When Google Consumer Surveys (GCS) first debuted on March 29, 2012, many thought it would be just another flash in the pan, like Google Wave, Google Desktop, Google Buzz, or any of the dozens of other dead Google products.
Others hoped Google would dramatically expand the barebones functionality of the first system, which offered two-question surveys of a few limited formats to readers of websites looking to continue reading long articles.
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Jeffrey Henning
Jeffrey Henning, IPC is a professionally certified researcher and has personally conducted over 1,400 survey research projects. Jeffrey is a member of the Insights Association and the American Association of Public Opinion Researchers. In 2012, he was the inaugural winner of the MRA’s Impact award, which “recognizes an industry professional, team or organization that has demonstrated tremendous vision, leadership, and innovation, within the past year, that has led to advances in the marketing research profession.” In 2022, the Insights Association named him an IPC Laureate. Before founding Researchscape in 2012, Jeffrey co-founded Perseus Development Corporation in 1993, which introduced the first web-survey software, and Vovici in 2006, which pioneered the enterprise-feedback management category. A 35-year veteran of the research industry, he began his career as an industry analyst for an Inc. 500 research firm.
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