Ajay Ohri

Online Market Survey:SurveyMonkey

I did a test survey for my struggling cartoon series Blog Boy

Here is Blog Boy

Here are the responses from 99 people,using free survey from www.surveymonkey.com

Please note the site has fabulous features so you should visit to check for yourself. Anyways, back to analytics

So dear reader, what do you think the analytical decisions are based on the survey response. ?

Total Started Survey:

Total Completed Survey:

99 (100%)

Page: Default Section

1. Blog Boy is a cartoon based on Bloggers. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think Blog Boy
	Response Percent	Response Count
A boy who blogs		74.7%	74
A generic term		11.1%	11
Where is blog girl?		4.0%	4
Other (please specify)		10.1%	10
	*answered question*	99
	*skipped question*	0

1. Blog Boy is a cartoon based on Bloggers. What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think Blog Boy

Response
Percent

Response
Count

A boy who blogs

74.7%

A generic term

11.1%

Where is blog girl?

4.0%

Other (please specify)

10.1%

answered question

skipped question

2. What is the source of cartoons for you ?
	Response Percent	Response Count
Blogs		6.1%	6
Websites		35.4%	35
Newspaper (Daily)		53.5%	53
Newspaper (Sunday)		37.4%	37
Newsletter		2.0%	2
Other (please specify)		14.1%	14
	*answered question*	99
	*skipped question*	0

2. What is the source of cartoons for you ?

Response
Percent

Response
Count

Blogs

6.1%

Websites

35.4%

Newspaper (Daily)

53.5%

Newspaper (Sunday)

37.4%

Newsletter

2.0%

Other (please specify)

14.1%

answered question

skipped question

3. Which cartoons have you read ?
	Response Percent	Response Count
Garfield and Jon		59.6%	59
Dilbert		87.9%	87
Calvin and Hobbes		75.8%	75
I dont read cartoons anymore		8.1%	8
I dont like to read cartoons		4.0%	4
Other (please specify)		13.1%	13
	*answered question*	99
	*skipped question*	0

3. Which cartoons have you read ?

Response
Percent

Response
Count

Garfield and Jon

59.6%

Dilbert

87.9%

Calvin and Hobbes

75.8%

I dont read cartoons anymore

8.1%

I dont like to read cartoons

4.0%

Other (please specify)

13.1%

answered question

skipped question

4. Are you a blogger yourself ?
	Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		21.2%	21
No		75.8%	75
Define Blogger		4.0%	4
Other (please specify)	1
	*answered question*	99
	*skipped question*	0

4. Are you a blogger yourself ?

Response
Percent

Response
Count

Yes

21.2%

75.8%

Define Blogger

4.0%

Other (please specify)

answered question

skipped question

5. What other sources of humour do you go for ?
	Response Percent	Response Count
TV shows		72.7%	72
Daily spoof news		13.1%	13
Websites (please specify)		28.3%	28
Actual funny news		22.2%	22
Friends		70.7%	70
Online chat sessions		7.1%	7
Long market research surveys		4.0%	4
Other (please specify)		10.1%	10
	*answered question*	99
	*skipped question*	0

5. What other sources of humour do you go for ?

Response
Percent

Response
Count

TV shows

72.7%

Daily spoof news

13.1%

Websites (please specify)

28.3%

Actual funny news

22.2%

Friends

70.7%

Online chat sessions

7.1%

Long market research surveys

4.0%

Other (please specify)

10.1%

answered question

skipped question

6. What are the various issues that you think a blogger faces ?
	Response Count
	99
	*answered question*	99
	*skipped question*	0

6. What are the various issues that you think a blogger faces ?

Response
Count

answered question

skipped question

7. You just became editor of a major syndicated cartoon called Blog Boy.What features would you like him to have.Blog Boy is hosted on http://www.iwannacrib.com
	Response Percent	Response Count
Great cute graphics		35.4%	35
Clean Simple graphics		64.6%	64
Clear words		52.5%	52
Constant change in themes		44.4%	44
New characters		27.3%	27
Feedback mechanisn to allow viewers to request a custom cartoon		29.3%	29
Other (please specify)	12
	*answered question*	99
	*skipped question*	0

7. You just became editor of a major syndicated cartoon called Blog Boy.What features would you like him to have.Blog Boy is hosted on http://www.iwannacrib.com

