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I an earlier post, I asked "How do you make Technology decisions?". According to a recent survey, Google is by far the most used tool by technology buyers (83% ALWAYS use Google). The poll on my post found similar results.
Again Google is the clear leader, but not nearly by the same margin as in the external survey. I am curious if the is partly because the question in the poll was phrased a bit differently.
Instead of guessing why, I decided to ask you. Please vote below on whether you always, sometimes, or never use these different resources when researching a new technology before making a decision on a solution to implement.
| Do you always, sometime or never use Google when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always |  |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
| Do you always, sometimes or never use another search engine (Yahoo, MSN Live, Ask, etc..) when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always | |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
| Do you always, sometimes or never use a vendor blog when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always | |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
| Do you always, sometimes or never use an independent blog when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always | |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
| Do you always, sometimes or never use a vendor product site when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always | |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
| Do you always, sometimes or never use a vendor support site when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always | |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
| Do you always, sometimes or never use a third party analyst site when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always | |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
| Do you always, sometimes or never use a user group when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always | |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
| Do you always, sometimes or never use Wikipedia when researching technology? | Choose |
|---|---|
| Always | |
| Sometimes | |
| Never | |
I recently came across this chart of the results of a survey of IT decision makers and influencers about where they look for information when evaluating technology solutions.
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I have long believed that Google is the most important tool to IT when researching products and solutions. It has been that way for me ever since I first heard of Google in 1998. "Google" has become a verb in IT, so this is not surprising. Many in the tech industry accept this as fact, and just as many are very skeptical of the importance of a search engine in the IT decision making process.
I am curious of how readers of the Citrix blog would vote in such a survey. What is your most important research tool when looking for information on new technology solutions?
UPDATE:Thanks for voting in this poll. appreciate so many of our readers taking a moment to share your thoughts with us.
| Where do you look first for information on technology solutions? | Choose |
|---|---|
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| Yahoo | |
| MSN Live | |
| Independent Blogs | |
| Vendor Blogs | |
| IT Vendor Product web site | |
| IT Vendor Support web site | |
| Online IT publication | |
| Directory | |
| Analyst site | |
| User Group | |
| Wikipedia | |