One of the most important things you can do before joining up with a website is to check out what other people say about it. Its like getting a testimonial before singing anywhere on the dotted line so to speak. If you want to work at home, you are going to have to start thinking like a successful business person. And a successful business person would just jump into anything without reading between the fine lines!
One of the ways you can find out if my Internet business is a scam or not is by searching on your favorite search engines for the company or link name. This can be done easily with just about any search engine available to you. You can either look for my Internet business with quotes or without quotes.
You can either find sites that do ALL sorts of businesses or they might concentrate on just one site, company, program, etc. Another important thing to do in order to find reviews of my Internet business is to look on sites that specialize in reviewing programs and businesses online. For the most part these are competent people but once in awhile you might find a "boy crying wolf" type of deal.
So in these instances I like to find a few different review sites and measure the frequency of good versus bad feedback. If a company like my Internet business has 500 people saying it's awesome and only two people dogging it - who is being the most honest?!?
I would go with the 500! And lastly - check out sites like the BBB (Better Business Bureau). This site will actually let you search for businesses world-wide and you can do searches by address, phone number, name or even a URL. So if you suspect that someone is legit or not - you can check up on them here. In many instances I was about to join so and so business but after looking on BBB and a few of the other suggestions above - I completely changed my mind!
Remember, in order to be a successful business person - you have to act like one. Find a good business model/plan. Look for a legit business that will do you some good along the way! Chances are you wanted to work at home to have more time for yourself and make more money. Becoming successful doesn't happen over night. But with a good business some hard work and a lot of determination you could be living the life you always dreamed of!