EZHost Web Survey Hosting is an automated web service for publishing web surveys and collecting data online. EZHost is a companion to Raosoft's EZSurvey and EZSurvey Pro web survey software. EZSurvey offers many advanced features not offered by entry-level web survey providers, and is competitively priced. EZHost allows people with any level of computer skill to use the powerful features in EZSurvey, and doesn't require any experience setting up a web server.

Basic steps for using Survey-Hosting.com:

• Design a survey using EZSurvey's simple form builder. Create a short single-page survey or long, multi-page forms with skips, logic, and data validation.
• Run the "Survey-Hosting.com" Plugin in EZSurvey. The Plugin sets all of the web server details for you, so you won't need to type in line after line of settings.
• "Drag-and-Drop" your survey project on to Survey-Hosting.com. No need for any additional FTP software! Everything can be done using your Web Browser. (Optimized for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+, but compatible with Netscape, Mozilla, and most other version 4+ web browsers)
• Activate your survey, and it is ready for use. Now you can preview the working form, view and download data, upload images, view real-time online reports, and send links to your participants.

To learn more about EZSurvey, download an evaluation copy, and request an EZHost demo account on Survey-Hosting.com, please visit www.survey-software.com.

EZHost was designed with the user in mind. The goal was to develop a service that anyone with basic computer knowledge can use. While web servers can be complex to set up, EZHost is pre-configured and ready to use. In addition, EZHost includes smart checks to prevent mistakes. Because EZHost is ready to use, you don't have to rely on any IT staff to approve your projects or guide you through complex instructions.

To add more advanced features to your web forms, choose EZSurvey for the Internet Professional. With this tool you can do more advanced scripting, validation and conditional logic as well as connect directly to an ODBC database like Microsoft Access. Reporting can be further customized with EZReport.

Customized account services are available on request. Custom services add features and are priced with flat fees and constant rates, just like standard accounts.

In the past 2 years, Internet Explorer has become the standard web browser used by more than 90% of web surfers. As a result, Survey-Hosting.com has been optimized for use with Internet Explorer 5+. If you are using an older browser, you can upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer for free at microsoft.com.

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.

Survey-Hosting.com was built for surveys collecting less than 10,000 responses. There is no quota imposed on EZHost users that want to collect large numbers of responses. If you're allowing people to save and resume, or preloading data, your surveys will load faster when the total number of responses is kept within the recommended range. Standard EZHost accounts are given 20MB of storage space. This is more than enough space for several survey projects, graphics and HTML pages. A typical survey with 50 single-choice or weighted scale questions can collect over 30,000 responses before filling the storage space.

EZHost is flexible and will not close your survey when the space is used up. Instead, you will be notified via email with instructions on how to reduce the account size. Then, you can either close your survey or collect more responses in an fresh database.

EZSurvey's form editor will handle question counts into the hundreds. Survey-Hosting.com was built with the expectation that most survey have less than 250 questions. If you are considering having more than 250 questions in a single form, consider splitting the questionnaire into multiple survey forms. Long surveys are a "technical" possibility, but aren't very user friendly. Shorter surveys have a much higher completion rate and won't frustrate the respondent.