Congratulations, mm! That is an amazing accomplishment.

Wow - that is amazing. Thank you for blazing the trail and staying the course! I am amazed at how much blogging has helped me in my financial life. I can't pretend to be even a fraction as successful as you, however I think I can understand your feeling of accomplishment. I look forward to reading you in the decade ahead!

Great job!

You look like you are well on your way to your goal.

As in over $100,000? a year? from a blog?
I really like some of these blogs, like yours,
but forgive me for asking, "what for?" I apologize
once again, I'm not suggesting you shouldn't, but
I'm floored. For letting Google put occasionally
questionable ads in? Well, I DO think personal
finance blogs are a good thing, and I hope there are
always a lot of them out there, but I guess I
don't have to worry about the genre disappearing
anytime soon, LoL.

Congratulations!!! really impresive.

Harm, I'm not sure I understand your comment...

"What for?" mm has been demonstrating various disciplined ways of reaching his financial goals, and I'm sure that his blog is one of the ways that he keeps himself accountable for these goals since many readers frequently check in. Personally, it has given me more motivation to personally track my finances and net worth with more detail. Along the way, he brings light to different issues and ideas that readers like myself take into consideration and perhaps take advantage of the advice to increase our personal financial net worth.

Making his 100,000th dollar from his published journey? Instead of "what for," your question should be "why not?" mm deserves to be compensated for the time and efforts that he puts forth to maintain the Web site and publish money saving and wealth accumulation ideas, along with other relevant topics.

Advertisements and other revenues generated from the blog site are simply more examples of mm's determination to do exactly what he has set out to do: accumulate wealth to become financially independent. Why do companies pay for advertising on mm's site? Well, because many people (including you) come across his blog and read articles and post comments.

So Harm, if you have an idea of how we (pfblog readers) can earn an additional $100,000 in part-time, self-employment income for simply sharing our personal story without "questionable ads from Google" as you call them, then by all means please share... If not, I'm sure Web sites like pfblog, CNNMoney, SmartMoney, and Bankrate will continue to exist and generate income for the writers.

Congratulations to you on this success. $100,000 is a lot of coin. It is not too hard to make some money from blogging, the trick is making the big money as you are doing. People often talk about part-time blogging, but I am sure you are putting in a lot of hours on your blogs to earn that money. It is not easy. Thank you for your excellent sites!

pab, in no way am I suggesting that any blogger
who makes a profit from said blog doesn't deserve
to, just surprise that advertisers consider there
to be enough eyeballs on the page to justify
paying that price. Again, I'm happy that the blogs
are there and making a profit, 'cause I and the
other readers benefit. I did take a bit of a jab at
Google, yes. Have you LOOKED at some of these ads?
Most are legit, but some are surprising to find
on blogs that promote financial awareness....
Pump and dump schemes, extreme risk investments
posing as CDs, and get-rich-quick deals. I can't
imaging letting some of those ads on a blog I'd
run.....

Pab/Harm, thanks for the discussion. Last year I wrote about putting ad at PFBlog which should explain where I come from:

http://www.pfblog.com/archives/1408_lets_talk_about_ads.shtml

Thanks for reading!

Wow! I figured you were doing ok, but I had no idea you were making that kind of cash. How many hits do you get each day?

Looks like you sold out to bunch of sponsors with no credibility nor decent product (featured sites...) Don't you feel responsible if readers end up getting screwed by one of these sites?

Lao Tzu, it is not uncommon for every USA Today paper to contain cheap land sales in Arizona and every NY Times to include envelope stuffing jobs. That's where the editorial independence ends.

Congratulations! I'm always happy to see people make money off of blogging. It's the free market at work! I hope to make some money off my blog some day to pay off my crippling student loans. Thanks for the inspiration.

advertising isn't about helping people first, its about making money!

Congrats! That reminds me of old saying hard work and a more of hard work.

Congrats. Keep up the good work!

Congrats on your success with blogging. I have experience with other businesses online; however, I never got into blogging. I guess the best job is one that doesn't feel like one. Congrats Again.