Comments on: PollDaddy Attempts to Create Yahoo Answers for Polls http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/ Startup and Tech News Fri, 16 May 2008 13:17:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: John Drew http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2024034 John Drew Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:17:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2024034 with all the respect for polldaddy, 99Polls.com were doing the same only from the beginning and a lot better. with all the respect for polldaddy, 99Polls.com were doing the same only from the beginning and a lot better.

]]> By: Rob Monster http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2021995 Rob Monster Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:54:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2021995 I spoke with the CEO of PollDaddy earlier in the week, before this post on TC. I directed them to partner with my former company, Global Market Insite (GMI) to recruit responsdents for market research. The recruiting bounty is in the range of $1-3 per recruit, depending on the country. Easy money, and better than the typical affiliate deal or PPC. Poll participants are a natural target for participation in compensated surveys. And yes, PollDaddy needs a revenue model. Respondent recruitment is a start and GMI operates the world's largest online panel. And yes PollDaddy is far from alone in this sector. Vizu is just one of many. New ones crop up all the time. PerkyPoll.com was also announced this week in Seattle by serial entrepreneur John Knapp. The untapped opportunity is to tie this back to an aggregation platform that combines behavioral and attitudinal profiling, yet does this without compromising personal privacy. The company that I believe is going to nail this is Demoxi, which I backed in June 2007 through the purchase of assets of two companies, Votehere and Dategrity, which had cumulatively spent $20 million, largely to secure 53 issued patents related to anonmyized polling and online identity. Demoxi will launch its commercial product later this month. I spoke with the CEO of PollDaddy earlier in the week, before this post on TC. I directed them to partner with my former company, Global Market Insite (GMI) to recruit responsdents for market research. The recruiting bounty is in the range of $1-3 per recruit, depending on the country. Easy money, and better than the typical affiliate deal or PPC. Poll participants are a natural target for participation in compensated surveys. And yes, PollDaddy needs a revenue model. Respondent recruitment is a start and GMI operates the world’s largest online panel. And yes PollDaddy is far from alone in this sector. Vizu is just one of many. New ones crop up all the time. PerkyPoll.com was also announced this week in Seattle by serial entrepreneur John Knapp. The untapped opportunity is to tie this back to an aggregation platform that combines behavioral and attitudinal profiling, yet does this without compromising personal privacy. The company that I believe is going to nail this is Demoxi, which I backed in June 2007 through the purchase of assets of two companies, Votehere and Dategrity, which had cumulatively spent $20 million, largely to secure 53 issued patents related to anonmyized polling and online identity. Demoxi will launch its commercial product later this month.

]]> By: Nick http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2021381 Nick Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:39:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2021381 TechCrunch needs to provide some competitive analysis instead of acting like this is a first. PollDaddy is a late entry to this crowded space. Vizu launched this exact site more than two years ago and today there are many others including Sodahead, Dpolls, etc. Personally, I think there are too many players here already, plus how are any of them going to make money? TechCrunch needs to provide some competitive analysis instead of acting like this is a first. PollDaddy is a late entry to this crowded space. Vizu launched this exact site more than two years ago and today there are many others including Sodahead, Dpolls, etc.

Personally, I think there are too many players here already, plus how are any of them going to make money?

]]> By: Mark Hendrickson http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2021356 Mark Hendrickson Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:33:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2021356 @David (#9) - I like the honesty =) @David (#9) - I like the honesty =)

]]> By: Larry http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2021200 Larry Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:32:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2021200 They should stick to just polls and distributing them on the internet. For them to try to create a "community" is pretty lame....just like every other Tom, Dick and Harry. Stick to what you are good at...if you have never created a social network, save the investors money and don't! I have some ocean front property in arizona (USA) if you want to buy it? They should stick to just polls and distributing them on the internet. For them to try to create a “community” is pretty lame….just like every other Tom, Dick and Harry. Stick to what you are good at…if you have never created a social network, save the investors money and don’t! I have some ocean front property in arizona (USA) if you want to buy it?

]]> By: Steve M. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2020945 Steve M. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:02:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2020945 There is a pretty cool Twitter app out there called StrawPoll (http://www.strawpollnow.com). I wonder if they are considering becoming a business? There is a pretty cool Twitter app out there called StrawPoll (http://www.strawpollnow.com). I wonder if they are considering becoming a business?

