Search Engine Evaluator Jobs: Earn $15/Hour Working from Home Helping Google

If you can remain focused and objective, and you know your way around the Internet, then you should consider applying for one of these positions.

What Does a Search Engine Evaluator Do?

The search results that you see when you search for a term on Google, and other search engines, are generated thanks to a complex algorithm that is pretty advanced.

However, it is not perfect, and that’s where the Search Engine Evaluator’s job comes in.

The human touch is needed to make sure that the results returned for any particular search are just what the searcher is looking for. People understand current events, politics, pop culture, and a host of other things that it’s just impossible to program. Therefore, search companies employ SEEs to rate and comment on search results, enabling them to be refined as near as possible to perfection.

Here is how Google explains the job of a search evaluator:

Search evaluation is the process of measuring the quality of our search results and our users’ experience with search.

Although people don’t often change their startup search engine, it’s important to the search websites that the consumers are always happy with the results they get, so they do not try switching. And it’s important to the websites in the results that they are rated appropriately.

How to Find Search Engine Evaluator Jobs?

The first thing you need to keep in mind is that different companies use different names for this job – “Internet assessor,” “search evaluator,” “ads quality rater,” or “Internet judge.”

So when you’re looking for an open position, make sure to search using all these terms.

Here are a few companies that are known to hire search evaluators.

1. CrowdGen by Appen

CrowdGen (formerly Appen) has been around for over 10 years and continues to offer search engine evaluator jobs you can do from home.

In early 2024, Google ended its contract with Appen, and the company moved most of its operations over to a new platform called CrowdGen. Because of that, some people have reported longer response times and even payment delays, so just something to keep in mind going in.

Requirements may vary depending on the project, but most gigs still want you to have at least two years of college. While they used to ask for a minimum of 20 hours a week and paid around $15 per hour, those numbers aren’t guaranteed anymore. Some projects pay close to that, others less.

You can find out more and apply by going to https://crowdgen.com/crowdgen-by-appen.

However, don’t hold your breath waiting to hear back, as it typically takes several months for them to reply.

2. Leapforce

Update: Leapforce has been fully merged into Appen and is no longer a separate company. Opportunities formerly listed under Leapforce are now found through Appen/CrowdGen. Pay rates and availability vary, and candidates must pass a two-part exam.

Leapforce is another company employing independent contractors to evaluate search engines.

In this case, you don’t have to be based in the US, as they also employ people living in Canada, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Brazil, and other countries.

The pay is still good, at $13 – $15 per hour, but you have to pass an evaluation examination which comes in two parts before they will take you on.

More information at https://www.leapforceathome.com/qrp/public/jobs/list.

3. LionBridge

LionBridge has various Internet-related vacancies, including search engine evaluation.

They like their workers to put in at least 20 hours per week, and pay the typical rate of $14 per hour.

You have to satisfy the technical requirements which are listed on their website in order to be considered.

Go to https://www.lionbridge.com/join-our-team to find out more.

4. Workforce Logic (aka ZeroChaos)

Workforce Logic now operates under the name ZeroChaos, and they still work with Google to offer search engine evaluation work from home.

You’ll usually find their job listings on sites like Indeed, Craigslist, and sometimes CareerBuilder. They don’t always have openings, but it’s worth keeping an eye out.

They typically pay around $14 an hour, and like many other companies, they want you to be fluent in English and have at least a bachelor’s degree. You’ll also need to pass a two-part qualification test before you get in.

You can also see some of their vacancies listed on their website at http://www.zerochaos.com/careers.php.

5. ISoftStone

iSoftStone is another company that hires search evaluators, and the cool thing is, you don’t need any experience to start. They even provide training you can do at home.

You can expect to work anywhere from 10 to 25 hours per week, depending on the project. The job is flexible and can be a good fit if you’re looking for a little extra income.

They don’t post jobs on their website regularly, so your best bet is to search job boards like Indeed or Craigslist for current openings.

6. Google

As I explained in our recent Google Work at Home article, it’s rare that you get an opportunity to work directly for Google, but it is possible to be employed by them as a search engine evaluator.

Google calls SEEs “ads quality raters”, and as such you perform a vital task to keep Google in the forefront of search engine technology.

It’s probably true to say that this is one of the very rare opportunities to work for Google from home, and Google doesn’t even involve itself directly in the selection process. They use an outside employment agency. However, the job vacancies are shown on Google’s employment page.

Final Thoughts

A word of warning, it may seem like the ideal job to get paid to search your way around the web, as you probably do a lot of that already.

But if you become a search engine evaluator, then you need to take the business seriously, and not be distracted, as it is so easy to be, by the different results.

If you’re happy with that, then it’s hard to think of a better work from home job that pays as well.