Greetings Clare2:
The price of a question is always up to the customer and I will be
happy to share some facts regarding the time and work that may be
involved in completing a "150 sites reviewed" answer to your
satisfaction.
A Researcher receives only 75% of the question fee and Google Answers
receives 25% so at your suggested fee of $40, a Researcher will
receive $30 for her/his work.
First, a Researcher would want to totally familiarize herself/himself
with your site contents to determine what links would benefit your
site. I believe it would take approximately five minutes per link to
adequately examine and write a brief reason why you should or should
not link to a site. This is based on viewing the main site page only.
If interior pages had to be examined, it would take *much* longer per
site so you would need to specify what you wanted in the text of your
question. After allowing for the site to load and then reviewing a
main site page, the Researcher would then copy and paste the URL to
the answer box and then write a brief reason for/against your using
that site.
Five minutes per site translates to 12 sites per hour so you could
approximate about 12 hours to examine 150 sites. 12 hours of
research/opinion for $30 would translate to $2.50 per hour for a
Researcher.
If you have a URL list for all the 150 sites, you may wish to consider
asking 10 separate questions containing 15 sites each to check (or
split it up in any manner) for a flat fee of $XX per question,
whatever you deem reasonable. This way, Researchers might be more
motivated to tackle a small fee question and you should receive the
answer quality you deserve. Also, you may consider asking yourself
"What would I consider a reasonable fee to check 150 links if someone
asked me to do it?"
Again, pricing is always up to the customer and few Researchers will
suggest a customer up a fee unless they feel the amount is simply too
low to accept for a large amount of work. Some Researchers rely
solely on Google Answers for income and they look for question fees
that will adequately compensate the time involved. Other Researchers
have full-time or part-time jobs and they supplement their income with
revenue from answering questions. You also have the option of
requesting a Researcher by name when you ask a question - simply put
the name in your question title or text.
Then, there is also the tip feature of Google Answers to consider.
You may choose to set what you consider a fair price for 15 sites per
question (or one question for all 150 sites) and then, if you are
extremely pleased with the Researcher's quality, you may add a tip of
your choosing. I would like to add that most Researchers do not care
to see "I'll tip if the answer is great!" because some customers have
made this promise and then have not followed through. Therefore,
promised tips are usually suspect by Researchers to never come to
fruition.
I hope my suggestions prove informative to you and I hope my remarks
have enlightened you a bit more to the question/answer process at
Google Answers. And thank you for asking this interesting question!
Best regards,
journalist-ga |
