Problogger earns over US$100K in a year

Darren Rowse, who writes problogger.net, reports making more than US$100,000 blogging in the last 12 months! Way to go dude! He used Google AdSense well as a few other advertising and affiliate programs.

I ran across his blog, which I hadn't seen in quite a while, while doing research for my forthcoming book "Business Blogging," with co-author and all around good guy Shel Holtz. Some people seem offended that a blogger is making money blogging. Certainly not me; he's making money and seems to be having fun doing it.

BTW, the focus of "Business Blogging" is not on how to make money from a blog, although we do cover that. Instead, it's on how businesses can effectively make use of blogosphere and includes monitoring blogs, using blogs to communicate with external and internal audiences, and a lot more.

I guess getting paid for blogging making you a "pro" blogger. I'll admit I earn a few coins from Google ads (emphasis on "few" AND "coins"). If I was making thousands of dollars a month from ads, I don't think that would cheapen my blog however.

Dissenting opinions or agreements?