MTurk is owned by Amazon, though not a direct part of the Amazon site itself. Mturk is a real-time database of online tasks, referred to as “hits”. These are tasks, which can not be completed by computer software, and require human input. Writing/editing, tagging/moderating, data entry and answering questions are common MTurk “hits”. The vast majority of these tasks are low paying, any “hits” that offer reasonable compensation, are scooped up fast, so if you want to make decent earnings, I advise checking in on a regular basis. My best week using Mturk earned me around $50, though many Turkers report doing far better. It seems that most tasks here, net roughly $2-3 an hour. Some of the transcribing “hits” may pay better, but I am not an efficient enough typist, to claim these. I have mainly written articles and copy, as well as, reviews and some of the quick tasks like tagging images, which only pay a few cents. Since I have been out of college for almost 10 years, I found the writing tasks, a good way to become accustomed to writing frequently, again. When completing writing hits, keep in mind the possibility that a hit submission can be rejected, thus you should make an effort to produce quality writing. Don’t let this possibility deter you, none of my writing tasks have ever been rejected (although a few of the quick “simple” tasks have been). This site has no referal system, thus all income must be directly generated by you.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Review of Amazon's MTurk
Microworkers Review
I have been a member of Microworkers.com for maybe 3 months now after stumbling upon it on an advertisement on another site.
At first I did not thought about Microworkers.com seriously. I thought this maybe a scam. They are just trying to get my address and send me a load of junk mails. I thought about this because they send you a confirmation code via mail so you can withdraw your earnings. I got my code in 4 weeks, which I think is withing the time frame listed in their website. In that four weeks, I spent 10 minutes everyday doing tasks/jobs. Tasks or jobs pay from $0.10 to $4.00. It seems low but with more than a hundred of this everyday, you are looking at $10 in a hour or more.
US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom get more pay than other members. I live in the US and typically earn $0.25 per task/job.
So, is Microworkers.com a scam or not?
Microworkers.com is not scam, it is legit. I have been paid 4 times. Here's my proof that it pays:
At first I did not thought about Microworkers.com seriously. I thought this maybe a scam. They are just trying to get my address and send me a load of junk mails. I thought about this because they send you a confirmation code via mail so you can withdraw your earnings. I got my code in 4 weeks, which I think is withing the time frame listed in their website. In that four weeks, I spent 10 minutes everyday doing tasks/jobs. Tasks or jobs pay from $0.10 to $4.00. It seems low but with more than a hundred of this everyday, you are looking at $10 in a hour or more.
US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom get more pay than other members. I live in the US and typically earn $0.25 per task/job.
So, is Microworkers.com a scam or not?
Microworkers.com is not scam, it is legit. I have been paid 4 times. Here's my proof that it pays:
Clicksor Review
Make Money with Clicksor – Adsense Alternative
Pay Per View Traffic Ad Network Review – Clicksor Contextual Online AdvertisingHigh Bid Values
Unlike many of the other Adsense alternatives, Clicksor offers publishers higher bid values for each cost per click, thereby helping you earn substantial incomes. Compared to Google, which has various restrictions, Clicksor is far more tolerant. Their terms reveal that publishers need to place only a single copy of the code on a web page. However, as long as this criterion is satisfied, Clicksor is tolerant of publishers placing several contextual ad blocks on one website.
Clicksor Ads - Context Sensitive
One of the biggest advantages of Clicksor over so many of the other alternatives is that they provide highly contextual adverts for publishers. While publishers can continue to provide the keywords, Clicksor has the requisite technology to ensure that only adverts that are targeted to the site’s content get displayed. Hence, visitors to your website always get exposed to ads contextual to their search online. This automatically enhances click through ratios dramatically. Hence, your site’s revenue-generating potential is also increased manifold. The highly relevant, contextual ads by clicksor also imply that you get to avoid hassles of having to specify keywords for every one of your websites.
Online Tracking
Statistics provided by Clicksor may not be the best in the industry or of the highest standards but they offer a decent mechanism for publishers to monitor trends on your website. Using just one account, it is possible for a publisher to add many domains or sites as you might require. You only need to get the site’s root page approved and after this formality, it is easy to place contextual ads on sub pages of the root page.
Clicksor Payment Schedule
The schedule of payment at Clicksor is better suited to small-time publishers and site owners. Pay periods where earnings exceed 20 dollars an instant payout happens through PayPal. If the amount exceeds 50 dollars a check is sent to the owner. If the revenues fall under 50 dollars or 20 dollars (in case of PayPal) the amount gets rolled into the next pay schedule. The payout schedule lasts for 15 days and hence ensures more frequent payments, which is a huge blessing for small-time site owners needy of cash. There is also no need to furnish ITIN or SSN when registering. Hence, even non-US citizens can leverage these services seamlessly.
