How to Get Paid $12/Hour to Clean Up Google’s

1. Bing

This program is called “Bing Rewards” and it’s probably the first thing that you’ll hear about if you look into paid searching.
Bing is offering this reward to tempt people away from its competitor, Google.
If you search with Bing, you’ll build up rewards points which count towards gift cards or other rewards.

2. Qmee

You may remember Qmee from my recent article about online jobs that teens can use to make money.
Qmee pays you to search the web, no tricks or nuances.
You search from Qmee and build up your credit which you can then extract to PayPal or pay out to charity.

3. Inbox Dollars

Inbox Dollars is about a little bit more than simply searching the web. They also let you do other things like surveys or redemption offers, but you can get paid actual money for searching the web as well (they’ll give you $3 for creating your account.)
A great site to bookmark for when you’ve got a few minutes to kill.

4. PCH Search & Win

PCH isn’t going to pay you simply for searching the web, but they will give you points which you can then use to enter contests and giveaways.
Even if you don’t want to spend a lot of time searching every day, I’d recommend doing it at least once a day so you can get entered into their daily raffle.
While PCH is a perfectly good site, I would recommend spending your time elsewhere if you’re trying to make any significant money. PCH is based entirely on rewards of chance, so you can’t guarantee that you’ll be making it out with any gains.

5. ScreenWise

This group isn’t asking you to use any special search provider or anything like that, they’re just asking that you install their app on your computer!
It tracks what you search for and what sites you go to so they can sell it off as demographic research.
While that idea might make you squirm, be aware that Google is already doing that to you all day anyway (selling information is the business model for Google and Facebook alike.) So you might as well make some money off of it!

6. Swagbucks

I’ve taken to calling Swagbucks the ‘king of task sites,’ and I think that title is apt– anything you can do on these other sites, you can probably do on Swagbucks as is evident from my review of it. Whether it’s getting paid to search, getting paid to play games, surveys, rewards offers, you name it and you can do it over on Swagbucks.
The way it works is that you’ll be rewarded with a currency that you can then exchange for contest entries, or gift cards (there are PayPal gift cards if you want hard cash.) Each search that you make via the Swagbucks service will give you a chance at winning rewards, too, so this is a great option all-around.

7. SendEarnings

Much like Swagbucks, SendEarnings allows you to do a variety of activities to earn money. It can be surveys, offers, emails, you know the drill.
They have a pretty generous sign-up bonus at $5, which is enough to convince some people to sign up.

8. Scour.com

This site works a bit differently than the others. How it works is that you make a search and it shows you the results from three different search engines– Bing, Google, and Yahoo. Then you vote on the results that you like the best, and commenting about why.
You’ll earn 3 points on average per search, with 6500 points equaling out to $25. You’re capped at 300 points a day (or 100 searches,) so this is better integrated into your schedule than binged-on.
Scour has a pretty healthy incentive for referrals, with you collecting 25% of the earnings that your referrals get. So while it’ll take a few weeks to earn $25 on your own, you could do it in a jiffy with referrals.
A site that you want to share around.
Pays out to prepaid Visa cards or PayPal.

9. Irazoo.com

At a glance, Irazoo is a normal ‘get paid to search’ kind of site. A closer examination does reveal some cool, unique things about them, though.
The first unique thing is that every search you make automatically enters you into a random drawing for Amazon gift cards.
You can also earn points in two ways– voting for sites, and commenting on sites.
The referrals will net you 50 points, while a search or a vote respectively both earn 4 points. So the referral bonus isn’t too generous, but the good news is that you can make pretty good gains just working on your own. However, if any of your referrals earn gift cards, you will win them too!
Rather than a direct money-exchange, Irazoo exchanges points for prizes. This can be stuff like electronics, cameras, flash drives, or the usual gift card-type rewards.

10. ZoomBucks

Similar to SwagBucks in more ways than just the name, ZoomBucks is a great alternative service that will allow you to do many of the same things. So, you’ve got all those familiar SwagBucks-type activities; watching videos, playing games, taking surveys, and of course, getting paid to search.
Like SwagBucks, ZoomBucks uses a point system that you can later exchange for money or gift cards.

11. InteradMedia.com (No longer active)

This is the last paid to search service on the list with an interesting way of functioning. They’ll pay you a set amount per minute ($0.001 per minute) that you are using their search services.
In addition to this, they offer you 5% of any referral’s earnings. So this is another service that definitely incentivizes referrals. Adding a few people alongside yourself will increase your earnings potential greatly.
After you earn $25, you can cash out to PayPal.

Worth It?

Getting paid to search is a great way to break into the world of making money online.
Now, I don’t think that it is the best way to make money online, so I would recommend moving on to a new method after a while. This is, however, a great way to get paid to do something you were already going to do.
If you want to look at an opportunity that provides a little bit more earnings potential, you could always try this next method.

Get Paid to be a Search Engine Evaluator

The evolution of search engines is, without a doubt, one of the most stellar accomplishments of the internet.
From humble tools on home-run servers, now they are comprised of complex algorithms, fronted by some of the largest companies in the world. Search engines are very good at finding things, but they’re not perfect, and a lot of user-testing is required.
That’s where you come in!
Since Google is such a successful company, they’re not afraid to pay for that user testing.
Testing is being done constantly, and positions open up fairly frequently (but are not perpetually open.)

How does it work?

Technically, this is termed working as a “Search Engine Evaluator.”
While this functions somewhat like other micro-tasks you may have done in the past, you are technically working as an independent contractor and may need to submit a 1099.
You can earn somewhere between $12 and $15 an hour, though some have reported making $20 an hour depending on their speed of work.
You’ll be giving your input on various search results and choosing the ‘better’ one depending on a predetermined set of criteria. In other words, they tell you what to look for, and you choose it.
Before you can do this work, you’ll need to pass through a series of tests. They aren’t super difficult, but they do take up some of your time.
I’ve heard that some companies will call to interview you, but this wasn’t my experience.

What sites can I find this on?

The sites listed below are micro-task sites, which are partnered with the UHRS (Universal Human Relevance System) service that usually provides this type of work.
While you’re looking for UHRS, you may want to consider stopping and using these sites on their own, as well:
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