How to Make Money Using Free Internet Resources

There are plenty of ways to make money on by using the internet. This is a complied list of safe and relatively easy ways to earn money by leveraging the right websites.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Internet

1. Adding Ads:
   
   Google Adsense (https://www.google.com/adsense)- Summary: Adsense is a Google owned advertising program that lets website administrators add different forms of advertisements to their websites to generate revenue for the site. This is a great way for website owners to earn revenue from their site.
   
   How to Profit: Add Google Adsense to your webpage, or blog. The revenue is generated by clicks on those advertisements.

2. Writing and Publishing Content:
   
   Google Knol (http://knol.google.com)- Summary: Google's Knol is a user generated content website that is centered around the author rather than it being centered around a subject like Wikipedia is.
   
   How to Profit: Revenue generated from an indiviuals content that they post is shared with the individual through Google Adsense.
   
   eHow (http://eHow.com) - Summary: eHow is a revenue sharing website hosts user generated content on How To information.
   
   How to Profit: This website gives the content providers the option joining their Writer Compensation Program that will share the revenue generated from the ads on writers pages.
   
   
   Associated Content (http://www.associatedcontent.com)- Summary: This website hosts user generated content.
   
   How to Profit: This website will reward their content provides with revenue through their PayPal account. They reward $1.50 for every 1,000 visitors that visit that author’s content.
   
   
   Helium (http://www.helium.com)- Summary: This website hosts user generated content.
   
   How to Profit: A user can profit from the articles they generate. The website says, "We pay for articles based on the value of their contribution, determined by three market drivers: (1) Higher-ranked articles earn more money than lower-ranked articles. (2) Some subjects draw more total views than others. (3) How much will advertisers pay to advertise on the subject?"
   
   
   Squidoo (http://www.squidoo.com)- Summary: This website hosts user generated content.
   
   How to Profit: The ad revenue that is earned across the entire site and all the user generated content is pooled. The Squidoo will then keep 45% of the revenue and donates 5% to a rotating charity. The other 50% of the revenue is then distributed to the authors via a ranking system.

3. Social Communities:
   
   Flixya (http://www.flixya.com)- Summary: Flixya is a social media community.
   
   How to Profit: Flixya is a media sharing website that allows users to profit from the media they share with the community.

4. Auctions:
   
   EBay (http://www.ebay.com)- Summary: Ebay is an online auction site.
   
   How to Profit: Items can be bought at wholesale or at an online stores and then auctioned off on ebay for a higher price. There is some risk involved because if you do not sell it for higher than what you bought if for, you will receive a negative return.

5. Awards:
   
   AdJack (http://adjack.tv)- Summary: AdJack is an online weekly lotto. Users watch ads and then are given lotto numbers.
   
   How to Profit: With any lotto your chances are slim, but if you watch 5 ads in one day you will receive a set of lotto numbers that can be used to win the pot that is drawn at the end of the week.

6. Surveys, Comments, or Reviews:
   
   CashCrate (http://cashcrate.com)- Summary: CashCrate organizes participates to complete free offers and surveys for companies online.
   
   How to Profit: The companies that provide these surveys and offers to pay CashCrate for your participation and then they pay you. There is a second way to profit from the site and that is through the referral program. You get paid 20% of what your direct referrals make and 10% of what their referrals make. Be warned that these will cause a lot of spam so it might be a good idea to open another email account and be cautious when using sensitive information.
   
   Opinion Outpost (https://www.opinionoutpost.com) - Summary: Opinion Outpost organizes participates to complete surveys, complete reviews, and give their comments for companies online.
   
   How to Profit: The companies that provide these surveys and offers pays OpinionOutpost for your participation and then they pay you. Be warned that these will cause a lot of spam so it might be a good idea to open another email account and be cautious when using sensitive information.

[mrny]

on 8/22/2009 Great info., thanks.

[misthaven]

on 7/10/2009 Good article. I think you have to pay to put items up for auction on eBay though. 5*

[tracysmith159]

on 6/10/2009 Interesting ways to make some extra money. I didn't know about many of them. I'll be looking into them all soon.

[dreambigtoday]

on 4/15/2009 WORK FROM HOME: I can help you either SAVE MONEY or MAKE MONEY. We are hiring full and part time benefit specialist to work 100% from home. We also offer discounts on benefits such as medical and dental. Check out this website www.FREEDOMATHOMETEAM.COM/JLFOSTER and listen to this free automated overview call 1 616 712 1118. Researching this 17 year old debt free company is FREE- why not take a look today?

[jmcgeough]

on 4/10/2009 Excellent article! Great content.