It was about time to publish some of the results of the survey conducted on this blog. You will find an excerpt focusing on the comments section.
Carlos Bravo65
Many of you already know that I recently conducted a survey . I achieved almost a 30% conversion rate on the page with the form, generating 315 responses. Well, this figure is not surprising considering the huge giveaway that was being raffled:
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10 hugs full of gratitude from me. The winners will receive an email shortly with instructions on how to receive their prize…
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1 Survey conducted to improve my blog
2 Results on readers' behavior when commenting (or not)
2.1 Comments are the most important element of a blog
2.2 90% of readers hardly ever comment on a blog
2.3 38% do not comment japanese phone number example because they do not feel like it
2.4 26% do not mention whether the blog requires registration
2.5 14% comment for their own benefit
2.6 12% stop following a blog because comments are not answered
2.7 1% comments to criticize the blogger
3 Lessons learned from the survey
Survey conducted to improve my blog
Some of you have already noticed a change in the blog's approach. This is partly due to the survey responses. You have given me a lot of motivation in many aspects. I still have to improve the blog's visual aspect. I still have to take the most difficult step: choosing the template. For those who have not been aware of the survey (sorry, but there are no more hugs left ) I summarize the most relevant data here.
Survey period : 24.10.2012-14.01.2014
Prize : drawing for 10 hugs
Survey days : 82
Unique page views on the form : 1,052
Responses obtained : 315
Responses/day : 3.84
Conversion Rate : 29.94%
Results on readers' behavior when commenting (or not)
In this post I will not give a detailed summary of the information obtained. The vast majority is more relevant to me than to an outsider. I will focus on a section where I asked several questions about the comments. The results of this survey cannot be extrapolated to all types of blogs, but they do allow us to have a more precise idea about key factors when it comes to achieving greater participation from visitors.