Dear Web masters:
I am writing to you for the first time to have your cooperation in answering
following questionnaire to OpenWorld, bimonthly magazine in Japan.
Let us allow to introduce ourselves first. IDG Japan is a sister company to
IDG, the world largest publisher of computer-related information technology w
hich publishes 270 computer publications(including best known Computerworld)
in over 75 countries.
OpenWorld magazine mainly serves corporate users in Japan, and in its June iss
ue ( to be sold on May 8th , 1996), we plan to feature "Fact of Web sites: Qu
estionnaire to Web masters in the World".
Accordingly, we would very much appreciate if you could spend some of your tim
e answering following 16 questions about your Web site and return your respons
e by text data by March 20th(Wed) to LDP06425@niftyserve.or.jp.
Should you have any questions , please do not hesitate to contact Naoyuki Sak
ai, OpenWorld (Internet address: LDP06425@niftyserve.or jp).
Thank you in advance for your kind cooperation to this matter.
***Example of answers to the questions****
Answers wil be either in numeral or descriptive form as follows:
Q1 1
Q2 Internet Office Web Server
Q3 ...
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+++++Questionnaires++++++
About your Web site.....
Q1: What server OS do you use?
1.UNIX
2. Windows NT
3. OS/2
4.MacOS
5.Other (please specify)
Q2: What Web server software product do you use?
Q3: What firewall software product do you use?
Q4:What speed is the line on your server?
1. 256K
2. 64K ISDN
3.T1
4.Other (please specify)
Q5: How many average hits per day does your Web site get?
1. less than 100
2. 100 to 500
3. 500 to 1,000
4, 1,000 to 3,000
5, 3,000 to 5,000
6. more than 5,000
7. Other (pls specify)
Q6: Does your Web site support Java?
1. Yes
2. No
3.planning
Q7: How many full-time staff do you have for Web mastering?
1. less than 3
2. 3 to 10
3. 10 to 20
4. more than 20
Q8: What is your annual operational cost spent for Web site? ( DO not include
Web development cost )
Q9: How many other sites are being hyperlinked to your site?
1. less than 10
2. 10 to 20
3. more than 20
About your Web pages....
Q10: How much was the initial cost for creating Web pages?
1. less than US$5,000
2.US$5,000 to 10,000
3. US$10,000 to 30,000
4.more than US$30,000
Q11: What was the most challenging part of creating Web pages?
1. designing
2. handling image data
3. learning HTML and CGI
4. other (please specify)
Q12: What tools did you use for developing the Web pages? Or any tool products
you recommend?
1. Product name:
2. None
Q13: What technological efforts have you been made in developing or maintaing
your Web pages in order to improve the speed of displaying pages?
About Internet in general...
Q14: What do you think of the problems of Internet facing today? (multiple ans
wers allowed)
1. dissatisfying performance of Web hardware/software
2. controlling corporate staff's access to pornographic sites
3. low bandwidth
4. poor security
5. too many Web sites
6. Other (please specify)
Q15: Please name up to three Web sites(URLs) that you evaluate as "high quali
ty" other than your Web site.
1.
2.
3.
LAST question!!
Q16: Can we have your permission to disclose your name in the OpenWorld magazi
ne?
1. Yes!
2. No!
This is it!! Thank you very much for your cooperation !
Naoyuki Sakai
Editor,
OpenWorld Magazine