In recent times, Clicksor has been a little finicky about the users they reject and accept into the program. This is most applicable for those websites, which are not based from the UK, Canada or USA. It is also applicable for websites, which are not mainly in English. In other instances, there have been reports of improper functioning of referrals and issues with the earnings. However, with multiple ad formats, easy payouts and contextual ads, Clicksor is certainly worth checking out.
Chitika Review
Chitika offers a new, never seen before CPC (Cost Per Click) product orientated program on the advertising market aimed mainly at bloggers. With the unusual form of it's products eMiniMalls, Related Product Units and ShopClouds,Chitika got the attentions of publishers instantly. They also offere a refferal program for their publishers for adding extra revenue to their monthly payments.Chitika was created by Venkat Kolluri (formerly of Upromise) and Alden DoRosario (formerly with Terra Lycos). The company appeared in May 2003 to become a player in the emerging industry of contextual advertising. Chitika announced the release of eMiniMalls in June of 2005.
Chitika eMiniMalls
"eMiniMalls are the industry's first and only intelligent and interactive product merchandising service. eMiniMalls present Web publishers with a feature rich service that offers online product merchandising, a dynamic recommendation engine and robust comparative shopping information in one solution. They are a way to supplement your existing ad revenue while providing a completely new revenue stream through interactive merchandising."
The eMiniMalls are product orientated PPC ads showing few selected products or if contextual, products related to the content of the site. The ad has a integrated search to search for more products one it gets your attention. Google AdSense publishers are reported to be safe using the eMiniMalls on pages with AdSense if the contextual option is disabled (ch_non_contextual = 1;).
Performance depends on the content of the site, the positioning, ad inventory and current biding prices. Although eMiniMalls are quite interesting and usually the PPC is very good, CTR is reported to be very low, even with high optimization on the positioning of the eMiniMalls and integration in the overal layout of the site, the CTR is much lower then AdSense.
Another thing is, clicks from countries other then USA, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Finland are shown in your unaudited revenue report, but ignored in your audited earnings, which means that if you have a lot of international traffic not originating from the countries listed here, the clicks will be ignored and you will not get payed for these clicks.
Chitika allows you to create channels for easy performance tracking, but this channels are not as functional as those at Google Adsense. You can also chage the colors of the ad, customize it and set alternate URLs for your unfilled inventory.
Publisher refferal program
Chitika's publisher refferal program rewards you for bringing new publishers to the program. You earn 10% of what the people you have reffered earn for the first 12 month. You can use text links or promotional banners to drive potential publishers from your websites.
Publisher interface review
Since it was redesigned Chitika's publisher interface is simple, well organized and easy to use, everything is where you will expect it to be. Payment history looks nice and the process of setting up ads is quite pleasant with live previews of the final look and feel of the ads.
The only thing that I personaly did'n like is that in reports, you are unable to see the totals for the selected period, totals are estimated only from the items on the current page. I hope they will fix this soon.
Customer service
There is a good knowledge base and FAQ section available on the site answering almost all of your questions and if you ever have to write them they usually reply in 24 hours. Even though I have sent only four support questions, I can expect this to be true. The answers were informative and there was no need to ask for more info after the reply.
Payments and payment options
Chitika pays on a NET 30 terms by check or PayPal. The minimum payout amount for checks is $50 and $20 for PayPal. Checks are sent on time and they are never late with payments. The split share is 60% of the overal revenue your site generates.
Chitika eMiniMalls
"eMiniMalls are the industry's first and only intelligent and interactive product merchandising service. eMiniMalls present Web publishers with a feature rich service that offers online product merchandising, a dynamic recommendation engine and robust comparative shopping information in one solution. They are a way to supplement your existing ad revenue while providing a completely new revenue stream through interactive merchandising."
The eMiniMalls are product orientated PPC ads showing few selected products or if contextual, products related to the content of the site. The ad has a integrated search to search for more products one it gets your attention. Google AdSense publishers are reported to be safe using the eMiniMalls on pages with AdSense if the contextual option is disabled (ch_non_contextual = 1;).
Performance depends on the content of the site, the positioning, ad inventory and current biding prices. Although eMiniMalls are quite interesting and usually the PPC is very good, CTR is reported to be very low, even with high optimization on the positioning of the eMiniMalls and integration in the overal layout of the site, the CTR is much lower then AdSense.