Response
Percent

Response
Count

Great cute graphics

35.4%

Clean Simple graphics

64.6%

Clear words

52.5%

Constant change in themes

44.4%

New characters

27.3%

Feedback mechanisn to allow viewers to request a custom cartoon

29.3%

Other (please specify)

answered question

skipped question

8. How often do you read cartoons ?
	Response Percent	Response Count
Everyday		37.4%	37
Weekly		35.4%	35
Monthly		6.1%	6
Occasionally (once in two-three months)		14.1%	14
Rarely (once in six months)		1.0%	1
Never		3.0%	3
Other (please specify)		3.0%	3
	*answered question*	99
	*skipped question*	0

8. How often do you read cartoons ?

Response
Percent

Response
Count

Everyday

37.4%

Weekly

35.4%

Monthly

6.1%

Occasionally (once in two-three months)

14.1%

Rarely (once in six months)

1.0%

Never

3.0%

Other (please specify)

3.0%

answered question

skipped question

6. What are the various issues that you think a blogger faces ?

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	Comment Text
1.	fear of acceptance nd readership
2.	lack of good options to custoize the blog page
3.	i am least bothered!
4.	No idea
5.	no clue buddy
6.	Not enough exposure
7.	not enough people responding to blogs unable to post blogs on the site unable to modify / re-design the blog site – graphics etc.. when the blogger wishes to do so
8.	dont know
9.	creating an identity of his own
10.	Dearth of topics; desire for readership
11.	1. privacy 2. relevant content 3. avoiding being an offense to someone
12.	frequency of updation/ popularization/ business benefits if any/ template issues.
13.	Not sure
14.	A good syndication mechanism
15.	NA
16.	– Lack of interesting material – People who comment without actually reading or understanding the post – People who go off-topic in their comments
17.	Wouldn’t know as I’ve already mentioned I’m not a blogger.
18.	No clue
19.	Publicity
20.	scarcity of novelty and limited reach to the audience.
21.	Privacy?
22.	Not sure; not a blogger myself
23.	na
24.	I guess it becomes an exercise in itself to consistently write articles/update his blog.
25.	Increasing viewership of blog: increasing number of hits on his blog.
26.	Finding topics deserving to be written about, the dilemma whether to use publicity stunts, the disappointment at no or useless comments
27.	Don’t know coz I don’t blog
28.	no comments
29.	Ideas !
30.	No clue
31.	None!!!
32.	…
33.	giving an opinion without having any
34.	Not aware
35.	Possible issues arising from the gray areas between right to freedom of speech and breaking a law Possible discrimination for expressing personal views
36.	I do not Blog so not very sure
37.	various blogs
38.	Never blogged, no idea!
39.	not a blogger but i guess motivation to continue blogging would be high on the list
40.	Creativity
41.	s
42.	targeting the right audience he’s looking for, posting blogs relevant to his target audience, immature and unwanted responses, time to keep blog updated
43.	generate content that can interest people
44.	1. laziness (time) 2. laziness (effort) 3. laziness (easier alternative to while time on net, just by clicking mouse) 4. others’ blog (blogging the brain away off your potential readers)
45.	Content!
46.	Bandwidth for constant updation.
47.	none – blog what u want
48.	none
49.	none
50.	spam offline access
51.	Never blogged !! I guess I’m a traditionalist !! 😦
52.	lack of time
53.	no idea
54.	No idea!
55.	Don’t know
56.	regarding wht? ask a clear question if u want a good answer
57.	Time and connectivity problems
58.	No idea as i am not a blogger.
59.	Content pressure
60.	> How to ensure that everyone reads what he writes
61.	privacy
62.	too much free time
63.	Creativity
64.	1. Blogs sites are seldom highlighted in main stream.. 2. Can be used to harm some1’s image.. 3. Anonymous content need to be screened esp. private ones… u know for a miscreant everything is within reach when it is on net.. 4. Many blogsites doesn’t allow lots of images insertion, edit the date of insertion (i generally post blog afer i write it on my diary) and transfer the same when i connnect online.. so all blogs posted on same day come to one single date).
65.	Getting an audience to read his/her blogs
66.	content creation, quality of content
67.	none
68.	I dont know
69.	dont blog, no idea
70.	put words to thought …..
71.	Getting his blog known, running out of fresh ideas
72.	Creating a larger network of repeated visitors
73.	how to kill time
74.	Readership. Curbing of freedom, in some cases.
75.	i dont know
76.	lack of readership abuse personal attacks
77.	Online Stalkers!
78.	privacy, writers block
79.	na
80.	No Idea
81.	freedom to express opinions
82.	i thought blogging is just a fad dying a natural death.
83.	getting readers to come to the site
84.	Um – dont know
85.	Dunno
86.	content and time
87.	Don’t know
88.	I dont care!
89.	No clue
90.	i dint know .
91.	NA
92.	Understanding what topics readers might find interesting to read about.
93.	regular content
94.	comments
95.	No clue
96.	public perception, building and keeping an audience, coming up with fresh ideas
97.	I have no idea
98.	I don’t blog enough to have thought about it.
99.	Low traffic

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There seems a potential market here , but Blog Boy just gonna be a slog boy.

