Site Name: BaseCamp
Type of Resource:
Project Manager collaboration tool.
Description:
One of 37signals collaboration tools focused on project management. "Basecamp offers to-do lists, wiki-style web-based text documents, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking and a messaging system." (Wikipedia, 2011)
Uses
Quality:
"A really great company that knows how to provide expert insight in a simple, seamless service to help you brand and create the ultimate online work portal experience." (D. Boles, 2009) Very easy to use, high quality work.
Registration required and a per month fee based on number of projects:
Free (1 project, 2 Writeboards, 10 MB file storage)
Basic (15 projects, 5 GB file storage $24/month)
Plus (35 projects, 15 GB storage, $49/month)
Premium (100 projects, 30 GB storage, $99/month)
Max (Unlimited Projects, 75 GB stoage, $149/month)
Authorship:
37 signals. Founders Jason Fried, Carlos Segura, and Ernest Kim
Point of View or Bias:
None
Referral to Other Sources:
Limited (Other 37singals websites.)
Currency
Updated Daily
Alexa
Traffic Rank is 405
4,252 Sites Linking In
Pageviews rapidly change. It looks as if it gets used heavily during the week and rarely on the weekends. A very consistent pattern. (Shown Below)
Load time is average (1.485 seconds) 51% of sites are faster
The Audience is 25-44 year old females from work with at least a college degree.
Website Grader
Grade is 95
Rank 156,350
Blog Grade is 72
32 Indexed Pages
Moz Rank of 6.7
11,753 Linking Domains
Traffic Rank is Top 0.01%
Google Page Rank
7/10
Etre Accessibility Check
7 Should Fix Problems
1 May Fix Problem
WAVE
There are 22 accessibility errors
TwitterGrader
Rank 406,933
982 Followers
News about Basecamp...
Keystone, Colorado
Citations:
Project management software, online collaboration: Basecamp. (n.d.). Project management software, online collaboration: Basecamp. Retrieved July 15, 2011, from http://basecamphq.com/
Basecamp (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved July 16, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Basecamp_(software)
Boles, D. (2009, February 5). The Ultimate Basecamp Review | Urban Semiotic. Urban Semiotic | Carving the City Core. Retrieved July 16, 2011, from http://urbansemiotic.com/2009/02/05/the-ultimate-basecamp-review/
Accessibility Check - Etre. (2004). Etre - Get Results.. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
Alexa Internet - Website Information. (1996). Alexa the Web Information Company. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank instantly. (2005). Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. (2010). Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://tweet.grader.com/
WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. (2001). WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://wave.webaim.org/
Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. (2006). Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://websitegrader.com/
Type of Resource:
Project Manager collaboration tool.
Description:
One of 37signals collaboration tools focused on project management. "Basecamp offers to-do lists, wiki-style web-based text documents, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking and a messaging system." (Wikipedia, 2011)
Uses
- Project Management Collaboration is the key use
- Classroom Projects
- Group Projects
- New Ideas or assessments
- Policies within department or district
- Meetings
- Collaboration documents of all varieties
Quality:
"A really great company that knows how to provide expert insight in a simple, seamless service to help you brand and create the ultimate online work portal experience." (D. Boles, 2009) Very easy to use, high quality work.
Registration required and a per month fee based on number of projects:
Free (1 project, 2 Writeboards, 10 MB file storage)
Basic (15 projects, 5 GB file storage $24/month)
Plus (35 projects, 15 GB storage, $49/month)
Premium (100 projects, 30 GB storage, $99/month)
Max (Unlimited Projects, 75 GB stoage, $149/month)
Authorship:
37 signals. Founders Jason Fried, Carlos Segura, and Ernest Kim
Point of View or Bias:
None
Referral to Other Sources:
Limited (Other 37singals websites.)
Currency
Updated Daily
Alexa
Traffic Rank is 405
4,252 Sites Linking In
Pageviews rapidly change. It looks as if it gets used heavily during the week and rarely on the weekends. A very consistent pattern. (Shown Below)
Load time is average (1.485 seconds) 51% of sites are faster
The Audience is 25-44 year old females from work with at least a college degree.
Website Grader
Grade is 95
Rank 156,350
Blog Grade is 72
32 Indexed Pages
Moz Rank of 6.7
11,753 Linking Domains
Traffic Rank is Top 0.01%
Google Page Rank
7/10
Etre Accessibility Check
7 Should Fix Problems
1 May Fix Problem
- Adjacent links are separated by white space
- a tags need to be correctly nested and closed
- Deprecated align attributes found
WAVE
There are 22 accessibility errors
- Empty LInk
- Inked image missing alt text
- Missing alt text
TwitterGrader
Rank 406,933
982 Followers
News about Basecamp...
Keystone, Colorado
Citations:
Project management software, online collaboration: Basecamp. (n.d.). Project management software, online collaboration: Basecamp. Retrieved July 15, 2011, from http://basecamphq.com/
Basecamp (software) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved July 16, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Basecamp_(software)
Boles, D. (2009, February 5). The Ultimate Basecamp Review | Urban Semiotic. Urban Semiotic | Carving the City Core. Retrieved July 16, 2011, from http://urbansemiotic.com/2009/02/05/the-ultimate-basecamp-review/
Accessibility Check - Etre. (2004). Etre - Get Results.. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
Alexa Internet - Website Information. (1996). Alexa the Web Information Company. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo
Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank instantly. (2005). Google PageRank Checker - Check Google page rank of any web pages. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php
Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. (2010). Twitter Grader | Get Your Twitter Ranking. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://tweet.grader.com/
WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. (2001). WAVE - Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://wave.webaim.org/
Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. (2006). Website SEO Tool | Website Grader. Retrieved July 8, 2011, from http://websitegrader.com/
