In starting this endeavour, I started wondering about what the top blogs in this field were. I mean sure, there were lists out there giving ratings for which blogs were the absolute best in the "Make Money Blogging" Industry. These lists were compiled by the authors from various sources, but almost all of them did not use empirical data beyond the first 10 results. Those first 10 results contained data in terms of Technorati authority. I mean sure, a lot of bloggers out there think that Technorati is the only yardstick that they need to measure things by, but not me. I needed something more substantial to justify who was the best.

While it is surely easy to name the top few blogs in the "Make Money Blogging" (think Problogger), I think most people would start to really stretch their minds if they were asked to list more than 10 such blogs. Smaller blogs, on the rise, still elude a lot of people, simply because they have yet to achieve the size that deems noteworthyness, and fame with it. This is why I was wonderfully overjoyed when I came across a blog post on another blog showing the top 100 Make Money online Blogs, and this too with empirical data in the form of not only Technorati authority, but also Google PageRank as well as Alexa Ranking. The actual link to the blog which listed the following is at the bottom of the list, and I do not take any crefit for it. I have just copied and pasted it below for your ease of viewing.

I would suggest that you guys start by reading the top few blogs on the list when you can. So check it out. These blogs cover a wide variety of topics including Marketing, Adsense, Adwords, Branding, Traffic Generation, Affiliate Programs, Entrepreneurship, Social Networking, Social Bookmarking, Viral video generation, as well as Get-Paid-To Programs such as PayPerPost, ReviewMe, and not forgetting SEO, BlackHat/WhiteHat, Link DIrectory creation, and oh yeah, even making money on eBay. So it would definitely be well worth your while to check out all these great blogs. I hope that you guys find this as helpful as I have.

