Thanks... I found most of this, but it left unanswered the most important question... who installed on my computer? BTW Did you miss my last message on networking or did I miss your response? Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 12:29 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: WebIQ and WexTech > Hi Don >>From a Google search I got > > WebIQ > http://www.usabilitysciences.com/research/webiq/faq.html > > Q:"What is WebIQ?" > A: WebIQ is an Internet research technology used to create online survey > and > feedback applications that gather web site visitor demographics, intent, > success, and click-stream navigation behavior. USC provides customized > services that include survey design, data collection, response monitoring, > and online data monitoring in real time as data flows in. > > Q:"Who benefits from a WebIQ engagement?" > A: Marketing Managers, Web Content Managers, Brand Managers, Product > Managers, and Customer Experience Managers will all welcome the quality > and > speed with which web site visitor information can be gathered and acted > upon. WebIQ provides the e-metrics needed to manage the investment in a > corporation's online presence. > > Q:"How is WebIQ different from other similar solutions?" > A: There are 5 key differentiators: > > More granular, better targeted questioning means higher quality data > Feedback from actual users is far more valuable than from a panel > Freedom from the IT queue means greater survey flexibility > Technology installed on the user's side of the online experience offers > greater versatility and research possibilities > WebIQ's extensive utility translates into lower unit costs > > Q:"Is WebIQ delivered as a product or a service?" > A: Currently it is delivered as a service. We work with our customers to > design the survey questions and offer ASP hosting of the technology and > the > data collection and reporting. We offer detailed analysis services to > interpret the results and recommend site improvements. > > We are developing WebIQ Director as an ASP product. Customers will be able > to develop and deploy their own surveys and analyze their own data using > VAST - our color visualization analysis tool. > > Q:"What kind of projects is it used for?" > A: WebIQ is an extremely versatile technology that is easily adaptable for > several types of on line information gathering. > > > > e-Mission Scorecard: Entry/exit paired surveys with click stream data > collected in an integrated record. > > > A/B/C Research (attitude/behavior/context): powerful, > conditionally-generated surveys that are launched in response to specific > site visitor behavior. > > > Task-based Testing: User Experience and Competitive Benchmarking provide > usability insight into a site's design and how it stacks up against the > competition. > > Q:"What unmet market need does WebIQ satisfy?" > A: Most of the site owners we talk to have a common frustration: they > don't > know exactly who visits their site; why, specifically, they came; or what > those visitors really think and feel about the site. > > Site analytics tools tell them how many visitors went to different areas > but > no insight into the causality of problems; and they provide no qualitative > information. > > "Static" back-end surveys provide data of limited quality and almost no > contextual value; if they are launched from multiple areas of the site > they > are immensely difficult to deploy and change. > > Task-based user experience management tools that utilize paid panelists > can > never replicate the value of feedback from actual site visitors. WebIQ > provides marketers, researchers, and site designers a single, flexible, > and > easy to implement tool that tells them how it can be improved for each of > those segments. > > Q:"How does WebIQ work?" > A: Every "nth" visitor to your site receives a pop-up invitation > requesting > their participation. Visitors who "opt-in" download the WebIQ applet, > which > automatically installs. WebIQ presents context-sensitive questions based > on > the pages the visitor navigates to. Responses and click-stream activity > are > communicated back to our secure WebIQ Reports server in real time. Using a > secure user id and password, our clients can review these responses as > Reports presented in chart and graph format. > > Q:"Doesn't the download scare people off?" > A: No. About 5% of our participants opt out at the Verisign security > warning > that accompanies the download. WebIQ downloads quickly and installs > automatically, making the process simple and fast. > > Q:"What kind of information is provided in the Reports?" > A: Reports include: > > Individual and aggregated responses to questions > A complete web site transaction path by visitor (tracked by a unique, > secure > visitor ID) > Free form comments and suggestions exactly as entered by the respondent > Custom events specific to the project > > Q:"What is the impact on my IT department?" > A: Your IT department simply adds two lines of java script at an entry > point > (typically the home page) inviting visitors to participate. Once the > visitor > agrees, WebIQ handles all interaction required for the visitor to complete > each question. This means projects can be launched, monitored, revised, > and > closed with virtually no strain on the IT organization. > > Q:"How does WebIQ address Privacy?" > A: WebIQ is an "opt-in" technology; site visitors must volunteer to > download > the client applet and participate in the project. In the early stages of a > project, we work very closely with our clients to review their Privacy > policy and ensure that WebIQ projects conform to both our own and our > client's Privacy policy. > > Q:"How does WebIQ work with corporate firewalls?" > A: The most popular WebIQ projects are designed for business to consumer > web > sites where firewalls are not an issue. However, since WebIQ uses the http > protocol, most corporate users are able to participate in WebIQ projects. > We > have implemented WebIQ in large corporate Intranet applications with no > issues. > > Q:"What platforms are supported?" > A: The WebIQ client applet is available for all MS Windows clients. > > Q:"What browsers are supported?" > A: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, 6 and AOL 5,6, 7, 8, and 9 are supported > directly. Netscape users can participate in WebIQ projects via a redirect > mechanism that presents the questions as an html survey. > > Q:"How does WebIQ handle projects in localized languages?" > A: While there are no technical barriers for running localized projects, > but > we do not offer translation services. Our clients submit localized content > to us that we use in the projects. Double byte support for WebIQ projects > for Asia Pacific markets is also available. > > To request more information: info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************ > > For wextech > try these URL's -- They may wrap > http://www.wextech.com/ > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwWextechSystemsInc.asp > > http://investors.autodesk.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117861&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=301877&highlight= > > Hope this is of some help > > Life is what happens in between plans. > > Virus free email by Norton's > This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and/or entity > to > which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, > confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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From what I can find on >> the web they appear to be legitimate tools of some sort that get used by >> legitimate software installed on your computer but I could not find a >> list >> of software that uses the products. >> >> Anybody seen these before???? >> >> Don >> >> -- >> <Please delete this line and everything below.> >> >> To unsub or change your email settings: >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> >> To access our Archives: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> >> For more info: >> //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk >> >> >> > > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk