Can blogging pay the bills?


	Can blogging pay the bills?

ghiberti

1-5-2007 6:33 PM

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blog, blogging, blogger, revenue, income, employment, google, adsense, web2.0, internet

ghiberti says:

Read the source to find out how he makes blogging pay

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1-5-2007 8:36 PM

funana

Poor guy *lol
You can make a lot more money, even wih adsense. It depends on your blog's main topic and your optimization of both, your blog and the ad placement.

1-6-2007 1:42 AM

l1wulf

Yeah, the comments have just as much content as the article. Hehe, glad I checked before clipping this one, ghiberti beat me to this.

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