Onlywhat Request Engine – A Fresh Alternative to Searching

5 thoughts on “Onlywhat Request Engine – A Fresh Alternative to Searching”

1. 1) Visit https://onlywhat.com/. What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn to click any of the buttons? Why or why not?
    
   Is the a preliminary draft of the home page? That’s what it looks like. While the home page looks serviceable, there is nothing here to catch my eye and make me want to stay. A header with some color might help. Certainly a cover graphic for the video would make a big difference.
    
   I am not at all certain what the difference between a search engine and a request engine is.
    
   The only button that draws my attention is “Get Started,” because it is the only thing that stands out.
    
   2) View the video on the homepage. Does it explain the concept behind Onlywhat?
    
   Yes, the video explains the basic concept. I like that it comes up full screen. It might help to have the “X” for closing the window at the top right-hand corner where most people are accustomed to looking for it.
    
   And you are waiting far too long to deliver your message. You’re going to lose people before they ever watch the video and you’re not using the video to its full potential.
    
   For instance:
    
   * On the home page you might want to add something like: “The world’s first request engine! Are you tired of search engines that provide with everything but what you are really looking for? Now, ask for and receive EXACTLY what information you want—for you, your family, your business.”
    
   * In the video: Your characters are cute. How about having them show real-life examples? It could be told in the form of a story. We all love stories. A child coming to a parent for information for a school project, because the child can’t find anything on the search engines. Wise mom or dad, uses Onlywhat and comes up with the perfect information in 10 seconds. This wouldn’t take very long, and it would show your visitors what they could accomplish.
    
   Also, is there a reason why the video is in black and white? I would think you could have the part about the old-fashioned search engine in black and white and when the information for Onlywhat pops up, suddenly there’s a world of color on the video.
    
   3) Click the “Get Started” button. What do you think of the channels listed? Are the top channels highlighted enough to draw your attention?
    
   I’m not certain what to think other than it appears that channels are countries. The groups give me more information. As career professional and entrepreneur, I appreciate the amount of space you provide for people in my fields of interest. And I think there are many areas that are not covered, i.e., travel, health, sciences, real estate, etc. What is the difference between a “shopper” and “buyer”? Was this supposed to be “buyer” and “seller.” And buyer and seller of what? Are you planning to have sub-groups.
    
   I am still not getting a good feel for how this request engine works.
    
   4) Click the “+” Post button next to channel “Candidates seeking work, post your skills here”. What is your initial impression of the form layout? Is it clear enough?
    
   First, this question was a bit unclear. I was on the “Channel” screen and kept looking for the “+” button and couldn’t find it. When I started clicking on the different buttons on the navigation list on the left, I found the “+” post on the “Post” screen.
    
   But I cannot find “Candidates seeking work, post your skills here.” I put it “Candidates seeking work” into the search box and nothing comes up. The only channels I see are for countries. If you tell me where this is, I’ll go back and look. Being this is my field of expertise, I might be of assistance with this form.
    
   You have to know to change the Channel before posting.
    
   Oh, found the form while answering question 5. What do you mean by experience? Do you want a list of jobs? Do you want the length of time someone has in a specific field? Do you want the title of past and current positions? There are many other questions that a job seeker/candidate would ask. Size of the company. Company culture. Location far more clearly defined than what country (i.e., state, city, zip code, distance from home).
    
   5) Click on “Stream” first and then “Channels” in the treepanel on the left. Both will appear as tabs. Select “Stream” tab and click “Add Post” button. Here you can search for a channel by keyword. Enter “jobs” in the search box and job related channels will appear. Hit Esc key to close window. Now select “Channels” tab and search for “jobs” in the search box. Which method of searching for channels do you prefer?
    
   You’re instructions are a bit confusing. I had to do this over several times before doing it correctly. Once I did, these were equally easy.
    
   Having instructions or a “how to” video will be essential.
    
   It would have made more sense if Question 5 were question 4.
    
   6) How likely are you to recommend this site to a friend or colleague (0=Not at all likely, and 10=Very Likely)?
    
   At this stage, I would say “0.” Google is so much easier. Put what you’re looking for into quotations and it is pretty easy to find what you’re looking for. If a person really wants to narrow their search, they can do an advanced search. Now, I realize that most people don’t know that these features exist on Google and they are there and easy. Plus Google has specialized searches for shopping, images, etc.
    
   I know you have an idea of what you want to create, however, I’m not seeing what your vision at this point. If you have a better way of searching—one that provides us with the information we want rather than depending on how good a sites SEO is, we would all love to know.  But I’m not understanding your methodology yet.

