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Fiction: Making money on the net is easy. How many times have you heard this one before? Surely a lot (you might actually be sick of hearing it by now). Yes, it can be easy, that's admittedly true, but it seems that most people cut the line a tad too short, because it actually has a continuation; "if you know how". No matter where you might establish your empire or business, the same constant applies; the amount of hard work you put in will generally tell how much success you will be experiencing.

Fact: Knowledge is still power. The more you learn about a particular method before jumping in, the bigger you chances are at achieving success and avoiding unwanted situations from arising (i.e. scams, identity thefts). So learn as much as you can first before making the leap, because you just might end up regretting it.

Fiction: There are shortcuts to success. Yes, you've heard about this one as well. The internet is literally littered with thousands upon thousands of programs
which will "supposedly" make things easier for you. Some of them might work, but be careful as you might get penalized for using them. If you've never heard of "Black Hat" tactics on the internet before, then take this time to learn more about them first before exploring all the shortcut options.

Making money on the net is very possible, but it will not happen overnight. You will need to put in the time and effort to make it a reality. So be cautious when you encounter the word "instant" or "thousands of dollars right now" as it may really be designed to work the other way around, making their creators instant sensations or making them thousands of dollars instead.


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Here are some ways of making money on the Internet from your personal Web site...

Banners
They were one of the first ways of making money from hobby Web sites, however they are not so popular now since most surfers don't even look at them. In fact, the click-through rate (the percentage of visitors who actually click on a banner) has steadily dropped, from around 5% 4 years ago to less than 0.5% now.

In the Traffic-Building volume of Make Your Site SELL! 2002 (the free ebook describing all possible ways of making money on the Internet), banners are called #1 "Time and Money Wasters." Save yourself months of poorly spent time. Read this essential manual first.

If you have highly relevant, cleverly designed banners, you can beat the odds. However, you need relatively high traffic to actually make more than pocket change. In fact, most banner advertising companies prefer to only pay for actual sales (even click throughs are no longer attractive, since many people click through because they are paid to, and not because they intend to buy anything).

Freebies
Under this category are things such as free lotto tickets and various games where you can win prizes. Often, these are implemented as pop-ups and are much more annoying than banners.

Affiliate programs
They pay you a percentage of the sales you generate for them, or for each visitor you send. This is one of the best ways of making money on the Internet. You don't have to spend time and energy creating your own product. And some of them pay 50% commission. See Affiliate programs for more information on building income from affiliate programs.

Google AdSense
This is one of the easiest ways of making money on the Internet for small and medium sites by displaying relevant, text-based ads from Google AdWords (Google's own advertising program) and receiving a share of the pay-per-click payment.

Other tools
There are many tools that can help you make some pretty big commissions without your visitors even realizing that you're building income from their visits.

For example, several search engines will pay you a few cents per search made from your Web site. If a few hundred people use your search box, you'll earn a few dollars a day - not bad for a few minutes of cut & paste a small line of code within the HTML of your Web page.