The Boston Globe today has an article about making money from blogging. Among the statistics it noted:

As the number of blogs has exploded to more than 57 million today, the blog ad marketplace has also surged — from $100,000 in 2002, to an estimated $36.2 million in 2006, according to PQ Media. Blog advertising is expected to grow to $300.4 million in 2010.

It devotes a good deal of space to bloggers who have been able to make a dollar (and then some!) as a pastime or full time. The news item also mentions that the vast majority of bloggers (85 percent by one survey) aren’t out to earn money from advertising. That could be good news to those that do want some financial compensation for their time and talents, though 15 percent of 57 million still amounts to a lot of competition for dollars — or merely cents for some.

–Anne

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