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  • How to Use Analytics & Reports for Marketing, Sales & More

    28 septembre 2023, par Erin — Analytics Tips

    By now, most professionals know they should be using analytics and reports to make better business decisions. Blogs and thought leaders talk about it all the time. But most sources don’t tell you how to use analytics and reports. So marketers, salespeople and others either skim whatever reports they come across or give up on making data-driven decisions entirely. 

    But it doesn’t have to be this way.

    In this article, we’ll cover what analytics and reports are, how they differ and give you examples of each. Then, we’ll explain how clean data comes into play and how marketing, sales, and user experience teams can use reports and analytics to uncover actionable insights.

    What’s the difference between analytics & reports ? 

    Many people speak of reports and analytics as if the terms are interchangeable, but they have two distinct meanings.

    A report is a collection of data presented in one place. By tracking key metrics and providing numbers, reports tell you what is happening in your business. Analytics is the study of data and the process of generating insights from data. Both rely on data and are essential for understanding and improving your business results.

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    A science experiment is a helpful analogy for how reporting and analytics work together. To conduct an experiment, scientists collect data and results and compile a report of what happened. But the process doesn’t stop there. After generating a data report, scientists analyse the data and try to understand the why behind the results.

    In a business context, you collect and organise data in reports. With analytics, you then use those reports and their data to draw conclusions about what works and what doesn’t.

    Reports examples 

    Reports are a valuable tool for just about any part of your business, from sales to finance to human resources. For example, your finance team might collect data about spending and use it to create a report. It might show how much you spend on employee compensation, real estate, raw materials and shipping.

    On the other hand, your marketing team might benefit from a report on lead sources. This would mean collecting data on where your sales leads come from (social media, email, organic search, etc.). You could collect and present lead source data over time for a more in-depth report. This shows which sources are becoming more effective over time. With advanced tools, you can create detailed, custom reports that include multiple factors, such as time, geographical location and device type.

    Analytics examples 

    Because analytics requires looking at and drawing insights from data and reports to collect and present data, analytics often begins by studying reports. 

    In our example of a report on lead sources, an analytics professional might study the report and notice that webinars are an important source of leads. To better understand this, they might look closely at the number of leads acquired compared to how often webinars occur. If they notice that the number of webinar leads has been growing, they might conclude that the business should invest in more webinars to generate more leads. This is just one kind of insight analytics can provide.

    For another example, your human resources team might study a report on employee retention. After analysing the data, they could discover valuable insights, such as which teams have the highest turnover rate. Further analysis might help them uncover why certain teams fail to keep employees and what they can do to solve the problem.

    The importance of clean data 

    Both analytics and reporting rely on data, so it’s essential your data is clean. Clean data means you’ve audited your data, removed inaccuracies and duplicate entries, and corrected mislabelled data or errors. Basically, you want to ensure that each piece of information you’re using for reports and analytics is accurate and organised correctly.

    If your data isn’t clean and accurate, neither will your reports be. And making business decisions based on bad data can come at a considerable cost. Inaccurate data might lead you to invest in a channel that appears more valuable than it actually is. Or it could cause you to overlook opportunities for growth. Moreover, poor data maintenance and the poor insight it provides will lead your team to have less trust in your reports and analytics team.

    The simplest way to maintain clean data is to be meticulous when inputting or transferring data. This can be as simple as ensuring that your sales team fills in every field of an account record. When you need to import or transfer data from other sources, you need to perform quality assurance (QA) checks to make sure data is appropriately labelled and organised. 

    Another way to maintain clean data is by avoiding cookies. Most web visitors reject cookie consent banners. When this happens, analysts and marketers don’t get data on these visitors and only see the percentage of users who accept tracking. This means they decide on a smaller sample size, leading to poor or inaccurate data. These banners also create a poor user experience and annoy web visitors.

    Matomo can be configured to run cookieless — which, in most countries, means you don’t need to have an annoying cookie consent screen on your site. This way, you can get more accurate data and create a better user experience.

