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There are a few requesters who use Mturk to generate page views for their websites by asking turkers to link to their site by way of a blog post.
Others just want feedback on their website and refer the link to turkers for their review.
However, I think it is important for requesters to distinguish between the kind of hits that they want.
If they want to generate page views, then their hit should request turkers to link to their site and make a favorable or at least not a negative post. They should not request for a review of the site by way of a blog post. Otherwise, they have no control over the blog posting of the turker. And if the request did not specify that the post should be neutral or positive, then the mere posting of the blog post by the turker would make them liable for payment. They cannot reject the hit because the turker did what was asked of him or her.
On the other hand, if the requester was looking for feedback to improve his site, then the hit should require the turker to submit his comments within the Mturk request window itself, and not through a blog post. Otherwise, the requester may have made the necessary changes to his site, but the outdated review would still be posted on the turker’s site. The turker would not be able to revise the review, unless he or she gets to accept another hit from the same requester requesting for an updated review. Since chance plays a big part in what hits a turker is able to accept at a given time — unless the requester directs the hit to a particular turker directly — then it’s possible that the requester will never be able to accept a similar hit from the same requester.
To sum up:
Pageviews — request for a favorable or neutral blog post. However, if the product or page is really not worthy, turkers may give their real opinion about it on their blog, regardless of the payment. And really, for $0.01, you can’t expect glowing reviews.
Reviews — request for the review to be posted within the Mturk hit itself, not in a blog post.
I wish winter was over and summer was here. It’s easier to dress up and be fashionable when you’re not covered up in a bubble coat and snow boots.
I was tipped off about the site Futuregirls.net, which offers Beauty and Fashion Hints and Tips. At first glance, it makes recommendations of products related to makeup, hair, clothing, shoes, bags, jewelry, and strangely enough, electronics as well. I would have thought that these electronics would be related in someway to beauty and fashion. However, while cameras can be considered essential in the pursuit of beauty, I’m not so sure about the GPS and the HDMI cables. Perhaps a little more streamlining is in order.
The establishing webpage also needs a little more color and images to jazz it up, as well as a copyeditor to catch those grammatical errors that never fail to irritate me. “Jewery”? Really? In large font, at that.
When I clicked on the link to Futuregirls’ makeup page, there were only seven products being advertised, and no text to guide both those experienced and new to makeup as to what these products are for, what skin tone they would be best suited for, and which products they should be used with. A few tips on blending these products with others would have been ideal.
The link to the Futuregirls’ hair page also needed improvement. I wasn’t even sure if the products on the page were hair care products, beauty books, or biographies.
Finally, Futuregirls.net needs to work on its product presentation. Uggs are not the best way to lure me into an afternoon of shoe shopping, yet they were the first results when I went to click on the Shoes link. Bring out the pretty shoes first.
I tried clicking on the Shopping Cart link and I ended up in the Amazon webpage, which left me thinking, why do I need to go through Futuregirls.net when I can simply shop via Amazon? Futuregirls.net needs to give me additional value for my clicks: it has to give me content by way of product reviews, sale prices, and actual beauty and fashion tips before I consider using this website.
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