The Internet and Money

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Taking online survey's....

I personally have tried these the most and guess what?Haven't made any thing from these. To tell you the truth,I have had the worst of experience with these. The main mistake that i did was to sing up for offers that came to me through mailing groups. The ideal way of getting in to one of these would be to search in Google because of their advanced algorithms.I have noticed that the result that come on top are usually either the best or the worst but, the best part of the deal is, if you just go down a few results,you will be able to find out whether it is the best or the worst because,usually those results will be reviews or news about the same. So use Google to find such offers. NEVER sing up for the one you get through mail, you could search in Google about an offer you get through mail.

The worst experience was when i singed up for one of these and they sent me Trojans through mail disguised as a survey tool.So my sincere advice would be, never to install any software these websites sent or as i had done in my case, use a reputed antivirus to scan the same before you install some thing like that.

Now,do Paid Surveys exist?Yes,they do and they are one of the oldest of offers on the net but, the main problem with them is that there are too many frauds in the market. Another important thing about surveys is that most such companies are taking surveys from American users and European users and so users from other countries stand very little chance of getting any. This brings me to the point that you never start making money as soon as you register with such services because,you don't get surveys immediately.So when do you get them? You get surveys when the site gets requests from companies that would match your credentials. That is,a company would want to conduct a survey among College going undergrads from New York and if you are one,you will be lucky enough to get a request in your mail to participate in the survey...

The good thing or the important thing is that In India and China a boom of consumerism and Internet expansion is happening simultaneously and a lot of surveys have started (All unpaid mostly ) but soon they will have to move to the paid versions because of the competition between the survey companies. One thing to note is that surveys are conducted not by the original company but by second parties who can decide to pay or not and such companies are increasing in both China and India. So in a short while we can expect such services in India and China. So i would suggest every one to keep on the look out for these.
Search around , read .....I don't know what all you could do, but find one of them when its still young. If your lucky enough to be part of the initial group of survey takers, hope fully you could make some money out of it but don't expect to make a lot.

Now when you fill up the forms for such service's remember to be as honest as possible. As that could give you the best results in the long run. This is because of the fact that most survey companies have expected guide figures for different groups so it might work out to be negative if you gave twisted details in the hope of getting more surveys.

I personally do look around some times to find such offers. Usually on Google products. So Best of luck as its all about luck in this one.

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