Published on 2006-06-08 22:54:50
Ahmed Farooq pointed me to an AJAX Feedback Mechanism implemented for iBegin.com, a new original local search engine. The idea is to create a little floater/popup that lets you quickly rate a page, in a quick and easy way. Upon clicking on a rating, the AJAX comes into play - the user response is sent to feedback.php, the entry is stored, and a thank you message is given. A cookie is also set so that the feedback system won't show again. You can see a demo working here, code is also available for download.
One thing that I have always tried to solicit, as much as possible, is user feedback. For example, when a user signs up for Toronto, they get a personalized email from me, complete with my actual email address. I want to make it as easy as possible to give feedback.
So a few weeks ago I was wondering how people are using our site, but I have no clue what their feelings are. Are the results good? Great? Craptastic? Repeat visitors are not a good measurement either - I used to visit Toronto.com a lot, but only because they were really the only game in town. Did I like their site? Not really ... but I kept coming back out of necessity.
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