Online Tasks

You might be surprised how much work and research there is for a real person to do on the internet. Even in the age of Google, there's plenty that teachers, journalists, students, and paralegals need actual human eyes on. Sign up for Amazon's Mechanical Turk, for example, to try your hand at some of those tasks that require human eyes and can't be done by a machine, or ShortTask if you want a less-flooded alternative.P

Make Money in Your Spare Time Doing Simple Online Tasks

Yes, many "online jobs" promising quick riches and little effort are really scams.

If you're the question-answering type, you can get paid for thorough, well-researched answers to questions at sites like Just Answer, filling out surveys atOpinionOutpost, Springboard America, The Harvard Business School's research study program, or Pinecone Research. If you're willing to leave the house, 20|20 Panel andFocus Forward will both pay you to participate in focus groups that may decide the future of products and services you actually use.