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Post mentions Google Comsumer Surveys http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/pricing

at $0.10 for targeted and $0.50 for targeted (age , gender, etc) responses this seems like a great way for getting feedback quick. Has anyone got any experience doing them ? Does anyone know how these people answer surveys, is there a web portal for people to sign up to do them ?

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I can't say what is is about your comment or the article, but something about the combination gives off the vibe that this is an astroturfing effort to promote Google Comsumer Surveys.

I've been a member here for over 4 years, I doubt I'd wait so long to promote a product.

I've seen them smack dab in the middle of boston.com "The Big Picture". You basically can't look at more than a few of the photos without answering a google survey question. For me, looking at this page now asks me who my auto insurance provider is with: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/10/broken_lives_of_fuk...

It must be blocked by AdBlock, because I've never seen one.

I'm realizing now I'm missing a pretty large part of the web, by using AdBlock and Ghostery: most social share buttons, ads, Disqus comments… I should probably go on the unadulterated web one day a month, just to see what it looks like.

I don't have adblock either and I haven't seen any. I'm probably not a target group for any survey.

Don't do it. The web is dark and full of terrors.

I've never seen these before. I disabled blocking and was, on my first load, presented with this:

http://i.imgur.com/aYE5GC7.png

Looks like Google embeds this survey directly into content on many sites, probably through AdSense tags?

I'm not sure, I don't think I've ever seen one.

Just did some more research, they have outlined a bit here http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/how sometimes it unlocks content (and the publisher gets a slip of the fee).

It seems that they somehow have you already targeted to a 10% accuracy level based on your search history.

Their case studies are also worth checking http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/use_cases

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http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/how

Why is that "take the tour" button so messed up?

Hey Xux,

What issue were you having with the "take the tour" button?

https://i.imgur.com/cLG7L5u.png

1366x768 screen resolution, same position on Chrome and Firefox.

Resizing the window and reverting to full screen again results in this:

https://i.imgur.com/zkK85tN.png

Which is below the original fold.

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