Polldaddy was the first embed and go poll service widget i really liked because of the way it worked and the performance it showed from the start. then there was a bad patch in the service and it really diddn´t worked that well anymore. but the service is now back and even faster than before with a so far perfect uptime with new options for the service.

Surveys

You can create Survey with polldaddy that will display in a lightbox and close once the visitors has completed it. something i like because i am against transitions that take your visitors out of your blog so i think it is the right execution for a survey service with the even better commodity of having it display thanks to a widget button.

Better management, performance and uptime

Not a feature per se but really glad to see they got their act together and done something about it at least

Pro Accounts

They now offer two pro account level for heavy users and larger websites and companies so you can have vote analysis, no link backs to polldaddy,, better metrics,  better customer support, bigger response per month ratio for surveys (from 1000 to 10,000 responses) and given it is paid it also put a promise the service will work.

Some criticism…

Ok, so the service is better, faster and stronger (so they say and so it seems). how come that optional branding (in the case of pro accounts) and better customization beyond custom CSS like new styles and configurations are not in the plate yet?

I like the look of polldaddy polls and all but in this time of great widget developments i cannot believe that polldaddy don´t got that covered.

However

I know i am nitpicking here, but given it is a great service, i expect great things from it but i have seen the other solutions in that space and even if some are integrated and others are more flashy that  Polldaddy. they are not as fast and well managed so i give them kudos and welcome them back to my list of favorite widget services.

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