The 10 Top Earning Bloggers In The World
Blogging, so much a part
of daily lives today, actually took a while to catch on before becoming
enormously successful – practically overnight. Blogging began to rapidly spread
in 1999 and shortly thereafter thanks to a few nearly-simultaneous creations of
blog tools: Open Diary (1998), LiveJournal (1999), Pitas.com (1999), and
Blogger.com (1999).
In 1997, John Bargerm,
editor of Robot Wisdom, coined the term “web-log” while attempting to describe
the daily list of sites that he “logged” onto during his web travels. A few
years later Peter Merholz used the word in his sidebar but made the creative
decision to split the word into two: we blog. It wasn’t long after that, that Evan
Williams at Pyra Labs began using the word “blog” on its own as both a verb and
a noun, before finally creating the term “blogging” in association with Pyra
Labs’ Blogger product.
Today, blogging is more
than a familiar term. Many of us interact with blogs on a daily basis in one
way or another; whether we write our own blogs, contribute to a blog, or just
enjoy reading and commenting on them, blogs are huge part of the online
experience.
Many people have chosen
to make blogging their lifestyle, and their livelihood. And as we delve into
the earnings associated with the top ten bloggers in the world today, it
becomes clear why these people decided to make the success of their blog down
their career path. Blogging, as a profession, has proven to be quite lucrative
but not many people realize just how lucrative a successful blogging career can
be.
However, creating a
wildly successful, lucrative blog is no easy feat. The blogosphere is
competitive, and it takes an extreme amount of dedication, a fair amount of
talent, a good amount of business sense, and a whole bunch of luck for a blog
to become one of the most popular in the cyberverse.
With 33.9 million new
blogs being created every month and over 60,328,496 blogs on sites like
WordPress.com, the following blogging stars have truly emerged from the masses
and have risen to the top of the blogosphere for a great many reasons. One
thing they all have in common, though; none of these bloggers would have
attained this level of influence and wealth if they didn’t have drive, passion
and expertise in their respective niches.
It’s hard to remember a
world without blogs. Originally a sort of online journal full of mundane
personal updates, web logs have morphed into an extremely powerful form of
communication.
They were once shunned
by the mainstream now they are the mainstream.
Whether it’s breaking
tech news, an insider’s point of view, or irreverent humor you’re seeking,
there are an infinite number of blogs on any subject whose authors will be
happy to oblige.
It shouldn’t be any
surprise that the tech world embraced the blogosphere far before every
newspaper in the country started making their writers blog alongside their
standard news stories. As a result, there are blogs that are so great, so
informative, so current you’d be lost in your tech career without them.
Here’s some we monitor daily. Add them to your bookmarks!
If you haven’t heard of
“The Social Media Guide,” you just might be living under an old Commodore 64.
Updated constantly, and nearly always entertaining, Mashable takes the worlds
of Twitter, Facebook, entertainment, news, and everything else techies are talking
about and, well, mashes it up into the kind of blog casserole we just can’t get
enough of.
Pretty much known as the
TMZ of tech after they paid for a “lost” next-gen Apple iPhone — the fallout
became front-page news across the world. Scandals aside, Gizmodo’s been a
must-follow site for a long time, with tons of relevant posts, a youthful vibe,
and some of the funnier commenters on the Internet.
If you’re looking for
what’s next, look no further. Om Malik’s creation has grown into one of the
largest blogs worldwide, and it’s all due to focusing on what’s new. News and
analysis on Web 2.0, technologies and startups, social media, gaming you name
it, GigaOM has it covered. That’s what happens when you have a team of 12
technology-obsessed writers (six of which have authored over 100 posts each).
In online terms, 10
years is a lifetime and 20 is an eternity. How long ZDNet has been in existence
makes this go-to tech website (formerly “ZiffNet”) an anomaly among blogs. Founded
in 1991, formerly on CompuServe and Prodigy, ZDNet was purchased in 2000 by
CNET (CBS Interactive), and reports on a variety of tech news. While they focus
heavily on the usual suspects (Apple, Microsoft, Google), ZDNet also features
product reviews, software downloads and tons of news and analysis on tech
businesses and issues.
Younger than ZDNet but no less influential in the
world of Web 2.0 and tech startup news, TechCrunch is big. How big? Try No. 2
on Technorati. And TechCrunch isn’t just the second-biggest tech blog, it’s the
No. 2 blog overall behind The Huffington Post (Mashable is currently No. 3).
And why is TechCrunch so big? They have a huge team, their own “network” of
sites (including MobileCrunch, TalkCrunch and CrunchGear). Mix in a
clean-looking site and just the right amount of techy gossip and you have what
should be an industry leader for the foreseeable future.
More and more of the best “blogs” are actually
websites that compile several different bloggers, and Computerworld’s blog is
no exception. Remember those mainstream media sources that realized they needed
to add blogs to remain viable? Computerworld — one of the oldest and most
respected IT magazines — is a great example. CW has plenty of great blogs to
choose from, but our favorite is the aptly named “Apple Holic” by Jonny Evans.
Sure, this blog’s name isn’t exactly the catchiest
in the blogosphere, but who cares? Nobody who works in IT (actually, nobody who
lives and works in 2010) can go very long without interacting with something
related to Google. This is the place to find out everything about the search
giant, the apps they’ve created, and information about the company.
What’s a list of blogs without one of the many
different sites devoted to Apple gossip? After all, Apple might have surpassed
Microsoft as the world’s most valuable tech company while you’re reading this
article. So after checking out the Official Google Enterprise Blog, be sure to
check out The Unofficial Apple Weblog to make sure you stay up-to-date on both
of the most glamorous tech companies out there. Of all the blogs devoted to
following Steve Jobs and his company’s creations, TUAW perhaps does the best
job at balancing good writing with nice graphics and pictures.
Even the best IT “geeks” can’t possibly know how to
do everything. That’s why we love this site, where you can find out how to
remove hyperlinks from Microsoft Word Docs, review products, and play a ton of
free games, all on the same site. Geeks unite!
Even if ITBusinessEdge.com weren’t an Inside Tech
partner, we’d still give them a shout-out. An all-encompassing site that
happens to have some of the better tech blogs out there, ITBE is essential for
those in the tech industry. After all, one of the toughest (and most exciting)
parts about working in tech is that it’s ever changing. Snooze for a couple
days and you’ll miss the news that what you’re working on is obsolete and the
company you thought was king was just bought by someone else. If you want to
stay on top of tech issues and trends affecting your company and the tech
industry as a whole, you better pay close attention to ITBusinessEdge.com.
And there you have it. 10 great blogs, running the
gamut from gadget gossip to how-to tips. Since you’re already reading Inside
Tech you probably know that while the world of online media is ever-changing,
blogs are here to stay. Follow these blogs like we do, and you’ll always be in
the know when it comes to the tech stories that affect all our lives.
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