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Top Earning Blogs – Make Money OnlineBloggingBy: Michael Dunlop     Topics: Make Money Online

Superstar Bloggers Making Fortunes OnlineToday I decided to research how much my favorite blog’s are earning every month and I

wasn’t surprised to see some of them make over $100,000 per month.

These are blogs and success stories that have inspired me to become a blogger. These

Superstar bloggers continue to inspire me to this day – and they have kept me motivated

to not give up whenever it got tough, especially in the early days.

I hope this inspires you. If you think it’s time to start your own successful blog, then you

absolutely must check out my post on how I create websites.

Special Notes:

1) To give you some idea of the potential available – top blogging network, Weblogs, Inc.

is believed to earn about $30 million a month revenue from 13 million unique visitors.

2) And it is not just about making money monthly it is also about building a BUSINESS that

can be sold, such as 22 year old Johns Wu did when he sold his blog for $15 Million.

Disclaimer:

Some of the website’s featured in this top list are only estimates and are not all

100% correct just a 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!

Check out the TOP EARNING BLOGS list below. I have already interviewed a number of

these Superstar bloggers but hope to interview a lot more of them over the coming

months – so watch out for that.

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30 Blog’s That Make A Lot Of Money Online

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1 The Huffington Post Arianna Huffington $2,330,000 Pay Per Click

2 Techcrunch Michael Arrington $800,000 Advertising

Banners

3 Mashable Pete Cashmore $600,000 Advertising

Banners

4 Perez Hilton Mario Lavandeira $450,000 Advertising

Banners

5 Noupe The Blonde Salad $200,000 Private Advertising

6 Smashing Magazine Vitaly Friedman $190,000 Advertising

Banners

7 SmartPassiveIncome Pat Flynn $153,000 Affiliate

Commissions

8 Timothy Sykes Timothy Sykes $150,000 Affiliate Sales

9 Tuts Plus Collis Ta'eed $120,000 Membership Area

10 Life Hacker Gina Trapani $110,000 Advertising

Banners

11 Gothamist Jake Dobkin $110,000 Pay Per Click

12 Tuts Plus Collis Taeed $110,000 Membership Area

13 Venture Beat Matt Marshall $100,000 Pay Per Click

14 Slash Gear Ewdison Then $80,000 Pay Per Click

15 Car Advice Alborz Fallah $70,000 Advertising

Banners

16 Life Hacker Nick Denton $60,000 Advertising

Banners

17 Dooce Heather B.

Armstrong

$50,000 Pay Per Click

18 Steve Pavlina Steve Pavlina $45,000 Pay Per Click

19 Talking Point Memo Joshua Micah

Marshall

$45,000 Advertising

Banners

20 Problogger Darren Rowse $40,000 Advertising

Banners

21 Kotaku Nick Denton $32,000 Advertising

Banners

22 Expert Photography Joshua Dunlop $30,000 Product Sales

23 Shoemoney Jeremy

Schoemaker

$30,000 Private Advertising

24 Coolest Gadgets Allan Carlton $30,000 Advertising

Banners

25 1stWebDesigner Dainis Grāveris $20,000 Product Sales

26 Joystiq AOL $18,000 CPM Advertising

27 PC Mech David Risley $16,000 Affiliate Sales

28 Abduzeedo Fabio Sasso $12,000 Advertising

Banners

29 Sizlopedia Saad Hamid $11,000 Pay Per Click

30 Overhead in New

York

Michael Malice $9,000 Advertising

Banners

How They Make Money From BloggingThere are over a dozen methods these top blogger’s are using to monetize their blog,

different techniques for each niche. Some niche’s are easier to promote products to, some

have high paying keywords and some are easy to drive millions of visitors every month!

Below is a run down on some of the techniques used.

Advertising Banners

By far the most popular advertising method so far in

2009. Website owners love this because they know they

are guaranteed the money, other techniques such as

affiliate marketing can go up and down a lot depending

on what you promote.

CPM Advertising

This method is really popular for the website’s that

receive a huge amount of traffic, advertisers pay you for

impressions rather than sales or clicks! As long as you

can predict your impressions which is usually east to do,

you know how much you will earn.

Affiliate Sales

Selling on commission depending on your niche can be a

huge earner and is by far my biggest earner. You

promote great products and then get great commissions.

Pay Per Click

By far the easiest way to earn money online from a

website or blog is from Google Adsense and being paid

per click (by lawrence). Can be very lucrative if done

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Brendan S  •  5 years ago

That is amazing but im going to be next on this list!  23△ ▽  

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David Black    •  a year ago> Brendan S

Sounds GREAT Brendan Dream BIG ..Do not ever Quit and NEVER Give UPon Your Vision/Goals /Dreams..Find a Coach a Mentor in your niche that willHelp..Rock On Yall.

