Results from 11 question survey
The survey was available on the website from 21st October to 3rd December 1999, and more than 250 people answered.
A very pleasing number of viewers are very satisfied with the site, and about 95 % think they will visit the site again later. Only about 27 % of the visitors are female.
Thank you to everyone that participated, a new survey will be available in the autumn. All comments have been read, and many of them had very nice suggestions.
Detailed results
Here are the questions, and possible answer with the percent of people answering that. The sum may not always be 100 % due to rounding of numbers.
1. How did you find this site?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| Yahoo | 10% |
| other Search Engine | 25% |
| Link on some commercial/intranet web page | 16% |
| Link on some personal home-page | 3% |
| Remembered address (typed it in) | 3% |
| Bookmark or Favorite | 19% |
| Mentioned by a friend/colleague | 13% |
| Other / do not know/remember | 10% |
2. What was the primary reason you went to/found this site today?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| Academic Research | 4% |
| Business Research | 8% |
| Just surfing around | 16% |
| Educational | 6% |
| Entertainment | 8% |
| Work/Business | 36% |
| Other | 22% |
3. Have you visited this site before?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| No, I think this is the first time | 51% |
| Yes, but less than once every month | 14% |
| Yes, at least once every month | 14% |
| Yes, at least once every week | 14% |
| Yes, I use it every day | 6% |
| Yes, I use it several times a day | 1% |
4. How would you rate the site and it's services?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| Excellent | 44% |
| Very good | 33% |
| Good | 17% |
| Mediocre | 4% |
| Poor | 0% |
| Terrible | 1% |
5. Do you think you will visit www.timeanddate.com again?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| Yes, certainly | 78% |
| Probably, yes | 17% |
| Maybe | 3% |
| Probably not | 2% |
6. What is your age?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| under 18 | 2% |
| 18-24 | 9% |
| 25-34 | 24% |
| 35-44 | 17% |
| 45-54 | 22% |
| 55-64 | 13% |
| 65-74 | 10% |
| 75 and over | 2% |
7. What is your gender?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| Male | 73% |
| Female | 27% |
8. What level of education have you completed? (select one)?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| No High School | 1% |
| Some High School | 7% |
| Graduated High School | 10% |
| Some College | 27% |
| Graduated College | 32% |
| Additional Graduate Degrees | 23% |
9. What is your primary occupation?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| Senior Management | 6% |
| Other Management | 9% |
| Professional | 27% |
| Technical | 15% |
| Sales | 4% |
| Administrative | 8% |
| Other employed | 4% |
| Homemaker/full-time parent | 1% |
| Student/pupil | 8% |
10. What is the size of your household?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| 1 | 22% |
| 2 | 38% |
| 3 | 17% |
| 4 or more | 23% |
11. What is your total annual household income?
| Option | Percent |
|---|
| under 15,000 USD | 4% |
| 15,000 - 30,000 USD | 14% |
| 30,000 - 45,000 USD | 22% |
| 45,000 - 60,000 USD | 19% |
| 60,000 - 75,000 USD | 12% |
| 75,000 - 90,000 USD | 6% |
| 90,000 - 100,000 USD | 8% |
| more than 100,000 USD | 15% |
Comments?
There were many useful and nice comments, which will be used to improve the site during the next few months. Thank you to everyone that participated.