PotPieGirl wrote an excellent post named Google Raters : Who Are They?
The post examines the an open discussion forum where these Google Quality Raters hangout and ask questions about their daily tasks.
In summary, here findings include:
Google Quality Raters are hired via Lionbridge, Leapforce and Butler Hill and not Google.
They take a two part exam to qualify
The pay isn’t bad but the work isn’t consistent ($12 – $15 per hour & 10-20 hours per week)
Google has raters for about 8 years
They rate search results (but don’t have to see the landing page to rate)
They are required to rate 30 per hour
Do ratings by these raters impact search quality directly?
I am told by some other Quality Raters that not everything written in this document is legit. I did not get into specifics yet nor did I verify they are really quality raters. In any event, reading it really cannot hurt.
Forum discussion at Google +.
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