Category Archives: Internet Survey Software

Real E-Mail and Zip Code Validation for Surveys

Why don’t more survey software packages offer zip code validation or real e-mail address validation? I don’t just mean syntax validation — anyone can offer that (although it is interesting that not everyone does). I mean real zip code validation where the postal code is looked up in a database or an e-mail address is tested as soon as it is entered to verify that it is real. It seems that both of these features would be easy to implement and would be of much use to the client. Continue reading

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Confirmit Flex Announced

Confirmit, one of the biggest online research software companies (they make the survey software that the big research firms use) has announced Confirmit Flex, a new application platform that makes it possible to create new data collection applications/tools very quickly while maintaining consistently high performance, scalability, and security. Continue reading

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Online Survey Content Security Doesn't Exist

There is no way to protect the content that you display in your survey from falling into the wrong hands. If you have a secret product or concept , your best bet for keeping it secret is not to test it using online research. Continue reading

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Favorite Survey Software Packages for 2008

I know I said I wasn’t going to do this, but I get asked this question a lot so I’ve caving in. Here are my (current) favorite survey software packages: Qualtrics: (internet survey software) has a fantastic variety of question … Continue reading

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Qualtrics Review (Online Survey Software)

Qualtrics survey software from Utah-based Qualtrics is an excellent web-based survey software package that offers a fantastic array of question types, a well-designed survey development interface, good fielding/survey promotion capabilities and a powerful reporting engine. It has both panal management features and multi-users capabilities and should … Continue reading

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PerkyPoll Review (collaborative polling software)

Who said that writing and taking surveys can’t be fun? PerkyPoll is a new “collaborative polling site” which allows you to create simple surveys that can easily be integrated into blogs, web sites, and presumably other collaborative sites such as … Continue reading

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How to Spot Fake Survey Software Reviews

It is probably fair to say that most online survey software companies get many (if not most, or even all) of their customers view the web. Many of them count on search engines, and those that do try to optimize … Continue reading

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SurveyMethods.com Review (Survey Software)

SurveyMethods (at SurveyMethods.com) is a basic online survey software package that does OK on its own but doesn’t really offer the features of many of the other survey software packages it competes with. And while it is not a software … Continue reading

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SPSS Dimensions 5.0 Released

SPSS has announced the release of SPSS Dimensions 5.0, an upgrade to last year’s version 4.5. Although in my opinion this feels more like an incremental release, it does have some notable new features including the SPSS Desktop Author, a … Continue reading

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Review of SurveyGizmo

SurveyGizmo is among the most easy to use, best priced, feature packed internet survey software packages I have seen. And I’ve seen a number of them. I highly recommend it. And if you’re conducting fewer than 250 responses a month, … Continue reading

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