The Art of Blogging: Business Or Hobby?

It’s certain that blogs have come to stay in this generation as against the hope in the old internet era. In the last decade and half, there have being a lot of forms of social interaction launched to the world-wide web for various reasons.

My first interaction with the internet was for searching for information and sending and receiving emails. Then, it became a place to meet and make friends in chat rooms as well as communicate with existing friends.

But in recent years, it’s being a different thing. You don’t only come to the internet for email exchange or information gathering for the sake of research, but you come to the world-wide web to get informed from various means. Most of which started as a means of social interaction and a form of journalism that has now become a business empire.

What has taking over the world today and the Internet world which include e-journalism and social network is the art of blogging. It’s no doubt that blogging is now a lucrative business with a lot of young people turning blogging out information in search of a passive way of making funds.

In Nigeria today, we have famous blogs like Linda Ikeji with a readership arguably all over the world with a good Alexa ranking; not forgetting Nairaland.com (a forum) which is the most visited website in Nigeria after Facebook and Google based on Alexia reports.  Other include, Bella Naija, The NET NG, Olorisupergal, techloy, Mobility and of course oTeKbits, just to mention a few.

It’s no hidden fact that owners (at least most) of these blogs now rake in millions of Naira on a monthly basis based on that act or hobby they love doing.

Around the world, it’s no different as bloggers earn from advert placement. The Nigerian bloggers are coming up gradually too. Some now earn a lot of money running into Millions of Naira on a monthly basis. If you are wondering if this is true, see below the list of the top 30 blogs in the world making a log of money online.

Are you a good writer and believe you content can draw in readers to you blog or site? Start now. You may start by focusing on your hobby. The longer you take siting down, not taking action, the more money you are losing.

List culled from incomediary.com

Disclaimer:

Some of the website’s featured in this top list are only estimates and are not all 100% correct just an indication of how well they are doing regarding making money from their blog. If you would like to be featured in this list or know of any blogger’s that should, please comment below!

30 Blog’s That Make A Lot Of Money Online

 Rank
 Website
 Owner
Monthly Earnings
 Main Income
 1
 The Huffington Post
 Arianna Huffington
 $2,330,000
 Pay Per Click
 2
 Mashable
 Pete Cashmore
 $560,000
 Advertising Banners
 3
 Perez Hilton
 Mario Lavandeira
 $450,000
 Advertising Banners
 4
 Techcrunch
 Michael Arrington
 $400,000
 Advertising Banners
 5
 Smashing Magazine
 Vitaly Friedman
 $190,000
 Advertising Banners
 6
 Timothy Sykes
 Timothy Sykes
 $150,000
 Affiliate Sales
 7
 Gothamist
 Jake Dobkin
 $110,000
 Pay Per Click
 8
 Tuts Plus
 Collis Taeed
 $110,000
 Membership Area
 9
 Car Advice
 Alborz Fallah
 $70,000
 Advertising Banners
 10
 Venture Beat
 Matt Marshall
 $62,000
 Pay Per Click
 11
 Slash Gear
 Ewdison Then
 $60,000
 Pay Per Click
 12
 Life Hacker
 Nick Denton
 $60,000
 Advertising Banners
 13
 Dooce
 Heather Armstrong
 $50,000
 Pay Per Click
 14
 Steve Pavlina
 Steve Pavlina
 $45,000
 Pay Per Click
 15
 Talking Point Memo
 Joshua Marshall
 $45,000
 Advertising Banners
 16
 Problogger
 Darren Rowse
 $40,000
 Advertising Banners
 17
 Kotaku
 Nick Denton
 $32,000
 Advertising Banners
 18
 Shoemoney
 Jeremy Schoemaker
 $30,000
 Private Advertising
 19
 Coolest Gadgets
 Allan Carlton
 $30,000
 Advertising Banners
 20
 JohnChow
 John Chow
 $29,000
 Affiliate Sales
 21
 SmartPassiveIncome
 Pat Flynn
 $21,500
 Affiliate Commissions
 22
 Joystiq
 AOL
 $18,000
 CPM Advertising
 23
 PC Mech
 David Risley
 $16,000
 Affiliate Sales
 24
 Freelance Switch
 Collis Ta’eed
 $15,000
 Membership Area
 25
 Abduzeedo
 Fabio Sasso
 $12,000
 Advertising Banners
 26
 Sizlopedia
 Saad Hamid
 $11,000
 Pay Per Click
 27
 Overhead in New York
 Michael Malice
 $9,000
 Advertising Banners
 28
 Six Revisions
 Jacob Gube
 $9,000
 Advertising Banners
 29
 Noupe
 Noupe
 $8,000
 Advertising Banners
 30
 Retire at 21
 Michael Dunlop
 $5,000
 Affiliate Sales
 

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