A M Benjamin Services - Ebook Publishing - San Francisco, CA          info@a-m-benjamin-services.net          Other Books by A M Benjamin Services Antonio the Explorer journey into the world of Amazon Mechanical Turk an online work at home opportunity !          (01) What is Amazon Mechanical Turk ?          (02) The Advantages of MTURKING !          (03) The Disadvantages of MTURKING !          (04) My Favorite MTURKING assignments !          (05) Things to be careful of while MTURKING !          (1) What is Amazon Mechanical Turk ?          Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTURKING for short) is          a work at home business opportunity that allow you to do          online jobs or tasks for individuals, schools and businesses.                   The types of jobs range from very quick and simple task          that do not pay a lot of money like simple yes, no or one          word answers;          to longer time consuming tasks that pays more money like          writing long papers or completing complicated surveys.                   A few of the requirements to work and get paid MTURKING          is an online internet connection and a bank account. (02) The Advantages of MTURKING !                   The Advantages of MTURKING is straight forward and obvious,          (a) you get to work in the comfort of your home,          (b) you get to choose the hours you want to work and          (c) you get to choose the jobs you want to work.                   While my personal favorites tasks are surveys, many other          jobs exist like writing papers, doing transcriptions and making          comments about websites.                   The major advantage of MTURKING is you paid for your work.                   In the six months I have been putting a lot of hours on          Amazon Mechanical Turk I have been paid fast and          consistently.          (03) The Disadvantages of MTURKING !                   The greatest disadvantage of MTURKING is the pay is          incredibly low, on most days less than minimum wage.                   In addition to slave wages at time you have to worry about          is the requester going to reject you work and pay you for          your work quickly.                   Thou I have completed over a thousand tasks with over a 95%          approval rate, it still hurts me when I get rejected on a hit.                   Another major disadvantage of MTURKING is their no form          arbitration, if there is a disagreement between worker and          requester, Amazon sides with the requester.          (04) My Favorite MTURKING assignments !                   As stated above my favorite MTURKING assignments are Surveys.                   Surveys are mostly a series of questions asked by a          university students doings research about subjects like          psychology, political views and new product research.                   When I first started MTURKING about four years ago, there          were no survey available, buy now Mechanical Turk has          hundreds of them that keep me very busy.                   The pay for jobs vary from five cents to five dollar with the          majority of task being around 75 cents.                   When doing the task be careful that the requester do not          take to much of your time, some requester will take over an          hour of your time for a dime or quarter.                   Thou most surveys are entertaining and I learn some          thing new, a few of the survey are mentally disturbing asking          very personal questions and indirectly promoting racism.          (05) Things to be careful of while MTURKING !                   Like many other aspects of business life, MTURKERS          have to be on the look out for scammers and identity thieves.                   To be safe while working on Mechanical Turk the following          safety guidelines should be used                   (01) limit giving requester's your email address,          (02) limit giving requester's your I P address,          (03) never give personal information like:          (a) social security numbers          (b) bank account numbers          (a) credit card numbers                   Because my credit is poor, I gambled once and took a chance          on a task that paid over one hundred dollars and was          successful.                   Being greedy another similar offer came up and I felt burned,          giving away a lot of personal information with no pay.                   Amazon Mechanical Turk rules have states requester's          are not suppose to ask for personal information in task,          many still do.                   While you can never get rich being an MTURKER, it is          something to do at home that pays consistently with a          large variety of jobs to do.                   thank you for sharing with us your most precious gift,          your TIME !                   once your time is given, it is gone forever.                   if you can find mercy in your heart to donate a gift to          an older black business, we desperately need it !                   please visit our website at          http://www.a-m-benjamin-services.net Any Gift Appreciated small donation $1.00 big donation $1,000.00 test 123          Other Adventures by Antonio the Explorer .          (01) Antonio the Explorer Journey to Great Whale Beach !          (02) Antonio the Explorer Journey to the Muir Beach !          (03) Antonio the Explorer Journey around San Francisco City Hall !          (04) Antonio the Explorer Journey to the Secret Garden !          (05) Antonio the Explorer Journey to Santa Cruz Beach !          (06) Antonio the Explorer Journey to Black Beach Mountain !          (07) Antonio the Explorer Goes Cyber Begging !          (08) Antonio Song - an E Book story about Antonio the Explorer !          (09) A M Benjamin Services Art Website !