japan.internet.com recently reported on a survey by goo Research into games machines, the second regular survey into this topic.
Demographics
Between the 26th and 29th of January 2012 1,073 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.3% of the sample were male, 15.9% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, and 28.0% aged fifty or older.
I’ve not really got much interest in buying any of them, but I’d like to find out more about the Wii U. Read the rest of this entry »
Over the 25th and 26th of January 2012 683 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service who were married, in employment, had children in primary school or younger, and lived with their spouse and children completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.1% of the sample were male, 5.6% in their twenties, 52.6% in their thirties, and 41.9% in their forties.
Question six in particular might look a little out of place, but that is because the survey was sponsored by Logicool (Logitech) on the launch of their wide screen HD 1080 pixel web camera Logicool HD Pro Webcam c920. They also sponsored a second survey as part of their promotional campaign, but I haven’t translated it yet.
In Q1 and Q3 I don’t know if they are asking people to measure the time that they are in the same vicinity, specifically different rooms in the same house, or if they are asking when people are in the same room. Read the rest of this entry »
One way students get classified in Japanese schools and then in their later life is whether they are on a science track or an arts track, so goo Ranking decided to find out what Japanese women think are the slightly lop-sidedness of science-y guys. Hopefully they’ll also do the women and the arts track soon!
Demographics
Between the 17th and 18th of January 2012 1,048 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.6% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 27.9% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 9.5% in their fifties, and 8.9% in their sixties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. This survey was for the women only.
I can identify with most of the list, I suppose, and those I don’t identify personally with, I know someone in the same line of business who does! The only one that stands out as a bit odd is number 7, they tell logical jokes. Perhaps in Japan it has a different meaning, or perhaps it is as a contrast to slapstick? Read the rest of this entry »
Between the 17th and 18th of January 2012 1,048 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.6% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 27.9% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 9.5% in their fifties, and 8.9% in their sixties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
I’m trying to get my head around number one – I cannot say I’ve ever had foot size come up in conversation, except of course second-hand from other foriegners having comments made about their big feet. I just cannot imagine people boasting or complaining about their own. My mother does number three, and soory Mum, but other people’s dreams are just not interesting in the slightest! Read the rest of this entry »
This survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into vending machines and public wifi found that not just awareness, but also use was a bit higher than I might have expected.
Demographics
Between the 31st of January and the 2nd of February 2012 1,074 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.4% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.1% int heir twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, 15.6% in their fifties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.
There really is a dearth of public wifi in this country, so even if the service is like the one in San Francisco airport which requires you to watch a 30 second video (that can be fast-forwarded through) I’ll be really keen to use it, as I’m a stingy git who tries not to use his normal 3G data.
Here seems to be the home page of the provider of free wifi for Asahi vending machines, FREEMOBILE. They are a bit thin on the ground in Tokyo, non-existant in Osaka, but all over the Nagoya area.
A recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into internet foodstuff delivery services, implying in Japanese ingredients more than finished product, I think, or in other words, general groceries as in the headline.
Demographics
Between the 6th and 8th of February 2012 1,108 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.2% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.6% in their forties, 15.5% in their fifties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.
It must be because I live in a posh block of flats as there’s definitely more than just 4.5% of the residents who regularly get home delivery from the Co-op. The wife occasionally shops for food online, but I don’t think a bag of rice once a month really counts as home delivery groceries. Read the rest of this entry »
japan.internet.com recently reported on goo Research’s third look at mobile phone and smartphone upgrade needs, with the report focusing on iPhone 4S-related issues.
Demographics
Between the 3rd and 8th of February 2012 1,000 mobile phone-using members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were female, 1.6% in their teens, 12.1% in their twenties, 27.1% in their thirties, 32.5% in their forties, and 26.7% aged fifty or older.
However, as the old saying goes, a woman without an iPhone is like a dog without a bicycle, or something like that:
goo Research recently took a look at advertisements on mobile devices, their third regular survey into this topic, reported on as usual by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 23rd and 25th of January 2012 1,098 members of the goo Research mobile monitor group completed a private mobile phone-based (including smartphone) questionnaire. 60.1% of the sample were female, 4.0% in their teens, 28.2% in their twenties, 34.3% in their thirties, 23.3% in their forties, and 10.1% aged fifty or older.
As I limit my mobile surfing and don’t play any games that require an internet connection for advert display, I fortunately cannot remember seeing any except when I go out of my way to check out my own sites; actually, I tell a lie – when I was in the USA last week, both San Francisco and Las Vegas airports made me watch a short advertisement before giving me free wifi access. By the way, What Japan Thinks has a smartphone-targeted display, so if you surf on over with your mobile you should see a finger-friendly front end which contains some hopefully not-too-obtrusive advertisements, although I cannot vouch for their relevancy or usefulness. Read the rest of this entry »
Between the 17th and 18th of January 2012 1,048 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 61.6% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 27.9% in their thirties, 25.8% in their forties, 9.5% in their fifties, and 8.9% in their sixties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
I’d say the main problem I see with my colleagues is an unwillingness to challenge the status quo, or even to just suggest different ways of doing things. One recent case that comes to mind was that I was moving on to a new project, and I asked what other people in similar environments were using for source code control, and the answer I got back was “nothing”. After banging my head on the desk for a few minutes, I decided to go with git, which I taught myself in two minutes.
Between the 22nd and 23rd of December 2011 1,034 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 34.6% in their twenties and 65.4% in their thirties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
I cannot really comment on this too much, but I notice that three of the top six are related to mobile phones. I do remember recently seeing a survey on having one’s affair outed through a mobile phone, so I must try to find it again for next week! Read the rest of this entry »
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