It’s official: Twilight is this fall’s most anticipated release, with hoards of teen fans waiting to catch a glimpse of the first big screen adaptation of the romantic teen vampire novel written by Stephenie Meyer.

The novel has been adapted into a film by Summit Entertainment, directed by Catherine Hardwicke and stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson as protagonists Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, respectively.

Set for release on November 21, the Twilight film has many fans among the pollsb crowd, and they’re constantly posting polls about the book series, the film, and the young actors cast in the leading roles.

Here’s a sampling of some Twilight fans posted on pollsb:

Most Twilight fans wonder: Will the movie live up to the book?

Bellaandedward, a fan site dedicated to the Twilight Saga, is wondering how we will celebrate the release. Apparently many Twilight addicts will be going to a midnight showing

Cblaire, surprised by the attention the movie is already getting, is asking whether the cast is prepared for such fame.

Bellacullen17 is giving us a sneak peek, asking which scene from the Twilight film is our favorite.

And last but not least, Iheartselena invites you to vote: Which Twilight character are you?

Polls Boutique is very happy to announce a new partnership with #1 Gossip Girl fansite, You Know You Love Me. Check out the first poll they posted, dealing with a rumor claiming a Gossip Girl character will die during season 2 and vote: which Gossip Girl character is getting killed off?

This month you can find the pollsb customizable poll widget on some really cool sites:

Blogtv is using our poll widget to have an election poll.

Bella and Edward, a website dedicated to the Twilight book series, polls its readers on their expectations from the upcoming Twilight movie.

Gameriot, a website dedicated to Blizzard games, posted a poll about some controversial new features of Diablo 3, while Diablo3x, another Diablo 3 fansite, posted a poll widget asking about Pvp in Diablo 3.

JBFan, a Jonas Brothers fansite, posts weekly polls on the ever popular Jonas Bros.

The time for the US presidential election nears, and numerous polls are posted daily on Polls Boutique regarding the latest development in the presidential political race. This past week, the political polls centered on the latest development in the McCain campaign: the nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as Vice President. Here’s a selection of Sarah Palin polls:

Officeshrew asks on August 29, right after the anouncement: “Sarah Palin - Good choice or bad?”

Grumpz expands on the point and asks: “Whose VP would you be most comfortable with as President?”

Gigi posts a video interview with Sarah Palin and polls to see what people thought of her answers.

Modelchaser mockingly asks whether Sarah Palin is a VPilf (and most people believe she is.)

Fiona chose to include Diddy’s video blog on her poll, and ask whether people agreed with Diddy (who’s an Obama supporter.)

Modelchaser found some old black and white photo and claims it was Sarah Palin naked. He asks whether we believe him.

Philgtaylor catches the news (on Sept. 2) that Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant, and wonders if that says anything about Satah Palin’s vocal support of abstinence education programs (poll here).

With Bristol Palin in the spotlight, Officeshrew quotes Obama who says candidates’ families are off-limits, especially their children. She asks whether Polls Boutique users can find it in themselves to leave Palin’s family out of the discussion.

Bmccue7 polls on Sarah Palin’s opinions: Pro-life, Stem-cell research ban, and Creationism.

Johnson asks whether Troopergate, a recent controversy in Alaska involving Gov. Palin, will hurt the Republican effort.

Politicass brings a political theory to the table predicting Sarah Palin will withdraw her VP nomination in order to clear the way for McCain’s real candidate.

The most recent Sarah Palin poll, posted today, includes a video of her RNC speech, and asks the voters to evaluate her public speaking ability.

Would you let your children drop out of public school to competitively play Video Games? If you have no children, would you expect your parents to support such a decision?

For those unfamiliar with the story of Blake Peebles, here is the short summary: 16 year old plays Guitar Hero, gets really good, wins prizes in various competitions, contemplates dropping out of High School for competitive gaming, his parents support his decision of his new found gaming career choice.

For those that play video games, this sounds like a beautiful Cinderella story, but is it all that it’s cracked out to be?

Competitive gaming is a growing trend by itself, and players can earn as much as $80,000 a year, but those are a few and are in need of rare granted sponsorships. For others, they can make an average of $25,000 a year with a lot of traveling, accomodations and daily needs eating into that salary.

We are not ignoring the actual problem of education…what about the children’s studies? Well, Blake’s parents did not give up on that, he is simply receiving home studies and actually improved his grades along with practice time alotted for gaming.

