Find A Problem On The Web?
This year I have been trying to make a point to participate in making the web a better place. I know there are a lot of tools and websites out there, and many of us use these on a daily basis, but how often do we notice a bug, or an issue and just move on?
I myself still do this quite often, but I am catching myself doing it and trying to make it a point to correct it.
There are many tools out there that you can use to help notify a website of a particular issue, such as: Google side wiki, forums on their website, contacting the web site owner via email, twitter, facebook, Google Buzz or even calling them on the phone.
If you are a web site owner you should check out my blog postCommunication: A Must For Any Website it will provide you with more in depth reasoning on which tool would work best for you and your web site.
For the websites I work on I make notes of issues or bugs in Evernote. Evernote now makes it possible to easily find all notes that I have made on a particular website using their Evernote Google Chrome extension. Now when I go back to that website I can see all notes that I have made and correct the issues when I have time.
Do you try to help make the web a better place? If so, how?
Buzz Post
July 9th, 2010 at 10:13 am
You know I've stated sending your posts to my email so I can review them later, you are very insightful @Andrew Maxwell. Thanks.
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July 9th, 2010 at 11:06 am
@PB Fundamental Thanks, I think your the first person who has called me insightful. :)
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July 9th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Yes he is! :)
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July 9th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Aww shucks guys. 8^)
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July 9th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Great Article… You forgot buzz.. :)
Anyway.. are people still using google side wiki??
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July 9th, 2010 at 11:29 am
I didn't forget Buzz, it is right after facebook, some companies have a lot of feedback on their site in Side Wiki. And I think more website owners should read and use their side wiki posts.
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July 9th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Good work Andrew. You really do make the web a better place with all your educational articles. One can tell you really have a passion for social media and web technology.
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July 9th, 2010 at 11:33 am
You forgot to mention buzz here..
http://www.andrewcmaxwell.com/2010/06/communication-a-must-for-any-website/
Sidewiki was a great concept.. I used it for a while… Not too many people use it..
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July 9th, 2010 at 11:36 am
I guess your right. I mentioned it but I didn't go into detail about it. I just realized that this article posted to buzz this morning even though I posted it yesterday… Weird.
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July 20th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Great post, so true, so many times i have came across a bug or a snag in a site, even sites i use daily. I will now make a point of trying to, polietly, contact the site owner where possible just to make them aware.
Keep up the good work,
William
July 20th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it. I figure if I can help other website owners and developers find issues on their sites then I am making the web a better place, and making those tools better for me as a user.