Work Online for Google- But Beware of Scams
June 17, 2010 by mike
Filed under How to Make Money
Things change constantly on the internet, but as of this time, Google is still the king of the search engines. More people use Google than Yahoo, Bing, and all other search engines. Google, Inc. is a huge company and therefore has a lot of employees.
This could possibly mean a job for you, but unfortunately it also means there are many scams out there. Google does actually have employees, and they have job openings frequently. You can work for them in person at one of their many locations, or you could work online checking ads for search engine placement.
But…be sure that whatever you look at is legit. All of the real jobs Google has will be listed on the official Google site and not somewhere else that seems a little fishy. I have personally known an Adwords quality score checker that worked online for Google, so they do have legitimate jobs.
However, since Google is so popular, there are a lot of scams out there to trick people that don’t know how Google works. There are tons of offers out there that say “Get Paid By Google- Work From Home Only 1 hour a day- Get Paid $500 a Day” or something similarly ridiculous.
Then these special offers will tell you to sign up for a FREE start-up kit from Google to show you how to make money. All you need is to pay shipping….which is where it turns into a scam. After getting your credit card info, they will charge you up to $100 a month every following month until you contact them and stop it, which is often difficult to do.
Technically these offer sites aren’t “scams” because they say what will happen in super tiny print on a different page of their site. But they know that nobody will read it and will fall victim to their trap. That is why despite technicalities, I still think of these offers as scams since you will lose money on a “free” kit and never make any real money.
So if you really want to work for Google, check Google’s official site for job openings. And expect it to be a real job, not some get rich quick scheme. If you see a site that says you can get rich fast doing easy tasks for Google, then be very cautious.
Another option that is legitimate is to look into affiliate marketing. This is not a scam, and you don’t “get paid by Google.” Instead, you work on your own advertising other people’s products. This also takes some work and serious effort, but it is definitely worth it and you can get started for free. You can read the other posts on this blog to learn more about affiliate marketing.
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Once deciding to make money online one enters the newbie field, a realm of confusion filled with con artists, illusion masters aka gurus and extortionists. I have reason to believe this is so in many other niches other than my favorite. The yearning for more details just sets you up for info overload and the ultimate procrastination. It is thus refreshing to come across a value filled post like this one, which has become rare indeed. I am no longer a newbie, so I can tell genuine from illusion in this beloved make money online niche of ours.
Keep up the good work, I am sure will be dropping every once in a while. Being a newbie is quite a brave thing to do, I can attest to that. Let’s make money online!
Like you, the “make money online” niche is the one that I am the most interested in. However, it is definitely not where I make most of my money and instead of thinking of other marketers as competition, I like to learn from them. I think we should all help each other so we can all improve our marketing skills. And I know there are legitimate CPA offers out there, but I just wanted to warn new marketers that there are scams out there- although luckily, Google has been cracking down on these types of things lately.