    Marketing analytics and reports 

    Analytics and reporting help you measure and improve the effectiveness of your marketing efforts. They help you learn what’s working and what you should invest more time and money into. And bolstering the effectiveness of your marketing will create more opportunities for sales.

    One common area where marketing teams use analytics and reports is to understand and improve their keyword rankings and search engine optimization. They use web analytics platforms like Matomo to report on how their website performs for specific keywords. Insights from these reports are then used to inform changes to the website and the development of new content.

    As we mentioned above, marketing teams often use reports on lead sources to understand how their prospects and customers are learning about the brand. They might analyse their lead sources to better understand their audience. 

    For example, if your company finds that you receive a lot of leads from LinkedIn, you might decide to study the content you post there and how it differs from other platforms. You could apply a similar content approach to other channels to see if it increases lead generation. You can then study reporting on how lead source data changes after you change content strategies. This is one example of how analysing a report can lead to marketing experimentation. 

    Email and paid advertising are also marketing channels that can be optimised with reports and analysis. By studying the data around what emails and ads your audience clicks on, you can draw insights into what topics and messaging resonate with your customers.

    Marketing teams often use A/B testing to learn about audience preferences. In an A/B test, you can test two landing page versions, such as two different types of call-to-action (CTA) buttons. Matomo will generate a report showing how many people clicked each version. From those results, you may draw an insight into the design your audience prefers.

    Sales analytics and reports 

    Sales analytics and reports are used to help teams close more deals and sell more efficiently. They also help businesses understand their revenue, set goals, and optimise sales processes. And understanding your sales and revenue allows you to plan for the future.

    One of the keys to building a successful sales strategy and team is understanding your sales cycle. That’s why it’s so important for companies to analyse their lead and sales data. For business-to-business (B2B) companies in particular, the sales cycle can be a long process. But you can use reporting and analytics to learn about the stages of the buying cycle, including how long they take and how many leads proceed to the next step.

    Analysing lead and customer data also allows you to gain insights into who your customers are. With detailed account records, you can track where your customers are, what industries they come from, what their role is and how much they spend. While you can use reports to gather customer data, you also have to use analysis and qualitative information in order to build buyer personas. 

    Many sales teams use past individual and business performance to understand revenue trends. For instance, you might study historical data reports to learn how seasonality affects your revenue. If you dive deeper, you might find that seasonal trends may depend on the country where your customers live. 

    Sales rep, money and clock

    Conversely, it’s also important to analyse what internal variables are affecting revenue. You can use revenue reports to identify your top-performing sales associates. You can then try to expand and replicate that success. While sales is a field often driven by personal relationships and conversations, many types of reports allow you to learn about and improve the process.

    Website and user behaviour analytics and reports 

    More and more, businesses view their websites as an experience and user behaviour as an important part of their business. And just like sales and marketing, reporting and analytics help you better understand and optimise your web experience. 

    Many web and user behaviour metrics, like traffic source, have important implications for marketing. For example, page traffic and user flows can provide valuable insights into what your customers are interested in. This can then drive future content development and marketing campaigns.

    You can also learn about how your users navigate and use your website. A robust web analytics tool, like Matomo, can supply user session recordings and visitor tracking. For example, you could study which pages a particular user visits. But Matomo also has a feature called Transitions that provides visual reports showing where a particular page’s traffic comes from and where visitors tend to go afterward. 

    As you consider why people might be leaving your website, site performance is another important area for reporting. Most users are accustomed to near-instantaneous web experiences, so it’s worth monitoring your page load time and looking out for backend delays. In today’s world, your website experience is part of what you’re selling to customers. Don’t miss out on opportunities to impress and delight them.

    Dive into your data

    Reporting and analytics can seem like mysterious buzzwords we’re all supposed to understand already. But, like anything else, they require definitions and meaningful examples. When you dig into the topic, though, the applications for reporting and analytics are endless.

    Use these examples to identify how you can use analytics and reports in your role and department to achieve better results, whether that means higher quality leads, bigger deal size or a better user experience.

    To see how Matomo can collect accurate and reliable data and turn it into in-depth analytics and reports, start a free 21-day trial. No credit card required.

