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Amazon Mechanical Turk
Amazon Mechanical Turk is a marketplace where both requestors and workers meet online. Requestors can offer work packages called HITs, and workers can earn money by performing these HITs. Payout can be anywere from $0.01 to tens of dollars. On average there are over 60,000 HITs available from dozens of requestors. -
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History of the name
The name Mechanical Turk comes from "The Turk", a chess-playing automaton of the 18th century, which was made by Wolfgang von Kempelen. It toured Europe beating the likes of Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin. It was later revealed that this 'machine' was not an automaton at all but was in fact a chess master hidden in a special compartment controlling its operations. Likewise, the Mechanical Turk web service allows humans to help the machines of today to perform tasks they aren't yet suited for. -
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Best HIT types
"Are these Items Different?"Simple, often available. Only requires one click, 'Yes' or 'No'. Pays $0.01.
"Answer this poll" from ask500people.
Simple multiple choice, often available, never rejected. Pays $0.01
CastingWords Translate an MP3 file to text. Requires experience, pays a base fee of several dollars depending on difficulty, and pays bonusses for excellent work
Ask a Question Ask a Question that contains some provided keywords, and answer it yourself. Pays $0.10, plus bonus for excellent work.
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Amazon.com: Help > Business Opportunities > Mechanical Turk
Amazon.com: Help > Business Opportunities > Mechanical Turkamazon.com -
Amazon's Mechanical Turk Used for Fraudulent Activities
Amazon's Mechanical Turk has fallen prey to social media spammers and it is now full of requests to spam bookmarking services for pennies per link. Although these HITs ...readwriteweb.com -
Belkin paying 65 cents for good reviews on NewEgg and Amazon?
I just contacted Belkin to confirm but this doesn't look good. A site called The Daily Background found evidence that Belkin Bizdev guy, ...crunchgear.com -
Smartsheet | Online Project Collaboration - Getting Good ...
Smartsheet | Online Project Collaboration - Getting Good Smartsourcing Results (Amazon Mechanical Turk Best Practices)smartsheet.com
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