Doodle.com

Doodle

URL	www.doodle.com
Slogan	Easy scheduling
Registration	Not required
Available language(s)	31 including: American English, British English, German, French and Italian
Alexa rank	1,929 (November 2011[update])[1]
Current status	Active

Doodle is a free Internet calendar tool for time management, and coordinating meetings. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland and has been operational since 2007.

Users are polled to determine the best time and date to meet.^[2] Meeting coordinators (administrators) receive e-mail alerts for votes and comments. Registration is required to have this function.^[3]

Doodle interacts with various external calendaring systems, such as IBM Lotus Notes. Through the use of a widget for Lotus Notes, users are able to create and manage Doodle polls within a Lotus Notes client application. Google Calendar, Yahoo Calendar, Microsoft Outlook and Apple iCal can be utilized with Doodle to track dates. Google Map may also be used to share the location of the event.^[3]

Similar popular competing products include Dudle^[4] (Free Software maintained by the TU Dresden), ScheduleOnce, Tungle, TimeBridge and WhenIsGood. There's also a privacy enhanced version of Dudle.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Doodle.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Doodle.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 
2. ^ Laura Stack (2010). "SuperCompetent Key 2:availability". SuperCompetent: The Six Keys to Perform at Your Productive Best. John Wiley and Sons. p. 79. ISBN 9780-0-470-59915-0. http://books.google.com/books?id=NvLxpdSan5UC&dq=%22Doodle.com%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved 31 March 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Eric Goodwin (7). "Web site of the week: Doodle". McClatchy-Tribune News Service. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/04/07/2782700/web-site-of-the-week-doodle.html. Retrieved 12 April 2011. 
4. ^ "Dudle Homepage". http://www.primelife.eu/results/opensource/63-dudle. Retrieved 09 July 2011. 
5. ^ "Privacy enhanced Dudle". https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/privacy/. Retrieved 09 July 2011.