  • Protecting consumer privacy : How to ensure CCPA compliance

    18 août 2023, par Erin — CCPA, Privacy

    The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a state law that enhances privacy rights and consumer protection for residents of California. 

    It grants consumers six rights, like the right to know what personal information is being collected about them by businesses and others. 

    CCPA also requires businesses to provide notice of data collection practices. Consumers can choose to opt out of the sale of their data. 

    In this article, we’ll learn more about the scope of CCPA, the penalties for non-compliance and how our web analytics tool, Matomo, can help you create a CCPA-compliant framework.

    What is the CCPA ? 

    CCPA was implemented on January 1, 2020. It ensures that businesses securely handle individuals’ personal information and respect their privacy in the digital ecosystem. 

    How does CCPA compliance add value

    CCPA addresses the growing concerns over privacy and data protection ; 40% of US consumers share that they’re worried about digital privacy. With the increasing amount of personal information being collected and shared by businesses, there was a need to establish regulations to provide individuals with more control and transparency over their data. 

    CCPA aims to protect consumer privacy rights and promote greater accountability from businesses when handling personal information.

    Scope of CCPA 

    The scope of CCPA includes for-profit businesses that collect personal information from California residents, regardless of where you run the business from.

    It defines three thresholds that determine the inclusion criteria for businesses subject to CCPA regulations. 

    Businesses need to abide by CCPA if they meet any of the three options :

    1. Revenue threshold : Have an annual gross revenue of over $25 million.
    2. Consumer threshold : Businesses that purchase, sell or distribute the personal information of 100,000 or more consumers, households or devices.
    3. Data threshold : Businesses that earn at least half of their revenue annually from selling the personal information of California residents.

    What are the six consumer rights under the CCPA ? 

    Here’s a short description of the six consumer rights. 

    The six rights of consumers under CCPA
    1. Right to know : Under this right, you can ask a business to disclose specific personal information they collect about you and the categories of sources of the information. You can also know the purpose of collection and to which third-party the business will disclose this info. This allows consumers to understand what information is being held and how it is used. You can request this info for free twice a year.
    2. Right to delete : Consumers can request the deletion of their personal information. Companies must comply with some exceptions.
    3. Right to opt-out : Consumers can deny the sale of their personal information. Companies must provide a link on their homepage for users to exercise this right. After you choose this, companies can’t sell your data unless you authorise them to do so later.
    4. Right to non-discrimination : Consumers cannot be discriminated against for exercising their CCPA rights. For instance, a company cannot charge different prices, provide a different quality of service or deny services.
    5. Right to correct : Consumers can request to correct inaccurate personal information.

    6. Right to limit use : Consumers can specify how they want the businesses to use their sensitive personal information. This includes social security numbers, financial account details, precise geolocation data or genetic data. Consumers can direct businesses to use this sensitive information only for specific purposes, such as providing the requested services.

    Penalties for CCPA non-compliance 

    52% of organisations have yet to adopt CCPA principles as of 2022. Non-compliance can attract penalties.

    Section 1798.155 of the CCPA states that any business that doesn’t comply with CCPA’s terms can face penalties based on the consumer’s private right to action. Consumers can directly take the company to the civil court and don’t need prosecutors’ interventions. 

    Businesses get a chance of 30 days to make amends for their actions. 

    If that’s also not possible, the business may receive a civil penalty of up to $2,500 per violation. Violations can be of any kind, even accidental. An intentional violation can attract a fine of $7,500. 

    Consumers can also initiate private lawsuits to claim damages that range from $100 to $750, or actual damages (whichever is higher), for each occurrence of their unredacted and unencrypted data being breached on a business’s server.

    CCPA vs. GDPR 

    Both CCPA and GDPR aim to enhance individuals’ control over their personal information and provide transparency about how their data is collected, used and shared. The comparison between the CCPA and GDPR is crucial in understanding the regulatory framework of data protection laws.