The Digital Divide Hypothesis

This is a screenshot of last 1000 visitors to Decision Stats. Notice heavy concentration in US East Coast and West Coast, Latin America’s light visitors, Almost none from Africa, Some Israeli visitors from Middle East (but not many from Arab countries). Europe is visiting ,it tapers of in Eastern Europe but not most of Western Russia and China (language problems ? proxy walls ?)

It may also serve as a hypothesis for where internet is affordable enough and economies developed enough for people to surf analytics web sites. And where the digital haves and have nots stand. Either that or something wrong in Web Analytics software.

Bonus- Blog Boy cartoons on Weekends for levity in these interesting times.

The Unlucky President Quiz

Please answer the following questions about US Presidents.

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1) On which President’s watch, did America suffer the worst mainland continental attack in terms of casualties in over a hundred years ?

2) Who is the only President who was elected President after intervention from the Supreme Court, despite losing the popular vote ?

3) Under which Presidential regime did the United States of America become known more as a Christian nation rather than a nation which treats all faiths equally ?

4) Which President supported funding for challenging Darwin’s theory of evolution ?

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5) In more than 75 years , under which President did Wall Street have the biggest crisis ?

6) Which President was censured by the UN security general as launching an “invasion” which eventually killed more troops than any War since Vietnam.

7) On whose watch did the US suffer the worst rescue efforts on Hurricanes.

Who is more unlucky ?

The Unluckiest President or the people under him.

Think before answering the quiz.

Stats for Nerds

Google Chrome has a feature called Stats for Nerds.I personally would have preferred it called Stats for Geeks but customer feedback is not Google’s cup of tea yet. It basically measures memory consumption for multiple processing browser , including by other browsers. This gives the task manager functionality to the browser to kill specific pages, in case of crashes (like with Adobe Flash ). Here is the screenshot , in case you dont belive it.

This is another example of humour 🙂 by chaps who dropped out of Phd’s themselves.

(Note- Sergey Brin just blogged he has been tested and found genetically pre disposed to Alzeihemers disease , like his mother who is suffering already).

You can send him emails at sergey@google.com

OT :American Tie

A weekend poem on this week’s sub prime crisis.With Due apologies to the song American Pie by Don Mclean.

Bye Bye Mr American Tie,

Drove your balance sheet to the ground ,while aiming high

And good old boys were taking risky bets, why

Saying this will be the day I will fly

This will be the day I fly

It happened in a land far away,

Wall Street suits and ties went to play,

With exotic mortgages and collateral held sway.

The jesters they were, they passed securities

Bought and Sold ,each one in piece.

There was nobody to stop the band,

And music played ,and the players danced.

Collected fat bonuses and spent it at once.

Stock options had so much romance……….

Till I got the news the day the music died.

I started singing –

Bye Bye Wall Street Tie,

Drove your balance sheet to the ground ,while aiming high

And good old boys were taking risky bets, why

Saying this will be the day I will fly

This will be the day I fly

My hands were clenched in fists of rage,

Bad news from front to last page,

I was going to lose my mortgage,

My Stypid Indian bank had invested in that lucrative phase,

Now it kicked up my mortgage rate…….

And no one could tell me why.

The day the music died.The day the music ………DIED

Images -Google Search

Textbooks for free

If you wanted to learn without paying thousands of rupees for expensive textbooks ,help is here. This is an initiative by Rice University called connexions and I quote "

Connexions is:

a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute:

authors create and collaborate
instructors rapidly build and share custom collections
learners find and explore content "

The textbooks are basically mashups of modules by experts around the world. Especially check out the applied statistics textbook.

I kind of liked it better than Google Knol ,but lately

Google Scholar is a good way to search for knowledge too.

The site is here at http://cnx.org/

Tip :Regression Models using MS Excel

Did you know that you can create a regression tool in MS Excel for regression of upto 16 variables. You can automate it using record Macro feature even if you donot know Excel Macros.

SAS ETS and SPSS Trends can both make time series models. But so can MS Excel by linking up of cells. In addition you can use the solver add-in to minimize the square of the error term by changing the parameters of the exponential smoothening forecasts used.

Regression is one of the simplest technique to use, and is the industry standard for analytics, yet is sometimes overlooked for segmentation or decision trees to get even more simplicity.