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   1) Visit https://onlywhat.com/. What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn to click any of the buttons? Why or why not?
    
   There wasn’t much to catch my eye on the homepage. Nothing really stood out save for the flash video/image screen. Video was alright, but while it ‘showed’ the concept behind Onlywhat, it didn’t explain how the concept worked. The other images really didn’t seem to add anything to explaining the site.
    
   The ‘audio introduction’ button is a bit small and easily looked over. It did much to explain the service and how it works, but there is nothing to draw the user to play it save for their own curiosity. Maybe highlight the Audio Introduction. 
    
   Also, maybe have a link to an expanded explanation about how your service works–it wasn’t until a bit later in the process that I clued in that this was a job/services bank, not a general search refinement service.
    
   Onlywhat link in top Left Corner for returning to Homepage is a bit small.
    
   2) View the video on the homepage. Does it explain the concept behind Onlywhat?
    
   The short video gave a bit about what Onlywhat offers as a service (well, not really, it gave the impression that someone was frustrated with searching for something, and someone else ‘searches’ for you and refines it) but didn’t really explain the process of how it works. If someone didn’t have a ‘basic’ understanding of Onlywhat, the video may give the impression of being frustrated with search results, and simply emailing someone to do it for you.
    
   Note: Had to reload the page after the video, as I was was brought to the ‘Stream’ page (with things like ‘United Kingdom: Jobs: Candidates:Information on it) instead of the ‘home page’.
    
   3) Click the “Get Started” button. What do you think of the channels listed? Are the top channels highlighted enough to draw your attention?
    
   All the text is rather small, and there is not much to really attract ones attention to anything.
   I had to change my ‘country’ to All Countries (from Canada) in order to see any posts (I guess there is nothing posted for Canada yet).
    
   The texts are highlighted enough to be noticed, however, again, the text size leaves something to be desired.
    
   4) Click the “+” Post button next to channel “Candidates seeking work, post your skills here”. What is your initial impression of the form layout? Is it clear enough?
    
   The form layout is easy to understand.Like that it incorporated a number of different social media/email plugs for contacting. 
    
    It is nice to see different form layouts for different posts, and that they are all suited for the type of job/quote/service posted.
    
   5) Click on “Stream” first and then “Channels” in the treepanel on the left. Both will appear as tabs. Select “Stream” tab and click “Add Post” button. Here you can search for a channel by keyword. Enter “jobs” in the search box and job related channels will appear. Hit Esc key to close window. Now select “Channels” tab and search for “jobs” in the search box. Which method of searching for channels do you prefer?
    
   In using the search methods, I found that going through the channels method was easier and more logical than ‘searching’ though the Stream option. It felt unnatural to be pressing ‘Add Post’ in order to ‘Search’–in fact, it gives the impression that I am going through the process of ‘Adding’ a ‘channel’ for a job post or quote or to offer a service, and not to find a post already made in order to reply to it.
    
   Having a dedicated Search box, regardless of what ‘tab’ the user is in, may be the best option for users to find and reply to things.
    
   Also, for the “Add Post” option, maybe have a ‘pop’ down menu (like you have with the ‘Group’ tab) with different categories in it would help streamline the users search and posting (i.e.: Jobs, Services, Quotes, Automotive, etc). 
    
    
   6) How likely are you to recommend this site to a friend or colleague (0=Not at all likely, and 10=Very Likely)?
    
   At this moment, I am still getting use to the layout of the program and the processes for searching, posting, etc. There are several things that I feel could be better done (text sizes, general layout, a better explanation as to how things work, and some of the processes in posting/finding information). While I certainly see potential as a niche site, at best I can recommend a 6/10 for recommending it to others.
    
   Additional Comments:
    
   The site feels like it is a ‘job and services bank’… this sort of conflicts with the impression the homepage gives, which is a general search refinement site (I send a request for something I want to search for, like model ships, and others reply with links for that information)
    
   Text is, as repeatedly noted, a bit on the small size.
    
   You need a bit more information on your landing page about what you offer and what your service is–highlight that it is for searching for and posting info on jobs, services, etc.

3. 1) Visit https://onlywhat.com/. What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn to click any of the buttons? Why or why not?

   It looks okay. The design is not that attractive so I am not drawn to click any of the buttons.
    
   2) View the video on the homepage. Does it explain the concept behind Onlywhat?

   Yes it do explains the concept but the animation could be a little better.
    
