A particularly easy way to make money online is by syndicating other news sources. This was once a tactic used only by spammers, but it has developed into a popular and legitimate way of making money online.

The idea is pretty basic: using a blog (a free Blogger account will do just fine), you can scrape content from other sites in the genre, paraphrase the article in your own words, and then cite them as the source at the bottom. If you write a unique summary, Google will give you credit for the content.

For example, if I started a scraper blog about video games, I would subscribe to IGN and GameSpot e-mail updates. If an interesting news story came up, I would summarize the article in 3-4 sentences, pull a quote or two, and post it on my blog.

Getting back links with scraper blogs is not too difficult either. If you link to an article from another blog, not only will you get a trackback in the comments, but the blog’s author may be so inclined to link back to you.

Once you get the blog rolling with content, you will be making easy dough.