Search Terms & record results - caution

[kapeh12]

Just wanted to warn people who like doing those 'search terms and record the search results' task that this round seems to have a very buggy answer key.  Normally I can work these with a rare bad answer key - but I got DQ'ed from all 3 due to out-dated answer key answers.

It's possible you may get lucky and not hit the "verify" tasks with the bad answer keys - but if you do work them, and get DQ'ed - don't be surprised this week.  If you do, please send an nice feedback to let the monitors know they need to do some quality assurance on the answer keys.

I think, for some reason, the results and search suggestions are shifting faster than normal - so that may be why the keys are out-of-date more so than usual.

I've found these tasks usually are stable, but every once in a while we get a bad week - seems like we have one this week.  Hope those of you who try to work them this week have better luck/timing than I did.

[pamela32280]

Thanks for the hint. I know that happens sometimes and it does suck!

[IceKittyNM]

Just wanted to warn people who like doing those 'search terms and record the search results' task that this round seems to have a very buggy answer key.  Normally I can work these with a rare bad answer key - but I got DQ'ed from all 3 due to out-dated answer key answers.

It's possible you may get lucky and not hit the "verify" tasks with the bad answer keys - but if you do work them, and get DQ'ed - don't be surprised this week.  If you do, please send an nice feedback to let the monitors know they need to do some quality assurance on the answer keys.

I think, for some reason, the results and search suggestions are shifting faster than normal - so that may be why the keys are out-of-date more so than usual.

I've found these tasks usually are stable, but every once in a while we get a bad week - seems like we have one this week.  Hope those of you who try to work them this week have better luck/timing than I did.

I like doing this particular task but have been having the same problem.....where it will say that the result I posted for #4 was not correct, when I know that it was, and then it boots me out of the task!! I have sent several comments to Crowdflower via the feedback button, but don't know if it does any good. This is a good task to do as long as it's working properly.

[mjdoug03]

I did this one time and it took forever and didn't pay well.  I don't recommend offers like that!

[IceKittyNM]

I did this one time and it took forever and didn't pay well.  I don't recommend offers like that!

@mjdoug03.......

This particular one is actually pretty easy (when it doesn't screw up)......and it was paying $1.10! Not too bad I think. Some of the others do take a long time and only pay a few cents, so I don't mess with those.

[wbilj97]

i have not had any problems with them yet, except your right sometimes it will say your wrong when your actually correct. hopefully they will get back intouch with you. these are a fast credit. i love them !

[lywb2168]

I like to do those, the problem I have had with it sometimes is that it gets stuck and does not let me type anything, I do the first or second page and on the htird it gets stuck and cannot do anything, bu most of the times it pays to do and I like it.

[kapeh12]

I got an email reply from their support saying they pulled the recent tasks and are working to updating them.  Hopefully the next rounds will be better.  Seems to go in a cycle - slowly gets buggier until there's a really bad round, then gets cleaned up again for several weeks.

Must be hard on this task as they are tracking how the search suggestions change, and if a new one pops up they don't expect, people start getting booted until they update the answer keys.

Here's hoping when they return, all will be right with the tasks again for a while.   

[kingreyam24]

Just wanted to warn people who like doing those 'search terms and record the search results' task that this round seems to have a very buggy answer key.  Normally I can work these with a rare bad answer key - but I got DQ'ed from all 3 due to out-dated answer key answers.

It's possible you may get lucky and not hit the "verify" tasks with the bad answer keys - but if you do work them, and get DQ'ed - don't be surprised this week.  If you do, please send an nice feedback to let the monitors know they need to do some quality assurance on the answer keys.

I think, for some reason, the results and search suggestions are shifting faster than normal - so that may be why the keys are out-of-date more so than usual.

I've found these tasks usually are stable, but every once in a while we get a bad week - seems like we have one this week.  Hope those of you who try to work them this week have better luck/timing than I did.

I like doing this particular task but have been having the same problem.....where it will say that the result I posted for #4 was not correct, when I know that it was, and then it boots me out of the task!! I have sent several comments to Crowdflower via the feedback button, but don't know if it does any good. This is a good task to do as long as it's working properly.

I got that same one a few days ago. It was on the first page of it and it said #4 was not correct. Then it said I had a 0% rating which is lower than what they want. I usually have no problem with these, but every once in awhile I'll have like a bad week or something. I know I'm answering the stuff right. The only time I got an answer back from hitting the feedback button was when I clicked on the help button on the top right corner of the screen and then hit the send feedback button. That was the only time I got a reply from them. Of course they said that task was over with and there was nothing they could do, but at least they replied.

[IceKittyNM]

Just wanted to warn people who like doing those 'search terms and record the search results' task that this round seems to have a very buggy answer key.  Normally I can work these with a rare bad answer key - but I got DQ'ed from all 3 due to out-dated answer key answers.

It's possible you may get lucky and not hit the "verify" tasks with the bad answer keys - but if you do work them, and get DQ'ed - don't be surprised this week.  If you do, please send an nice feedback to let the monitors know they need to do some quality assurance on the answer keys.

I think, for some reason, the results and search suggestions are shifting faster than normal - so that may be why the keys are out-of-date more so than usual.

I've found these tasks usually are stable, but every once in a while we get a bad week - seems like we have one this week.  Hope those of you who try to work them this week have better luck/timing than I did.

I like doing this particular task but have been having the same problem.....where it will say that the result I posted for #4 was not correct, when I know that it was, and then it boots me out of the task!! I have sent several comments to Crowdflower via the feedback button, but don't know if it does any good. This is a good task to do as long as it's working properly.

I got that same one a few days ago. It was on the first page of it and it said #4 was not correct. Then it said I had a 0% rating which is lower than what they want. I usually have no problem with these, but every once in awhile I'll have like a bad week or something. I know I'm answering the stuff right. The only time I got an answer back from hitting the feedback button was when I clicked on the help button on the top right corner of the screen and then hit the send feedback button. That was the only time I got a reply from them. Of course they said that task was over with and there was nothing they could do, but at least they replied.

Yep, I've had it happen several times on the same exact one where #4 was not correct (they said), and I was making absolute sure that I was typing them in correctly. Gets a little frustrating, because that is a really good task to do....and easy! I never did get any replies from when I sent feedback. Oh well, maybe they'll work the bugs out soon. 

[sudeepa]

I got that same one a few days ago. It was on the first page of it and it said #4 was not correct. Then it said I had a 0% rating which is lower than what they want. I usually have no problem with these, but every once in awhile I'll have like a bad week or something. I know I'm answering the stuff right. The only time I got an answer back from hitting the feedback button was when I clicked on the help button on the top right corner of the screen and then hit the send feedback button. That was the only time I got a reply from them. Of course they said that task was over with and there was nothing they could do, but at least they replied.

Exact same thing happened to me. I replied at the "this is not fair" tab. There was some serious problem this time. I really hope it gets fixed soon. These are the only high paying thing thats helps me a lot to reach the cash out. Hope it comes back.

[JaiStarr]

Glad to know it wasnt just me because i was surely going to give up the daily task lol