    Here’s how CCPA and GDPR differ :

    Scope

    • CCPA is for businesses that meet specific criteria and collect personal information from California residents. 
    • GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) applies to businesses that process the personal data of citizens and residents of the European Union.

    Definition of personal information

    • CCPA includes personal information broadly, including identifiers such as IP addresses and households. Examples include name, email id, location and browsing history. However, it excludes HIPAA-protected medical data, clinical trial data and other personal information from government records.
    • GDPR covers any personal data relating to an identified or identifiable individual, excluding households. Examples include the phone number, email address and personal identification number. It excludes anonymous and deceased person’s data.
    Personal information definition under CCPA and GDPR

    Consent

    • Under the CCPA, consumers can opt out of the sale of their personal information.
    • GDPR states that organisations should obtain explicit consent from individuals for processing their personal data.

    Rights

    • CCPA grants the right to know what personal information is being collected and the right to request deletion of their personal information.
    • GDPR also gives individuals various rights, such as the right to access and rectify their personal data, the right to erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten) and also the right to data portability. 

    Enforcement

    • For CCPA, businesses may have to pay $7,500 for each violation. 
    • GDPR has stricter penalties for non-compliance, with fines of up to 4% of the global annual revenue of a company or €20 million, whichever is higher.

    A 5-step CCPA compliance framework 

    Here’s a simple framework you can follow to ensure compliance with CCPA. Alongside this, we’ll also share how Matomo can help. 

    Matomo is an open-source web analytics platform trusted by organisations like the United Nations, NASA and more. It provides valuable insights into website traffic, visitor behaviour and marketing effectiveness. More than 1 million websites and apps (approximately 1% of the internet !) use our solution, and it’s available in 50+ languages. Below, we’ll share how you can use Matomo to be CCPA compliant.

    1. Assess data

    First, familiarise yourself with the California Consumer Privacy Act and check your eligibility for CCPA compliance. 

    For example, as mentioned earlier, one threshold is : purchases, receives or sells the personal data of 100,000 or more individuals or households

    But how do you know if you have crossed 100K ? With Matomo ! 

    Go to last year’s calendar, select visitors, then go to locations and under the “Region” option, check for California. If you’ve crossed 100K visitors, you know you have to become CCPA compliant.

    View geolocation traffic details in Matomo

    Identify and assess the personal information you collect with Matomo.

    2. Evaluate privacy practices

    Review the current state of your privacy policies and practices. Conduct a thorough assessment of data sharing and third-party agreements. Then, update policies and procedures to align with CCPA requirements.

    For example, you can anonymise IP addresses with Matomo to ensure that user data collected for web analytics purposes cannot be used to trace back to specific individuals.

    Using Matomo to anonymize visitors' IP addresses

    If you have a consent management solution to honour user requests for data privacy, you can also integrate Matomo with it. 

    3. Communicate 

    Inform consumers about their CCPA rights and how you handle their data.

    Establish procedures for handling consumer requests and obtaining consent. For example, you can add an opt-out form on your website with Matomo. Or you can also use Matomo to disable cookies from your website.

    Screenshot of a command line disabling cookies

    Documenting your compliance efforts, including consumer requests and how you responded to them, is a good idea. Finally, educate staff on CCPA compliance and their responsibilities to work collaboratively.

    4. Review vendor contracts

    Assessing vendor contracts allows you to determine if they include necessary data processing agreements. You can also identify if vendors are sharing personal information with third parties, which could pose a compliance risk. Verify if vendors have adequate security measures in place to protect the personal data they handle.

    That’s why you can review and update agreements to include provisions for data protection, privacy and CCPA requirements.

    Establish procedures to monitor and review vendor compliance with CCPA regularly. This may include conducting audits, requesting certifications and implementing controls to mitigate risks associated with vendors handling personal data.

    5. Engage legal counsel

    Consider consulting with legal counsel to ensure complete understanding and compliance with CCPA regulations.

    Finally, stay updated on any changes or developments related to CCPA and adjust your compliance efforts accordingly.

    Matomo and CCPA compliance 

    There’s an increasing emphasis on privacy regulations like CCPA. Matomo offers a robust solution that allows businesses to be CCPA-compliant without sacrificing the ability to track and analyse crucial data.

