It’s old news that people can make money by blogging, but it seems USA Today has finally taken notice as well. Most tech junkies have heard of and most likely have been to TechCrunch.com. What you probably do not realize is that its’ owner Michael Arrington is bringing in $200,000 a month in revenue. Now THAT’S what I’m talking about. That should be enough to catch the attention of anybody with a mind for money.

He only started the site in 2005 and now it’s one of the most popular tech blogs on the net, not to mention the planet. With a Feedburner rating of 432K readers it’s also one of the most popular blogs PERIOD. It’s full of ads. It’s hard to find what you are looking for right away, but none of that matters if the traffic keeps coming in. Right off the bat I see 13 ads just on their homepage. Sure it’s cluttered, but, it works.

Arrington was around for the dot-com boom of the late 90’s, but, didn’t have much luck with startups of his own. This inspired him to start a site with information on startups. Thus, TechCrunch was born. I’ve been reading TechCrunch off and on for about a year now and I have to say the site has some good content on it. Check it out if you are looking for the latest tech and web news. Don’t forget to subscribe here as well though.

Funny enough, Arrington is not looking to retire antime soon. The USA Today article says that he sometimes considers the convenience of cashing out and retiring in Hawaii, but, then goes on to quote him saying “I wouldn’t trade it for anything else.” Apparently he is very attached to what he does now. I don’t blame him. I enjoy what I do as well and even if I did sell it all and cash out I doubt I would be happy just sitting around on a beach. I’d most likely start up something new to keep me busy and keep things exciting.

Source: USA Today