Method for evaluating website performance

摘要

A method disclosed evaluating the performance of a website (30 Fig 1). An agent (20 Fig 1) with the website (30 Fig 1) and interacts 120 with the website (30) using a behavior model (56 Fig 1) of an example website customer (34 Fig 1). The agent (20 Fig 1) interacts with the website (30 Fig 1) according to the behavior model (56 Fig 1) and gathers 130 website performance data related to the interaction. The performance data is compared 140 to a utility function (52 Fig 1) for the behavior model (56 Fig 1). A rating is assigned 150 to the website (30 Fig 1) based on the comparison, and the rating is made available to potential website customers (34 Fig 1) seeking information related to the website's performance.