| Field | Preferred Name | Notes |
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| URL | Link | |
| File Format | Format | |
| Title | Meta page title | |
| Meta Keywords | ||
| Meta Description | ||
| Author | Content owner | Carefully define what you mean by content owner. |
| Date Last Updated | Date page last updated | |
| Audit Comments | Audit Comments (or Notes) |
Jakob Nielsen's 10 Usability Heuristics are the most widely cited rules of thumb for interface usability — distilled by Nielsen in 1994 from a survey of usability problems and updated since. They are deliberately broad principles rather than specific guidelines, intended to be applied with judgment to whatever interface is in front of you.
Applied to web content as a rubric, the heuristics let you score every page on the same ten dimensions: how clearly the page communicates where the user is, whether its language matches how the audience actually thinks, whether users can recover from mistakes, whether the layout is consistent with the rest of the site, and so on.
Each page gets a score for each heuristic plus an overall score, so you can sort an inventory by usability, find your weakest pages or weakest dimensions, and use that to prioritize rework.
| Field | Preferred Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nielsen H1 Visibility | H1 Visibility | |
| Nielsen H2 Real-World Match | H2 Real-World Match | |
| Nielsen H3 User Control | H3 User Control | |
| Nielsen H4 Consistency | H4 Consistency | |
| Nielsen H5 Error Prevention | H5 Error Prevention | |
| Nielsen H6 Recognition | H6 Recognition | |
| Nielsen H7 Flexibility | H7 Flexibility | |
| Nielsen H8 Aesthetic | H8 Aesthetic | |
| Nielsen H9 Error Recovery | H9 Error Recovery | |
| Nielsen H10 Help & Docs | H10 Help & Docs | |
| Nielsen Overall Score | Overall Score |