I Am Due!!
Before you get your maternity panties in a knot, I am due for a website update. I guess this is my baby so the due date is 9 months from now–HA! Really, 10 months from now. Or, before then. Your guess is as good as mine.
My first step in deciding to re-birth my baby was to ask for a Peek Testing review. If you have a website and thick skin, this service asks, what sounds like Millennials who, of course, know everything, to review your site and answer some simple questions. It is a free service and I have used it before which led me to the quote in the first place several months ago. The testers are asked:
- What is your initial impression? What is this page about?
- What is the first thing you would like to do on this page?
- What stood out to you on this site? What if anything frustrated you about this site? Summarize.
This was my review.
She totally GETS me! I like that she understood that I made very, very controversial statements. She knew that I just wanted others to see me but it sounded like she was going to say that I had no friends so she was right there. My favourite part of the review is when she said my site had no purpose. “I wanted to immediately click out of it as soon as I clicked into it,” was her summary. Good girl, you got it in one!
So I would like to ask you the same questions because you are actually more important. I have a thick-ish skin but really do want your honest opinion. Obvs (that’s for the one Millennial left) you have looked past my obvs flaws to date, but think back to 12 seconds ago and what your impressions were. Leave comments below if you can think of anything, cursing recommended but not obligatory obvs. (Obvs is apparently my only Millennial word obvs).
PS: It is not a bribe to tell you I love you guys and hope you enjoyed this video as much as I did. Any feedback you have may be incorporated in my new site and then possibly discarded in favour of my new bestie ‘random tester #1717192A’. She has a way with mumbling that makes me trust her. Agreed?
Fucking millennials! Why are their opinions so damn important? Most of them have the attention span of a gnat. (My apologies to the One Millennial Left—obvs this doesn’t apply to you.) Granted, #1717192A’ wasn’t actually asked to read anything, which strikes me as a bit odd since she’s reviewing a blog, but all she can do is click around and look at pictures? No wonder she was fushted.
Thank you for sharing this, Kristine. It was hysterically funny. Do you seriously want us to answer the same questions? It’s a little late for first impressions for me. I come to your blog because I find you very entertaining and I enjoy reading your stuff. Actually, I do remember the first time I saw your webpage—those three pictures of you cracked me up and made me want to see what you were about, since it was immediately clear that you had a sense of humor and didn’t take yourself too seriously. Is there a review service that solicits opinions from actual grown ups that you could use?
Just an FYI: On my laptop the last few letters of each line in my comments are cut off.
Thanks Margot! You don’t have to answer the questions and your feedback is obvs appreciated. I will check on the comment thing but I am in a meeting all day and tech is my cryptonite… No promises. I did have a real live woman do the first one and she started reading and even laughed. It was amazing to hear someone laugh at my post in the right places! She had some constructive feedback which I am taking on in the new design. I don’t think it will be drastic, just a clean up mostly.
Do you remember what the “Valley Girl” accent was? She sounded just like that without the phrases. Most of her statements ended with question marks (?) so it was hard to know if she was making a definitive statement or just questioning the world around her (your blog). You never fail to make me laugh (unless you’re telling a health story – then I’m scared for you). So, please remember that you are writing for you (and us) so don’t change fundamentally. We love you just the way you are – just stay out of the E.R. please!
Oh My God, I like totally remember what Valley Girls sound like! I was good at it back in the day.
I’m not changing my style of writing and plan to wait a very long time before another edition of the ER tales (knocking on wood, crossing fingers and making fishy faces–that last one for no real reason). I really do love you guys!! You are all so good to me.
Hugs!
Oh Lord, I didn’t even know this review website existed. I’m tempted to put my own website to the test but I fear the results. I imagine my review will be along the lines of “What the F is this sh*t?”. How much are these people being paid to do this I wonder? In any case, I don’t agree with your reviewer. Your site is hilarious, just like you.
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I don’t think they are being paid much. I had one review that was so constructive and kind of figured this would be the same. Not so much, but it sure was fun to listen to.
I would be terrified to put my website to that kind of test. I’m sure that the first comment would be “too much purple”. Well, screw you Millenials!
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Millennials are fun to make fun of, so there’s that!
I could have sworn she said your website had no “porpoise” which I can relate to because the lack of marine mammals here is easily my least favorite thing about your site, although I’d much rather see walruses. And also more of what you do regularly.
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I’ll plan a walrus post for you. Good feedback 🙂
So, I must be slow – I watched the video and could see someone was moving around the page, going to a different page, and I saw that the questions were changing in the upper right corner, but I never saw any feedback from the person looking at your site. Am I missing something obvious? Do they send you a report after someone looks at your site? Oh – never mind. I just realized I needed to unmute my speakers. Sigh. I don’t think you want my opinion when I couldn’t even figure THIS out.
PS – she should have at least read a post or two. Does she not understand that this is a blog? “These tabs make me want to click on each one of them.” Well, why didn’t she? What kind of a review is this? What kind of credentials does this “reviewer” have to make her a reviewer? I’m a bit worked up on your behalf.
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Don’t get worked up Jana, she is a baby. The service is free so you get what you pay for. I am just happy she was so amusing. I watched it several times (sound on–totally something I would do to watch without sound) to watch her flit around like my blog was a pile of dog shit that her mother told her she had to pick up before she could have a cookie. Millennials are so fun. Squirrel…
Oh my. Makes me want to run a course in how to organize your thoughts before you speak–first impression or no.
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I just wanted to cuddle her and tell her ‘There, there little duckie. The mean old mommy can’t get you through the big bad screen. You are safe.’ Do you think she might be mormon 🙂