I've been answering questions, one or two a day, over at a site called Mahalo.com. It's kind of strange--think of the hot button questions that some of our Mudcat folks ask but without the intensity (some of these folks seem to throw out controversial questions only to attract eyes to the site, and some of them don't argue their cases very well). Anyway, in amongst the goofy stuff are some real questions, some for very small change (this place offers "tips" for answers) and some that earn a few bucks. I treat it like mental floss, and answer longer ones if I have time and feel like it, shorter ones if I already know the answer and can be thorough enough to do the task the way they want.

They have pages they'd like developed, but I find they are fussy in the number of words and links and videos and such for the low pay, so I don't bother with them. Anyway, they now have a profit share component and I notice my share jumped a lot in the last couple of days. So I'm going to see if I can figure out what I answered that had this result.

It leads me to think that there's a reason Max hasn't had to ask for donations for a while. All of these ads floating around in here apparently add up. Substantially enough to cover the site expenses.

It takes a while over there to earn enough before you can collect any of it (I haven't reached that point yet), and they pay 75% of what you earn and keep 25% as their cut. I think they also ask for a tax form, but they do pay both U.S. and non-U.S. writers. I don't think you could do this enough to earn a living, so it is totally a hobby. But this is a heads up, in case anyone is interested. You vote on answers you like in the answers that a question generates, so if you see my name, give me a vote! :)

SRS