BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2009) -
uTest, the
world's largest
software testing
marketplace, today announced the results of its social networking Bug
Battle. In all, 1,119 uTesters from 64 countries around the world competed
in the quarterly contest to find bugs in the three top social networking
platforms --
Facebook,
LinkedIn and
MySpace.
Over the course of one week in February, a total of 718 bugs were found.
The uTest community classified 84 of those bugs as "showstoppers," which
are defined as flaws in need of immediate attention. The final Bug Battle
results included:
- 416 uTesters evaluated Facebook and identified 243 bugs, including
14.40 percent that were classified as showstoppers.
- 399 uTesters evaluated LinkedIn and identified 250 bugs, including 9.78
percent that were classified as showstoppers.
- 304 uTesters evaluated MySpace and identified 225 bugs, including 10.80
percent that were classified as showstoppers.
The overall winner of the uTest Bug Battle -- and recipient of $1,000 in
prize money from uTest -- was Ranchhod Prajapati of India, who reported the
most valuable bugs and provided the best testing feedback, according to the
uTest judges. Other top winners included:
- Evan Dinsmore of Canada who received the Top Novice award and $750.
- Supraja Addala Prasad of the U.S. who received the Top USA award and
$500.
"The response of the uTest community to this Bug Battle challenge surpassed
our expectations," said Doron Reuveni, CEO of uTest. "These quarterly
competitions are a lot of fun, but they also demonstrate how quickly the
uTest community can scale up and provide global testing coverage. It's
this capability that enables uTest to satisfy our customers' needs for
fast, effective testing for their web and mobile apps."
uTest will continue to hold one Bug Battle each quarter, evaluating and
comparing different applications or popular Web sites each time. The
company will solicit recommendations for future Bug Battle subjects on its
Web site.
uTest also conducted a user survey of Bug Battle participants, asking them
to compare the usability, quality and overall feature set of Facebook,
LinkedIn and MySpace. The complete Bug Battle results are available at
http://www.utest.com/bug_battle/Q109. Some of the top-line findings
include:
- More than 87 percent of respondents rated Facebook as either 'good' or
'very good' in terms of quality.
- 78 percent of the testers gave Facebook high marks for usability.
- LinkedIn ranked first in terms of overall quality, with 45 percent of
the total vote.
- Testers with more than 3 years experience overwhelmingly favored
LinkedIn for every category.
- The survey showed MySpace to have a loyal user base, with 40 percent of
those who tested the site saying they would recommend it to their friends.
- At least 17 percent of all respondents ranked MySpace first in terms of
quality, usability and feature sets.
- 17 percent of uTesters involved in the battle had more than five years
of experience in software testing.
- 42 percent of participants had more than three years of software
testing experience.
About uTest
uTest is the world's largest marketplace for software testing services.
The company provides real-world testing services through its community of
15,000+ professional testers from 151 countries around the world. More
than 400 companies -- from web start-ups to enterprise software firms --
have signed up for the uTest marketplace to get their web, desktop and
mobile applications tested.
uTest enables companies to launch higher quality products; get their
applications to market faster; and control the cost of testing. Customers
specify their QA requirements for tester experience, location, language, OS
and browser, and uTest selects the right testers for each project. And
because uTest is on-demand, customers pay only for those bugs that they
approve.
More information can be found at
http://www.utest.com.
Contact Information: Contact:
Matt Johnston
uTest, Inc.
508-480-9999 x106
Kevin Lewis
SHIFT Communications
415-591-8403