On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> 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. > Given the > level of political baggage and technicality that Freenet inevitably comes > with, that suggests that the website is not the biggest problem facing us. > No? No. I definitely don't think you can conclude that the website isn't a problem from this statistic. I mean, just look at it, its a mass of text, with a menu the length of the Amazon river. I've personally had many experiences of people not having a clue what Freenet was, nor trying it out, even after viewing the website. I've even had experiences of people raving about how great Freenet was, but later admitting that they hadn't even tried it. Something is wrong when people can be excited by something, yet not even test it. > IMHO the bigger problem is user retention. And how do we get better user > retention? > - More content. > - Better performance. > - A usable chat client. (Whether or not we choose to spend project resources > on this, IMHO it will result in higher user retention). All important, but the website is also important. Ian. -- Email: ian at uprizer.com Cell: +1 512 422 3588 Skype: sanity
