Local CBS station, WBZTV, is covering the big Boston Marathon today, and has created a small polling arena for the occasion, using Pollsb’s poll widgets. So if you aren’t running the marathon today, the least you can do is go vote!
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.
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.
Wow. Jonas Brothers fans have certainly taken a liking to polls boutique and are posting lots of Jonas bros. polls all over the place. Polls include the classics: Which Jonas Brother are you? poll, and favorite camp rock song, and even the interesting: “If the Jonas Brothers could only have one thing: good looks or good music, what would you want them to have?”
Check out all of our Jonas Brothers polls.
Since we’re all geeks here at Polls Boutique, nothing makes us happier than seeing our poll widget appear in two of the web’s best gaming blogs: PS3 Fanboy, and PSP Fanboy.
Here’s one of their polls referring to this post:
Help us decide on this crucial matter. Vote on the poll (and check out our brand new offices!)
Using a Polls Boutique poll is a great way to get feedback from customers and people you work with. Just setup a poll and send it to your client and/or peer. You can also embed the poll on your company’s website or intranet. It’s a great way to get instant feedback on your service.
Here’s a good example of using a poll for instant feedback.
Had to post this ingenious video poll. A really good example of the fun things one can do on polls boutique using our video poll widget. Featured in this video poll is the second video game ever invented (right after pong) a sort of tennis game played on a wave spectrum device:
Here’s a great way to use photo polls: going to a party and not sure about that new dress? Wanna cut your hair but not sure if it’ll go well with the ladies? Need instant, non-biased answers to help you decide if you should start working on a weight loss program? Photo polls are the tool for you.
In just 5 seconds you can post a “how do I look?” poll on polls boutique and enjoy quick answers from people all over the world. Need your friends’ opinion on the matter? send the poll to your friends. Post the poll on your blog, or website.
In the next chapter of this installment on how to create polls on polls Boutique, we’ll take a look at video polls and learn how to create a video poll on Polls Boutique.
Polls Boutique allows you to embed all sorts of video widgets in polls. We support Youtube video, Google video, Metacafe, Vimeo and many more.
All you have to do to create a video poll is:
1. On Polls Boutique, click “create your own poll”.
2. On the poll creation screen, choose the video poll tab.
3. A blank embed window will appear on both the option fields and the poll question field.
4. Paste your video(s) embed code next to the question or the answer fields.
5. Hit “Create” and you’re done. Your video poll is ready.
Here’s an example of a video poll:
