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Making Money Online for 2006

Copyright 2006 East Tech LLC

It's a new year but the same old question is asked over and over

again. How can I make some extra money online? There are many

ways to make money online but the bad news is there are many

more ways to lose money. From scams to Ponzi schemes to pyramid

schemes to flat out poor business models, so many online

opportunities just flat out don't deliver what they promise and

take our hard earned money with them.

It also gets more difficult to pick the real opportunities from

the frauds. Today anyone with a few bucks can have a

professionally designed website, get it hosted and look like the

best company and opportunity you've ever seen. Then in the bat

of an eye, the company is gone, with your money, and starting

the whole scam over again under a different name.

The good news however, is that you can limit your risk by

performing some due diligence to see if the company or website

you're thinking of doing business is for real. One basic way is

to open up a web browser, go to Google and search for the

company name along with the word "scam". If you start making

hits, read some of the threads. If there are many people out

there trashing the company, then stay far away from that

opportunity.

Another way to check out a website, would be to use companies

like NetworkSolutions and their WHOIS database. In their WHOIS

directory, type in the name of the company you're considering

doing business with. See who their hosting provider is. Are they

keeping much of their information private? If so, this could be

a red flag. This is not always the case however since the world

is full of people who like nothing more than to cause problems

for web sites, most companies these days prefer to keep their

information private.

Another great research tool to use is called Alexa. Alexa is a

traffic research tool but can be used for much more than that.

You can search on website URLs to see what the Alexa rating is

for certain websites, what reviews, if any, have been written

about the company and possibly the owner, address and phone

numbers. Lots of nice little goodies you wouldn't be able to

find elsewhere.

There are also review type websites that profile certain online

business opportunities. Try to stay away from the "Review Only"

sites because in most cases, their only interest is to pump up

any and all programs and add their affiliate links so they can

make money from your signups. They could care less if the

companies they profile are legitimate or whether they make money

or not. The best sites to look for are the ones that not only

profile these great opportunities, but have a personal

investment in them as well. The web sites in which you can

contact the webmaster and as him/her questions about everything

they have on their site. If they don't reply or they do not have

first hand knowledge of a particular program they are promoting

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on their website, then find another site.

Last year was a great year to make money with the paid autosurf

programs and 2006 is starting off the same way 2005 ended. With

a huge bang! These are great opportunities and can generate a

lot of money of you find the right programs and invest the right

way. As with any opportunity, you need to follow some basic

rules or you will lose your money. But if you take it slow, use

common sense and diversify across a few programs, you will make

money.

As with any investment, there is some level of risk. Don't

invest more than you can afford to lose and always start small

and build up your accounts as you earn money in the programs. If

you follow these simple recommendations, you will do very well

for yourself. Also, don't get attached to any one program. Even

if one of the programs pays the best and seems like they will be

around forever, please remember nothing lasts forever. Even the

best run, well intentioned businesses can fail. Just remember to

diversify and you'll be fine.

About the author:

Andrew Daigle is the owner of many websites including Online

Business Ideas at http://www.CashCurve.com , a Free Traffic

Exchange at http://www.TrumpTraffic.com , Free DXInOne

E-Currency Exchange Training at http://www.dxout.com and many

more.