Posted on June 20th, 2010Want to create a quick poll about something? You have plenty of options out there to hire some firms which can do it for you. But if you want to do an online poll that fits your budget and if you don’t care the small variations that may occur in the result from the actual result, you should try the following tools. Here we have a list of some most popular survey tools. If you know some other good ones, feel free to let us know.
1. POLLDADDY
PollDaddy allows you to create and customize polls to suit the design of your website. Results of the polls can either be viewed on your website or on polldaddy.com after you log in. Further, it gives step by step instructions on how to embed the HTML code to your website. You can also make use of RSS reader to view the results.
2. COOL WEB TOYS
Along with the creation of web polls, you can also create HTML chat rooms using cool web toys. This supports faster results and visitors can’t leave your website unless they click on “More Info”, which takes them right away to a page containing adsense ads.
3. VIZU
Instead of HTML codes, Vizu makes use of a flash widget to deliver the polls to your website. You can completely customize the polls that you create. Further, it supports the addition of links and pictures to your polls.
4. BLOG FLUX
Blog Flux supports the creation of polls with up to 5 options. A unique feature is that the voting results can be mapped onto Google maps. Another feature is that the poll results are available to the visitor immediately after voting. This also sports utilities like chicklet creators and page rank checkers.
5. QUIMBLE
With Quimble the creation of polls is just a two step process. You only need to select the poll question and provide the appropriate options. Unfortunately, customization is not supported here.
6. SURVEY MONKEY
With Survey Monkey you can create polls, either fully by yourself or by using online templates. Complete customization is supported which includes the addition of banners and logos. Full features of this can be accessed only through payment.
7. ZOOMERANG
With Zoomerang you can create professional looking surveys without much technical expertise. This is effective, affordable, user friendly and supports faster poll results. You can get a limited feature version of this for free. The full version is available for a nominal amount.
8. SURVEY GIZMO
Survey Gizmo comes with 12 different styles for the questions to be used in surveys. This also sports a Connect- to- Website feature that allows you to directly copy the HTML code to your website. Full version is available on payment.