Doodle.com
Doodle ( from English to doodle for " scribble ") is a free available on the Internet tool for the creation of forward surveys or simple online surveys that can be used anonymously and with or without registration. The same Swiss Development company provides online tools ready for the efficient determination date.
Technical details
The surveys are created on servers accessible from Doodle under randomly generated addresses. The survey address can be distributed by e -mail to the desired survey participants. The current status of the survey can be viewed by all respondents, without knowing the exact address but not from third parties. The creator of the survey receives an additional link to the administration of the survey. With this link the current status of the survey can be changed or deleted the poll downloaded as an Excel or PDF file or. Otherwise surveys in accordance with the directive of the operator are automatically deleted at the earliest 30 days after the closing date or earlier than 30 days after the last access. If you specify an email address, the creator also get a message when someone has responded to the survey.
The surveys can be used, for example, the date for adjustment of several people who have no common electronic diary. Doodle is integrated into the cinema portal Cineman.ch, with the aid of a date for a joint movie night can be found. Doodle offers meeting polls also property surveys, in which participants can choose between several options (eg for selecting a travel destination ). Since Doodle specializes in meeting polls, the possibility property surveys is to create not linked on the home page of Doodle, but can only be found in the Help under " Doodle features and products ."
In June 2010 the service was expanded to a Google calendar function. In addition, by subscribing to the so-called ICS feeds other Web services, like Windows Live, Yahoo or MobileMe, can be integrated.
The input surface of Doodle located in 31 languages (as of April 2011). Since February 2008 Doodle supports different time zones at the appointment scheduling as well as " if- it - must -be - surveys", that is an additional possibility gradation between positive and negative response.
History
Doodle was developed in 2003 by Swiss scientist and ETH graduates Michael Naef, when he wanted to organize a dinner with several friends. In 2007, Naf together with his former fellow student Paul E. Sevinc the company Inturico Engineering GmbH, headquartered in Zurich, which was later transferred to the Doodle AG. The company takes care of the development and marketing of Doodle.
2008, the financial company Creathor venture and the innovation of the Schwyzer Kantonalbank involved in Doodle. In May 2011, the Swiss media company Tamedia holds a 49 percent stake in Doodle. Tamedia plans to combine Doodle in Switzerland with the directory platform search.ch. Doodle generates revenue through advertising and pay services.
Meanwhile, the service is also available under the domain doodle.de, with both doodle.ch and doodle.de access the same database.
The previous minority shareholder Tamedia, Zurich, 2014 announced that it will completely take over the course of 2014, the Company Doodle AG. Since the beginning of February 2014, the Tamedia husband Michael Brecht has been General Manager in place of Michael Naef, the founder of Doodle.
Name origin and meaning
The English word doodle means something like "doodle ", " doodle ", " male paint". According to the developer, the name should be easy to remember and sound easy and carefree.
Privacy concerns
Privacy advocates maintain the non-private use of Doodle only for compelling reasons and only under conditions permitted. For example, calls for the state Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Rheinland -Pfalz, among other things, that the dispatch of the Appointment Request is implemented via the mail software of the appointment coordinator and not " doodle " ( "invitation itself send "). Moreover, there are various privacy -friendly diary with comparable features, such as the organizer of the DFN-Verein or Dudle ( Free Software under AGLPv3, TU Dresden).