1.17.2010

Survey Results Part One: (Statistics)

So it's been a little over a week since I put the survey up, and I think now's a good time to do a post about the results. I'm thinking being open about them is a good idea, as I'm a pretty open person in some aspects this does not include confessing that I ate the last cookie. Hopefully this will be interesting and from it you guys will know what direction the blog is heading in :)

My thoughts on the polls in blue, and then I'll delve into the free respons after the statistics, otherwise this post would be monstrously long. I got about 50 responses, which is awesome!

How often do you visit In Which a Girl Reads?

Looks like most of the people who take the survey visit regularly! That's awesome :D
Almost daily
1021%
A few times a week
3063%
A few times a month
613%
Very rarely
24%
What are your favorite features on the the blog, or why do you visit?

Your favorite features were the book reviews and giveaways , followed by IMM and WoW. Your least favorite were Daily Dose (I don't know if this is because I've only participated in it once so far) and Literature Week.
Events like Literature Week
919%
Waiting on Wednesday
2348%
Book Reviews
4390%
Giveaways/Contests
4390%
In My Mailbox
2552%
Daily Dose
919%
Miscallenous posts
1225%
Discussion Posts
1225%
Friday Favorites
1225%

Rank the quality of my reviews (1 being the worst, 5 being the best)
Whoo, no 1s or 2s! Majority 4s or 5s, a few 3s. Awesome!
1
00%
2
00%
3
715%
4
2348%
5
1838%

What do you think about my posting habits?

Great, nearly everyone seems to like how often I post!
You post way too much!
00%
You post a bit too often
36%
You post just the right amount
4594%
You post way too little
00%
Other
00%
What new features would you like to see?

Looks like people want to see author interviews the most. I wholeheartedly I agree, I really need to start interviewing authors, it's one of my New Year resolutions. And you guys also seem pretty interested with interviewing aspiring teen authors, which is something I can definitely do, yay! I will also try to incorporate some posts about book covers and wishlist posts as well as some advice/discussions about blogging.
Author Interviews
2450%
Aspiring Teen Authors Interviews
2042%
Blogger Interviews/ Blogger Spotlights
1327%
Discussion posts
1225%
Posts on Music
1327%
Rants
1021%
Advice/ discussions about blogging
1838%
Posts about book covers
1940%
Posts about what books I'm coveting
1940%
Posts on chocolate/food
715%
Posts about traveling
817%
Random stuff!
1633%
More shiny widgets!
12%






Would you like to see some posts on writing and the publishing process?
So the majority of you would like to see some writing-related posts. I'll do a test-run with a few and see how it goes!

Yes
3063%
No
1327%
Other
510%


Do you like personal content?
Most of you like personal content, which is cool if I ever want to talk about myself! Haha :)
Yes
4288%
No
24%
Other
48


Would you like to see more personal content?

And most of you would like to see more personal content. Probably because I have next to none at this point. I'll keep that in mind!
Yes
3471%
No
715%
Other
715%


Would types of books should I review?

Awesome, most of you like the books I review now. And a surprising amount like my Friday Favorites! I haven't done a Friday Favorite for a while now, so I'll definitely try to do those more regularly. I'll also try to keep up the other-genres-then-fantasy resolution and maybe sprinkle in some literature
or middle grade reviews occasionally :)















I'd like to see more reviews on literature
1123%
I'd like to see more reviews for middle grade
510%
I'd like to see more reviews of your favorite books (Friday Favorites)
2654%
I would like to see review-rants on study books
48%
You need to review books from other genres than fantasy!
1225%
I like the types of books you review now
3063%
Other
24%















How often do you comment?

Not as many regular commenters. Which is sort of sad because I LOVE
comments more than anything, they're the best part of blogging.
But in the free responses most of you had good reasons.
I'll get to them in the next post :)

Every post
510%
Every few posts
613%
Once in a while
2144%
Rarely
1429%
Never

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Very interesting, I'm glad I did this survey! It's definitely given me a clear direction and lots of thoughts for improvements.

5 comments:

Liz @ Cleverly Inked said...

I love that you posted the results. I might have to steal your idea when I get some more followers. I think more Author interviews are right on the money

Bere said...

This is great!
I'm so glad you posted the results,
they were awesome to read.
They were all pretty good, right!
=)

Unknown said...

Very positive results!

Allison said...

Interesting results!

pepsivanilla said...

This is so interesting, thanks for posting the results!

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