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Blogging For Money: Look Before You Leap

So you've created a blog about underwater basket weaving and now you're ready to watch the cash roll in. But how many people are searching this subject?  What research have you done before choosing your blog's topic? Despite what you may have heard, loving your subject is far less important than finding out if you even have a chance at getting good traffic to your blog.

There are a few things to consider before choosing your blog's subject.  Knowing how many monthly searches people are doing can let you know if this topic is worth pursuing.  If there are very low search volumes you will not get the traffic you need.  Conversely, if there are an enormous amount of searches you may have found a topic that has too much competition for a blog to compete with.  The key is to find that magic number of monthly searches verses the number of competing websites.  You also need to make sure those sites which are ranked in the top 10 aren't giants in that industry.  Researching these factors and others before you even decide on a topic is crucial to blogging for money.