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Agreed, but the learning curve for blogging is shrinking rapidly. Anyone passionate about a certain subject willing to put in the hours can make it. We shouldn

Agreed, but the learning curve for blogging is shrinking rapidly. Anyone passionate about a certain subject willing to put in the hours can make it. We shouldn't teach to expect to make money soon. AdSense probably should not have been mentioned in this article as it's just nickles and dimes for beginning bloggers. Over the course of a year to three years a blogger should be able to command direct ad sales for significant revenue depending upon their niche.

jakarta 16y ago
I've found that for new blogs, you are better off concentrating your efforts on Amazon referral links than ads.
MicahWedemeyer 16y ago
Take my particular niche: Tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. Pretty small niche, right? Well there are 100s of bloggers already in that space. I'm pretty sure that even the most popular ones are barely making enough to cover hosting. I've dealt with some of them to advertise my site (http://www.obsidianportal.com http://www.obsidianportal.com), and their ad rates are dirt cheap. Believe me: If I can afford to buy ads from them, they definitely aren't getting rich on this. Plus, blogging is _real work_. You have to constantly come up with new content, engage with your readers, and the rest of your niche's blog network. That crap takes a lot of time and effort, and you can never quit! Take a month off and you've lost everyone. I've seen it happen.
- wallflower 16y ago
  Why Gizmodo et al post multiple times a day... "My job was to write twelve posts a day about 'media gossip,' which meant anything unpleasant or otherwise intriguing about anyone who had power in any Manhattan culture industry. There had to be enough posts so that whoever was sitting at my old desk at the publishing house, and everyone in Manhattan like her, could read something new when boredom struck." Excerpt from book by Emily Gould, ex-Gawker, infamous blogger
- DotSauce 16y ago
  Sorry to hear that. My niche, domain name investing, is quite small. However, there are a large number of companies looking to advertise in the space. My banner space and all of my fellow domain name bloggers inventory is constantly sold out at above average rates. Real work, yes... as I said, it takes years to become an authority and hours of work daily.

jakarta 16y ago

I've found that for new blogs, you are better off concentrating your efforts on Amazon referral links than ads.

MicahWedemeyer 16y ago

Take my particular niche: Tabletop roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons. Pretty small niche, right? Well there are 100s of bloggers already in that space. I'm pretty sure that even the most popular ones are barely making enough to cover hosting. I've dealt with some of them to advertise my site (http://www.obsidianportal.com http://www.obsidianportal.com), and their ad rates are dirt cheap. Believe me: If I can afford to buy ads from them, they definitely aren't getting rich on this. Plus, blogging is _real work_. You have to constantly come up with new content, engage with your readers, and the rest of your niche's blog network. That crap takes a lot of time and effort, and you can never quit! Take a month off and you've lost everyone. I've seen it happen.

wallflower 16y ago
Why Gizmodo et al post multiple times a day... "My job was to write twelve posts a day about 'media gossip,' which meant anything unpleasant or otherwise intriguing about anyone who had power in any Manhattan culture industry. There had to be enough posts so that whoever was sitting at my old desk at the publishing house, and everyone in Manhattan like her, could read something new when boredom struck." Excerpt from book by Emily Gould, ex-Gawker, infamous blogger
DotSauce 16y ago
Sorry to hear that. My niche, domain name investing, is quite small. However, there are a large number of companies looking to advertise in the space. My banner space and all of my fellow domain name bloggers inventory is constantly sold out at above average rates. Real work, yes... as I said, it takes years to become an authority and hours of work daily.