Blog Boom

New York magazine has published a feature on blogging and how people are getting rich from blogs. They talk about how popular gossip blogs like Gawker could be earning more than $4000 per day from selling advertisements.
Blogs to Riches
"By all appearances, the blog boom is the most democratized revolution in media ever. Starting a blog is ridiculously cheap; indeed, blogging software and hosting can be had for free online. There are also easy-to-use ad services that, for a small fee, will place advertisements from major corporations on blogs, then mail the blogger his profits. Blogging, therefore, should be the purest meritocracy there is. It doesn’t matter if you’re a nobody from the sticks or a well-connected Harvard grad. If you launch a witty blog in a sexy niche, if you’re good at scrounging for news nuggets, and if you’re dedicated enough to post around the clock—well, there’s nothing separating you from the big successful bloggers, right? I can do that." NY Mag

They also talk about the mostly incestuous linking habits of the major, heavy weight bloggers, making smaller bloggers feel a bit left out. I think it's more about age, respect, good ideas, and quality though. See their analysis of some of the more popular blogs online here.
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