Title: A date with your dog in San Diego

Author: Rachelle Vogt

Date: 4-22-2010

Brief summary of Users: I had two of my roommates and one of my coworkers look at my website. My roommates had heard about what my site was going to be about, but did not know the exact details. My coworker had no idea what the site was going to be about.

Think Aloud test: I had all three users explore the site and find a place they would want to bring their dog. I asked them to identify the address of the places and give me feedback on whether or not I gave enough description of the places

Summary of Think Aloud: The first user found the titles of the different links very clever. She clicked on beaches and her first comment was “wow I don’t know where to look first, it is kind of cluttered.” The second user reacted the same way, saying “I think there should be an intro paragraph describing what this link will be about. All three users commented on the background pictures, they thought the dogs were very cute. They all found the navigation easy, but two out of the three users said they thought there would be more content.

Post test interview: After interviewing all three users I found that all three found similar problems with my site. Three out of three users found the font I used distracting. Also, the formatting of the text was hard to discriminate. Two out of three users suggested I separate the headline of the different places from the content. For example, under beaches you can see the three different dog beaches in San Diego with content below. The headline is on the same line as the rest of the content and that needs to be separated. One user gave a suggestion that each place on the website should be listed in alphabetical order. In addition, one user suggested I add a contact or biography page to explain why I wanted to make this site.

Findings to be implemented:

· I plan to implement the organizational features all three of my users commented on. The headline needs to be clearer and the information in paragraph form.

· I plan to put each location in alphabetical order as well.

· I will add a contact or biography page describing why I wanted to make this site and what that experience was like.

Findings that will not be implemented:

I will probably implement everything my friends have said, they gave me great feedback.