Is making money on Google the only hope for my online business?  Why is there so much hype about Google, anyway?  Am I going to get scammed, or is there really a legit way to make money online?

There have been many instances of scam businesses, claiming to make you money with Google.  Having been sued by Google, a lot of these programs (or fishy ads that look connected with these programs) have been banned by Google in reaction.  There are legitimate ways to make money online – including with Google – but be careful about it.  Do your research.

For instance, some of these scam programs will ask for your credit card information, so they can send you a “free” kit.  This kit is supposed to take you through a money-making process, step by step.  The credit card information supposedly covers shipping and handling.  Many of these businesses, however, end up giving you nothing in return for the repeated monthly charges you end up paying on your credit card bill.  As a general rule, don’t give out credit card information to anyone without doing a good deal of research.  You want to know who you’re paying, and exactly for what.

Getting your website noticed by Google’s search pages is really a matter of having links to your website from other pages.  The fastest way to do this is to make certain you have a great, useful information that people will want to link to, although you can also submit your site to Google directly.  This is known to take some time, however.

Google does offer some programs to help your site make money.  One program, AdWords, allows you to advertise through Google; they place the ads for you, and you pay Google a certain pay-per-click rate.  AdSense is a program that allows you to place ads on your site, so Google will pay you to help another site advertise.  Again, this is paid for every click.

There are legitimate ways Google can help you make money, but be wary – make sure you understand whatever program you’re going to try, and make sure you know the company is actually the one you think it is.  Do your background research, and you should be fine.

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