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Started by mathewi · 11 months ago

Bloggers talk a lot about how they do it for the love or whatever, but at the same time there’s a lot of interest in how (or if) you can generate a little income from a blog. There’s Google’s AdSense, of course, which I run here on my blog mostly out of ... Continue reading »

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  • Matt

    There are very few people making money off this at the moment, we all have day jobs. You and I are lucky because we have jobs that allow us to expore this medium during the day.
    We are all trying to figure it out, but I did post today an idea about the impact of social editorial on journalism. I really dont want to take your day job away, just make it more interesting.
    Greg AKA Kiwibloke
  • Making money online has more to do with your page layout and ad positioning then it does with picking the right program.

    Take your adsense banner, blend in the background and put it under the header of your first post on the homepage. You will make more money in one day then you've made all month.
  • A good point, Greg. I think it definitely makes it more interesting.

    And Markus, I guess the only reason I don't do that is aesthetic -- I think sites that do that (even some I respect) look like crap. Oh yes, and because I'm not doing this for the money -- I'm doing it out of love :-)

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