Another thing is, clicks from countries other then USA, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Finland are shown in your unaudited revenue report, but ignored in your audited earnings, which means that if you have a lot of international traffic not originating from the countries listed here, the clicks will be ignored and you will not get payed for these clicks.
Chitika allows you to create channels for easy performance tracking, but this channels are not as functional as those at Google Adsense. You can also chage the colors of the ad, customize it and set alternate URLs for your unfilled inventory.
Publisher refferal program
Chitika's publisher refferal program rewards you for bringing new publishers to the program. You earn 10% of what the people you have reffered earn for the first 12 month. You can use text links or promotional banners to drive potential publishers from your websites.
Publisher interface review
Since it was redesigned Chitika's publisher interface is simple, well organized and easy to use, everything is where you will expect it to be. Payment history looks nice and the process of setting up ads is quite pleasant with live previews of the final look and feel of the ads.
The only thing that I personaly did'n like is that in reports, you are unable to see the totals for the selected period, totals are estimated only from the items on the current page. I hope they will fix this soon.
Customer service
There is a good knowledge base and FAQ section available on the site answering almost all of your questions and if you ever have to write them they usually reply in 24 hours. Even though I have sent only four support questions, I can expect this to be true. The answers were informative and there was no need to ask for more info after the reply.
Payments and payment options
Chitika pays on a NET 30 terms by check or PayPal. The minimum payout amount for checks is $50 and $20 for PayPal. Checks are sent on time and they are never late with payments. The split share is 60% of the overal revenue your site generates.
Infolinks Review and How to increase revenue
I have being using InfoLinks for almost a year now and this InfoLinks review is based upon my experience of using this service. InfoLinks is an in-text advertising service, which means they scan your post, and converts some keywords into advertisements by showing a double underline below them. There are advantages and disadvantages of using the service and below are each of the discussed in detail. Also I will explain how you can increase your InfoLinks earnings and how you can get more targeted advertisements.
Choosing an InfoLink color - By default green is the color assigned to your ad units and it does tend to perform very well. You can choose a different ad color if you want the links to look more natural and not like advertisements. Its always a good idea to choose pleasing colors like green and light blue.
Choosing Category - In the integration section you will find a place to define the category, which determines the type of the ads you will receive. This helps a lot in increasing your click through rate, because then you will get more targeted ads. More clicks mean more money.
Ad Placement Control - You have the option of choosing which sections to displays InfoLink ads by using INFOLINKS_OFF and INFOLINKS_ON tags. This way you can show more of your ads withing the post content instead of places like previous posts, Introduction text etc.
At the time of writing this InfoLinks Review I have being using it for almost a year my conclusion is that if you are getting lots of US traffic then it is a great way to increase earnings from your blog, if not your better off looking for another service.
Advantages of InfoLinks
Mentioned below are some advantages InfoLinks have compared to few other services.- No space required - This is one of the biggest advantages of using this service. As I mentioned above InfoLinks scans your blog and highlights some keywords. So you can utilize the space of your blog for another advertisement service or to highlight other important aspects of your blog.
- High Click Through Rate - Because the advertisements are most of the time within the post InfoLinks ads tend to have a high click through rate. The click through rate for most of my blogs were more than 6% which is better than most advertisement networks. For people who are new to making money online, click through rate is the number of clicks per 100 ad impressions.
- Easy Integration - It is very easy to integrate InfoLinks advertisement into your blog. A small java script is generate for you and you just have to add it within your body. There are plug-in's for WordPress users, widgets for Blogspot users and Drupal modules and Joomla modules as well.
- Can be used with other advertisement networks - Because it is an in-text advertising service you can use it with in conjunction with many other advertisement networks, without violating there terms of service. This includes Adsense as well.
- Easy to join - You need to have your own domain to join a advertisement network like Adsense, but you can join InfoLinks even if you have only a Blogspot blog, which makes it a good Adsense alternative. You still need to have a quality blog because every blog or website that is accepted to the network has to go through a quality check.
- Easy to change setting - The basics setting like color of links, number of underlining links, number or links to be highlighted as advertisements and the category of your advertisements can be easily modified without changing the advertisement code.
InfoLinks Review In-Text Advertising
Disadvantages of InfoLinks
There are certain disadvantages of using InfoLinks as well, listed below are some of them.- Low Cost Per Click - Although you have a high click through rate with InfoLinks, the cost per click is lower when compared to other networks like Adsense. This should vary according to your niche and in general niches like business and automotive tend to perform well.
