Agree with you that there are many opportunities to make money online.
But I feel that the safest, easiest and most effective method is still
affiliate marketing
You promote other people's products for a commission. It is as simple as that
You can learn the details at
http://www.affiliatemarketingintro.com/Recommends/MB
It contains free tutorials in video format
There are other method eg paid to surf, data entry systems,etc, but affiliate marketing in my opinion beats them all
Simply because with affiliate marketing, you put up your site, which is so easy to build by the way, put in your traffic generating methods, again easy, and then go and surf or have a coffee, or dinner with friends, or whatever else it is you like to do
You see people come to your website which does not need you to be there and, if your promotion is compelling, they will click on to the merchants site and buy
That means commisions to you
Now obviously this is only an outline of the business
For more information, free, go to
affiliate marketing guide for beginners