Written on June 2nd, 2006 at 04:06 am by Darren Rowse
Free Blog Poll Tools
Following on from my last two posts on blog polls….
There are a number of poll providers who have systems available for blogs.
I personally use the Democracy plugin for WordPress (AJAX based) these days and don’t have any problems with it.
Other poll systems that you might like to try (I can’t really vouch for any of them) include:
- Blog Polls.com
- Vizu
- Free Blog Poll
- Blog Poll
- Blog Flux Polls
- WP Polls (another WP plugin)
If you’ve had experience with any of these or other blog poll tools feel free to leave your comments and recommendations below.
PS: I’ve added these blog poll tools to the blog tools page.
22 Responses to “Free Blog Poll Tools” - Add Yours
Sherman Haywood Cox II
June 2nd, 2006 5:45 am
Just put up my first attempt at a poll today. I am using wp-poll plugin…
I only get 50-60 unique visitors a day and usually have at most 1 or 2 comments per post so my goals are modest…at the end of 2 weeks hope to have 30 votes…sent out an email to my notification list hoping to prime the pump….
Thanks…
Christian Watson
June 2nd, 2006 6:00 am
I posted some thoughts about a polling service called Quimble on my blog recently, which led to an interesting discussion about polls from a design and functionality standpoint.
I’d be interested to hear the thoughts of others.
George Silverman
June 2nd, 2006 7:01 am
Can Democracy be used with TypePad?
Dan Wolfgang
June 2nd, 2006 7:47 am
While I might be a little biased (as I created it), if you’re using Movable Type you might want to try Easy Surveys and Polls with a Movable Type Weblog: http://www.eatdrinksleepmovabletype.com/tags/tutorials/easy_surveys_and_polls_with_a_movable_type_weblog/
Charlie
June 2nd, 2006 8:43 am
Perfect! Just what I was looking for, D.
Appreciate the linkage.
Bob
June 2nd, 2006 9:57 am
I just set up polls yesterday on my site, and am using the Democracy plug-in for Wordpress like you are Darren. I like it, and it works great. No problems here!
WhyMyBlogStinks
June 2nd, 2006 10:53 am
I am using Democracy for my wordpress blog as well. Works like a charm! :)
Steve
CypherHackz
June 2nd, 2006 1:27 pm
Yea. Democrarcy is nice and easy to manage plugin. I use it on my site too.
Joe
June 2nd, 2006 11:31 pm
Hey Darren,
You highlighted dPolls a while back and it works well on Blogger Blogs at least.
Nothing fancy, but easy to setup and use.
Joe
John T Unger
June 4th, 2006 1:12 am
I can highly recommend MajikWidgets’s new poll widget that launched a couple days ago as an easy way to add polls to blogs. I’ve tried adding polls to my TypePad blog from several services and theirs was the easiest to use.
http://www.majikwidget.com/service.php
Their tech support staff has been amazing at staying on top of issues that arose during the launch of the beta. If they keep up that level of support and responsiveness, I think they will quickly become a very popular contender in the field of blog tools.
Smiley Cat Weblog
June 6th, 2006 2:46 pm
Comparison of Services to Create Online Polls…
I’ve been thinking about online polls a lot lately. It started with a poll I posted for fun about what people wear for work (it’s still open if you want to add your vote)…….
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Brian Benzinger
June 6th, 2006 3:57 pm
Hey, Just on time, Darren! I just wrote a little something about MajikWidget a couple minutes ago (sorry for the link to my post, you may remove it if it’s not acceptable). MajikWidget is a new service for bloggers that allows them to add widgets, including a poll and a star rating system, to their posts. It’s pretty interesting and worth a look. What I like about it compared to other services is that users can request them to make a widget, so your not limited to just the usual poll.
I’ll make sure to take a look at the ones you’ve suggested. Thanks!
Brian Brown
September 26th, 2006 10:18 am
Hi Darren. I just added a poll to my Typepad blog and it was a royal pain. All
the tools you have listed did not work until I reached Blog Flux Poll which is
ugly, but does the job.
I wrote about my frustrations at Pajama
Market.
ilker
December 19th, 2006 6:42 am
@brian brown: you can try http://freeonlinesurveys.com as well
Caron
May 30th, 2007 10:13 pm
Hi,
Thank you for the links for free blog polls.
I have just added my first ever blog poll to my blog – to help me choose a name for my new kitty! I used blogpoll.com and it was super easy to create and add to my blog.
Thanks again,
Caron
Maykel
September 12th, 2007 4:57 am
Great tips. I was looking for tools like this ones. Now, my searchs have ended. \o/
Eric
April 25th, 2008 3:35 pm
GFXPOLL offers also great polls for webloggers!
David Nicolosi
June 27th, 2008 3:33 am
Another solution that everyone may be interested is Poll Authority (http://www.PollAuthority.com). Poll Authority takes polling beyond the simple cut-and-paste templates seen on most polling sites. With full customization, multiple blocking options, real-time result reports, video integration, and a complete online management system, Poll Authority has everything you need to add professional polls to your website.
More information can be found on the Poll Authority lens at: http://www.squidoo.com/PollAuthority
charles
July 23rd, 2008 3:27 pm
Actually, i started using polls on my blog and you know what, traffic had significantly increased but i dont like my poll so i am gonna take your advice by picking one from the list.
Hope i get a more convincing poll system or plugin.
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Tom
August 11th, 2008 11:37 pm
Check out http://www.modpoll.com It has a lot of nice features and it’s totally free. It’s relatively new and new features are getting added pretty frequently. It also runs on Google’s Appengine software so you don’t have to worry about performance. You can have an unlimited number of polls and responses.
Alessandro
September 22nd, 2008 10:30 am
Freeblogpoll doesn’t work anymore
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