Web Surveys 101

Websites Rank At Top Of Marketer Lists So Why Aren't You Conducting Website Usability Surveys?

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 by Sherrie Mersdorf
One type of online survey questionnaire we don't talk about a lot is website marketing research and web usability surveys for your web pages. Often times we narrow in on market surveys, customer surveys and employee surveys leaving out a wide range of other types of surveys. Web site survey tools can help you quickly build surveys and polls to gather visitors feedback to help you improve your website. According to an article published in the current issue of BtoB Magazine, websites rank at the top for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer marketers when it comes to online marketing tactics. If websites are so important, how can you not take the time to gather feedback about your web pages?

You can use the website feedback survey questions below as a site survey template for gathering user feedback. For many of these questions, you will need to change the options in your site survey software so the questions make sense for your particular website.

Example Survey Question: What was your primary purpose of visiting our web site today?
Sample Survey Template

Example Survey Question: While visiting the website you were able to find...
Sample Survey Template

Example Survey Question: Please rate Orange Corp's website on the following characteristics.
Sample Survey Template

Example Survey Question: What do you like MOST about the Orange Corp website?
Sample Survey Template

Example Survey Question: What do you like LEAST about the Orange Corp website?
Sample Survey Template

Example Survey Question: Will you return to the website in the future?
Sample Survey Template

Example Survey Question: Would you recommend this site to someone else seeking underage drinking information?
Sample Survey Template

As I've mentioned before, every survey should include a brief introduction to the survey. You can read more about introduction survey best practices in this post: Don't Forget To Introduce Your Online Survey. Here's an example survey introduction for a website exit survey:

Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey and share your ideas with us. With the help of your feedback, we will be able to improve our website making it easier to use and navigate.

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