On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Florent Daignière <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-05-13 13:45:18]: > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Matthew Toseland > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As nextgens pointed out recently, our current website has a 40% > conversion > > > rate - that is, 40% of our unique visitors downloaded Freenet. > > > > Firstly, I don't buy that stat, and secondly, the inference you draw > > from it is wrong. > > > > I don't buy the stat because: > > > > 40% of visitors view the download page (according to Google > > Analytics), that doesn't mean 40% of visitors downloaded Freenet, or > > really understood what it was when they clicked on this. I think a lot > > of people just habitually click on "Download" when they see it. > > > > The standard corporate method to gather statistics is to phone home or > to ask for feedback through surveys; do we want to do that?
No, but that doesn't mean we should make important decisions based on flawed data. > > I mean, just look at it, its a mass of > > text, with a menu the length of the Amazon river. > > I'm more worried about the content itself than how it's presented. Most > of it *is* outdated. Both are a serious problem. Users these days have higher expectations of websites, right now we aren't meeting those expectations. > > I've personally had > > many experiences of people not having a clue what Freenet was, nor > > trying it out, even after viewing the website. > > > > That hardly prove anything either. Some man pages are known to be useful and > well-designed pieces of documentation... and still, users don't read > them. You are right, it doesn't prove much, but it reinforces most people's perceptions that our website really doesn't make the grade. Ian. -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: +1 512 422 3588 Skype: sanity _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
