* Ian Clarke <ian.clarke at gmail.com> [2008-05-13 13:45:18]: > 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. >
The standard corporate method to gather statistics is to phone home or to ask for feedback through surveys; do we want to do that? > > 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 agree but not for the same reason... Statistics gathered right-after a big release are irrelevant (the visitor-base is biased: they came here *because* of the announcement where they read that freenet is and that it is cool/smart/whatever)... They are unlikely to look for anything but the download link. > 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 Most of it *is* outdated. > 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. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20080514/7eeb4fa2/attachment.pgp>
