This feature allows you to block repeat voters by IP address. Some users have complained that our current system of blocking by cookie, is too weak for some situations, so we have added this extra option on the ‘edit poll’ screen. If you experience any issues with this, please let us know.

As of today we are trying out a new service from our partners over at Gigya.com called WildFire. If you have a MySpace profile and wish to place a SiS Survey poll there, you can now inject it directly into your site from our ‘HTML code’ page.

To try out this service, simply create your poll as usual, and when you get to the ‘HTML code’ page, click on the link relating to WildFire and follow the instructions. This method of inserting a poll will save you having to copy our code and paste it into MySpace yourself. Gigya have told us that they intent to include Hi5 and Friendster, Blogger, and Xanga, etc. in the coming weeks, and will eventually cover most networks.

We are pleased to announce today that we have added randomization to your poll answers. When you create a SIS Survey poll, there is now a new option called ‘randomize answers’. Selecting this option means that each time your poll is viewed your answers are arranged in a random order. This eliminates voter bias towards answers at the top of your poll.
Please, give us some feedback about this.

We have added a new survey feature as requested by many of our users. This feature will allow you to export all your survey respondent data in XML or CSV format. You will find this feature in the survey overview page under the header Export Survey Data. Just click on the button and download the XML or CSV file to get your data.

We have also added new poll features to allow users to export their Vote analysis, IP analysis and location report data in either XML or CSV format. You will find these features in Poll Results within their particular tab.

Today we are launching a new project we have been working on called SiS Survey Social Answers. It will serve as a social directory of all of the polls created on our system. From Monday on, voters will now be able to comment and discuss your polls on the site. Every SiS Survey user will have the chance to create a profile page on the site which will serve as a container for all of their previous polls. We hope to help drive traffic back to your own websites from people visiting to find interesting polls. Its early days yet, and we have a lot of features to add over the coming months. Please get in touch if there is anything you would like to know about our new service.

You could shape and style your own custom polls by creating a CSS style sheet. this didn’t suit all of our users, especially the ones that don’t know what the hell CSS is! So we have simplified the process somewhat.

Go to the sub menu in your account: Polls -> Custom Poll Styles