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ChinnyBini  •  5 years ago

Hey I just started this film site a while back ­ you can click on my name and see­ ­ andthis summer I plan to dedicate more time to making the site bigger and more interesting,but how often would you say a blogger has to blog to earn some decent revenue. Of course, reviewing films is nothing like 'cat's who like Hitler' but still, I think it'sprofound to review only films I liked. There are film sites on line, but most kiss butt towhat is popular, afraid to state their own opinion. You could go to any film review website and see the same exact films discussed because of who advertises there etc. I'mnot that big on Chapstick, but obviously, I'd like my site to rock like yours!

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Josh Miller  •  a year ago

These are some great ways to make money online thanks for this, great post !  3△ ▽  

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EZ Wealth  •  5 years ago

Those are some outrageous incomes, but I am not gonna dog on these guys, quiet thecontrary!! I am gonna study them!!

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Sci­Fi Ceilings  •  a year ago

Thank you for this information. It is worth a lot of money to the right person. The 30 topearner sights are awesome examples. Great work!

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kyle  •  2 years ago

Working from home can be easy after you understand the main concepts. When I firststarted I struggled but then I figured things out and make a great income online & lovehelping my team do the same thing. I do remember how hard it can be though, anyoneneed tips or advice can find what they need on IncomeDiary.com

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Rohit Rathore  •  5 years ago

Good information regarding blogging on net, but the best source is ad­sense and Googleban any time without any prior notice.

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Dirson Jimenez Strosdegoz  •  5 years ago

Insane the list of Top 30 blogs!!!I would be happy with $300 / month from my blog :P

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Manuel  •  5 years ago

I always like your posts Mike and I hope you do update this one real soon. I'm lookingforward to that.

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TechDaring  •  6 years ago

I would like to tell you that you don't need to listed people who earning less than 10k$ permonth. Because a lot of people in this world can do that. Then it's nothing.

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edi  •  5 years ago

CPM Advertising

This method is really popular for the website’s that receive a huge amount of traffic,advertisers pay you for impressions rather than sales or clicks! Check out Adtegrity forCPM Advertising.

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Terrel Smith  •  5 years ago

These true confessions of bloggers with top earning blogs are truly inspirational. Earningsuch amount just by the expression of an interesting idea is amazing.

From the given top earning blog list, the most common source of main income is throughbanner advertisement, hence, it is just simply the display along the bottom of the webpage as a part of any sponsorship.

Therefore, if not the best, one of the good source of generating money online is throughadvertising maybe because advertising is a form of communication intended to persuadean audience.

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Fazal Mayar  •  5 years ago

I thought John Chow was the biggest earner and I was wrong, 400k a month? holy thatslike a professional athlete salary.

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like a professional athlete salary.  1△ ▽  

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mark leo  •  5 years ago

wow this list is so amazing. how i wish i could earn even just as much as the last list.hmmm

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Surfer Boi  •  5 years ago

Coming from a novice blogger this site is truely awesome! Thanks for the insight  1△ ▽  

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Vee C  •  5 years ago

Very interesting. We can see the power of blogging . It is a good way to make moneyonline very easily.

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Steven  •  5 years ago

ohh ! great blogger , how to has big income monthly like them .  1△ ▽  

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Digitalte  •  5 years ago

Incredible list! I really can't believe how much money is HuffingtonPost making! Ohactually taking into consideration the amount of content out there...

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Gaurav Mishra  •  6 months ago

Thanks for sharing your valuable information on your site, I will share your article to myfriends also so that they can understand about the this huge market

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Shekhar S  •  7 months ago

Every blogger dreams to be featured here.

Tough nut to crack but must be cracked. △ ▽  

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Gaurav Jain  •  8 months ago

Hello! I wonder how these people make so much money! Is it for real? △ ▽  

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Karl Rove  •  8 months ago

I just bought an amazing book on Amazon that's worth sharing, called "How to makemoney online" by a guy called Jerry Steinburg. Its step by step and covers Dropshipping through to list building through to Amazon itself. Well worth the few dollars itcost.

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Denis Smith  •  8 months ago

Outrageous income. But they deserve it b/c the sites have huge collection of qualitycontent in my opinion. No single person can do this. So we should either have themoney to outsource content creation or we can not do it single handedly.

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TJ Jackson  •  9 months ago

My name WILL be on this list and I hope to see other names in this response there aswell. It shows we have passion and drive and willing to dive deep to educate ourselves

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well. It shows we have passion and drive and willing to dive deep to educate ourselvesto achieve it. This site has inspired me, deeply.

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Darren Boland  •  2 years ago

That's a great list... Its amazing to think that you can make a living and have a decentincome online.. There are so many viable ways to make a little extra these days.

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Biunow  •  2 years ago

I just want to say Thank you Michael,your blog inspires me to keep going.The list you created is very interesting.What interested me most is the different waysthese entrepreneurs are making money online.I have dedicated my blog to helping spread the different ways of making money online.Once again Michael, Thank you, you inspire me.

