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Yougov are cheap = inaccurate polls

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triade
triade Posts: 205 Forumite
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edited 4 August 2022 at 8:54PM in Boost your income
Not sure where to post this on the Web...  So I worked out how much yougov are offering me for my 'valuable time' as they put it. 50 points for a survey they say will take around 15 minutes.  That's 200 points per hour. 5000 points is a £50.bank transfer. This means they think £2 an hour is appropriate for my 'valuable time'.

As such, I'm setting my own rate. A rough rate of somewhere around £10 an hour is reasonable for me, so at that rate they get around 3 mins of my time for 50 points. I have to complete the survey 5 times faster to hit that mark so I don't bother to read the questions and just click random answers. The result is, they get garbage data from me due to them undervaluing my time. This means their surveys are unlikely to be accurate because there will be more people doing what I do. 

I guess my point is, when doing these money making tips, make sure your time spent matches the money output.

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  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,283 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 5 August 2022 at 10:59AM
    Try Swagbucks where you can sometime get less than 60p an hour

    (some sites have quality control questions to check you are paying attention and/or complete a survey too fast and get weeded out as well)
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