Use Google to create Free Online Surveys
March 17th, 2009 by 
Jared Bothwell
Online Tech Tips has an article titled How to create an online survey for free using Google Docs
While I applaud the resourcefulness of this approach I can’t help thinking that it may be a little under powered for this kind of purpose.
In a nut shell the “Google Survey’ is using the Google Docs Spreadsheet function. It appears that there is some function that allows an online form to collect data in your spreadsheet. This came as a surpirise to me as I have used Google Spreadsheets for collorobnration before and had no idea that you could create a form for this purpose.
If you are looking for a free survey tool there are more suitable options that will offer greater functionality, Survey Gizmo is one that springs. For most small basic online surveys this should suit most needs.
Posted in Online Market Research Tools, Online Research, Survey Technology | 3 Comments »
March 17th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Thanks for this find! I think it makes an excellent ‘quick and dirty’ way of putting a survey out there.
Of course it will have its limitations and not have much of the bells-and-whistles – but hasn’t that always been the nature of Google (and Google Docs itself)?
July 28th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Check out this link if you want to see what a Google Docs survey looks like.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=clN0VGtpcEJPcGRCdnc5dDFSZldBTnc6MA
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