- Very Low pay for International Traffic - If you are not getting a large percentage of your traffic from USA you will see very low CPC in your reports. In one of my sites where I get most of my visitors from Sri Lanka I earn 0.03$ from almost 10 clicks. Definitely not recommended to use if you are not getting US traffic.
How to Increase your InfoLinks Earnings
In the above sections of the InfoLinks review I discussed about advantages and disadvantages of InfoLinks, In this section I will discuss few things you can do to increase your InfoLinks earnings.Choosing an InfoLink color - By default green is the color assigned to your ad units and it does tend to perform very well. You can choose a different ad color if you want the links to look more natural and not like advertisements. Its always a good idea to choose pleasing colors like green and light blue.
Choosing Category - In the integration section you will find a place to define the category, which determines the type of the ads you will receive. This helps a lot in increasing your click through rate, because then you will get more targeted ads. More clicks mean more money.
Ad Placement Control - You have the option of choosing which sections to displays InfoLink ads by using INFOLINKS_OFF and INFOLINKS_ON tags. This way you can show more of your ads withing the post content instead of places like previous posts, Introduction text etc.
At the time of writing this InfoLinks Review I have being using it for almost a year my conclusion is that if you are getting lots of US traffic then it is a great way to increase earnings from your blog, if not your better off looking for another service.
Bidvertiser Review
Bidvertiser Review Is It a Scam
Google Adsense is one of the biggest providers of advertising publishing services online. However, due to their stringent regulations, it’s easy to find your account locked in or disabled. For many webmasters, this can mean the end of profits and business online but it need not be so, thanks to the many alternatives available. One such advertising service, which is much more lenient, compared to Adsense is the Bidvertiser.Adsense vs Bidvertiser
The biggest advantage about Bidvertiser is the low payout threshold. Unlike Google’s Adsense program, which requires publishers to make at least 100 USD before asking for a payout, Bid Vertiser allows you a payout after making just 10 USD. There are many other reasons why Bid Vertiser remains a good choice as opposed to Adsense.| Bidvertiser vs Adsense | |
| Bidvertiser | Google Adsense |
| BidVertiser pays via Paypal too. | Google AdSense currently does not support Paypal payments |
| The minimum payout from BidVertiser is $10. | Adsense has a minimum payout of $100. |
| You can choose to have the ad links opened in a separate window. | With Google Adsense, Ad links open up in the same window |
| You can see how much money the advertisers are bidding for the ads that will show on your site. | With Google AdSense; you have to use AdWords, to get an idea how profitable your ads can be for your niche. |
| You can manually approve ads. | You have the option of using a Competitive Filter to block certain ads. |
Bidvertiser is free to join and is a good alternative for small to medium sized publishers who do not have the funds or bandwidth to publish large advertising campaigns. Bidvertiser also offers users a range of unique ad formats that enable easy customization of the dimension and look of various textual ads. In addition to paying out CPC for every genuine click, Bidvertiser also monitors these clicks and if there is a conversion, an extra bonus is paid to the advertising publisher. If your website is able to refer many high quality leads, it can provide significant amounts of monthly bonus amounts for a publisher. In several instances, the monthly payout bonus can be higher compared to conventional CPC payments. In addition you can make money with Bidvertiser using their Revenue Generation Toolbar.
Revenue Generation Toolbar
One of the other significant advantages about Bidvertiser is the revenue generation toolbar. This toolbar enables publishers to distribute their own customized toolbars across website visitors and continue to earn payments while these users utilize the toolbar for search purposes. This toolbar is easily customizable enabling the publisher to add home page links, logos, links to direct programs and lots more.
Bidvertiser Earnings – Payment Frequency and Mode
There are two ways in which Bidvertiser payments are made to publishers. It can either make the payment in increments of 100 dollars through check payment or via PayPal in 10 dollar increments. The other advantage about Bidvertiser is that they do not need users to furnish SSN numbers or complete taxation information.
Bidvertiser Ads Layout Customization
Bidvertiser allows publishers the ability to customize their advertisement layouts easily. Customization is easy with a point click tool and you can easily tailor the look of your advertisement to be in harmony with your website’s theme and content. With Bidvertiser it is also easy to keep unwanted adverts out of your site. The only drawback about Bidvertiser is that it can be slightly finicky about which users are accepted into the program. Sometimes, sites with fluctuating traffic have been known to be rejected even though the reasons for such fluctuation were completely valid. However, these reports were heard in the early years and recent reports have not indicated any such occurrences. Check out Bidvertiser to see how they can provide an affordable, easy alternative to Adsense.
Donkeymails Review
DonkeyMails.com is a site owned by Multi Money Group. It is a good PTC and Paid Email Site. The advantage is that there is no minimum amount for payout. You can use Paypal , AlertPay, Liberty Reserve, SolidTrustPay for payouts.
