Make $$$ On The Web?

I'd almost forgotten about all those Make Money On The Web deals that were all over the internet years ago. So, it piqued my curiousity when my internet buddy, Tom Knapp, over that The Knappster blog, mentioned a site where you could get paid for blogging.

He says he's already gotten a couple five dollar commissions from referrals, or some such, from PayPerPost. He seems to think this is the real thing.

I've tried a number of money- on- the- web schemes over the years. First deal I got involved in was All Advantage, which would pay you for running a special tool(?) bar in your browser as you surfed the web. Then I got involved with at least two or three other similar deals, the names of which escape me now.

I actually made maybe $100.00 all told with All Advantage in the course of a year or two. I'd wait until I'd accumulated $25.00 (their minimum for writing a check) and then ask for a check.

All of those deals seemed to get less and less worthwhile as the cash rewards were reduced to almost non- existent. When I finally quit All Advantage, along with the rest, all they offered you was so many entries in a drawing for some cash award. It wasn't worth it anymore so I finally said good riddance to All Advantage and the rest of those outfits.

There were also deals, and they still exist, where you'd bet paid for hits on web sites. One such deal was Terrashare. They were basically a server and would give you web space to put up whatever web sites you wanted, although you were stuck with displaying their banner ads. Terrashare finally threw in the towel around the time I'd accumulated a hard earned three or four bucks over maybe a year and a half.

Then there's the widely known and used affiliate site thing where you could earn commissions on things bought by clinking on links you had on your web pages. Amazon.com does it as do a whole bunch of other retail sites. I signed up with a bunch of those and never got a penny in sales.

Last, but certainly not the least, was Greenfield Online. That was one of those things where you get paid to take surveys. Sometimes they'd pay you a dollar to just take the survey. Sometimes you'd get a special invite and just those few invited would get maybe ten dollars per survey and sometimes they'd have these special focus groups where they'd pay you anywhere from $25 to $50 to take part, assuming you qualified.

They also offered random drawings of from five to ten dollars of which I won quite a few. I actually made out quite well with Greenfield. But, like all the rest, cash awards got fewer and fewer and, as they went more for entries into drawings as rewards, as All Advantage did, it just got to the point it wasn't worth the hassle, so Greenfield went by the wayside, just like all the rest.

I'll have to check out that PayPerPost deal. I could always use an extra few bucks. Then again, I probably spend too much time with this blog as it is. If any of you should decide to take a shot at it, let me know how it goes and maybe I'll give it a half- hearted try.