Want to Earn Online? So do I...

Adsense and Paid Survey
I have been trying out several Online Earning sites for the past five months. So far all I earned was $3.27 from Google Adsense. With the rate that’s going for me, it would take me 10 years before I will be able to cash out. That is why I tried a few paid survey sites. So far I haven’t answered any of those surveys that were “compatible” to the information I provided them. Now there’s no way I’m going to get paid if I don’t answer any surveys, right? Well that led me to a quick dead end so I Google-d some more and found other “earn online” strategies.

Hire a Programmer
I found out about some sites that help you get certain kinds of jobs that seem to be applicable to my area of expertise. I looked them up then joined several sites for Programmers and Data Entry specialists. I figured that with my Bachelor’s Degree and a few idle hours, I could easily earn that extra income. Of course it is not as passive as Google Adsense and not as boring as Paid Surveys but it promises to pay more in exchange for the effort I put into it. And how has it been going for me so far? None of my candidacies have been approved yet – that means that I applied for several part-time jobs but they didn’t take me. That would be because I am competing against 30 other members who seem to have much, much more idle time in their hands.

Paid to Read
During my lunch break, I came across some Paid to Read ads. I thought that since I’ve already tried everything else, might as well try this one for experience’s sake. I created a new e-mail account – because I didn’t want my current e-mail to be filled with spam mails – and then carried on to creating my Paid to Read accounts.

Data Security and Vulnerabilities
After creating my account, I decided to view my information just to make sure all of it was correct. However, my internet messed up and I got disconnected. I had to log in again. In my log-in, I realized that I gave the site the wrong password – that means that I mistyped the password that I had in mind. So I decided to ask for a new password – because that’s how it usually works. Instead all it asked from me was my e-mail address and then it said that it would spurt out all my information: First name, Last name, Address, and Password. The first thing that came to my mind was “this is wrong.”

I quickly decided to e-mail the admin regarding this issue. However, I wanted to remove all information I submitted first, just so that I would feel safer. When I was entering my email ad I accidentally inputted a wrong character which made the hair at the back of my neck stand up. On the text box I slipped and typed something like ema’ilad@gmail.com then the horrible screen showed. It gave a SQL Error. It just so happens that I am a learning Database Admin. I knew the gravity of the error. I quickly deleted all of my information and redirected the account to a different e-mail ad that was in no way connected to any of my personal emails.

I hope that this would serve as a warning to my fellow extra-buck-seekers. If the site doesn’t even look professional, it’s not worth it. If the site doesn’t even hide your password beneath bullets or stars, don’t trust it.

And if the site offers you $10 just for signing up, read the fine print and make sure you’ll be able to cash out that bonus.