ZDNet - Summary: Google has been voted the most popular technology brand in a recent poll. Apple took silver, Facebook got bronze, and Twitter didn’t get a medal. Do you agree with the results?
Google is king of tech brands. 82 percent of Americans express a favorable opinion of Google overall, and 53 percent, express a “strongly” favorable opinion of the world’s leading search engine. Meanwhile, 74 percent see Apple favorably and 37 percent are strong devotees. In the social networking space, 58 percent of Americans express an overall favorable opinion of Facebook and 34 percent do the same for Twitter.
The data comes from a poll sponsored by ABC News and Washington Post, but executed by Langer Research. The survey was conducted between March 28 and April 1, 2012, by calling a random national sample of 1,007 adults. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points.
As you can see in the chart above, just 10 percent of Americans haven’t formed a basic opinion of Google (and 29 percent of seniors), while 14 percent have no opinion of Apple and Facebook alike. Twitter is less well known, with 31 percent unready to express an opinion of it, or 51 percent of seniors. More