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hannah  •  5 years ago

Great site. Good intentions. Like it. Will be back to read more soon.Keep up the good work.

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Josephine Monty  •  5 years ago

You are awesome! Thanks for the great content. Although I have a blog, it is not fullyoptimized (just yet!) I thank you for the great value that you have provided for us all! Iplan on using your advice.

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Kerry Russell  •  5 years ago

Hi Michael

I have to agree with Tony to a certain extent because to benefit from advertising on yourblog you would need to be seen as an authority site and to do this you need lots and lotsof traffic.... right?

Tony says:"You have to realize though, you need MASSIVE, MASSIVE traffic to make good moneyfrom advertising on your blog. I’m NOT saying you can’t do it. But many experiencedmarketers are saying affiliate marketing and creating your own product is much morelucrative."

Yes affiliate marketing and creating your own products are the way to go but think aboutthis Tony...Even if you do go down the path of affiliate marketing/product creation youstill need MASSIVE, MASSIVE traffic and you would have to include a blog as part ofyou traffic funnel anyway if you were a total beginner. Personally out of the two 'affiliatemarketing' is the way to go...

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Akin  •  5 years ago

Wow. Over 2M per month. Now I can see possibilities. △ ▽  

Alexis  •  5 years ago

Hi Mike,

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Thanks for that listing.I think the key here is traffic. What ever type of website you have you can earn goodmoney if you have traffic. That's what attrack advertisers PERIOD.Thanks for sharing that buddy!

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Scott ­ MoneyMaking Ideas  •  5 years ago

Wow, this was a great post. I didn't know that some of these blogs made that much.Thanks Michael for this info.

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Snapdollars  •  5 years ago

Wow, How I wish I could earn that too... Nice blog.... There are lots offers that can makemoney online....

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aditia  •  5 years ago

hi michael, I think this is the second time I read this post but, it is just me or is it aduplicate list on the Gothamist blog?

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Von  •  5 years ago

Those earning shown is really getting me motivated to keep pushing forward internetmarketing and learn and twists and make money

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Gary A Parenti  •  5 years ago

Hey Michael,

I have been Blogging for over a year nowand have found it very hard to make anyMoney @ all.Maybe it is what I Blog about.I will keep Doing what I like to do & hopefullyStart seeing a change in the near Future.

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Jason Webb  •  5 years ago

Thanks. This is the best information on marketing that I have seen in months ofsearching.

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Gabriel Johnson  •  5 years ago

Thanks for all the valuable info and also the extra motivation. Blogging can get frustratingsometimes and it is nice to here that others also struggle with the same things I do. I willmost definitely be reading more and learning as I blog in 2010. Building a business requires dedication and alot of times a monetary investment but notalways if one is patient. Alot of people can not afford to outsource and must do all themarketing on their own which takes alot of dedication and work. Thanks for this veryinspirational post.

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Jason Hill  •  5 years ago

WOW! I must say that's a huge amount of money. I better learn more about this. Thanksfor posting. If you get the chance, feel free to visit me back on m site for money makingtips online.

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Azad Shaikh  •  5 years ago

Great List. It would be nice if more information like when did they started and there initialinvestment and time was provided.

Great source of inspiration. Looking forward to make into that list. △ ▽  

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Martin  •  5 years ago

Those numbers are very very impressive, if I may say so. Blogging used to be all aboutputting your thoughts on pen and paper. Now, bloggers make a living out of it. Good job,people!

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mhabach  •  5 years ago

amazing list !

but Netklix don't include my country :( △ ▽  

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Make Money Online Casinos  •  5 years ago

Having steps on how to make online blogging is a good way to make money faster.Nice post buddy!

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Fabian Ramirez  •  5 years ago

I wonder if the new search algorithm is affecting these guys. Nonetheless, wow I wouldsay well done on the traffic and the amount of monthly income.

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pagau  •  5 years ago

True...Sell a lot of ebooks with contents they say as new.Haha....To be john chow uhave to think like him...The first step is not to enrich some fool who write a uselessebook and sell.Some sell it for higher price and say they help othersearn....Hypocrites....Go problogger net and other standard sites and you will get all infofor free...

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blogging tips  •  5 years ago

wow that's heck a lot of money they are making ... may be i could reach atleast half thelast one

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Frank  •  5 years ago

Another wonderful list nicely written ...great share! △ ▽  

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Juliechristie  •  5 years ago

However techcrunch has a lot of overhead. They have salaried staff. Not sure $200Kgoes too far with that group. This blog Is very informative , I am really pleased to post mycomment on this blog . It helped me with ocean of knowledge so I really belive you willdo much better in the future . Good job web master .

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Juliechristie  •  5 years ago

Feeling good that you earn by affiliate marketing. Even I am planning to take up affiliatemarketing as we have been popular with home business and make money onlineconcepts.thanks.

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