Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Make Money Online Truth

By The Wookie

The economic situation of many countries is looking bad. It leads many to try to find other ways to make money. One of those ways is to make money online. Is it really possible for a person to make a living online? I can tell you truthfully that the answer is yes. People every day make money with blogs, websites, and through affiliate marketing. I'm sure you're wondering if it's possible for someone that is just starting out with little experience to have success with this business. The answer is once again yes.

The key to success with making money online has a lot to do with understanding your market. If you will be building websites, then you also need to understand keyword research. You'll also need to understand user habits, as well as learn how to rank your website to the top of Google. Obviously you could build a website, but without traffic the website is just stagnant, and will not allow for people to have the opportunity to either click on advertisements or purchase a product.

Simply doing a search for the keywords "make money online" in Google will return millions of results. So how do you know who is truthful, and who is just trying to get your money through the many online scams? I can tell you truthfully, that you should not have to pay money for it in e-book to make money online. All of the information that I have ever accumulated on the Internet to make money online, has always been free. Some of the so-called gurus, are more than happy to charge you hundreds of dollars and sometimes thousands of dollars, to take their online courses to learn how to make money online.

Why do people buy these products? Most people believe that there is some special magic, that the product possesses that will provide them with an easy way to make money. When you think of these types of scams, they are very similar to the TV infomercials where people pay just as much money to learn schemes that turn out to be empty promises.

If I could give you one piece of advice, it would be that the most important type of traffic to your website or blog is through organic traffic. This means direct traffic coming to your site through someone searching in Google. Use Google as much as possible to find free information on the Internet if you are wanting to start an online business. The old saying still applies, if it seems too good to be true it probably is. I certainly hope, that you will use common sense just as I have when I started out in the online business to learn how to be successful. Don't be scammed, and don't be gullible, use common sense along with a little effort and you will find what you are seeking.

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