Is it possible to make money with a blog? Yes, although relatively few are profitable enough to allow their creators to quit their day jobs. But some of the exceptions are pretty surprising, at least to me. An article on doshdosh.com revealed some of the blogs that are making serious money, usually from the ads they are able to sell on the site due to their high level of readership. They include:
* Overheardinnewyork.com - pretty much what the title suggests--random comments overheard on the streets of New York. Brings in an estimated $8000 a month and has resulted in a book as well.
* gofugyourself.com - photos of celebrities with added sarcasm about what they're wearing. Also resulting in a book.
* icanhascheezburger.com - funny pictures of cats, captioned in a weird urban-text-message slang. Apparently brings in $65,000 a year.
The added genius of "overheard" and "cheezburger" is that most of the content is sent in by unpaid contributors.
So far I've avoided putting any ads on this site just because i think they'd clutter up the place--but then I don't have as many hits as funny cats or badly-dressed celebrities...