Is it possible to make money doing online surveys?

The simple fact is that you can indeed get paid for online surveys,but you need to be careful that you are not in with ones that is a total waist of time.
There are some legitimate offers out there that will indeed pay you cash for your opinion but you have to do two things. First, you need to join the good ones and avoid the bad ones, and second you need to be willing to actually follow through and do the work.
If you are diligent in your work habits you will find that you can actually make some decent money by filling out online surveys and taking part in special offers, and that is something that not many people have been able to do.

Taking free paid surveys is a great way to earn some extra cash online. Major companies pay big money for our opinion so that they can improve services and products. Offering paid surveys is a way for them to find out what the general public want.
The money you can earn from taking paid surveys won't be life changing, but I'm sure you would appreciate the occasional $20+ check dropping in the mail, or the odd $20-$30 being transferred to your paypal account. If you actively take a number of surveys from various organizations, it can add up really nicely to help out with everyday things like bills, food shopping etc.
Such companies will not distribute your private information to anyone. It's all very professional and true to the word. Many of the organizations allow members to join from anywhere in the world making this a good opportunity for those of us who live outside of the larger countries as well.

STAY AWAY from companies that claim to make you hundreds of dollars a day from surveys if you pay them a 'membership' to access the sites. All they do is give you links to all the survey sites that are already out there (just like my site, but as you sould know mine is free). True, legitimate survey sites will NEVER ask for any kind of initial or ongoing payment from you at any time. These truly are free paid survey sites being funded by major companies across the world for your opinion.

-Simon