Usability & mobile
Navigation, readability, layout, calls to action and the experience on phones and tablets.
WEBSITE AUDITS
Is your website
actually doing its job?
A practical review of what is working, what is getting in the way, and what is worth fixing — without burying you in an automated report.
A useful audit ends with decisions.
We look at the site as both a visitor and a technical system, then turn what we find into a clear, prioritized plan.
We look at the site as both a visitor and a technical system, then turn what we find into a clear, prioritized plan.
A PRACTICAL SECOND OPINION
See the site your visitors are actually using.
Websites accumulate little problems. Pages get old. Mobile layouts drift. Forms stop behaving. Calls to action become unclear. Search engines see things differently after a redesign. None of it necessarily means you need a new website.
A Shadow Software website audit separates the things that genuinely matter from the things that merely look impressive on a scorecard.
WHAT WE LOOK AT
More than a speed test.
Performance
Page weight, images, scripts, loading behaviour and obvious bottlenecks that make the site feel slow.
Accessibility
Practical checks around structure, contrast, keyboard use, labels, alternative text and common barriers.
Search visibility
Page titles, headings, metadata, indexing basics, content structure and local-search fundamentals.
Content & conversion
Outdated information, confusing journeys, weak calls to action and places where visitors are likely to give up.
Technical health
Broken links, forms, redirects, HTTPS, obvious configuration issues and other problems hiding behind the page.
WHAT YOU GET
A report you can actually use.
We document what we find in plain language, with screenshots or examples where they help. Recommendations are prioritized so you can distinguish an urgent problem from a worthwhile improvement and from something that can simply wait.
Fix firstProblems affecting visitors, enquiries, accessibility or basic operation.
Improve nextChanges likely to make the site clearer, faster or more effective.
Consider laterUseful ideas that are not worth disrupting everything else for.
NOT EVERY AUDIT ENDS IN A REDESIGN
Sometimes the right answer is: keep what you have.
If the foundations are sound, we will say so. A handful of focused changes can often deliver more value than throwing away a perfectly serviceable website and starting again.
And if a rebuild really is justified, you will know why before you spend the money.
Got a website that needs some attention?
Tell us what’s not working. We’ll take a look.