Internet big money Earners
BoingBoing
boingboing.net
Launched: January, 2000
Revenue: Over $1 million a year
Visitors: About 3 million unique visitors monthly
I Can Has Cheezburger
icanhascheezburger.com
Launched: January, 2007
Revenue: About $6,000 monthly
Visitors: half a million page views a day
ShoeMoney
shoemoney.com
Launched: October, 2005
Revenue: $12,000 a month
Visitors: 20,000 unique visitors daily
Overheard in New York
overheardinnewyork.com
Launched: July, 2003
Revenue: Estimated $8,100 a month based on ad rates and self-reported traffic data
Visitors: 6 million page views a month
Kottke
kottke.org
Launched: March, 1998
Revenue: Estimated $5,300 a month based on ad rate
Visitors: 250,000 to 300,000 unique visits a month
TalkingPointsMemo
talkingpointsmemo.com
Launched: November, 2000
Revenue: Estimated $45,000 a month based on ad rates and self-reported traffic data
Visitors: 500,000 daily pageviews
Perez Hilton
perezhilton.com
Launched: September, 2004
Revenue: Estimated $111,000 a month based on ad rates and self-reported traffic data
Visitors: 4 million unique visits a day
Gothamist
gothamist.com
Launched: January, 2003
Revenue: Monthly average of $50,000 to $60,000 over the past 12 months
Visitors: 7 million page views a month
TechCrunch
techcrunch.com
Launched: June, 2005
Revenue: $200,000 a month
Visitors: 5 million page views a month
Go Fug Yourself
Launched: July, 2004
Revenue: Estimated $6,240 a month based on ad rates and self-reported traffic data
Visitors: 3.5 million unique visitors a month
Mashable
mashable.com
Launched: July, 2005
Revenue: Estimated $166,000 a month based on ad rates and self-reported traffic data
Visitors: 4 million monthly page views
Problogger
problogger.net
Launched: November, 2004
Revenue: Over $100,000 a year
Johnchow
johnchow.com
Launched: December, 2005
Revenue: $30,000 month
Link Building Methods
1) Social Bookmarking - enter url, title, description and some tags. It takes almost no time. Quality is low, except when your article hits front page. Some social bookmarking site to submit your site.
2) Forum Posts - You read forum, find your niche and then think something and post. Takes little time. Quality is low.
3) Linking Out - blog about high bloggers, you may hit some really good links. If bloggers like your articles then they problaly link you back. Quality is great and it takes a little time to blog about others blogs.
4) Link Exchanges - Find websites that like to link exchange with you, find sites only your niche to get good links. It takes some time to send e-mail, but it is worth it.
5) Directory Submission - Here is 200 free directories to submit your site. Some directories have some value if they have good PR, but usually quality is low.
6) Buying links - Quality is good when you buy links that covers your niche. Only problem is that you must have money 
7) Paid Reviews - Quality is great. Same problem as last method. Must have money. Paid reviews usually takes more money but quality is also better.
Press relases - Some press relase sites you can submit your site. Link quality is good.
Searching right keywords for Your site - Top Tools
Here are some keyword tools that i use. It is quick way to get new keyword ideas with these tools. Hope you like.
SEO Book Keyword Suggestion Tool
Wordtracker Keyword Suggestion
Tips to Improve your Search Engine Rankings
1. Select and use strong keywords.
You’ll want your content to be rich with keywords, but don’t go overboard. If you use too many keywords search engines will pick up on it and your site won’t rise in the rankings. If you use too many keywords, your site could be excluded altogether.
2. Compare to other sites.
You’ll want to see what those with great placement are doing on their sites. Search for sites that are similar to yours. Take a look at the sites that have received high placement in the search results. While on the web page select “view” and click “source.” This will give you the opportunity to analyze the keywords and tags that were used.
3. Use keyword tools.
A keyword tool is helpful in determining how visitors search for sites related to yours. By using a keyword tool you’ll be able to see how many hits a site would get using certain search terms. You can use the popular search terms you find to get better search engine placement.
4. Have working links.
Make sure all the links on your web site work. If you have dead links on your site, it negatively effects your site’s placement in search engine results.
5. Submit your site to directories.
There are several free directories you where you can submit your site. Others charge a fee. Don’t overlook paying this fee though because this increases your changes of having search engines list your site.
6. Create a sitemap.
Creating a sitemap and submitting it to search engines will guarantee that all the pages of your site will be included when the search engines crawl the site. You can use a free program to create a sitemap.
7. Create backlinks.
It can take awhile for search engines to find your Web site. One way to promote it is by using backlinks. Backlinks are links that point back to your web site from a different web site. Ways you can get backlinks are to write articles related to your site’s topic and submit them to free article sources such as Ezine Articles. At the end of the article, write a little bit about yourself as an author and link to your site.
8. Use reciprocal links.
Find sites that are related to yours and ask the web site owner to place a link to your site on their site. In return you’ll do the same. You can contact sites that are complementary to yours. For example, if you have a site that sells a variety of hats, you can have links placed on sites that sell coats and jackets. You can get in contact with the web site owner by looking for the contact information on the site. Send an email and ask for a reciprocal link.
