Well, after the turmoil I created worrying you about Google watching you online last week, today you can get’em back!
I thought today I would show you how to make some money off of Google. Now be warned. You will not be able to quit your job or buy a new car but you can make a couple of bucks when you have a minute to kill.
I started using Google Opinion Rewards about two weeks ago (rd.dblclx.com/GoogleOpinions). I saw a write up on it from an RSS feed about Google which I receive every day. I thought hmm, sounds like fun. So I gave it a try.
The way it works is occasionally you will get a survey on your Android device, sorry not for any other devices at this time. For me the survey is usually about something I have never heard of. I got one asking if I had read a specific magazine in the past week. Easy answer since I had never heard of the magazine. It then asked only two more follow up questions. When I finished it added $0.34 to my Google account. Of course, it is not money to spend anywhere but at the Google Play store for apps, books and movies provided by Google.
The surveys are very consistent never having more than five or six questions and many have less than that. Being so short you can take one in much less than a minute. The app write-up says you will get one or more a week. I got seven the first week, a few more the second week and this week (two days in) I have gotten none.
The questions also interested me concerning the article I wrote last week. If you did not see it and are interested find last week’s newspaper or visit DoubleClicks.info. One question I was asked sounded something like, "Have you been to a Honda, Ford, GM or Nissan dealership recently?" Interestingly, three days before I had been to one of those dealers to have my car repaired. I responded affirmatively and then it wanted to know how many days before I had gone. The options were all less than a week except the last one which was, "More than 1 week."
From the information I told you about last week we know that Google knows where I went from my phone. They previously knew I was at the dealership via that device. My thought was, "Interesting, they are checking to see if I am honestly taking the survey or not." They have not asked anything about how much I paid or what something cost. They are very general questions.
Now what you have all been waiting for…how much money has Ron made with this thing? OK, first the least money I have made for a survey was $0.10. The most I made was $0.63. And the total for the twelve days I have received surveys was an astounding – are you ready for it? $6.89, which is not that much, but hey, it is technology, it is fun and it is not Pokémon.