   3) Click the “Get Started” button. What do you think of the channels listed? Are the top channels highlighted enough to draw your attention?

   No
    
   4) Click the “+” Post button next to channel “Candidates seeking work, post your skills here”. What is your initial impression of the form layout? Is it clear enough?

   Yes it clear and good.
    
   5) Click on “Stream” first and then “Channels” in the treepanel on the left. Both will appear as tabs. Select “Stream” tab and click “Add Post” button. Here you can search for a channel by keyword. Enter “jobs” in the search box and job related channels will appear. Hit Esc key to close window. Now select “Channels” tab and search for “jobs” in the search box. Which method of searching for channels do you prefer?

   the second method is quite easy that is ” select “Channels” tab and search for “jobs” in the search box”

    
   6) How likely are you to recommend this site to a friend or colleague (0=Not at all likely, and 10=Very Likely)?

   7
    

4. 1) Visit https://onlywhat.com/. What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn to click any of the buttons? Why or why not?

   The home page is not at all catchy, it’s actually dull. It’s too simple. The idea and purpose of the site is good but how it is presented is not very well done. Like the audio introduction, it’s not catchy in any way. You don’t need to be flashy to look like a credible site but you should also look presentable enough so you wouldn’t look like a scam site.
    
   2) View the video on the homepage. Does it explain the concept behind Onlywhat? The video illustrated the service well but you can still improve more on it to be more impressive. And the audio introduction, I think it would be better if it was just combined with the video presentation. 
   3) Click the “Get Started” button. What do you think of the channels listed? Are the top channels highlighted enough to draw your attention?
   There are no results when I checked on it. The search feature is confusing. The use of tabs is good but again it’s still not attractive. The navigation links on the sidebar are easy to understand but also have to be more attractive and maybe a bit bigger Icons should be used. It asked me to register on the site and it was easy but I wasn’t aware why it just popped out when I didn’t click any registration link. Also your email confirmation arrived on my spam. 
   4) Click the “+” Post button next to channel “Candidates seeking work, post your skills here”. What is your initial impression of the form layout? Is it clear enough? 
   it’s understandable but there are no results listed and have tried common and possible keywords with it. Lay out needs improvement too. 
   5) Click on “Stream” first and then “Channels” in the treepanel on the left. Both will appear as tabs. Select “Stream” tab and click “Add Post” button. Here you can search for a channel by keyword. Enter “jobs” in the search box and job related channels will appear. Hit Esc key to close window. Now select “Channels” tab and search for “jobs” in the search box. Which method of searching for channels do you prefer?
   I prefer stream because the results are presented with more details and options on what to do with it. Only that it looks too simple so layout should be improved. 
   6) How likely are you to recommend this site to a friend or colleague (0=Not at all likely, and 10=Very Likely)? 5. I would recommend it if it gets better but for now I’d give it a 5. The site actually has a great idea and I think has a good potential too of going big time in the future. There a lot of improvements to be done. 

5. 1) Visit https://onlywhat.com/. What is your initial impression of what you see? Are you immediately drawn to click any of the buttons? Why or why not? The Get started button but only because the rest of the site is quite plain. The video play button needs to contrast with the rest of the site in order to draw some form of attention.
    
   2) View the video on the homepage. Does it explain the concept behind Onlywhat? NO  the concept when you first click the page makes you think you are looking at a company which reduces and helps refine your web browsing/ searching.  But once you maneuver into the site it appears to be wanting to be the next generation of hulu.
    
   3) Click the “Get Started” button. What do you think of the channels listed? Are the top channels highlighted enough to draw your attention?  No channels were posted in this area but the concept of going between tabs is nice.
    
   4) Click the “+” Post button next to channel “Candidates seeking work, post your skills here”. What is your initial impression of the form layout? Is it clear enough? Again nothing posted under this but appears to be a very good concept when you click the + button it seems very easy to post something.
    
   5) Click on “Stream” first and then “Channels” in the treepanel on the left. Both will appear as tabs. Select “Stream” tab and click “Add Post” button. Here you can search for a channel by keyword. Enter “jobs” in the search box and job related channels will appear. Hit Esc key to close window. Now select “Channels” tab and search for “jobs” in the search box. Which method of searching for channels do you prefer? I prefer the channels because you could break it down into genre and it’s more specific
    
   6) How likely are you to recommend this site to a friend or colleague (0=Not at all likely, and 10=Very Likely)? Currently 0 because of lack of content but with content added you can keep my e-mail and I would recommend It friends that stream video over the internet. 

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