by Doreen Martel

Created on: April 01, 2010   Last Updated: December 17, 2011

There are literally hundreds of blogs that are started every day. We seem to have an insatiable appetite for sharing our experiences, and reading about others' experiences. For the most part, unless they are privately hosted, blogs are nearly free to set up. If you are using a WordPress hosted blog, they do not allow you to use revenue-generating widgets. However, if you set up a blog on

Blogger, they not only allow you to set up revenue-generating widgets, they encourage it.

Because blogging has grown so popular, more and more people are trying to find out how to make money blogging. Of course, one of the best ways to make money blogging is to find somebody who will pay you to post in their blogs. Freelance writers are often hired to contribute on a regular basis to blogs. For some, this is very restrictive, and they would prefer the ability to make money blogging on their own blog.

Sources of income.

There are literally hundreds of potential opportunities to make money blogging. First and foremost, you must decide which programs work best for you. Various affiliate programs have different rules that apply to how you may generate income on your blog. Whether you are using banner ads, line ads, or a variety of other types of advertisement you can control the advertisements on your blog.

Using AdSense

AdSense is probably one of the better known revenue sharing plans that allows you to make money blogging. To do this, you merely logged into Google and set up a free AdSense account. Once you have set up your account, you will receive a series of "publisher" numbers that are to be put into respective fields such as search, advertising, etc. Be certain that you reviewed carefully. The terms of service for AdSense. Google does not take complaints lightly. If you are using AdSense on your blog, and a DCMA complaint is filed, you could lose your rights to not only the blog, but to any revenue you might generate on your AdSense account. They take complaints of plagiarism extremely seriously.

Using Kontera

Kontera is another revenue sharing program that allows you to make money blogging. This is extremely easy to set up, you log into the website, set up an account, and you receive a publisher number. Once you receive that number, you can use their preset widgets, to monetize your blog. You can also create your own widgets using simple plug-ins, if you are using WordPress. Unlike AdSense, Kontera uses "in-line advertising". This means, that it searches for specific keywords

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