3 posts and columns on polling

SurveyMonkey Buys Online Forms Start-Up Wufoo for $35 Million

in News on April 25, 2011 at 8:28 am PT

SurveyMonkey, the quiet but profitable and fast-growing Web survey company, is buying online forms start-up Wufoo. While the terms of the transaction for the Tampa, Fla.-based Infinity Box–makers of Wufoo–were not disclosed, sources said the price was $35 million in cash and stock.

Facebook Sets Deal to Provide Ad Data to Nielsen

in News on September 22, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Facebook Inc. plans to announce a deal with online measurement company Nielsen Co., in a step to address advertisers’ frustration with measuring how ads perform on the social network. Under the partnership, Facebook will begin polling its users about some of the display ads it runs on its site, such as a banner promoting a movie release.

Twitter Guys: We’ll Still Be Running This Company in Five Years

in D7 on May 26, 2009 at 6:49 pm PT

Meet the Internet’s It Boys: Twitter co-founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone. A year ago, their “micromessaging” platform was unknown outside of a small circle of digerati. Now the service has broken through to the mainstream, or at least to the mainstream media (thanks, Oprah!). But while Twitter has no problem generating attention, it’s still unclear how the company will actually generate revenue. Or maybe it doesn’t need to do that: Last year, Facebook offered to buy Twitter for $500 million in cash and stock, and the service could presumably garner a much higher price today. Or at least that’s what its investors may be hoping for.
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