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Textbroker - Writing for money (not vouchers)

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  • Hi,

    I have noticed some 3 star jobs on Textbroker today in case this helps anyone. I also need to ask a question, the current article I'm working on requires keywords to be used a certain number of times, which I have however the system doesn't seem to be picking them up. It says to use the contact button but I can't seem to find it on the page anywhere. I might be being silly but could anyone help me, the article needs to be in soon!

    Thank you!
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  • Patchwork_Girl
    Patchwork_Girl Posts: 124 Forumite
    edited 26 April 2013 at 1:30PM
    Hi,

    the current article I'm working on requires keywords to be used a certain number of times, which I have however the system doesn't seem to be picking them up.

    Is there any punctuation messing them up? Or have they been misspelled? I had this problem once on another site and eventually realised that I had corrected the spelling of a (probably deliberately) misspelled keyword phrase!
  • VikkiiKawaii
    VikkiiKawaii Posts: 212 Forumite
    edited 26 April 2013 at 2:13PM
    I don't think so unless you aren't allowed to use commas after the keywords. I've just tried copy pasting the keywords in and I've spelt the same way so I can't figure it out.

    The keyword checker doesn't seem to be working even when I move it to manual. I've completed the article now and it's very frustrating that it won't let me send it!

    Thank you anyway Patchwork Girl :)
    :j Tehya Baby DD 22/03/2012 :j
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  • googler
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    I don't think so unless you aren't allowed to use commas after the keywords. I've just tried copy pasting the keywords in and I've spelt the same way so I can't figure it out.

    Have you tried it without the commas?
  • VikkiiKawaii
    VikkiiKawaii Posts: 212 Forumite
    edited 26 April 2013 at 3:07PM
    I've just tried that as well as using Internet Explorer instead of FireFox and it's still not working. I have until tommorrow morning to sort this out and have emailed customer services but I'm worried they won't get back to me in time.

    ETA: I've fixed the problem now, it seems it wanted me to put KW and then the number keyword it was next to each word.

    Thanks for all your help!
    :j Tehya Baby DD 22/03/2012 :j
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  • movingon
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    Let support know that you had this problem anyway, and what you had to do to fix it.
  • Natu
    Natu Posts: 79 Forumite
    With regards to the HRMC discussion, how likely is it that the taxman will get wind of a weekly payment from a PayPal account? Genuine question - I'm not sure how they pick up on these things.
  • gb12345
    gb12345 Posts: 3,055 Forumite
    Natu wrote: »
    With regards to the HRMC discussion, how likely is it that the taxman will get wind of a weekly payment from a PayPal account? Genuine question - I'm not sure how they pick up on these things.

    The question should be when will HMRC start requiring survey companies to provide details of who they are paying - like they did eBay and Amazon. They might not bother due to the low level of individual payments, but if they decide that overall there is a nice earner for them then who knows.
  • Just wanted to say hi! I signed up last night and stupidly decided that I'd submit my piece late at night out of impatience, I really hope I get an ok grade - but probably not!

    Is there any way to leave textbrokers and re-join and try again if my grade is really bad?
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  • Hi. I am really hoping someone is online and will be able to help me!

    I got accepted by Textbroker as a 3 star. I waited for ages for an assignment to come up and the first one came yesterday.

    As others have described on this thread, I spent an inordinate amount of time on this article because I wanted it to be perfect and help towards increasing my star rating.

    An hour or so ago, I decided it was as good as it could be and I tried to submit it. However the key word checker will not register any of the keywords. I have checked and double checked them. They match spelling and capitalisation perfectly. The number is correct but Textbroker is not registering any of them.

    I tried phoning them but there is no-one there. I've emails but so far no reply.

    To make matters worse, I have no "Contact" button on the page above Contacts and Account as indicated in the paragraph about reporting technical issues regarding keywords.

    I feel like crying because I spent so much time over this article and now I fear the deadline will pass before it's resolved making it look as though I didn't bother to fulfil my obligation and losing the work into the bargain.

    Has anyone else had this issue and if so, how was it resolved?
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