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Research Study Discovers Interesting Statistics on Hospital Websites

10-26-2011 02:01 PM CET | Health & Medicine

Press release from: Siteimprove

Minneapolis, MN October 25th, 2011: Siteimprove found interesting data while researching the top 25 cancer hospital websites. They collected data such as average number of broken links and misspellings. Other findings were accessibility and platform dependent document figures. The cancer hospital list used to implement this study is from US News best ranking cancer hospitals of 2011.

From the study, the most surprising number was the average number of broken links. The study ran a website check on the first 2,000 pages of the top 25 cancer hospital websites and found an average of 181 broken links. These broken links were separated into internal and external links. There were 52% internal broken links and 48% external broken links.

Misspellings are common to any organization’s website, but to hospitals, the most common five misspelled words are: diagnostic, assessment, personnel, specialties, and development, according to the findings from Siteimprove. They divided this data into misspellings by specific content management systems (CMS). The highest number of misspellings by CMS is 118.

For accessibility, the findings show 17 out of 25 websites did not have appropriate alternative text on all images and, the most common platform for dependent documents used is Word.

Siteimprove’s office in Minneapolis, MN has been in operation since 2007 providing services to US and Canada, currently working with more than 25 health care centers. They have over 900 SiteCheck subscribers such as universities, government agencies, private sector, and law firms. Their internet-based website services specialize in the field of web analytics, internal site search, content quality assurance, website monitoring, and search engine optimization. Websites for hospitals hold a vast majority of information to bring in visitors such as, but not limited to, patient forms, showcasing new talent, and announcing innovative medical advancements. Hospitals benefit from the easy to use products offered by Siteimprove as a cost effective solution to their website maintenance and monitoring. Web teams of any organization, one or several hundred web editors, can access the effective tools to ensure having quality websites. Siteimprove prides themselves on excellent client service with each client receiving a dedicated account manager and technical support system to assist your web maintenance team.

Siteimprove
1422 West Lake Street, suite 314
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Scott Mark
612-545-5662
sma@siteimprove.com
www.siteimprove.com

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