You obviously have the goal of creating an income online, so you need to be aware of some of the realities of getting started in the internet world. Plenty of dishonest people out there are ready and willing to take your money and give you worthless internet income programs in return.

However, the dishonest of a few bad folks out there doesn’t need to get in the way of your dreams; you just need to learn the right methods. I can tell you without hesitation that the best method for creating internet income is to learn to capture large amounts of search engine traffic - the most important one being Google.

But there’s a hard truth you have to face - most of the dishonest marketers out there know that Google traffic is the most desirable traffic out there - so they buy massive amounts of internet ad space, sending the message that they can teach you how to reach the top of Google’s results. You need to watch out - they only thing they’re actually good at is convincing ambitious people to give them money for tactics that are not going to work.

Is it possible to know if a marketer’s claims are legitimate? Yes - you know they’re a straight shooting person if you can perform Google searches and find them high in the natural listings. Are you aware of what I mean by the “natural listings?”

The organic search listings are those you find on the right hand side of any search page when you look something up on Google. Those listings can’t be purchased, so when you find a site there you will know the owner is a legitimate website promoter who actually knows what they’re doing.

On the right hand side of every pag you’ll see the section entitled “Sponsored Links.” These are ad positions that businesses bid on in order to drive traffic to their websites.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with purchasing traffic in the sponsored listings on Google. The problem arises when someone who’s trying to sell you on the idea of teaching you how to get free traffic can’t even get free traffic themselves.

Basically, the surest and simplest way to verify the credibility of your future mentor is to ask them to show you examples of how they make money online using free traffic from Google. If you can see that they’re doing it in their own business, you have every reason to believe they could help you do the same with yours.