    You can gain in-depth insights into user behaviour and website performance — all while prioritising data protection and privacy. 

    Request a demo or sign up for a free 21-day trial to get started with our powerful CCPA-compliant web analytics platform — no credit card required. 

    Disclaimer

    We are not lawyers and don’t claim to be. The information provided here is to help give an introduction to CCPA. We encourage every business and website to take data privacy seriously and discuss these issues with your lawyer if you have any concerns.

  • Accessibility Testing : Why It Matters and How to Get Started

    7 mai 2024, par Erin

    Nearly 96% of website homepages had failures with meeting web accessibility criteria in 2024. Aside from not complying with web accessibility laws and regulations, companies are failing a growing number of users with accessibility needs.

    With disabilities, chronic illnesses and ageing populations all rising, brands need to take accessibility more seriously. 

    In this article, we explain why accessibility testing is so important and how you can get started today.

    What is accessibility testing ?

    Accessibility testing optimises digital experiences to make them accessible for users with a range of disabilities and impairments. This includes users with vision impairments, hearing loss, neurodivergence, motor disabilities and cognitive conditions.

    The goal is to create inclusive experiences for everyone by implementing UX principles that address the usability needs of diverse audiences.

    To help developers create accessible experiences, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) created the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). The international WCAG standards define the Four Principles of Accessibility :

    • Perceivable : Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they perceive.
    • Operable : User interface components and navigation must be operable.
    • Understandable : Information and the operation of user interfaces must be understandable.
    • Robust : Content must be robust enough to be interpreted reliably by various user agents, including assistive technologies.
    WCAG Four Principles of Accessibility

    The current version of WCAG (2.2) contains 86 success criteria with three grades representing conformance levels :

    • Level A is the minimum conformance rating, indicating that web content is accessible to most users.
    • Level AA is the recommended conformance level to make content accessible to almost everyone, including users with severe disabilities.
    • Level AAA is the highest conformance rating, making content accessible to everyone, regardless of disability.
    WCAG accessibility conformance levels

    Why is accessibility testing important ?

    With record numbers of lawsuits over online accessibility cases, it’s clear that companies underestimate the importance of accessibility testing. Here are seven key reasons you should pay more attention to it :

    1. Create inclusive experiences : Above all, accessibility testing creates inclusive experiences for all users.
    2. Adhere to accessibility regulations : Accessibility laws in most major markets — including the EU web accessibility policy — make it illegal for companies to discriminate against users with disabilities.
    3. Social responsibility : Companies have an ethical responsibility to cater to all users and consumers. 57% say they’re more loyal to brands that commit to addressing social inequities.
    4. Accessibility needs are growing : 16% of the world’s population (1 in 6) experience significant disability and the number will continue to grow as ageing populations rise.
    5. Improve experiences for everyone : Accessibility improves experiences for all users — for example, 80% of UK viewers aged 18-25 (2021) watch content with subtitles enabled.
    6. Maximise marketing reach : Platforms like Google prioritise accessibility yearly, making accessible content and experiences more visible.
    7. Accessibility is profitable : Inclusive companies earn 1.6x more revenue, 2.6x more net income and 2x more profit, according to Accenture (PDF).
    Accenture Accessibility is Profitable

    Who needs inclusive UX ?

    Accessibility testing starts with understanding the usability needs of audiences with disabilities and impairments. Here’s a quick summary of the most common impairments and some of the needs they have in common :

    • Visual impairments : Users may rely on screen readers, magnification software, braille displays, etc. or require certain levels of contrast, text sizes and colour combinations to aid visibility.
    • Hearing impairments : Users may rely on closed captions and subtitles for video content, transcripts for multimedia content and visual alerts/notifications for updates.
    • Motor or mobility impairments : Users might rely on adaptive keyboards, voice recognition and other assistive devices.
    • Cognitive and neurological impairments : Users may rely on technologies like text-to-speech software or require simplified user interfaces, contrast designs, etc., to aid comprehension.
    • Speech impairments : Users may rely on speech recognition and dictation software for any interaction that requires them to speak (e.g., automated customer service machines).