This particular poll received thousands of votes, along with many comments that varied from complete and utter support of Blake and his dream to disbelief and anger at such a “stupid” decision. It seems that people equal video games with stupidity. Is that so? That would have to be determined by another intriguing poll…next time.

Our geeky design guru has been a die-hard Diablo fan ever since the first edition came out. Now, as Blizzard sets the stage for launching Diablo III, and fans around the world (our guru included) sit and wait in anticipation, a design scandal is brewing, and the guru is alllll over it.

It all started when Blizzard uploaded some screenshots from Diablo 3 into its official website. The fans drooled over the screenshots, examined them carefully, and had some input: the screenshots weren’t dark enough. Too many rainbow effects, and not enough grittiness. Some creative fans edited the screenshots, and made them darker. A petition was started online, to call for a change of direction by the Blizzard design team. It became a massive petition, and whether because of it, or for other reasons, Diablo III art director, Brian Morrisroe, quit.

We decided to test the Diablo 3 design issue: a Diablo photo poll was posted, along with samples of the original Blizzard Diablo 3 screenshots, and some fan-made darker shots. We then called on Diablo fans in discussion forums and message boards to voice their opinions. As of now, over 1,200 gamers voted on our Diablo III poll, and the results are surprising: most people definitely prefer the original Blizzard design (does someone have Brian Morrisroe’s email? He’d be pleased).

Here’s a link to the full results of our Diablo 3 poll.

Work on the new homepage is still underway. Red-eyed, scruffy developers crowd the water cooler as the race enters its last phase. We’ve been playing with the monster for a week now, and we like it a lot. It will certainly make an impace on the site.

One dilemma we still have, and wish to share with you, is the Obsessive Pollsters dilemma: as you can see, the bottom of our new homepage is dedicated to top users. It includes the following weekly charts:

• Top Voters: users who voted on most polls that week.

• Top commentators: users who commented the most that week.

• Popular pollsters: users who have created the most popular polls that week.

• Obsessive pollsters: users who have created the most polls that week.

We’re not 100% sure about that last term. What do you think? Should we keep calling it Obsessive pollsters? Or should we change it to something else? got any specific ideas? Let us know.

Vote and comment on our poll:

It’s crunch time here. Will the team make it with a ready for QA homepage on Thursday?  Who will win the office pool? (we placed bets on the date in which the new homepage will be ready). In the meantime, here’s another great homepage feature: the Pollsb spirit:

The spirit section is a graphical interpretation of the most discussed topics of that week on Pollsb. So, for example, the more political polls get posted, the bigger the politics chunk of the pie chart will be. The drop down menu will also allow you to see the pie chart for different demographics of the general voter population on Pollsb. It’ll show you the most dominant age group in the site, as well as where most voters come from, and what’s the gender segmentation for any given week.

Day two of our homepage marathon.

Spent some time last night reading all of the comments we received on the homepage poll. Most of you loved it. Some thought it was a bit too busy. We suspect it appears busier than it actually is in the screenshot: the actual design is much bigger, and will spread across your entire screen. At least that’s the opinion of our design guru:

Today I want to write a bit about one of the most exciting elements of our new homepage: the “Your Feeds” section.

Appearing only when a user is logged into the site, and taking the center stage of the new homepage, is a new feed box that will hopefully revolutionize the way you use Pollsb.

It looks something like this (click on the image to enlarge):

The feed box will make it easier to stay on top of everything that’s going on with the site. It’ll notify you whenever someone replies to a comment you made or commented on your polls or on your user page. It’ll let you know when friends of yours post new polls, or vote. It’ll update you on votes your polls are getting, and even send you a notice when a friend of yours adds someone as a friend.

We hope this box will become the first thing you look at, when you log into pollsb, and we designed it to match with lots of feedback we received on our current activity section. As usual, we’d love to get your opinion on this new feature, so just comment here, or send feedback a message on the site. We appreciate it.

We’ve been secretive about it, but the rumors are true: Pollsb is about to refresh its front page with a whole new look and feel.

Some major changes include moving to a larger screen resolution of 1024×768, featuring results as well as polls, and adding a feed box with updates on your polls, comments, and friends.

People here at the office have already began playing with this beast of a page, testing it out and debugging. We have Thursday set as a possible launch date. So this week at Pollsb HQ, is all about the homepage: design, functionality, bugs, and interface.

I’m going to post updates as the week progresses, and try and get as much feedback from pollsb users as I can. to start, here’s a sneak preview of the new design (click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image). I’d love to hear some first impressions. Just message me on the site with your input, or leave a comment here.