Creating Polls
Click here to create a new poll.
This page allows you to type in your poll question as well as answer choices. You can also easily upload
images, videos, or sounds that correspond to the question and answer choices. Once the poll is created it
will be posted to your profile and you can share it with your friends. You can also send requests to
people in your network to vote on your poll.
Yes. You can upload an image, video, or sound file for each answer choice and for the poll
question. For instance, if you have a poll with 4 answer choices, then you can upload up
to 5 videos (one for the poll question and one for each answer choice.)
By default, polls expire after 30 days. However, you can change the expiration date as you wish at the
time of poll creation.
Multimedia in Polls
We accept images in GIF, JPG, and PNG formats. All files must be smaller than 15MBs in size.
For the best experience, we recommend images in 320x280 resolution.
We accept videos in MPG, WMV, AVI, and MOV formats. All files must be smaller than 15MBs in size.
For the best experience, we recommend videos in 320x280 resolution.
We accept audio files in MP3, WAV, and WMA formats. All files must be smaller than 15MBs in size.
Voting on Polls
Poll results are presented after you vote on a poll. On subsequent visits to the poll, you
are directly taken to the results view.
Yes. Go to the poll page by clicking on 'Comments' button on the poll. In the "Share" section
you can send the polls to friends either by emailing it or by submitting it to popular
sharing services.
We prevent multi-voting. A voter may come back to the poll to see the results, but she/he cannot vote.
Yes. Voters can leave comments to express their opinion about the poll. If you click on the
'Comments' button of the poll you will be directed to the comments section for the poll.
This is yet another reason to choose Pollection for all your polling needs.
Yes. Poll results are only reported in the aggregate form. The privacy and confidentiality of
each individual voter is protected. For more information see our
privacy policy.
Publishing Polls
Yes. In the "Share" section on the poll's page we provide the HTML code that you can copy and
paste into any website that allows you to publish content. Simple copy and your poll is published
on your website. You can use this feature for putting the polls on your myspace page, on your blog,
or any other platform that you would like.
Vote Analysis
On each poll page, we provide you with a geographic map of where the votes are coming from. We
also show you a timeline of when votes for each poll are being cast and how they compare with
one another.
In Addition to this information, we utilize the census data (and other information our votes
agree to provide us) to show you interesting demographic breakdowns of poll voters and viewers.
On poll creation page you have an option to allow us to gather demographic information
from your poll's views to further enhance our analysis results. If agree to, such polls
would randomly be presented to your poll's viewers upon clicking the 'Next' button on
the poll. This information helps us to improve our analysis results for your polls.
Premium Polls
Pollection can promote your poll to thousands of people through our distribution
channels across the web
so that you get answers for your question in matter of hours. You can monitor the results
in real-time as they come in and view the demographic information of your voters on the
interactive map and charts. It is fun and easy!
We show premium polls to target voters through our distribution channels across the web.
Yes, you can monitor the results of your poll in real time on the poll page.
We provide you with as much information as we capture about the voters. Our results reporting display include:
- An interactive map that shows the geolocation of voters
- Timeline of voting for each choice
- Best estimates for demographic segmentation (e.g. age, income level) for all voters, voters on each choice, and impressions
- Total number of impressions and votes
In addition to the interactive map and charts, the results are available for download in the Text (tab separated), Excel (csv), and XML formats.
It depends on the number of additional votes that you'd like us to collect for you.
If you need more than 500 votes or if you need customized services, please
contact us.
For additional support, please contact us.