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IFSTI Web Survey 2006

Wayne Anderson

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78%

22%

IFSTI Members Non-members

Respondents n=54

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How often have you accessed the IFSTI web in the past year?

22; 41%

23; 42%

9; 17%

Never <6 times >6 times

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Please rate the layout of the Home page?

15; 28%

23; 44%

15; 28%

Good OK Poor

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Please rate the visual impact of the Home Page?

6; 11%

22; 42%

25; 47%

Good OK Poor

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Please rate the colour scheme of the site?

14; 26%

32; 61%

7; 13%

Good OK Poor

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Please rate the ease of navigation around the site?

20; 38%

28; 53%

5; 9%

Good OK Poor

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Please rate the content of the site?

14; 26%

32; 61%

7; 13%

Good OK Poor

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Please list ways we could improve the layout of the web site.

27 suggestions:• 8 relate to needed improvement of the colour scheme• 6 relate to need to update, modernise the site and ensure

links work• 3 request IFSTI site to look at FSAI/FSPB sites for layout

ideas• 4 require a more interactive home page and layered

categories beneath it• Others

• recent events papers hard to find• Less narrative – better spacing• Highlight topical issues• Logo is old fashioned• Members access doesn’t work• Poor text styles

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Do the site headings cover the areas you are interested in?

21; 42%

2; 4%

27; 54%

Yes No Partly

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Is the content comprehensive?

18; 36%

13; 26%

19; 38%

Yes No Partly

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Is the content current?

12; 24%

16; 32%

22; 44%

Yes No Partly

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Should news and events content older than 12 months be removed?

26; 52%17; 34%

7; 14%

Yes No Partly

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Are the links provided sufficient to help you?

21; 42%

7; 14%

22; 44%

Yes No Partly

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Which of these areas would you find useful (Yes/No)?

86

88

10081

55

74

83

List of members/contacts Council member profile

technical opinions book reviews

film reviews website reviews

list of consultants

Figures shown are % of respondents answering yes

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Priorities that IFSTI should assign to development

Item High priority

Medium priority

Low priority

List of members/contact details 33% 48% 19%

Profiles of council members 31% 28% 41%

Technical opinions 79% 19% 2%

Book reviews 14% 38% 48%

Film reviews 11% 30% 59%

Website reviews 32% 32% 35%

List of consultants 29% 50% 21%

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Please list other areas you think would be useful to develop53 suggestions:

• 7 relate to links to other organisations• FSAI, Overseas technical bodies, EU alerts, EFSA opinions, IFST(UK)

opinions• 7 request for opinions

• Technical support, newspaper articles, emerging issues, case studies • 7 requests for news

• E-newletter, media issues. Industry, EU, General, hot topics on front page

• 5 relate to events • Notifications internal/external events , calendar, tradeshows

• 4 requests for jobs and careers section • 3 request for automatic notification of updates• 3 requests for Irish food industry news section• 3 requests for reviews

• Books, relevant topics, media issues • 2 require search facility• 2 relate to student issues/info• 2 relate to legislation updates

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Please list other areas you think would be useful to develop (cont’)

53 suggestions:

• Others• Criteria/grades of membership• Research publication• Downloadable fact sheets• Organisational structure• List of Irish/Northern Irish experts• Split site into categories (i.e. Dairy, meat etc)• Most popular areas of own website• More food technology

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Please list any topics currently on the web site that should be removed19 suggestions:

• 9 relate to film reviews• 6 relate to book reviews• 2 relate to past events (over 1 year)• Others

• Old content (more than a year)• Jobs with application dates from 6 months ago