Squidoo is an online writing platform created by Seth Godin. It's a great place to get started in the online world with writing and earning your first paychecks. At Squidoo, the pages you create are called lenses, and you can create as many as you like. The more you create, the more money you'll make...provided you have a good stream of traffic coming to your lenses.

You can write about anything that you like and make money. Make sure to only create good quality lenses in order to get good ratings from your readers. The better the ratings the better your lens will do.

The payout is super, super low, starting at just $1.00, and you can of course set the limit to your preferences. Just make sure that you collect your money within a 12 month rolling period, or the money will be donated to charity. You can also donate your earnings to a charity of your choice. In order to get paid you will need a paypal account.

So how do you make money?

Easy. As soon as you publish your lens, Squidoo places Google Adsense on your lens, and every time someone clicks on one of those ads, you get paid half of what Squidoo gets paid.

When setting up your lens, you can add modules from Amazon, eBay, CafePress, Lulu, Shopit, Zazzle and more, to promote your own products, or someone else's. The possibilities are endless!

There are also many other modules which you can add to make the lens fun and interesting. You can add photos, music, videos, comment boxes, polls and much more fun stuff.

Last but not least, Squidoo has made it extremely easy for you to point your lenses back to your website or blog. You can add an RSS module to your lens, or you can add the links to your profile page.

So there you have the basics, why not head on over to Squidoo right now and get started on your first lens, and start making money.