You have probably seen the many different advertisements claiming that someone in your area made $2000/day by posting links on Google.  Maybe you even signed up and realized that it is a scam.  You may also have seen and tried many other methods to earn money online but you've been unsuccessful in finding a real way that you can make money online.  Yes, many of the things out there are scams, and are just a way for that person to make money.

But, there are some legitimate money making ideas and opportunities available for you online.  The main thing to think about is "What services can I do for people, and how can I implement that online?"  If you can answer that question, then you will be able to find many things that you can do to make money online.  I will offer you a few suggestions in order to get your mind going and thinking in the right direction.

Content is what fuels the web, and you may be shocked to learn that people pay others to write stuff for their various websites!  There are places like Hubpages that pay you based on some ad clicks, but there's people who will pay you to write unique stuff for their website.  Often times, you won't know what site you are writing for since you will be ghostwriting the content so that the person can publish it under their own name, but writing for other people can be a really good gig if you can write well and provide good-quality content.  Such content is sought after by people since content outsourced to non-native English speakers isn't as high of quality.  That low quality can work for some websites, but most people want good, solid, top-notch English content, and they are willing to pay for it.

This is a great way to earn money online, because there are thousands if not tens of thousands of people every day browsing aroudn eBay for stuff to buy.  A great way to get started selling on eBay is to just look around your house for stuff to sell.  You can find stuff that maybe you don't want anymore, but that is perfectly good, and someone else might want it ,especially if it is at a good discount price, and since you don't want it anymore, you can sell it for a good enough price to entice buyers and still make yourself some extra money.  Then, using the profits from those sales, you can reinvest it into your eBay business, and go shopping at yard sales for great deals on stuff that you can turn around and sell on eBay.  Then, using those profits, and once you have found out how to really sell on eBay, you can invest in buying products for wholeslae prices, and turning around and selling those products on eBay.

There are many other money making ideas online that you can implement, but these are just a few.  The key is to find out what you are good at, any services that you can provide online whether it is writing or graphic design, or whatever, and then you can do those services for people online as a freelancer and make some decent money online, or maybe even do it full time!