What Does the Browser Say About Your Site?

You should always be aware of what your sites look like in different browsers, and check your Web of Trust rating.

The other day I was looking around at CrowdSpring, a website that is fairly trustworthy and does not have any major security flaws that I’m aware of – definitely not a site that is trying to infect your browser. The site worked just fine in FireFox and Internet Explorer. However, I was using Chrome (one of the fastest growing browsers that is already up to 10% market share) the browser stopped me from even continuing to a section of the site and told me there was something wrong with the servers and that a hacker might be involved and that I should really leave the site.

It turned out it was a server configuration error on crowdspring’s side that was fixed fairly quickly. However, if they had not been alerted by someone – or worse, never check their site in multiple browsers – they may have just continued to lose new customers without understanding why.

This is why it is so important to look at your site in different browsers. Don’t just look at the the homepage, look at your internal pages, especially your conversion pages.

If you do not want to maintain multiple browsers and machines, Cross Browser Testing is a paid solution that can help you out.

Testing your site in multiple browsers is easy. Fixing some of the issues might be difficult – but at least you’re aware of the problem. Not looking around you site in multiple browsers is an easy way to isolate visitors and lose customers to your competition.

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One Response to “What Does the Browser Say About Your Site?”

BSimms on February 15th, 2010 7:52 am

Checking website’s look in different browsers is essential for every web designer or site owner. There is a free alternative to Cross Browser Testing tool noted ion the article: BrowserShots

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