How much would someone earn through blogging? I was aking myself and many of my friends who are into blogging also. They would say that they are earning a little because they are still strating to build there brand in blogging. So what is really the potential for this kind of business or would you consider as a work.

     So I tried to find out some facts on how much would someone really earn through blogging and I found out some of the eye-popping and encouraging information. I had never imagine that there is really huge potential for someone to earn a living through blogging. I just want to share to you my fellow bloggers who are the big boys in blogging and how much they are earnings.

Here is the list:

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Rank	Website	Owner	Monthly Earnings	Main Income
1	Techcrunch	Michael Arrington	$200,000	Advertising Banners
2	Mashable	$180,000	Advertising Banners
3	Timothy Sykes	Timothy Sykes	$150,000	Affiliate Sales
4	Perez Hilton	Mario Lavandeira	$140,000	Advertising Banners
5	Gothamist	Jake Dobkin	$80,000	Pay Per Click
6	Venture Beat	Matt Marshall	$62,000	Pay Per Click
7	Slash Gear	Ewdison Then	$60,000	Pay Per Click
8	Life Hacker	Nick Denton	$60,000	Advertising Banners
9	Smashing Magazine	Vitaly Friedman<	$58,500	Advertising Banners
10	Tuts Plus	Collis Taeed	$55,000	Advertising Banners
11	Dooce	Heather B. Armstrong	$50,000	Pay Per Click
12	Steve Pavlina	Steve Pavlina	$45,000	Pay Per Click
13	TPM	Josh Marshall	$45,000	Pay Per Click
14	Car Advice	Alborz Fallah	$42,000	Advertising Banners
15	Problogger	Darren Rowse	$40,000	Advertising Banners
16	JohnChow	John Chow	$35,000	Affiliate Sales
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	Joystiq	AOL	$18,000	CPM Advertising
21	PC Mech	David Risley	$16,000	Affiliate Sales
22	Freelance Switch	Collis Ta’eed	$13,000	Membership Area
23	Abduzeedo	Fabio Sasso	$11,000	Advertising Banners
24	Sizlopedia	Saad Hamid	$9,000	Pay Per Click
25	Retire at 21	Michael Dunlop	$5,000	Affiliate Sales
26	Noupe	Noupe	$4,930	Advertising Banners
27	Uber Affiliate	Paul Bourque	$4,500	Second Tier Affiliates
28	Click For Nick	Nick Skeba	$3,900	Pay Per Click
29	Tyler Cruz	Tyler Cruz	$3,200	Advertising Banners
30	Just Creative Design	Jacob Cass	$3,000	Services

        Isn't it encouraging? There are many other fields and keywords in blogging that is still available and has great potential so even if we are still a small fish in a big ocean we must keep in mind that thos listed above started like is. SOI keep on bloggin,learning and enjoy what you do aside from enjoying the revenue it brings.

         What is a BLOG? According to google 'blog' is short for 'weblog', a frequently updated publication of comments and thoughts on the web. Usually it is reflecting the views of the blog's creator. It is like an online diary. Blogs consist of text and images and are sorted by date. The newest information is on the top and there is an archive of the old one. People create blogs to share their thoughts with the world. A person writing in the journal is called a 'blogger'. Bloggers write about different topics: from the typical daily situations to the progress of some scientific researches. The readers also can leave comments and thus make the whole blog more interesting and useful.

Here's How:

1. Choosing the blogging software to use. There two main blogging software available which are free and that is blogger and wordpress. You can choose between this two and decide which you prefer most.
2. Register for an account in the choosen software you have done in step 1 and create your blog.This are the step-by-step manual you can follow to create a blog in blogger or wordpress.

• How to Start a Free Blog with Blogger.com
• How to Start a Free Blog with Wordpress.com

1. Select Your Domain, Theme and Other Options.During the registration process for your new blog account, you  have to choose a domain name and blog theme. You also might want to take a few minutes before you actually start blogging to customize some of the other preferences for your blog that your blogging software allows you to modify such as the author name, comment moderation process, and so on. However, you're not required to do any customization before you start publishing blog posts. Another thing also is that you can customize the them, you can upload your own theme to the blogging software.
2. Start blogging.  Once you've completed steps 1-3, you're ready to join the blogosphere and start publishing content on your blog. There are many more ways you can customize your blog with plug-ins, feeds, blogrolls, and more gadgets, but these four easy steps are all you need to follow in order to start a simple blog.

     
      In the next few articles I will also show some hacks/customization techniques in the blog themes and how to market your blog. I am not a guru and I am still learning also but I just want to share some information that I think can help you to avoid some of the unfortunate things that can happen to you when blogging.