Have you seen those blogs claiming that you can make thousands of dollars a month by posting links on Google? Maybe you seen some girl or guy holding up a check they received from Google for a large amount of money from doing little to no work. They claim all you have to do is buy the Google Product Kit/ Google Money Tree and you are well on your way to making a bunch of money just like them. Please! Now if this bunch of bull was true then this economy wouldn't be what it is today. Scammers are always trying to find ways to rip people off and due to this economy there has been more and more people getting taken for their money.

I never believe get-rich-schemes. Even though those blogs look real, I have never fell for it. Those scammers have started to become smart by putting real pictures of people and also have fake people posting comments on their blogs saying how great the product is. But have you notice that you can't even enter a comment yourself because they said it has been closed due to spamming? That's a red flag right there that it is fake website. Even though it may be tempting to buy the Google Products since they are selling it for a low price, but what you don't know is that once you pay you will get nothing and they have your personal information and start charging your credit card with more money you did not authorize. And good luck trying to get that back! Also another red flag is that the blog does not take you directly to Google's official website to buy the products.

Now there is a way to make money with Google in which they do not charge you to make money with them. The program is called Google Adsense in which you place ads from advertisers on your website and when someone clicks it you get paid for that click. Once you meet the payment threshold which is $100 or more, Google will pay you the following month by check or direct deposit. Now it isn't easy as it seems because you must have traffic to your website in order to have people clicking on your ads. Good quality content and knowing where to post your website will help you bring in traffic. This can take you months or even years to get good quality traffic so work hard and it will pay off in the long run. It took me several months to make payout with Google. Also Google has some rules to follow in order to use their program which is

1. Do not tell people to click your ads or you clicking your own ads. Do that and find yourself banned and lose your money you earned!
2. Do not discuss your earnings.
3. Use original content.

So if you ever feel that a certain program is a scam, more then likely it is one. Do research first before you get into something that will cost you money to get started working from home. Remember not to always trust a program just because it has the word Google in it. Scammers love to use big known companies names to make people believe that their program is real. Go on the company official website first to see if the program is real or not.

For more information about Google Scams check out Google's official blog.