Internet Nirvana

Internet commerce has taken the world and particularly the West with its high Internet penetration, by storm. People are opting out of the 9 to 5 office grind; the blue collared workers are hanging up their tools, and taking to the Internet. Not only are people outsourcing all their requirements to the lowest service or product provider, they are also ushering in a new way of life. Traffic is the holy grail of this brave world, not of the motor vehicle variety but of the type that has to do with the number of visitors to a website.
People are working out of their homes-from garages, studies, perhaps from their kitchens and bathrooms as well. There is a new kind of jargon, being used-SEO, back links, buying cycle, viral marketing, affiliate marketing so on and so forth. There are all kinds of enticements akin to an Arabian Nights fantasy scenario, where all your desires could be pandered to, if only you followed a certain path. It is very difficult to find method in this madness.
There are interactive platforms like Elance.com or Freelancer.com, where you can genuinely find both work and workers across a wide spectrum of industries. International payments are a breeze with enablers like Pay Pal who let you receive and and payments in dollars.
Then there are advisory fora like Warrior.com, that let you  collate collective advice on cutting edge technology that is changing the face of Internet commerce even as we speak. There are software like Commission Commando which claim to direct enormous amount of web  traffic to your site, thus earning you huge pay cheques without your having to sweat for it.
You can create content, make business plans, sell electronic equipment, do truant school kids' homework or write reviews on the latest Internet games-there is really no limit to how much work you can possibly bid for on the Internet. There also scams galore, Click and make money. Participate in  surveys and make money. Really the world of Internet commerce is very dicothomous- perplexing and liberating, fascinating and dangerous, alluring and treacherous at the same time.
There is no doubt that there is potential for making a fair amount of money. But you have to work(the key word) with the good guys and know the villains. Also the revenue model should make sense. There  should be something for both or all the parties involved and there is no such thing as a free lunch. And lastly the virtual world is a great facilitator for the real world, not its replacement. At the end of  the day somebody has to create the products and services that are so furiously traded on the Internet.