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019476 David Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:29:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019476 @Mike Cheers. Yea the flash widgets on the site are pretty crap. We have just finished a MySpace App to get the JS polls working right in there. Going to sort something for Facebook soon too. @Mike

Cheers. Yea the flash widgets on the site are pretty crap. We have just finished a MySpace App to get the JS polls working right in there. Going to sort something for Facebook soon too.

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019425 Mike Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:50:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019425 @David Sounds good! We did recently setup a poll with PollDaddy this week and it was pretty smooth, although I couldn't ever get the flash widget to look quite right (text always appeared really small) so we went with the javascript in an iFrame to make it work on Facebook and it looks like it will work great. I look forward to seeing the enhancements as you roll them out. Would love to see a nightlife & entertainment category up there :) @David Sounds good! We did recently setup a poll with PollDaddy this week and it was pretty smooth, although I couldn’t ever get the flash widget to look quite right (text always appeared really small) so we went with the javascript in an iFrame to make it work on Facebook and it looks like it will work great.

I look forward to seeing the enhancements as you roll them out. Would love to see a nightlife & entertainment category up there :)

]]> By: Mark Evans http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019352 Mark Evans Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:53:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019352 Not really sure whether this is a big deal. So, other people get to look at polls that you get to create for free? I'm a PollDaddy fan, and a directory isn't going to make me stop using it. Mark Not really sure whether this is a big deal. So, other people get to look at polls that you get to create for free? I’m a PollDaddy fan, and a directory isn’t going to make me stop using it.

Mark

]]> By: Srini http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019326 Srini Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:18:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019326 It would really interesting to see how this Irish start-up fights with other simillar services. srini http://codingweb.blogspot.com It would really interesting to see how this Irish start-up fights with other simillar services.

srini
http://codingweb.blogspot.com

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019316 David Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:11:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019316 @Mike Its just an experiment for the moment. We want to see how people use it and what features they want to see in there. Its by no means a finished project, its only the start! @Mike

Its just an experiment for the moment. We want to see how people use it and what features they want to see in there. Its by no means a finished project, its only the start!

]]> By: Mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019304 Mike Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:03:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019304 They still have a lot to work out here... I like it in theory but all I'm seeing is a bunch of test polls and the language of the polls is all over the map! 3 out of the 8 popular polls listed are in English, all the others in Spanish. They probably should have waited a couple weeks to iron out the details before announcing this. They still have a lot to work out here… I like it in theory but all I’m seeing is a bunch of test polls and the language of the polls is all over the map!

3 out of the 8 popular polls listed are in English, all the others in Spanish.

They probably should have waited a couple weeks to iron out the details before announcing this.

]]> By: Web 2.0 Ireland http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019291 Web 2.0 Ireland Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:51:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019291 <strong>Polldaddy Answers… the latest in market research intelligence...</strong> The folks at Sligo based Polldaddy have just launched “PollDaddy Answers”. See web2ireland on Polldaddy Answers PollDaddy Answers is a searchable directory of over 300,000 polls on Polldaddy. A great move by Polldaddy - to create a communi... Polldaddy Answers… the latest in market research intelligence…

The folks at Sligo based Polldaddy have just launched “PollDaddy Answers”.
See web2ireland on Polldaddy Answers
PollDaddy Answers is a searchable directory of over 300,000 polls on Polldaddy.
A great move by Polldaddy - to create a communi…

]]> By: Downloading... http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019281 Downloading... Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:36:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019281 Thats a pretty clever idea. Will be intersting to see how well it goes against Yahoo! Answers. I guess its giving the answer to what a majority think, rather than an individual. Thats a pretty clever idea. Will be intersting to see how well it goes against Yahoo! Answers.
I guess its giving the answer to what a majority think, rather than an individual.

]]> By: Ken McGuire http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019278 Ken McGuire Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:33:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019278 I think it's a great move by another fantastic Irish startup. I think it’s a great move by another fantastic Irish startup.

]]> By: Peter Harrington http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019254 Peter Harrington Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:15:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/07/polldaddy-attempts-to-create-yahoo-answers-for-polls/#comment-2019254 It seems like a great resource for really bad blogs to site incorrect statistical data. It seems like a great resource for really bad blogs to site incorrect statistical data.

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