We just added a neat, new feature to CollegeRecruiter.com. We're now able to poll our users to better understand their demographics, their aspirations, their needs, and their wants. We're also able to gather similar intelligence for our clients so employers, for example, can run a quick poll to learn whether students would be more likely to work for them if the employers added a new benefit or modified their recruiting practices.

The polling software is provided to us by Vizu Answers, which bills itself as the Internet's first research network because clients can run polls on multiple sites. Vizu allows organizations to conduct custom market research quickly, easily, and at an affordable price. They emphasize that if you want an answer, the key is asking the right people. Their diverse network of publishers, of which we're one, makes that possible by providing organizations access to their unique audiences.

Vizu Answers allows anyone to conduct affordable do-it-yourself market research by combining an easy-to-use polling platform with a network of diverse websites. Each day, people use Vizu Answers to validate value propositions, vet new product ideas and obtain preference data that can aid marketing, communication and positioning decisions.

Vizu's growing network spans a diverse global population and includes blogs, networks, portals, news outlets, media properties and retailers. Organizations which run polls can zero in on their target audiences for their market research by selecting a category or specific web sites such as CollegeRecruiter.com (hint, hint).