The Most Legitimate Ways to Make Money Online

In today's economy we are all looking to make some extra money. Whether we have a day job or are just flat out unemployed we could all use extra money. Here are some great ways to use the internet to make some extra money on the side. Just about anybody could use any of the following methods:

1) Amazon Mechanical Turk- I have been using this method for a few days now. Honestly I have only made about 30 dollars but with some perseverance and maybe some downtime at your day job you could at least make enough money to pay for lunch everyday.
Link: https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome

2) Craigslist Gigs- So maybe this method isn't all computer based but there is a whole category devoted to computer gigs. Whether it is a computer gig, promoting a club, or handing out flyers there are tons of side gigs one could do in their spare time to make some extra cash. Whether you have brains or good looks use them to your advantage to get paid.
Simply go to http://www.craigslist.org/ ---> Click on your city ---> Search for Gigs

3) Writing Online- Here's a great legitmate way to make money online by simply writing articles. Sites like this one (Associated Content) and eHow.com pay people to write quality articles that can be posted online. If your article generates enough views there could be some serious cash involved.
Links: http://associatedcontent.com and www.eHow.com

4) Selling items on Ebay- Face it, we all have extra junk lying around at home. I've sold tons of stuff on ebay. I had an old laptop that I turned around and sold on ebay for over 200 dollars. Look around your home and turn your junk into a profit!
Links: http://www.ebay.com

5) Start a blog and use Google Adsense- We all like to be heard so have a voice and start a blog. Google has a program called Adsense where you can post their advertisements on your blog. As your blog generates more views you can start to make lots of money through advertisements. Famous blogs such as Perez Hilton's blog generate over 9,000 dollars a month for a single advertisement.
Start a blog: http://wordpress.com
Google Adsense: http://www.google.com/services/adsense_tour/index.html

6) Freelance Work- Layed off from your day job? Have some specialized skills? Various sites have tons of posted freelance jobs that one could work on the side to make some serious cash.
Elance: http://www.elance.com
Guru: http://www.guru.com

7) Art and Photography- If you are a creative person art and photography can be sold online. For instance you can sell handmade art online at Etsy.com. At istockphoto.com you can recieve royalty payments everytime your photograph or art is used.
Sell art online: http://www.etsy.com
Royalty payments for photographs: http://www.istockphoto.com

8) Teaching and Tutoring Online- Tutoring others in things like Math, Science, and English can be done online from the convenience of your home. Different companies online are always in need of people to help out and get paid! Tutoring Online: http://www.tutor.com and http://www.e-tutor.com

9) Become a Virtual Office Assistant- Have skills in answering phone calls and emails? Check out team double click and make some extra cash from home.
Virtual Office Assistant- http://www.teamdoubleclick.com/

10) Moola.com- Moola is a giant online game that allows you to constantly double your money. They start you off with a penny and through playing a game it can double over and over again. A penny if allowed to double 30 times where 1 cent becomes 2 and 2 cents becomes 4 cents it becomes over 10 million dollars.
Moola- http://www.moola.com/moopubs/login/index.jsp

11) SpeakWrite- If your a fast typer consider working for this dictation service.
Link- http://speak-write.com/web/

12) SlicethePie- Whether your a fan, artist, or investor there is money to be made in spotting new artists for the music industry. Listen to music, write some reviews, and make some cash! Give it a shot!
Link- http://www.slicethepie.com/

13) Google Knol- Here is another way you can make money using Google Adsense. Remember how we talked about making money above using ads? Well you can do it again with Google Knol. Knol is a bit like Wikipedia in that users post encyclopedia articles but with Knol you can use Google Adsense on your entries to generate cash! Write some entries, post the ads, and sit back!
Google Knol- http://knol.google.com/k

14) Genuine Jobs- There is no commute. There is no office politics. There is no dress code. Sound like a dream? Well it can be a reality when you work from home, find a job now with genuine jobs!
Genuine Jobs- http://genuinejobs.com/

15) Writing iPhone applications- Now here is a gold mine. Sure you can write your own iPhone apps and you can make money through the application store but its not a guarantee. If you know how to write iPhone applications then think about writing them for other people. Tons of people have ideas and money in their hands.
Take your skills here: http://www.iphoneappquotes.com/

Remember a lot of websites advertise the idea that you can make money taking surveys, being mystery shoppers, or posting Google links. Most all of those sites require a start up fee and are most likely a scam. They are designed to get the person who is accepting the start up fee rich. Stick to the above ways and with a little work you can make a lot of cash!