Want to make money online?  A lot of people do, but use caution; you don’t want to get used.  There are several ways to make money with Google, but there are also scam artists out there who just want your credit card information.

If you’ve got someone looking for your money, you should make sure you know who you’re working with.  Do some research before you give anyone permission to use your credit card, your website, your name – anything that can be used against you.  Look up the company and make sure it’s legit; and if the company is legit, make certain that the company is really offering the program.  If the company’s main website doesn’t hint anything about the program, someone may be misusing a company name.  Google has filed several cases against scam programs who’ve used their name.

If you’ve already got an internet business you want to set up, you can get more visitors to your site by making sure Google’s search engine knows about it.  If your site is already popping up on everybody’s search engine results, I’m guessing you don’t really need any help with your business.  Most starter businesses, however, struggle to gain recognition.

Submit site to Google – the Google search engine will let you submit your website URL to them, so they can index the site and match it with search keywords.  This lets the viewer find your website through the search engine, rather than having to hunt down your URL themselves.  This may not be the most efficient way to gain attention, however; your page may not appear very high in rank, or Google may take a while to load your page to its results.  The best way to get attention from search engines is to get links posted to your site – make sure your information is useful to others, so they’ll cite your page often.  Then the search engines will find you on their own.