    While accessibility tools can alleviate certain accessibility challenges, inclusive design can remove much of the burden from users. This can involve using plenty of contrast, careful font selection, increasing whitespace and plenty of other design choices.

    Refer to the latest version of the WCAG for further guidance.

    How to run accessibility testing

    Now that we’ve emphasised the importance of accessibility, let’s explain how you can implement your own accessibility testing strategy.

    Create your accessibility testing plan

    Careful planning is crucial for making accessibility testing affordable and profitable. This starts with identifying the assets you need to test and optimise. This may include :

    • Website or web app
    • Mobile app
    • Videos
    • Podcasts and audio
    • PDFs
    • Marketing emails

    Map out all the assets your target audience interacts with and bring them into your accessibility testing plan. Optimising your website for screen readers is great, but you don’t want to forget your marketing emails and exclude vision-impaired users.

    Once you’ve got a complete list of assets, identify the elements and interactions with each one that require accessibility testing. For example, on your website, you should optimise navigation, user interfaces, layouts, web forms, etc.

    You also need to consider the impact of device types. For example, how touchscreens change the experience for motor impairments.

    Now that you know the scope of your testing strategy, it’s time to define your accessibility standards. Use external frameworks like WCAG guidelines and relevant legal requirements to create an internal set of standards.

    Once your accessibility standards are complete, train your staff at every level. This includes designers, developers, and content creators — everyone who works on assets is included in your accessibility testing strategy.

    Implement your accessibility standards throughout the design and development phases. Aim to create the most inclusive experiences possible before the accessibility testing stage.

    Implement accessibility practices at every level

    Treating accessibility as an afterthought is the biggest mistake you can make. Aside from neglecting the importance of accessibility, it’s simply not affordable to create assets and then optimise them for accessibility.

    Instead, you need to implement accessibility standards in every design and development stage. This way, you create inclusive assets from the beginning, and accessibility testing flags minor fixes rather than overhauls.

    By extension, you can take lessons from accessibility tests and update your accessibility standards to improve the quality of future assets.

    Set clear specifications in your accessibility standards for everyone to follow. For example, content publishers should be responsible for adding alt-text to all images. Make designers responsible for following contrast guidelines when optimising elements like CTA buttons.

    A comparison of CTA buttons

    Next, managers can review assets and check for accessibility standards before anything is signed off. This way, you achieve higher test accessibility scores, and most fixes should be minor.

    This is the key to making accessibility testing manageable and profitable.

    Automate accessibility testing

    Automation is the other big factor in making accessibility efficient. With the right tools, you can run tests periodically without any manual workload, collecting data and flagging potential issues at almost no cost.

    For example, you can run automated accessibility tests on your website every month to check for common issues. This might flag up pages without alt-text for images, colour issues on a new batch of landing pages or a sudden drop in mobile loading times.

    Every automated test you can run reduces the manual workload of optimising accessibility. This frees up more time for the manual tests that require the attention of accessibility experts. 

    • Free up time for accessibility tasks that require manual testing
    • Identify issues with new content, assets, code, etc. faster
    • Run automated accessibility testing on new CRO changes

    Schedule manual accessibility reviews

    While it’s important to automate as much accessibility testing as possible, most accessibility standards require some form of manual testing. If we use the WCAG standards as a guideline, more than 70% of success require manual review and verification, including :

    • Testing websites with a screen reader
    • Navigating apps by only using a keyword
    • Quality assessing closed captions and subtitles
    • Testing web forms for people using speech input
    • Checking conversion actions for users with mobility issues (CTAs, forms, payments, etc.)

    Yes, you can automatically check all images for alt-text, but simply providing alt-text isn’t enough. You also have to review alt-text to make sure they’re descriptive, accurate and informative about the experience.

    Once again, the best way to minimise your time spent on manual testing is to implement accessibility standards throughout design and development. Train your content publishers to create alt-text that meets your criteria and editors to review them before pieces are signed off. 

