If a person has a computer, Internet access, writing skills, and time, online income opportunities abound. Many sites will publish articles of 400 words or more written by writers, with the goal of these articles drawing viewers to their sites. On many sites, the articles share their space with advertisements. When people come across the articles, they will see the advertisements. A chance exists that, in addition to reading the articles, the reader may click on the advertisements or, at least, see them. In many cases, because of the advertisements' placement with the articles, the writers are paid according to the amount of visits their articles receive or when people click on the ads. Several sites such as AssociatedContent.com, Triond.com, HubPages.com, and MyLot.com are sites where writing articles or posts can earn someone Internet income.

AssociatedContent.com

Associated Content accepts original and previously published written material. Writers produce content on various topics and can submit their articles for an upfront payment. The editors evaluate them and make the authors monetary offers for their articles. The writers have the option of accepting offers or declining them. If offers are accepted, payments are deposited into the writers' PayPal accounts. Writers can reject the offers, revise their articles and resubmit them or submit them for publication elsewhere. Once an offer is accepted, the article is published online. Additional payments are received according to the number of times an article is viewed online.

Previously published articles can be submitted to Associated Content for display purposes if the writer owns the rights to the article. Once it is displayed, Internet income is generated by people viewing the articles. In order to increase the chances of articles being viewed, writers are encouraged to market their articles through social networking sites.

Triond.com

Triond.com accepts original written texts to be published through their site. They do not offer upfront payments and online income is based on page views. With Triond, writers need to market their articles. Doing this through social networking sites increases the chance that their articles will be viewed and increases Internet income for the articles. After reaching a certain payout amount, earnings are transferred to the writer's PayPal account.

HubPages.com

Hubpages.com allows writers to produce informative content of their choice to be published online. The authors' responsibilities include choosing the layout of their articles and adding photographs and video, if so desired. By having advertisements placed on their HubPages, writers earn money online by monetizing their articles through AdSense, Amazon, Kontera and eBay. When readers click on the ads or view articles, writers earn money. Also, writers can receive money by referring other writers to join HubPages. AdSense, Amazon, Kontera, and eBay are responsible for paying the writers.

Mylot.com

If a person cannot produce 400-word articles or longer, writing short forum posts is another way to earn an Internet income. With Mylot.com, participants can write posts about different topics. Initiating a forum topic and responding to a topic earn writers change. However, depending on how much or how often a person contributes to the forums, the change can accumulate. Also, writers earn money online based on referring others to join and how often those referred participate. Payment is received through PayPal.

None of these sites will make their users rich. However, they do provide online opportunities to make money. Writing articles or posts for Associated Content, Triond, HubPages and MyLot are legitimate ways to earn an Internet income.