Survey-Hosting.com - Differences

What is the difference between Survey-Hosting.com and renting space from a web site hosting company?

Survey-Hosting.com is already set up for you to use, and is optimized to run the fastest EZSurvey scripts available. Some web servers will be more difficult to set up than others. Most low priced web hosting services don't allow you to run survey programs on their server. Either they don't want to provide the technical support you'll need or don't trust that security and permissions will be set properly.

Few web hosting providers will assist you in installing scripts and cgi's even if they are allowed. Additionally, you're responsible for setting permissions, site passwords and making sure that the surveys are working properly. Usually, you'll need to set up FTP software to load your surveys and download your data. The same is true if you're using your company's web server and need the IT staff to do the setup. These steps can take time away from the job at hand.

If I already have a web site, what is the advantage of using Survey-Hosting.com?

Time saved and difficulty avoided. Uploading a web page and installing a survey tool on the server involve different steps and have different degrees of difficulty. If your current web site is older, or wasn't meant to handle new software, you may need to move it to another server before installing surveys. Fortunately, the surveys you load to survey-hosting.com can be integrated seamlessly into your established web pages. The next topic lists several ways this can be accomplished.

Can the web surveys be part of my existing web site?

You can link your surveys directly from your web site and return people to the page they left off on when the survey is complete. You can design popup surveys that are hosted on Survey-Hosting.com and are shown to your website visitors. Popups can have multiple pages, skips and validation just like any web survey. Additionally, your surveys can be shown as part of your existing web site so they look like part of page. Visitors will stay on your site and most won't know that the survey is hosted elsewhere.