We want to let you know that we have read all your feedback, and we’re excited to announce that work is in progress to bring you a faster, simpler and easier voting experience at diPoll. Leave us a comment and let us know what we can do to improve your diPoll experience.
Here’s a sneak peek at the new diPoll logo! Thanks for all your support. Stay tuned for diPoll 2.0 updates!
Over the past weeks we’ve tried to make it easier for you to join in on the fun at diPoll by letting you sign in using your Twitter or Facebook accounts. Now, with the introduction of public user profiles, your social experience at diPoll will have a bit more of a personal touch. You and your friends will be able to keep track of the polls you’ve made, compare stats, check out profile pictures and more. We’re really excited to see what you all think of the new profiles – drop us a line to give your feedback!
In addition to the new public profiles, your account page also got a makeover. There will be more changes coming to this page to make it easier to use and to let you upload your own profile picture.
To check out your public profile, login and click “My Account” at the top of the page, then “Public Profile” on the right side. You can see my profile here :)
Happy Holidays everyone!
Welcome to the December contest! Here’s what you need to know:
We’re going to be tracking every poll created in December and will be giving the iPod nano to the best poll creator at the end of the month. To enter the contest you simply need to create a poll.
The point system is simple, 1 vote on your poll means you get 1 point. Your top 3 polls in December will count to your total score. You can check out the contest leaderboard to see the point totals of the top ten contestants.
That’s it! The rest is up to you – make a few cool polls and share them with your friends, and you’ll be well on your way to winning your very own iPod nano!
diPoll Popularity Contest Official Rules:
1) User eligibility
2) Poll eligibility
3) Scoring System
4) Miscellaneous Rules
Get ready, we’ve got another big contest coming up! The last contest was very close, with akominek coming on top and winning $100 in cash. The competition was a lot of fun and we’ve decided to do it again with an even better prize – a brand new 8GB iPod nano!! This hot gadget can hold 2000 songs and even has a camera to record video! You’ll get your choice of the coolest colours – diPoll inspired orange or silver.
There will be a few changes to the point system, but the basic idea will be the same. Make cool polls, and share with your friends to get votes. You can be as creative as you want.
The competition will be starting December 1, and we’ll be announcing the updated rules in the next few days!
The big buzz these days is around the social networks Facebook and Twitter, and at diPoll it’s no different. We’re always trying to find ways to make it easier for you to get involved with diPoll and share it with your friends, so integrating with social networks was a natural decision. So what does this mean exactly? For starters, you’ll be able to log in to diPoll using either your Twitter or Facebook accounts without even making a diPoll account. This makes it easier for you because logging in will be quick and easy (just one click), and you don’t have to remember another password.
You can check out our current version of this feature by visiting us our Twitter page and clicking on one of the polls we posted. Once you vote, our site will detect that you came from Twitter and will prompt you to log in using your Twitter account. If you already have an existing diPoll account you can link it and use Twitter to log in as well. Check out our full press release here.
Keep an eye on the login page for the full launch of Twitter and Facebook Connect. This will be just the beginning – we are working on even more exciting ideas to take advantage of the tools in social networks.
(Psst. We’re going to be having another contest soon. Keep your ears open and eyes peeled!)
Our two top diPoll contestants fought tooth and nail last night in the final hours of the October contest, trying to scrape together enough votes and ratings to take the $100. It was a mad scramble right up to midnight with each of them alternating between #1 and #2. But, in the end, akominek was able to pull ahead and solidify the victory at midnight to secure the cash. Congratulations akominek!
A special mention goes to sasteven who put up a valiant battle and led the contest for the majority of the month. Another mention goes to smokingaces who created the top poll of the contest, amassing an incredible 527 votes in only 4 days. Here are the final standings for the contest.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the diPoll October Popularity Contest! We’ve had a lot of fun, and will surely be putting on more contests in the future with a few changes, and even more exciting prizes. To find out when your next chance is keep an eye on this blog. You can also find diPoll on Facebook or follow diPoll on Twitter. Speaking of Twitter, we’ve got a pretty cool announcement coming soon – stay tuned!
We’re less than one week until the end of the contest, and we’ve had some big movers in the standings since the halfway point. Sasteven and akominek still hold their positions at the top of the pyramid, but a fresh face is threatening the top spot. Klinic, previously outside the top 10 at the half way point, has since amassed nearly 500 points which is good enough for third place. But with sasteven at nearly 1000 points with less than a week left, it may be too little too late.
Taking a look at baldajan in position eight, however, might keep that hope alive. Here we see another new user in the top ten with a point total of over 300 points – all from only one poll, and with over 200 votes coming in one night alone. This poll pits the newest operating systems from Apple and Microsoft against each other, and seems to lay the blueprint for a successful diPoll in the contest. Can anyone else replicate this success and make a final run like the ’72 Olympic 800m, or will sasteven hold onto and secure the hard fought victory?
We’ll find out soon enough – good luck everyone!
We’ve reached the halfway point of our October diPoll Contest. This is our first contest and the results so far have been great – the creativity and competitiveness of some of the participants have really surprised us. Several users took the advice from our last tips and tricks post, and saw some big boosts from Digg and Facebook in particular.
Let’s take a look at the top 5 leaderboard (you can also check out the full top 10):
Here we see sasteven in the top spot, with akominek hot in pursuit. Janelnk, jenifa, and toadchild round out the top 5. The top dogs have seemed to be relaxing the past few days, however – maybe a little too much. This contest is still up in the air and anybody can come out the winner. One good poll is all it takes to turn the tide!
A good idea to capture the interest of potential voters is to make your polls about current events. Celebrity news sites, popular blogs, and Twitter “trending topics” are great places to get ideas for hot polls that people will flock to. Make a couple polls about big current events, spread the word, and you could see yourself skyrocket to the #1 spot in a matter of hours.
With the contest halfway through, it’s time to pick up the pace to keep yourself in position for a final dash to #1! Good luck everybody!
The October contest kicked off early Thursday, and the battle for top spot is picking up. You’ll notice some nifty banners around the site to tell you about the contest, and a slick new leader board with a real time snapshot of the top 10 contestants. Once you break into the top ten you can keep track of your point total here in your quest for #1. Don’t forget – your choice of $100 or a special edition iPod is on the line! There’s still plenty of time to get in the action.
Now that the contest is getting heated you might be wondering how you can help to boost your point total, and we’ve got some suggestions. Your points are based on votes and ratings so there are a few things to keep in mind:
“Garbage in, garbage out”
Before you look outside, you should first examine your polls. Ugly polls generally mean low votes. For best results you should try to make your poll interesting to others, visually attractive, and have a description that provokes a response from the voter.
Tweet my face-space?
Social networks are a huge resource for you. You can share your polls on facebook or myspace, or post them to twitter. Doing this will allow hundreds of your friends to see what you’re up to and help you out!
You Digg it?
Digg is a cool way to promote new web content for other people to see. Simply click the “Share on Digg” icon and we’ll help you post it onto their service. Other digg users can then view your poll, and “digg” it if they think it’s cool. A few other similar services are called Yahoo Buzz and Reddit – get your friends to help support your links on these sites and you could get tons of votes coming your way from all over the world!
Of course there are plenty of other ways to get more votes on your poll – post it on your blog/website, mention it to a few friends over IM, or do it the old fashioned way and tell them in person. With the whole internet at your disposal, a little work goes a long way. Those top 10 can easily change in just minutes, so have fun and keep at it! Good luck!
