You know that feeling when you check your bank account and the number staring back at you is bigger than what your parents saw? A mixture of pride and panic sitting like a weight on your chest? If you’re reading…
Editor’s note (April 2026): This article is part of the Blog Herald’s editorial archives. Originally published in 2007, it has been revised and updated to ensure accuracy and relevance for today’s readers. In December 2007, Google quietly introduced something bloggers…
Editor’s note (May 2026): This article is part of the Blog Herald’s editorial archives. Originally published in 2007, it has been revised and updated to ensure accuracy and relevance for today’s readers. At a conference in Philadelphia in 2007, an…
Editor’s note (May 2026): This article is part of the Blog Herald’s editorial archives. Originally published in 2023, it has been revised and updated to ensure accuracy and relevance for today’s readers. Most creators focus on the right words, the…
On this week’s episode of the Niche Pursuits podcast, Carrie Forrest and I discuss how Google and AI are changing the math for content sites, specifically food blogging. Kerry doesn’t speak from the outside either. He once built a site…
Editor’s note (April 2026): This article is part of the Blog Herald’s editorial archives. Originally published in 2007, it has been revised and updated to ensure accuracy and relevance for today’s readers. There’s a moment every blogger eventually faces: you…
Editor’s note (May 2026): This article is part of the Blog Herald’s editorial archives. Originally published in February 2009, it has been revised and updated to ensure accuracy and relevance for today’s readers. In early 2009, a Norwegian blogger tweeted.…
Editor’s note (May 2026): This article is part of the Blog Herald’s editorial archives. Originally published in 2005, it has been revised and updated to ensure accuracy and relevance for today’s readers. Back in the early days of blogging, a…
Amanda Williams started her travel blog Dangerous Business in 2010. Over the next ten years, he turned it into a full-time income—the kind of site that proves the blogging course model works. Original photography. Detailed, experience-based guides. Loyal readership resulting…
Jimmy Donaldson — MrBeast — has earned an estimated $600-700 million in 2024 from YouTube channels, chocolate brand Feastables, Amazon’s Beast Games, brand sponsorships, and merchandise. Its parent company, Beast Industries, was valued at more than $5 billion during its…
