Are you a good writer / article, news writer ? data processor / generator , graphic designer or a coder ? if so you can work from home and generate a good weekly income , first of all please please neglect all those offers you will find online commonly like “work from home and make $1000000000 ” lol or “google pays me $100 / hour” etc all such offers along with similar offers like $1/ 1000 clicks or peo , geo , ceo , leo bux etc are totally scam . so whats the right way ?

right way is to work for individuals or companies based in Europe / USA / Middle east on your own ,like many people outsource their data entry ,data collection , content typing tasks to individuals from Pakistan , India or Philpines as these nations have high rate of english speaking individuals .

So how to get started ?
there are some outsourcing sites with valid strong history , reputation and high percentage of employers seeking individuals with any of the above mentioned skills , like i have personally used ODESK , its currently the best outsourcing site with highest traffic and massive list of jobs with addition of new jobs per day . so open a account on Odesk by clicking here , select your skill set and start applying for jobs as they appear , maintain a good profile there and dont loose hope , chances are there you will not get a job with first 1-2 weeks as employers consider it bit risk to outsource to fresh candidates but keep applying on jobs build a good strong profile there and only place bid or apply for job which you can do , once you get a job deliver 100% desired results almost any job posted at odesk is has guaranteed payment and all payments for tasks are manged via Odesk , so get started and happy bidding , if you want to ask something or require some assistance comment here and i will try best to answer as many as i can .

Being a freelancer its essential to know which site is best in terms of more work , better project management , secured / assured payouts etc ..as i have good service provider profile on both odesk and freelancer lets compare freelancer.com (earlier known as getafreelancer.com) and odesk.com , its my personal comparison .
Freelancer is simple straight forward outsourcing website navigation is easy but i think for startup companies and freelancers its a nightmare “no limit” term on bidding and forced prominence to premium members makes freelancer a difficult challenge for newbies , its good pond for some old users like “pinky on freelancer” , with more than 1400 reviews its impossible for a new members to compete him/her on any logo/banner design job posting . freelancer have new features like its offering marketplace i dont think combining outsourcing with digital shop is a good idea as it will decrease the tasks for designers and coders .

Odesk on the other hand dont have anything like free or paid members , membership is 100% free there , and all members are represented equally , all members have proper bid posting quota so its impossible to spam the job postings with offers like ” plz check pm ” ” plz check pm” etc etc , i know many newbies on odesk who started within month and now have a solid professional profiles there , another great advantage of odesk is that it pioneer in introducing hourly job system to outsourcing market with solid tools like team viewer , task screen capturer etc odesk is the most secured outsourcing platform for buyers , contractors or service seekers .

at last lets compare alexa stats , best outsourcing site is one with highest numbers of users (buyers)

so according to my personal view Odesk Is better than freelancer .

Click here to create an Odesk.com Account !

today i recieved this email from Odesk Customer Support :
“Hi %$%$,
The last few days have seen Pakistan hit by severe storms and floods, which may have directly affected you or your family. Please know that we are sending our best thoughts and well wishes to you during this difficult time.

We wanted to let you know that we have sent an email to your employers advising them of the situation in Pakistan and asking them to be patient as the flooding may have impacted your ability to work. Please do contact them as soon as possible to discuss your oDesk contracts – they may be concerned and would like to hear from you.”

now this shows Odesk really cares about its users , thanks Odesk i am from Pakistan fortunately my area isnt heavily effected by floods and i am working usually on contracts excepts download and upload speed of my wimax network is bit effected but i have alternative DSL link , i hope other odesk contractors or employers from Pakistan who are effected by this natural disaster will recover soon and will continue to boost the “Outsource to Pakistan” page’s weekly hourly map
once again thanks alot Odesk for your best wishes and concerns .
if you are freelancer and want to offer web development , graphic designing , data entry , software development services , Checkout odesk.com , its best portal for service providers and employers to select the best service provider from the talent pool .

which site is good for you to find work or find a provider ? odesk or elance , lets  review both sites below and compare the features , i am freelancing for almost 6-7 years  , there are few renowned websites known for outsourcing like Odesk , getacoder , getafreelancer ( now freelancer ) and Elance  there are some other too like scriptlance , rent a coder , ilance etc etc but if you compare traffic stats you will definately dropdown to these two   , so which one is better ?

Free

i regularly use both odesk and elance to find projects , Elance isnt completely free for providers which isnt  catchy  for any new provider to signup at all ,while Odesk is 100% free for providers but theres limited quota of 20 Bids per week for average provider there which i think is good idea to keep odesk spam free  ,  there are always fresh job postings on both sites but through buyer’s perspective if he/she will post a job on odesk candidate list will be around 10-30 same posting on elance will only render 5-10 applicants so it will give buyer less choices and talents to select best provider .

Profile Pages

now lets checkout provider profile pages , Odesk profile pages are much smoother , through the point and clean while elance prodile pages look bit boaring . if you dont have  attractive feedback there chances are low you can get job there when your competitor have high feedback , in this context on odesk if you have good portfolio and less or no feedbacks you can still prove your presence to buyers there .

General popularity

Popularity wise i think both websites are at same stage , both websites are featured in  media many times .

SEo rankings

seo wise Elance got edge , elance is ahead of odesk for popular searched keyowrds like “ find web developer” ,  ”find a freelancer”  .

Payment and Withdraws

Payment wise odesk is superb elance doesnt support withdraws via moneybookers , which is very depressing as many Asian countries which are marked as top outsourcing destinations like Pakistan , Philippines etc dont have paypal and service providers of these countries vastly use Moneybookers .

will share more comparisons soon if you want to share some likes / dislikes of any of these sites please comment below .