Make money blogging is probably the most difficult nice to actually make money in, why people decide to start make money blogs baffles me. But who am I to tell people what to do? Over the months I’ve come to realize that there are many different types of make money online blogger. Some I like, some I find annoying, some I appreciate, some I feel sorry for and some I find funny. Below I’ve sorted out the types of bloggers I’ve come across in to groups.
Ambition Killers
For the most part, I like these types of bloggers and they do provide good information, but it’s the way they deliver the information that annoys me. They swear that what they’re telling you is the only way you’re going to strike it rich. They mock other people for trying new ideas and new things. If you question their methods or tactics, you will most likely end up been on the front page of their blog with a discussion about how much you suck. But who cares? This gives you free publicity. Because I’m a big fan of experimenting I try to stay away from blogs like this. Yes, the information is very valuable but it’s very easy to loose your ambition reading these types of blog day in day out. A blog like this would be Blogger unleashed.
Billy Bullshitters
I find these types of bloggers funny and I also feel sorry for them. They lie about their stats, they fake their RSS subscriptions and/or they make out that their blog is going to be the next big thing. One question I often ask my self is why? Why on earth make yourself out to be something you’re not? You will always get found out. Jason from theuniversitykid.com discovered one of these fake ass bloggers. Read about it here. This proves it does go on. Don’t always beleive what people are telling you!
The Pointless Blogs
These types of bloggers provide you with absolutely no information on how to make money from blogging yet claim to be king of the niche. These bloggers are very clever though, I’ll give them that. They lure in their readers by showing them their income for the month. Everyone loves to read about how much money you’ve made. Once they have their readers, they start writing paid plugs for ad networks and other money making schemes. Their readers then sign up hoping that they too can cash in, all they’re really doing though is giving Mr ”Pointless Blog” a nice referral fee. A good example of this is JohnChow. Why people can’t see what’s going on beats me. You will never learn anything or make any money taking in what these people tell you.
Ass Bandits
These types of bloggers are the JohnChow, JohnCow fan boys. They actually believe in all the crap Mr ”Pointless Blog” dishes out. If you question Mr Pointless, these guys will attack you like a pack of dogs. Their blogs are basically carbon copies of the pointless blogs. They too try to get you to sign up for the latest ad networks. Through ignorance or plain stupidity, they haven’t yet realized that the promotions Mr Pointless sold to them are old and all of the money to be made from them got sucked up by Mr Pointless months ago. These definitely are the bloggers I feel sorry for.
These are my personal opinions, I’m sure everyone else has their own. I’m sure many people won’t agree with what I’ve said, but who cares. 
Some people may find the above blogs and bloggers very useful. If you’re one of these people? I’d love you to show me how exactly. 
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May 7th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Cool. Someone else has the same opinion about BloggerUnleashed. Man, am I tired of people calling him the next best thing since sliced bread. And I thought I’d back you up.
Do I like that everyone thinks this way? Yes.
Some people need a system, a one true way. Let them have it.
I have one site that gets 200 visitors a day at the most. It made me $25,000 last year. That means about 50 cents per visit, not click, visit. I don’t buy visitors and I run no Adsense. It’s a great site, but it’s not the only way I make money and I am not going to advise anyone to do it my way. I will show my my, other ways and would rather people build their own make money online machine Frankensteined from everyone else’s ideas than follow a one,two ,three step plan.
Too many people want to be Hardee’s to McDonald’s. I would rather just open a Red Robin and create a whole new category.
May 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Funked…classic post man! I nearly fell off my chair reading the part about John Chow. The only thing of any use that I have found on his site are his reviews of fine restaurants around the Vancouver area. I think the entire ‘make money online’ niche is a joke.
You have to find out what works for you and your site. The only site that I frequently comment on and read is BuzzMyBlog. Jeff does a fabulous job of showing his readers how to build up their traffic and their content. He’s not out pimping reviews or selling some crazy e-book. He’s just experimenting and finding what works for his site.
I imagine with a little buzz…this post could see a lot of great traffic. When I get a chance I’ll give it a stumble.
~ GrandmasterB
May 7th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Thanks for the link mate. Cracking post!
May 7th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
LOL @ all of the categories - you’re so dead on!
This post was definitely one of the better ones I’ve seen this week. Thanks for the laugh bro!
Keep keepin’ it real…
May 8th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
May 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Funked…you gotta see my latest post. I have found another poser.