Getting Started with Siteimprove

Have you ever wondered whether there are any broken links on your website? Whether it can be found by searching in Google? How about whether it’s accessible to people with disabilities? Siteimprove is a tool which can help you with all of these questions. 

What is Siteimprove?

Siteimprove is a self-service application available to all Yale faculty and staff that provides website owners with valuable insights to improve the quality and accessibility of their sites. It helps optimize sites for search engine discovery and captures basic analytics about site usage to help prioritize improvement efforts.

The tool can help you answer important questions about your website, such as whether there are broken links, if it can be found through Google searches, and whether it’s accessible to people with disabilities.

How Siteimprove Works

The Siteimprove crawler runs every 5 days to store an up-to-date version of your site and identify potential issues. These issues are sorted into categories including Quality Assurance, Accessibility, and Search Engine Optimization. With the embedded analytics script on most sites, users can track page views and PDF clicks to help prioritize improvement efforts.

Learn more about Siteimprove at Usability & Web Accessibility 

Need Access to Siteimprove?

To get started with Siteimprove, send an email with both the name and URL of your site. The team will email you back when you can login and view.

Email YaleSites for Siteimprove Access

Learn Siteimprove

  • Analytics

    Learn what analytics are available and how to use the tools provided by Siteimprove.

  • Quality Assurance Module

    This module helps you find quick and easy fixes. Use it to find broken links, misspellings, check readability, view a complete inventory of pages, links, files, and a sitemap.

  • Accessibility Module

    Scans for WCAG 2.0 compliance issues, provides an accessibility score, and identifies problems in both web pages and PDFs.

  • Siteimprove Office Hours

    Join the Digital Experience Team experts in open office hours. Check out our office hours on our Trainings page.

  • Understanding Metrics

    What do the different metrics (visits, page views, unique visitors, etc.) mean in Analytics?

  • Marketing Analytics

    Getting started with Marketing Analytics (formerly known as ‘Analytics’)

  • Siteimprove Help Center

    Find support at the help center.