V-Tech
7 Link building tricks
1. A good way to get links for blogs is to link to others. People very often link you back.
2. Be first to comment something going on.
3. Get into Wikipedia. It’s nofollow, but many people copy Wikipedia content around the world.
4. Find blogs, forums and other places in your niche where you can leave your links trough comments.
5. Donate something in return for a link on their site or a review.
6. Keep an eye on expiring domains. If someone related to your niche expires, buy them and link your site.
7. Find your competitors. Search for their domain in google - link:competitordomain.com and see where they’ve been linked. Try to get your link into these sites.
5 Most Popular Sites to Find Wordpress Themes
Duplicate Content Finder
Someone copied your articles. Find them using Copyscape tool. This tool finds sites that have copied your content and also those that quoted you.
Top 50 Make Money blogs
I maked list about Top 50 make money online blogs. Domain values are problaly higher, but this list is good to see how sites are compared to each others. Domain value is calculated using these details: domain age, pagerank, alexa rank, links and some other factors. ( sry, bad english(: ) Here are results:
Top 50 make money blogs
| Nr | Blog | Alexa | PR | Links | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | http://performancing.com/ | 9,244 | 4 | 1,825,483 | $4,530,400 |
| 2 | http://www.problogger.net/ | 3,516 | 6 | 793,384 | $1,849,120 |
| 3 | http://www.doshdosh.com/ | 9,604 | 6 | 755,241 | $1,695,380 |
| 4 | http://www.johnchow.com/ | 4,795 | 3 | 254,195 | $255,360 |
| 5 | http://www.dailyblogtips.com | 14,394 | 5 | 241,753 | $200,340 |
| 6 | http://www.shoemoney.com/ | 4,348 | 5 | 179,041 | $144,900 |
| 7 | http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com | 19,401 | 6 | 152,277 | $144,480 |
| 8 | http://courtneytuttle.com/ | 19,831 | 5 | 100,83 | $124,260 |
| 9 | http://www.revenews.com/ | 51,792 | 5 | 96,329 | $85,068 |
| 10 | http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/ | 29,932 | 5 | 83,441 | $78,440 |
| 11 | http://www.emomsathome.com/ | 41,521 | 4 | 97,445 | $76,320 |
| 12 | http://blog.affiliatetip.com/ | 36,025 | 5 | 75,311 | $71,980 |
| 13 | http://andybeard.eu/ | 23,392 | 5 | 70,868 | $49,440 |
| 14 | http://www.5staraffiliateprograms.com/ | 18,151 | 5 | 67,299 | $47,200 |
| 15 | http://www.jimkukral.com/ | 77,293 | 5 | 47,461 | $43,434 |
| 16 | http://www.strategicprofits.com | 9,084 | 4 | 24,545 | $32,500 |
| 17 | http://selfmademinds.com | 51,848 | 5 | 58,131 | $29,046 |
| 18 | http://www.vandelaydesign.com/ | 27,379 | 3 | 52,772 | $26,780 |
| 19 | http://www.garryconn.com/ | 59,631 | 4 | 44,607 | $26,378 |
| 20 | http://bloggingexperiment.com | 49,277 | 3 | 47,218 | $25,750 |
| 21 | http://zacjohnson.com/ | 22,868 | 4 | 23,752 | $25,270 |
| 22 | http://www.tylercruz.com/ | 31,901 | 3 | 38,111 | $23,980 |
| 23 | http://www.johncow.com/ | 19,758 | 3 | 42,236 | $22,660 |
| 24 | http://www.carlocab.com/ | 33,881 | 4 | 36,584 | $22,660 |
| 25 | http://blogaboutyourblog.com | 50,526 | 3 | 43,995 | $19,776 |
| 26 | http://xfep.com/ | 90,214 | 5 | 40,696 | $19,776 |
| 27 | http://www.whoisandrewwee.com/ | 70,779 | 5 | 21,591 | $17,172 |
| 28 | http://www.45n5.com/ | 26,906 | 5 | 22,607 | $15,260 |
| 29 | http://www.5xmom.com/ | 66,381 | 4 | 22,522 | $13,992 |
| 30 | http://www.bloggingtips.com/ | 43,814 | 4 | 28,375 | $13,800 |
| 31 | http://www.earnersblog.com | 36,697 | 2 | 15,623 | $12,720 |
| 32 | http://www.jonwaraas.com/ | 71,817 | 3 | 26,417 | $12,402 |
| 33 | http://freelancefolder.com/ | 80,089 | 5 | 21,934 | $11,536 |
| 34 | http://www.pureblogging.com/ | 76,885 | 5 | 11,707 | $11,536 |
| 35 | http://www.netbusinessblog.com/ | 62,488 | 3 | 29,171 | $11,536 |
| 36 | http://www.datmoney.com | 90,238 | 4 | 14,402 | $8,100 |
| 37 | http://www.winningtheweb.com/ | 49,039 | 3 | 9,91 | $7,840 |
| 38 | http://www.aojon.com/ | 72,025 | 4 | 12,569 | $7,502 |
| 39 | http://www.here.org.uk/ | 65,494 | 4 | 15,292 | $7,316 |
| 40 | http://uberaffiliate.com/ | 18,874 | 4 | 9,641 | $7,210 |
| 41 | http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com | 26,626 | 3 | 20,948 | $7,000 |
| 42 | http://www.adesblog.com/ | 66,087 | 3 | 19,375 | $6,944 |
| 43 | http://www.jimkarter.com/ | 57,246 | 4 | 13,025 | $6,901 |
| 44 | http://www.ianfernando.com/ | 62,871 | 4 | 10,779 | $6,386 |
| 45 | http://www.cpa-affiliates.com/ | 110,382 | 5 | 18,79 | $6,148 |
| 46 | http://theuniversitykid.com/ | 64,235 | 3 | 24,908 | $5,850 |
| 47 | http://www.terrydean.org/ | 69,229 | 4 | 7,488 | $5,405 |
| 48 | http://www.superaffiliatemindset.com/ | 32,892 | 4 | 9,664 | $5,150 |
| 49 | http://www.slightlyshadyseo.com/ | 25,535 | 3 | 6,736 | $3,750 |
| 50 | http://www.etienneteo.com/ | 101,616 | 4 | 16,516 | $2,900 |
4 Banned Sites from the Technorati Top 100
Blogstrom created great post about banned sites from the Technorati Top 100.
