NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING /// WINTER 2010
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BOWL.COM recently activated many significant enhancements to improve the user experience.
After receiving feedback following the initial redesign in August 2009, USBC made improvements to the navigation and functionality of
BOWL.com. Many of the changes came from suggestions by association leaders at the 2010
Convention. More keywords are now associated with pages allowing the search function to improve and help users find what they need more easily. Additionally, the home page load time has been cut in half since the initial re-launch. “
BOWL.com is a key part of the USBC member experience,” USBC Managing Director of Media Pete Tredwell said. “We are listening to feedback from members and are committed to keep improving the site to better meet our customer’s needs.” Site visitors will find the navigation toolbar is significantly improved to help users find information more easily. In addition to sorting the key links by user groups,
BOWL.com now has an “all categories” tab on the far right side of the toolbar. This enhancement allows you to locate key information alphabetically. Also, links are now found in multiple places on the toolbar, allowing information to be quickly found in more than one way.
6 USBOWLER WINTER 2010-11
BUILDING A Better
BOWL.com WHAT’S
COMING IN 2011
EXPANDED MOBILE CAPABILITIES We’ve already started moving into the mobile world by making Bowl TV available on iPhone browsers. Coming in 2011, more of BOWL. com will be going mobile.
FASTER PAGE LOAD TIME
“Our research shows that people use
BOWL.com for many different reasons,” Tredwell said. “The goal is to serve all users. This new toolbar is a great way for everybody to find what they need more quickly, as links are grouped more logically at the top of every page.”
Among the updates planned for the future is a more extensive mobile platform so that users can access more of
BOWL.com from their mobile phones.
“I hope bowling fans will spend a few minutes exploring the new features on
BOWL.com,” said Chem Swift, USBC Director of Interactive. “The recent changes make the site a lot more user friendly and you will find exclusive stories and videos that only appear on
BOWL.com.”
The time it took to load the home page has been cut in half since the re-launch in 2009. But that’s not enough. We are in the process of upgrading a key server that will noticeably speed up the page load by early 2011.
REDESIGNED SUB BOARDS In order to provide the best experi- ence possible, we want to be able to provide interested tournament bowlers with a way to connect with others, to fill teams with substitutes. Looking ahead to late 2011, we will have a new sub board system mak- ing it easier to make that connection for the 2012 Open and Women’s Championships.
BETTER PRINT FUNCTIONALITY While we have eliminated most of the problems with print graphics along with the text you want, the next step is to be able to print in smaller text boxes. That is some- thing in the works for 2011.
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