An online survey company that does market research for a variety of fast-food restaurants, including McDonalds and KFC.  A couple of their other clients include General Mills, Proctor and Gamble and Microsoft.  Zoom Panel makes the grade of one of the "legitimate" online survey sites on the internet.

There are over 500 online companies offering money for people who want to work from home doing surveys and earn a full-time income.  Beware of such sites that promise you riches for nothing; they're a scam.

Vindale Research advertises that it covets "the finest minds" in online research.  Signing up for this website was easy; I simply entered my name, e-mail address, gender and birth date and they sent me an e-mail.  I opened the e-mail and clicked on the confirmation and was a member.

Those interested in doing "paid surveys" online must realize that although some sites are legitimate, others either want money in exchange for registration into their data bank, or simply want to collect as much information about you to sell to telemarketing companies.

If you enjoy taking surveys online, Surveyspot.com is an ideal way to make a few extra dollars in the privacy of your home.  Best of all, Surveyspot will not give out your personal information to its advertisers, so you don't have to worry about getting dozens of phone calls from people trying to sell you everything from health insurance to an online education.

A online paid survey company owned by Luth Research, LLC, an international market research firm that's been around for 30 years.  Surveysavvy is free to join and participants earn cash for each survey completed.

A free online survey company that pays cash to people who visit websites and and fill out brief surveys about the websites.  It's an easy way to make a few extra dollars in your spare time.  But you have to be careful with this site.  Unless you want a bunch of magazine subscriptions delivered to your door.

If you enjoy receiving free samples of products in the mail and trying something new, sign up for startsampling.com.  This site is absolutely free and will not release your personal information to telemarketers or anyone trying to sell you anything.  They do not pay cash, but participants, in addition to receiving free products delivered to their home, accumulate points redeemable for gifts.

Sendearnings.com is an excellent way to may a few dollars while sitting home doing nothing.  Just for signing up to this online survey company, I received a $5 bonus.  I then began participating in a few surveys that paid $1 each.  In less than a half an hour, I earned $7.

A more sophisticated online survey company is qsample.com.  This site pays anywhere from $1 to $15 for each survey completed and, best of all, deposit's the money into your paypal account.