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Grade

The score or points are there to indicate how 'important' the suggested improment is compared to others
That way you can pick your battles in terms of what matters to you.
The score indicates remaining points to achieve all the points in each category.
The remaining points impact your Grade.
The less remaining points you have the higher your category Grade will be
The less remaing points you have overall, the higher your overall website grade will be.
There is some tolerance to account for false positives or suggested improvements that are not relevant to the reviewed website.

The Grade is similar to a school report card
It is a means for you to understand how your website is doing for each category.
The Grade symbolises how well the reviewed website performed at a point in time.
The incentive is to improve the website Grade so you can flex.
Conducting regular website reviews will keep you upto date on ongoing testcases.

The Essential Review is not designed to overwelm you with an ungodly amount of technical mumbo jumbo.
The test suite covers a limited series of tests to give you an indication of where you may need to improve.
The test suite is not designed to cover everything and is by no means comprehensive.
If this is what you are looking for, we suggest getting professional services that can do a deep dive.

We take alot of care in crafting the tests
However there are a million and one ways to implement a website
So there may be times where a test incorrectly passes/fails during the website review.
Such is the reality of the online world.
So don't be alarmed.
Let us know and we will look into improving the test mechanics to see if it can be improved.

Some tests may not be relevant to your website.
However we have tried to stay away from niche tests that would generate alot of irrelevant assesments.
For the most part, all tests are inscope for all website
Having a proffesional at hand to help you understand whether it is relevant for those edge cases is probably a good idea.

We do not consider adding new content to your website as an update. (e.g. a new product/blog entry is not what we consider an update.)
We consider an update to be when there is a new/change to features, design, functionality etc.
When an update of this nature has happened, you may want to consider doing a Review Update.
This may also help you know whether your contractor delivered on what was expected.