Darren Rowse says it can be done. In the wake of the recent San Jose Mercury article, I thought I'd send y'all over to Darren's series for a different view and some instructions on how to use Google AdSense and other strategies to cover your costs... and then some.
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thanks for the link - appreciate it. Can you give us a quick summary of the other article you linked to? Its a registration required article which I don't want to sign up for.
Ah, OK. Basically, it said "don't get into blogging to make money, almost nobody does - and in order to even have a chance of making real money, you need to be a very top blog."
in that case - I'd say I'm REALLY glad I didn't read that article 12 months ago cause blogging has changed my life when it comes to having an income. I'm hoping to go full time in the next few months from the money my blogs earn me. I wouldn't say any of my blogs are 'top blogs' really - they do ok in terms of traffic, but its mainly because I'm a little strategic with my topics and am learning a thing or two about search engine optimization.
Anyway - thanks for the link - its a great topic to talk about.
from what I hear, these guys are hiring bloggers www.tomorrowsfuture.org - haven't seen there blog yet so, who knows?