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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 Otherwise, the requester may have made the necessary changes to his site, but the outdated review would still be posted on the turker’s site.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.
Right now, my challenge is to see if I can use Mturk as the sole source of income for my New York trip. But sometimes Mturk hits can often lead to other money-making opportunities.
Not having a science background, it seems a pity that I can’t take advantage of the opportunities offered by Sciences Crossing. A job database specializing in science jobs, Sciences Crossing offers online profiling and job matching services to people who sign up for a small fee, although the site also offers a free trial.
Right now, the website boasts of information on openings from Kelly Scientific Resources, Manpower Professional, Genentech, Inc. and Pfizer Inc. Apparently, there have been 2,265 new jobs posted for the week, with 377 openings newly posted for the day. If only one of those openings leads to a happy worker, then good for them.
I have six months to raise $800 for a New York trip in October. Right now, I have $117.17 earned through Mturk.
Let’s see how fast I can achieve my goal.
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