by Aj Brady

Created on: April 15, 2008

It was always inevitable that the birth and growth of the internet into a worldwide phenomenon would spawn numerous "get rich quick" schemes.

Having said that, there are also many quite legitimate ways to earn money online.

An internet user will always have to do something to get their money, as in offline life, nothing on the internet comes for free.

The best ways to earn money online, I've found, are through online survey websites.

Websites that email you periodically with surveys about your various interests or lifestyle habits, and they will reward you with either points or cash.

In many cases, an internet user will need to have opened an online banking account such as PayPal (www.paypal.com), which is directly connected to one's bank account.

It is reasonable that a user would be fearful of placing their banking details online, however PayPal's reputation is second-to-none, and I would trust them with my bank account.

Some websites offering payments for surveys and reading advertising material, which is what all payment-offering sites need to keep them going, are as follows:

1) Ciao! (www.ciao.com) - a German-based survey website, it has branches right around the globe. Ciao! will offer a user surveys according to their interests and lifestyle habits that the user filled out in their profile upon joining. This website offers direct payment for each survey taken, usually in the vicinity of $1 American, and once a user has earned $5 minimum, they can request a cash transfer to their PayPal bank account. Usually, a user who fills out their profile fully should receive at least four-to-five surveys per month, and thus it won't take long to make enough money to cash out.

2) Snapdollars (www.snapdollars.com) - this American-based website also has offshoots for users right around the world. It doesn't really deal with surveys, more paid-to-clicks, where they send you advertisements into your email, you click on the advertisement and open it, and get paid for it, usually 3 cents. You can request a cash check to be posted to you once your account has reached $30. Other ways to earn money on this website are signing onto to partner websites, where you can get paid handsomely, and also referring friends, whom once they earn a minimum amount in their account, you will get paid also.

3) Lightspeed Panel (www.lightspeedpanel.com) - this is another American-based website, and again it has branches going to all parts of the globe. The deal is you fill out surveys which are awarded

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