Product feedback

Website Feedback Best Practices for Product and Marketing Sites

Website feedback best practices: where to place a feedback widget, how to run a public board, and how to turn web feedback into product decisions.

Make feedback easy to find

A website feedback tool only works if visitors notice it. Place an embeddable feedback widget where people already look for help — footer, account settings, or a persistent launcher. Keep the first step short: title, category, optional email.

Prefer a board over a black-hole form

Contact forms create one-off emails. A public feedback website (portal) lets visitors browse existing ideas and vote, which reduces duplicates and shows you care about transparency. Link the portal from docs and pricing pages.

Separate bugs from ideas

Website feedback mixes “the page is broken” with “add dark mode.” Categories and tags keep triage sane. Route urgent bugs to support; keep ideas in the product backlog with vote counts.

Close the loop publicly

When you ship something requested on the site, publish release notes and mark the request shipped. Visitors who voted once will vote again if they see outcomes.

Put this into practice

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