?

  7. Does it still work on a phone?

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