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How to get Data about a person without asking them

malcolmcroucher

8:28 am on Apr 30, 2009 (gmt 0)

I am building a system that needs user info about a person , however im not to keen to put a straightforward data entry portion in my system .

So i am wondering how to get data about a person without actually asking them .

such as :

Favourite color = red

My one option is to use rating buttons such as * or ** .

but that would more be applicable to articles .

Maybe get the theme of an article ?

Cheers

Malcolm

lammert

8:36 am on May 1, 2009 (gmt 0)

Add a search function on your site and data mine the search queries. These often tell more about visitors than forms or rating buttons. Many persons (including myself) will fake the information in forms or rating buttons.

anallawalla

8:49 am on May 4, 2009 (gmt 0)

You could show survey results where one has to click various demographics to see the responses, then see who clicks which one first, e.g. ages 21-30, 31-40, 41-50 etc. This assumes that people click their own demographic bracket first. It might not work for aspirational items e.g. income > $1,000,000 where people might be curious to see how many people are in that income bracket.