Today we offer an interview with Swiss Water Polo director Michael Badulescu.
BearDev: The first destination point for most visitors of sport web sites is matches result pages. Profound renewal of these pages on results.swisswaterpolo.com made them really good-looking and attractive. Are you satisfied with the obtained quality of the front-end usability and responsiveness?
MB: The page looks great, and the first experiences are good. Next season we will go live with the whole championship. Hope everything works well and the public will accept the new page. The collaboration with the BearDev Team was always a pleasure.
BearDev: The results section of the web site was also embarrassing for Back End users involving multiple manual operations and legacy update procedures. Now, when the navigation improved considerably and referees got the chance to update the results at a go, how did these changes influence the everyday lives of your visitors and staff?
MB: Till now I can’t tell you a lot because we are just using the page in a small part of Switzerland. In September this year we go live for every tournament and will have proper feedback from the site visitors and system administrators.
BearDev: Did you discover any measurable parameter changes for results.swisswaterpolo.com? You know, traffic, bounce rates, sessions duration, etc.
MB: No, not yet. We still have not enough statistics for that, but we’ll certainly analyze them carefully after the high season starts.
BearDev: Do you have some more ideas to refine the look and capabilities of results.swisswaterpolo.com?
MB: Yes, a lot. As a simple example, we would like to add the games downloading to Outlook Calendar in ics format feature.
BearDev: What are your nearest plans regarding the functionality of your sites?
MB: We consider the opportunity to create a mobile application for our fans and league participants so they can interact and browse the results and news in a more convenient way. But, before we do, we need to test the latest version of the site to figure out all possible players’ demands and requirements. As soon as we get enough user statistics and reviews, we’ll be able to set the technical task soundly and in more detail.
BearDev: Thank you very much indeed for the interview. We are happy to partner with Swiss Waterpolo and really proud of the achieved progress. We wish your federation a long life and Swiss Waterpolo players’ new achievements.