Tip #7: Build A Custom Search Tool

Have you always wanted to build your own search engine to find a specific topic. Well, now is the opportunity that you can do this! Both Yahoo and Google offer their users the ability to create custom search engines. You can build your Website (for example www.ineedanincome.com) and then place the search box as part of the Internet. You can make your own Web presence or you can make it look exactly like Google would - a simple box. Then, you would try to market the site on listservs and mailing lists. The catch to making money is signing up for affiliate or revenue sharing programs. The more people that come to the Website (and it can't be you clicking), the more likely revenue will flow in. For every click a user initiates, you will be paid a few pennies or even a few dollars. Both Google and Yahoo! will send you a check when the amount reaches over a $100 in revenue.

While this may require a little tech savvy - won't it be pretty cool to have your own "search" solution and make a few dollars too.