1. Alex King - Alex created a popular wordpress plugin and ranked 1. Technorati didn’t like it.
2. John Chow - John asked to write review about of his blog in exchange for a link back. Technorati banned him from the list.
3. Matt Mullenweg - Matt created blogging software and get many blogroll links. Again banned from the list.
4. Binary Moon - One way to get banned from Technorati is to be too popular. To create popular theme is one way to be popular, also to get banned from Technorati.
Top 30 Young Bloggers Under 21
I found interesting list what includes top 30 young bloggers under 21. You can view original post here Retireat21 blog. Althought ranking seems to be wrong. I corrected ranking based alexa ranking and added also each blog Google Pagerank.
| Rank | Name | Website | Age | PR | Alexa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Bourque | http://www.uberaffiliate.com | 19 | 4 | 19,205 |
| 2 | Carl Ocab | http://www.carlocab.com | 14 | 4 | 34,201 |
| 3 | Thilak Raj Rao | http://tech-buzz.net | 18 | 5 | 37,829 |
| 4 | Eli Burford | http://www.photoshopstar.com | 17 | 4 | 46,003 |
| 5 | Collin LaHay | http://mixedmarketarts.com | 18 | 2 | 52,529 |
| 6 | Jason Pereira | http://www.theuniversitykid.com | 17 | 3 | 62,528 |
| 7 | Ahson Rafiq | http://www.blueverse.com/ | 18 | 4 | 65,355 |
| 8 | Sly Blanco | http://slyvisions.com/ | 16 | 3 | 86,455 |
| 9 | Wayne Liew | http://www.wayneliew.com | 18 | 4 | 130,355 |
| 10 | Jon Wheatley | http://www.j0n.org | 20 | 4 | 145,405 |
| 11 | Pranav Rastogi | http://www.diggitlive.com | 13 | 1 | 164,053 |
| 12 | Thomas Sinfield | http://www.thomassinfield.com/ | 17 | 2 | 170,226 |
| 13 | Sean | http://www.seantheblogger.com/ | 15 | 172,915 | |
| 14 | Josh Buckley | http://www.joshbuckley.net/ | 16 | 4 | 178,08 |
| 15 | Nick Sullivan | http://internetbabel.com/ | 17 | 0 | 183,58 |
| 16 | Marko Dimitrovski | http://buckserv.com/ | 13 | 0 | 205,369 |
| 17 | Chloe Spencer | http://www.neopetsfanatic.com/ | 16 | 4 | 221,852 |
| 18 | James McDonald | http://www.eatfruitplease.com | 18 | 4 | 222,971 |
| 19 | Maher Saleh | http://www.moneymakerboy.com/ | 12 | 255,06 | |
| 20 | David Wilkinson | http://www.techzi.net | 13 | 4 | 257,548 |
| 21 | Glenn Wolsey | http://www.glennwolsey.com/ | 15 | 3 | 277,537 |
| 22 | Connor Wilson | http://www.connorwilson.com/ | 16 | 4 | 357,537 |
| 23 | Shannon Lilly | http://www.infectedbybugs.com/ | 19 | 0 | 359,828 |
| 24 | Jim Regan | http://www.thenetfool.com/ | 18 | 465,308 | |
| 25 | Shane Hudson | http://lonelydesigns.com/ | 14 | 720,534 | |
| 26 | Jessica Maha | http://jessicamah.com/blog/ | 17 | 5 | 751,082 |
| 27 | Adly bin Mukhtar | http://youngim.net/ | 17 | 754,381 | |
| 28 | James Owers | http://jamesowers.co.uk | 19 | 3 | 1,176,631 |
| 29 | Gareth Boyd | http://www.justgareth.com | 15 | 3 | 1,186,464 |
| 30 | Li | http://www.dropinonme.com | 17 | 2,544,543 |
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