This site has other ways to earn cash like taking surveys, Paid to Sign up etc. This is a genuine site but the rate at which you earn is not very high. Each PTC ad earns you 0.1 – 1 cent. Each paid email ad earns you around 1 cent.
Once you are logged into your DonkeyMails.com account, click on the “Inbox” link. On this page you will have your paid emails. Click on the “Paid2Click” link and a list of ads will be shown that are available for you to view, in addition to how much amount that ad pays.
“Paid2Signup” is the easiest way to earn money in this site. Sign up with any site you are interested in and copy paste the confirmation mail from that site and your account will be credited. USA Members get paid more for signing up. There is a separate link for USA Members “Paid To Signup USA Only”.
I have been using DonkeyMails from a long time and it is a Genuine Site. You can read mails depending on the Interest Categories you have selected. Donkey Mails was the first Site to pay me and I have had no issues so far. I would say that it is the best for beginners
Here is a screenshot which shows proof of payment from Donkey Mails. These are my first earnings from DonkeyMails. Click on the image to view the Full Size.
This site has other ways to earn cash like taking surveys, Paid to Sign up etc. This is a genuine site but the rate at which you earn is not very high. Each PTC ad earns you 0.1 – 1 cent. Each paid email ad earns you around 1 cent.
Once you are logged into your DonkeyMails.com account, click on the “Inbox” link. On this page you will have your paid emails. Click on the “Paid2Click” link and a list of ads will be shown that are available for you to view, in addition to how much amount that ad pays.
“Paid2Signup” is the easiest way to earn money in this site. Sign up with any site you are interested in and copy paste the confirmation mail from that site and your account will be credited. USA Members get paid more for signing up. There is a separate link for USA Members “Paid To Signup USA Only”.
I have been using DonkeyMails from a long time and it is a Genuine Site. You can read mails depending on the Interest Categories you have selected. Donkey Mails was the first Site to pay me and I have had no issues so far. I would say that it is the best for beginners
Here is a screenshot which shows proof of payment from Donkey Mails. These are my first earnings from DonkeyMails. Click on the image to view the Full Size.
Cashnhits Review
It is a site, which is a get paid to. This is the easiest and simple way for a people to make money online and it is an inexpensive way to earn and for business owner to generate traffic. It is a large PTC Site ran by a paying admin.
2. Day to day the amount per ad changes per click
3. Each ads can only be clicked only one time in 24 hours.
How can earn money in cashNHits?
If you are already a member, you can earn money by simply clicking on viewing advertisers website and a advertisers benefits for a unique traffic, the traffic which have required to view their website for a specific amount of time. You can also earn by signing up with others. The amount you will received is depends on your membership. There are 11 memberships. Depends on how long you are working in the site, example you are a starter membership you can only earn 1.50$ per one week, etc. if you are already a member of Premium member, your minimum level of payouts from 60 cents will drop out to 20 cents. Referrals can be purchased for fifty cents each with a minimum of ten referrals purchased at a time.How can advertise in cashNHits?
To generate traffic to a website can be a effective way costly. In each member can only click an advertisement once in 24 hrs to assured for unique visitors of the site. It can be targeted geographically the each advertisement, there are so many ways to advertise. It can advertise by click, pay to read or some banners. A cashNHits can be a great way to build traffic to your website is it? Or it can be to get your product to interested eyes? Come to think of it. cashNHits is really good.Pros and cons of cashNhits�
Prons having forum, paying, unlimited direct referrals, all countries accepted, low minimum cash outs. Having forum is a very good prons that the site have, to have clearly communication between the staff and the members, paying is always done after the work done in a business day good thing it can show payment of proof, all countries are accepted all are allowed to join and to be a member, to work and to earn good money as well, low minimum cash outs, the minimum is $0.60 for paypal, unlimited direct referrals meaning there are no limit on how many referral u can have. Only cons are being a slow learner, but its not an issue at all. Although they tend to sustain a little better their bux competitors. no issue as long as they paid.How can register in cashNhits?
You can join from any country you are. Then you can only have one ip address/household and there are no age restrictions.How can make money in cashNhits?
1. You can earn up to $0.01$ per click2. Day to day the amount per ad changes per click
3. Each ads can only be clicked only one time in 24 hours.
Is the site allows referral?
The site allows referral, and it has 1 level referral system, good thing there is no limit for how many referral you can have, it good as a promoters. For the referrals you can earn 90% of what your referrals make depending on the membership you are.
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