Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Become A Niche Expert For Google And Make Money

By Rob Metras

Since the inception of the search engine and Google in particular it became apparent that proficiency
in there use was going to be a valuable skill. Recently ways to actually make money with these skills have come into existence on the Internet.

ChaCha and Amazon Mechanical Turk are two businesses that take advantage of and pay for this type of skill. For ChaCha, People ask them questions through cell phones, and real live aguidesa then look up the answers they seek and respond. In order to qualify to work for ChaCha, you must pass their initial test and do an online tutorial first.

ChaCha currently pays their guides anywhere between twenty and thirty cents per answered question. They keep things interesting for their guides by holding weekly contests with cash prizes. You can also visit their message board to socialize or find out about new developments.

The Mechanical Turk owned an operated by Amazon is another option. Specializing in outsourcing many forms of IT work and providing home based work for thousands. The turk provides many opportunities for search experts. Many companies including amazon itself pay well
for qualified Internet searchers.

The mechanical Turk's payment for search queries varies by the requester. A requester is the person or business paying for the search. Payment rates range from about five cents to a high of twenty five cents. Many requesters also offer contests and rewards for extra quality performance.

All across the world, people are starting to make good money by working for these companies. You could also find other companies who are willing to pay for performing searches. Just perform a search through any search engine, and you will sure to bring up many matches.

As when dealing with any on line company, a perspective search worker should make sure they are working with a reputable company with a real track record. As we all know Internet scams are common that try to get your financial information, a word to the wise should be sufficient.

Performing online searches at home can bring in much needed extra income. Many stay-at-home parents are managing to fit some money-making time in the down time they have between caring for little ones and making dinner. You probably wonat get rich doing this, but some extra money never hurts. - 16755

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