Before I started using our own polling software on the site I checked out Vizu, because they had a nice interface for embedding polls on any site. They just didn’t let me customize it as much as I would have liked though, so I opted for hosting my own polling system. That way it was easy for me to make up my own polls and I could truly customize the appearance.
Lately, on at least 4 of the blogs that I visit there have been polls that are embedded in the site to make the author money. This is done by Vizu Answers and is actually a very smart way for website publishers to earn a little extra money. I’m not quite sure how much money can be made by using this but right now, on all four sites, they are displaying the same “Do you use iTunes?” poll. There needs to be a variety of polls available so that people don’t see the same one on every site because once you vote, no matter which site you’re on, it will show up that you have already voted on all the rest of the sites.
The Vizu Answers isn’t something that I’m going to do here because I want to have my own fun with the polls, but don’t be surprised if you start seeing this kind of advertising popup all over the place. So far the current poll that I have posted has more than 450 votes which is really awesome. I’ll continue to switch out the poll once or twice a week after it looks like the voting has died down a little so if you have anything you would like asked just post it in the comments below!
I’ll have to check this out… Tho I doubt you can make very much from it unless you have a lot of traffic everyday…
Yeah, it is definitely an interesting way to make money but they don’t reveal on the poll what company it is for. I was curious if Apple was the one running the iTunes poll or if it was another company.
I got Vizu Answers on [techtites.com]
I’m not sure how long it will work. Maybe actually shift to Democracy so I can run my own polls.
I think my site is one of the ones where you spotted a vizu poll running.
I’ve been running my poll for around a month and I have no complaints apart from one stupid poll about Christmas trees! I wouldn’t say it is making me a fortune, but it is now outperforming my adsense unit in the sidebar, because I get paid on a CPM basis not CPC, with all the traffic staying within my site.
I agree it’d be nice to be able to run my own polls, but the extra cash will come in handy over Christmas!
Everton, its great you are making money from this. I guess it takes really popular blogs to actually sell the polls and make money…
Yep, you’re site was one of the many I saw it on. I didn’t realize that they pay on a CPM basis which means it doesn’t matter if someone had voted for the same poll on another site. Thanks for the info.
So will we be seeing a Vizu poll on this site anytime soon?
BTW, what plugin are you sing to generate quotes? My quote plugin sucks
Nah, I’m not looking to make money off of the polls but I am just looking to have some fun with them. Vizu is nice but not right for our site.
The plug-in that I’m using is called [damagedgoods.it]