As the name indicate, Softwarejudge specializes in software review. If you love using new software or like to give your opinion about software, this is the right place to start off with. So I can say its a specialized website which gives you opportunity to make money online (get paid to write category).

• How it works

They have certain categories (mentioned below), wherein they have provided list of software you can review. You dont get flexibility to write about any software you know, instead you can write only on those software which is listed in the website. However the best part is you can download the trial version of the software from the website before you review them.
* Audio & Mp3
* Business & Finance
* Design & Photo
* Desktop Enhancements
* Games
* Home & Education
* Internet
* Software Development
* Utilities
* Video & DVD
* Web Authoring

• Earning Potential

They pay quite good rate for your reviews which will be anything between $1-$50 depending on the quality of your review. An abstract from their website:

“If you have strong opinions about software, whether positive or negative, and want to get paid for your reviews, you are in the right place. We pay up to 50 dollars for tell-it-like-it-is, no marketing BS, straight talking software reviews.

HOWEVER, it can’t be just ANY review for ANY software. We only accept HONEST reviews for software LISTED at SOFTWAREJUDGE.COM (the list isn’t huge, but you can pick what you like).

Obviously, your review has to be damn good for us to pay you fifty bucks and not every reviewer is going to get that much for a single review. However, you get paid at least a buck for any review published here. Ten reviews – ten bucks. Twenty reviews – twenty bucks. You do the math. The better your work, the more money you get for writing fewer reviews.”

How you get paid
The preferred method of payment is through western union. Also the minimum amount to withdraw the amount if $200 (which is bit high). However they give you an option to buy software, game or an e-book, if you have accumulated $20 in your account. However they dont belive in shipment of your desired products, so they will send you the product in downloadable format.

Limitation
They request you not to submit more than three reviews in a day. It could be because of the high pay rate and also to make sure the quality of the content does not go down.

Last but not the least your review should be very original. They are very strict and does not accept even a single line in the review which is already there in the web. Before making payment, they do a through checking in the search engine.

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A relatively new website to read and write reviews on books, websites , Exact Sciences, newspapers, magazines, Humanities etc is shvoong.com with some of its unique features which makes it standing apart. One of the main features of shvoong is availability of 34 language to write. You even get facility to translate any language within the website. Most of the reviews are informative and does not try to spam. So again an opportunity to make money online (get paid to write category)

• How it works

You need to open an account to start reviewing in any of the categories and its free to join. You can write any review as per the category defined and there is no limitation on number of reviews. There is no fixed payment for each review, instead they follow income sharing concept wherein you get paid based on page view (how popular your review is). You are always welcome to make changes or delete your posting.

• How shvoong pays

The source of Shvoong’s profits is advertising. The site managers distribute 10% of the profits to the abstract-writers on whose abstract pages advertisement links were clicked on by random surfers. In addition, anyone translating an abstract to another language will receive 5%, according to the same principle. The advertisements appear in the margins of every page. The advertisers pay varying sums, ranging from several cents to several dollars, for each entry to the advertisement link by random surfers. At the end of each month, the computer totals the income and transfers the money.

• When you get paid

On the 1st day of every month, provided the abstract-writer accumulated more than $10. Payment is usually made by the PayPal system (opening an account is free). In countries where PayPal is not available (and only in those countries), the writers receive payment by check mailed to a chosen address.

How you can make more money
They also offer referral service though not a great one. You will receive royalities only for the first level. You earn as much as your referral earns but it is limited to $100 per referral.

What else can you get from shvoong
Shvoong provides a unique feature wherin you can submit an abstract of your blog. This helps to drive more traffic to your blog.

HOW YOU WILL INCREASE YOUR EARNINGS (Abstract from website)

1. Write many summaries;
2. Maintain high quality so the summaries appear at the top of the search results in Shvoong;
3. Create links from the summaries and to the summaries;
4. Invite friends to read your summaries and to register as new writers on Shvoong;
5. Write about your summaries in blogs, forums, and discussion boards.

Also you should focus more on topics which will appeal the mass. Those topic will drive more members to read your reviews and you will be benefited more.

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