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There are a bunch of ways for anybody who can string a few words together to make some cash in this crazy online world. Here, though, I'm going to focus on those sites that I've discovered so far that are actually worth writing for.

Now, there's a lot to be said for paid blogs. I'm not going to get into that subject, though, because everybody has an opinion and unless yours is really interesting, and you're really lucky, you're never going to make enough to bother with blogging.

The real' money in online writing comes from penning articles and other informational / entertaining content.

But, where is an aspiring writer to go, to earn such elusive cash?

Well, here's my favorite six sites, and the reasons why I like them.

From least to best, they are:

AmericanChronicle.com
GZYN. com
ThisIsBy.Us
HubPages.com
Heli um.com
AssociatedContent.com

Fir st up, American Chronicle. This site actually doesn't pay, which is why it comes in last. However, there are a LOT of benefits for writing here. First of all, they have very high quality standards every article goes through extensive review before being published, so, if yours makes it, you know you've got good stuff.

What's more, American Chronicle isn't a single site, but a whole family. If they pick up your article, you'll be published in no fewer than 21 online journals, from Los Angeles to Florida. The exposure is incredible, and just being seen here has the potential to open a number of doors for your career as a writer. At the very least, your page rank on Google will get a huge boost, increasing the odds that you'll get read elsewhere, where you do get paid. That benefit alone cannot be understated.

Next is GZYN. This site pays, but in a round-about way. How it works is that you can put up any written content you like, and GZYN sticks ads in it. The more popular your content becomes, the more the ads get seen, and thus, the more you make.

However, these ads are administered by Google's AdSense program, so you never actually get paid directly from GZYN, but only through Google, and only once the ads on your articles have made enough money which takes a REALLY long time, even if your stuff is very popular.

Coming in at number 4 is ThisIsBy.Us This site has a strange method of calculating how to pay you. Again, you can write anything you like, and users view it. You are paid based on your "goodness" score, which is how many views there are in a given day, multiplied by the number of votes' the article gets that day. For example, if

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