    This way, you should always have the required alt-text before the content reaches the accessibility testing stage. The same applies to video transcriptions, web forms, website navigation, etc.

    Building a culture of accessibility makes the testing process as efficient as possible.

    What tools do you need for accessibility testing ?

    Now that we’ve covered the key essentials of accessibility testing, let’s look at some of the best accessibility testing tools to help you implement your strategy.

    accessiBe : AI-powered accessibility testing automation

    accessiBe is an accessibility testing automation and management system. It incorporates two core products : accessWidget for automating UI accessibility and accessFlow as an all-in-one solution for developers.

    screenshot of accessiBe

    Key features :

    • Automated accessibility testing
    • Accessibility widget for easy optimisation
    • Product accessibility for web, mobile and native apps
    • AI-powered accessibility insights
    • Compliance with WCAG, EAA and more

    As explained earlier, automation is crucial for making accessibility testing efficient and profitable. With accessiBe, you can automate the first line of accessibility checks so testers only need to get involved when manual action is necessary.

    Maze : Intelligent usability testing software

    Maze is a usability testing system that uses AI and automation to enhance traditional qualitative testing. You can run automated tests on live websites, capture survey feedback and recruit users to test experiences with real people.

    screenshot of Maze

    Key features :

    • Live website testing
    • Feedback surveys
    • Usability interviews
    • Test recruitment
    • Automated analysis

    While traditional usability interviews can provide in-depth insights, they’re expensive, time-consuming and difficult to run at scale. Maze’s solution is a hybrid testing system that automates data capture and analysis while supporting real user testing in one system.

    Matomo : Empowering people with ethical web analytics

    Matomo is a web analytics solution that gives you 100% data ownership while respecting user privacy. Think of this as a Google Analytics alternative that doesn’t use your visitors’ data for advertising purposes.

    Matomo dashboard

    Key features :

    • Privacy-friendly and GDPR-compliant tracking
    • Conversion rate optimisation features like heatmaps, session recordings, A/B testing and more
    • Accurate, unsampled data – see 40-60% more data than other analytics tools that sample data
    • Open-source

    Accessibility starts with creating quality experiences for everyone. Matomo reliably captures 100% of the data you need to optimise experiences without losing their trust. Instead of handing their personal info to Google or other tech giants, you retain full data ownership — fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA, etc.

    Try Matomo free for 21-days (no credit card required), or speak to our sales team for more info on how Matomo can enhance your site’s user experience and support your accessibility testing strategy.

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    Get the web insights you need, without compromising data accuracy.

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    UserTesting : Video-based user testing software

    UserTesting is the more traditional system for running usability tests with real people. The platform helps you recruit users and manage usability tests with a series of sessions and video interviews.

    screenshot of UserTesting

    Key features :

    • Usability testing
    • Test recruitment
    • Live interviews
    • AI-powered insights
    • Usability services

    UserTesting is a slower, more expensive approach to testing experiences, but its video-based interviews allow you to have meaningful conversations with real users.

    Siteimprove : WCAG compliance testing

    Siteimprove automates website testing, accessibility and optimisation. It includes dedicated tools for checking WCAG and DCI compliance with an automated scoring system. This helps you keep track of scores and identify any accessibility and usability issues faster.

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    Key features :

    • Automated accessibility checks
    • Inclusivity scores
    • Accessibility recommendations
    • Accessibility tracking
    • Marketing and revenue attribution
    • Usability insights

    Siteimprove provides a first line of accessibility testing with automated checks and practical recommendations. It also tracks accessibility scores, including ratings for all three WCAG compliance levels (A, AA and AAA).

    Find the value in accessibility testing

    Accessibility testing isn’t only a moral obligation ; it’s good business. Aside from avoiding fines and lawsuits, inclusive experiences are increasingly profitable. User bases with accessibility needs are only growing while non-disabled audiences are using accessibility resources like subtitles and transcripts in greater numbers.

    Accessibility improves everyone’s experiences, and this only does good things for conversion rates, revenue and profit.

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