UASC members, we need your opinion to help us design the site.

Please cut/paste the text of this survey to an email, answer the questions and email to the site designer (sammydog09@gmail.com). Thanks!

Questions:

Imagine that you are local 'Chicagoan' interested in diving and underwater history and are looking on the Internet for some information.

1. What search words would you use? (ask your spouse, kids or friends too!)
2. If you found the UASC site, what tag line under the site name would catch your interest?
3. What are the first three things you'd expect to find when linking to the site (remember, imagine you are not a UASC member, but are just looking around for information.
4. What would be the most valuable 2 things the site could do for you?

Now, imagine that you are "not from around here". Please answer the same questions. If you have relatives out of town, please ask them? How would your answers be differnet if you didn't know anything about Chicago?

Now you can stop imaging and answer questions as a member -

1. What are the top 3 things you want the site to communicate to non-members?
2. What are the top 5 things you, as a member, what to know, when you go to the site? Of these, what is the most important peice of information?

Please answer the following questions by assinging an importance 1-5 (1 = 'not important, 5 = "The most important")

• The site should stimulate interest in local diving of wrecks.
• The site should stimulate interest in local diving (not just wrecks)
• The site should have content on the underwater history of Chicago.
• The site should provide value to non-divers.
• The site should generate revenue through things like Google Adwords.
• The site should generate referral links to our local dive shops and boats.
• The site should offer for sale books, DVDs and other materials on Chicago's underwater history.
• The site should be easily found (have a high ranking) on the major search engines for people searching in the Chicago area.
• The site should be easily found (have a high ranking) on the major search engines for people searching outside the Chicago area.
• The site should be used as a means for members to communicate amongs themselves and to the general viewership (message boards and blogs).

What else should this site communicate, accomplish, do that hasn't been mentioned? Give us your ideas.

Thanks for taking the time to answer these questions. I'll summarize the results I get and keep them posted to this sie as we go.

Check out results....

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