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01 Aug 2008 02:58 PM EDT
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posted by Barry Flanagan
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 |