Giamatti, not sure if this is a new thing but I wasn't allowed create a signature until after I'd posted a number of times, so he/she may not have been able to. NewSeeker, if earnings are low there could be any number of reasons. It's a very wide web. I've been blogging for a lot longer than a year but wasn't trying to monetize before recently, so I may not be the best person to advise, (haven't even made my first $100 from it yet) but from all I hear it does take time to build a blog up to earn decent money. A year is not long at all to build a business, which is what your blog will have to be in order to support you. Two excellent resources you should check out if you're looking to make money from blogging: http://www.problogger.net http://www.copyblogger.com There's also a great course by Mark Joyner of Simpleology, but that's paid, so I'd start with the two above if I were you. If you post a reply back with your blog address, you'll no doubt get a lot more helpful and specific replies. It's a great community here.