PC World - Save Money, Take a Poll, and Send Notes to Yourself

Steve Bass at PC World often provides links to neat services. In this column he provides links to some survey sites among other things.

PC World - Save Money, Take a Poll, and Send Notes to Yourself: "Free and Low-Cost Polls

The other day a buddy asked if I'd take a survey. It got me to thinking how effective these free online surveys are for getting quick and valuable feedback.

I've created polls and surveys a couple of times. While they're definitely not scientific (neither am I, for that matter), they give me a sense of what readers think.

For instance, I like to use PollDaddy--it's free and its latest iteration is a snap to use.

My buddy Suzanne L. likes polls that she can put right on her own site, so she uses Snappoll.com. I like it, too, because it's quick to produce a poll and easy to embed. Suzanne also uses Mister Poll.

If you're a member of the Twitter generation, my buddy Bill W. suggests you try StrawPoll. Me, I don't Twitter. (Never heard of it? Read 'The Right Social Network for You.')

For a more sophisticated survey, rather than a poll, you might want to try SurveyMonkey. The free version limits you to 100 respondents--but you can do lots with it, such as collect responses by e-mail, customize reports, and validate responses."