I get occasional requests to complete surveys, most with no offers of compensation for my time; some with a “possibility” to win a prize. sent me an email today with an offer to pay me a small honorarium to complete a survey.
We want to take this opportunity to thank you for participating in the Yahoo! Publisher Network. We look forward to our ongoing relationship and providing you with new and exciting products and opportunities in the coming year. To that end, we would appreciate your input on several topics impacting online publishers and the ad networks they participate in. Please be assured your responses are strictly confidential. All data will be analyzed in aggregate without identification of individual responses.
It took only about ten minutes to answer their questions for $25.
Yahoo! gets it.
Update: Check received May 11.