YouGov Leaking Clients' Information?
I've always wondered if it's possible to tell who has commissioned a particular survey on YouGov. When you read a question like "Would Boris Johnson make an awesome Prime Minister?" it would be interesting to know whether it's Cameron getting his knickers in a twist, or Milliband sowing the seeds of discord.
One survey I was filling in contained a particularly dull set of questions about mobile phones. One of the survey pages just wouldn't progress, so I took a look at the page's source code.
Right up the top was:
https://surveyfiles.yougov.com/ static/test_helen_UK304287_Samsung_Tracker/CSSfile
Curious. It looks like this was a survey from Samsung. Of course, it's possible that this is Sony's annual "What do people think of Samsung" survey.
Here's another one from Friends Life:
This time, ASDA wants to know about my shopping habits:
Is this a serious problem? Does it affect your responses if you know who has commissioned a survey? Are their competitive advantages to knowing what people in your industry are asking?
Looking forward to being able to complete surveys on my phone.
Speaking of things that don't work however, I can't connect with either Twitter or g+ to post on your blog here 🙁