Site Survey Results

First, many thanks to those who participated in the survey!

Here are the results of the recent site user survey regarding what visitors to the site would most like to see. Points were awarded on the following basis:

Very interested in seeing - 1 point
Quite interesting in seeing - 2 points
Slightly interested in seeing - 3 points
Not interested in seeing - 4 points

So the lower the overall score, the more interest was expressed in a subject.

INTEREST LEVEL	TOPIC	SCORE
MOST INTERESTED	Digital SLR Reviews	1.11
	Canon EOS News and Rumors	1.14
	Lens Reviews	1.17
SOMEWHAT INTERESTED	Technical Articles on Digital Photography	1.56
	Tutorials on Digital Photography	1.65
	General Photography News	1.81
	Technical Articles on Optics	1.87
	Articles on Nature and Wildlife Photography	1.97
	Digital Software Reviews	2.03
	Tutorials on Basic PhotoShop	2.08
LEAST INTERESTED	Photo Galleries	2.42
	Consumer Digicam Reviews	2.72
	Discussion Forums	2.76
	Film Camera Reviews	2.80
	Stock Photography Images	3.02

I think it's pretty clear that the average visitor to this website is most interested in seeing news and reviews of Canon Digital SLRs and Lenses, along with technical articles on digital photography and optics. Of least interest were reviews of consumer digicams, film cameras, discussion forums and stock images. This information will be used in deciding the future development of the site.

For those who are interested, the results of the other questions were

The site gets a "very good" rating from most visitors
Most people didn't find the advertising too annoying and some actually found it useful!
Site navigation was judged to be easy and viewers generally had no problem finding things
Most viewers were aware of the search facility, but didn't use it. Most of those who did use it found it useful.
Most visitors to this website are male, aged over 25 and spend over $1000/yr on photography

Again, many thanks to those who participated in the survey.