Create free online polls

Etan Horowitz | Sentinel Staff Writer

July 13, 2008

Ever want to quickly poll your friends and family on something? With BuzzDash, you can create a poll in minutes that you can e-mail or post on a blog, Web site or social-networking profile.

1. Go to BuzzDash.com and click "Create Your Own BuzzBite." Then click on "register here," fill out the fields and create your account.

2. After you've created your account, type your poll question into the blank field. Then fill out the rest of the page, including how many answers you want to list, what the answers are and when you want the poll to expire. Make sure you select the radio button next to "Post this buzzbite to my own Web page, blog or email." Once you've filled out everything on the page, click "Preview buzzbite."

3. Review the wording of your poll question and if you like, you can change the color and theme of your question. When you are finished, click "Submit."

4. On the left side of the page, enter the e-mail addresses of the people you want to send the poll to, your name and a message to run with the poll. The click "Send." If you are a little more technically inclined, you can use the options on the right side of the page to post your poll to your blog, Web site or social-networking profile.

5. Your poll has now been sent out to the people on your list. If you left someone off the list, you can get the Web address to your poll from the confirmation e-mail BuzzDash automatically sends you and send it out to others. To see the results of your poll, click on the link in the confirmation e-mail. While the poll is still active, you can log in to your BuzzDash account and click on the "MyBuzz" tab to see it.