RANK	Blog Name
1	Problogger	6	19	2259
2	John Chow	6	46	2432
3	Shoemoney	6	79	2547
4	Performancing	7	61	7264
5	Dosh Dosh	4	49	6995
6	Daily Blog Tips	5	392	14241
7	Entrepreneurs Journey	6	2704	15622
8	Andy Beard – Niche marketing	5	1164	17655
9	Emoms At Home	5	1811	30551
10	Nate Whitehill	5	1095	42391
11	5 Star Affiliate Programs	5	15465	12422
12	Carl Ocab	4	1964	35686
13	NetBusinessBlog	5	4376	40510
14	Ades Blog	7	13220	43264
15	45n5	4	8426	26336
16	Courtney Tuttle	3	1998	29783
17	Tyler Cruz	5	9033	39289
18	Affiliate Tip	5	13270	31702
19	Sabahan	5	11498	39959
20	Blog About Your Blog	4	4431	44965
21	Who Is Andrew Wee	5	9951	49481
22	Blogtrepreneur	5	6604	57497
23	Self Made Minds	4	8687	42326
24	Aojon	5	14332	54403
25	Earners Blog	4	12774	41351
26	5xmom	4	8759	52087
27	Memwg	5	12541	71214
28	Gather Success	4	16087	46029
29	John Cow	N/A	3347	18018
30	CPA Affiliates	5	10243	83717
31	Jim Kukral	5	7080	97239
32	Vandelay Design	3	9404	55717
33	Blogstorm	N/A	6590	19402
34	Zac Johnson	3	19197	42363
35	Fraser’s Affiliate Marketing Blog	5	19269	100192
36	Reality Wired	4	10172	93695
37	Derek Semmler	4	15721	83346
38	Affiliate Marketing Blog from UK	4	34433	52192
39	Can I Make Big Money Online	4	7770	114207
40	My Affiliate Journey	4	26017	75715
41	Harpzon	4	14423	105146
42	Art Of Money	4	33178	68472
43	Rosalind Gardner’s NetProfitsToday	5	71834	25342
44	Cash Quests	N/A	8276	30568
45	Just Make Money Online	5	21876	153825
46	Matt Huggins	3	10951	100354
47	Darin.cc	2	11878	57595
48	Dirty Little Secrets	3	13270	102994
49	Mubinahmed.com	2	8309	69915
50	Blogging Tips	N/A	7516	37353
51	Net Frontier Marketing	3	30139	80408
52	Blog Oh Blog	N/A	139	50690
53	Blog Clout	2	8869	86761
54	Egonitron.com	6	49721	207942
55	Site Fever	2	22799	73129
56	More Merchant	4	50281	142941
57	Thatedeguy	5	70762	160795
58	Twenty Steps	4	63488	128452
59	Money Making Blog	4	63488	132184
60	Super Affiliate Mindset	N/A	32942	39465
61	WebTalks	3	510	239001
62	Some Useless Info	3	16411	204224
63	Big Bucks Blogger	N/A	26176	55153
64	Dazzlin Donna	3	67885	91192
65	Bfreedom	3	77498	74688
66	Make Money With Kassper	2	5977	154865
67	Retire Young And Wealthy	4	52103	226401
68	Bloggrrl	N/A	13671	73741
69	My Journey To One Million	4	30139	289714
70	Search Engine Optimization Journal	4	112760	103446
71	Building My Empire	4	101381	140763
72	Grand Start	2	15032	154533
73	Adam Dempsey	4	39567	297248
74	Ian Fernando	2	42530	106132
75	Online Presence	3	62622	167331
76	AMWSO Affiliate Blog	4	149112	75205
77	eMonetized.com	N/A	36090	68913
78	Super Blogging Tips	N/A	5135	102419
79	Blogging Experiment	N/A	30553	80773
80	Blogging Fingers	N/A	29747	83621
81	Enkay Blog	N/A	16087	98481
82	Osworld	4	157654	98998
83	Ryan Shamus	N/A	4004	111997
84	Bright Beginning	3	52715	238421
85	Slyvisions	N/A	28488	96174
86	Rich Minx	N/A	4109	126633
87	Cash For Comments	N/A	15151	118475
88	Pajama Professional	3	66914	260830
89	Affiliate Marketing Journal	3	91836	220915
90	My Debt Free Goal	N/A	37879	107127
91	Derek Beau	N/A	45145	100668
92	Keith’s Affiliate Marketing Blog	4	177881	194318
93	Freelance Folder	N/A	21628	130126
94	Affiliate Fortune Cookies	3	79961	314414
95	Mom Works At Home	4	25094	615163
96	FinalTAG.com	4	118114	422980
97	ShaMoneyMaker	N/A	18487	161868
98	Shylock Blogging	N/A	41735	140013
99	Daily Moolah	N/A	65154	128243
100	Somewhere Over The Debt	4	17859	737527
Almost
101	PreBlogging	N/A	57035	149143
102	Freelance Mom	3	210401	146751
103	Ez Online Money	3	227027	129061
104	NiggyBuzz	2	78706	268830
105	World Of Angel	N/A	49052	184794
106	Higher Trust Marketing Blog	4	342094	166187
107	News Notion	N/A	124330	113880
108	Adsense 4 Dummies	4	18898	921314
109	Desty Online	N/A	72963	176548
110	This Affiliate Marketing Path	4	280190	410328
111	Marc Eilbeck	N/A	46556	224590
112	Etienne Teo	N/A	61772	230311
113	Blogging Dosh	N/A	105673	190481
114	The 30 Day Man	4	361701	358634
115	Income Hero	N/A	118114	188419
116	The Writers Manifesto	N/A	167357	163036
117	Why Do Work?	5	704629	46600
118	eXtra For Every Publisher	N/A	82595	250117
119	Day Job Nuker	N/A	90112	244882
120	Itswritenow	N/A	55505	284217
121	Charles Lau	N/A	70762	281058
122	Ask Jason Marketing	2	153346	356095
123	CDF Networks	N/A	162428	195536
124	Success Passcode	N/A	153346	206556
125	Life Is Colourful	N/A	37234	344743
126	OnPulseIm	N/A	90112	296645
127	The Blog Beat	N/A	90112	297849
128	AIS and SEO by Sarah	N/A	280190	112337
129	Pat B. Doyle	N/A	95413	323093
130	Rich Gilchrest	N/A	60930	371896
131	ProBloggers Matrix	N/A	97290	339129
132	HaloMark	5	704629	707189
133	Click Input	N/A	56239	408148
134	Warrior Blog	N/A	324580	154658
135	Detiksmart.com	N/A	118114	368433
136	The Make Money Online	N/A	196198	314222
137	Internet Marketing Mind	N/A	93552	460757
138	My First Million Dollars	N/A	172587	390960
139	Success Online	4	704629	647036
140	Knupnet	2	177881	724809
141	Genuine Online Opportunities	N/A	236176	344571
142	Digital Order	N/A	101381	488797
143	Textadsearch	N/A	308341	297984
144	Blogs For Money	N/A	167357	457739
145	Earners Club	N/A	308341	335943
146	Big Marketing Online	1	203218	185848
147	Freedom Ideas	N/A	256340	418013
148	Blogger For Life	N/A	183684	512464
149	Dorm Earning	N/A	189691	546723
150	A Run The Ace	N/A	63488	686010
151	Net Hustlin’	N/A	189691	565718
152	P Morrow’s Online Money	N/A	88524	675330
153	Rajawang	N/A	245854	526467
154	Online Cash Flow	N/A	23404	801814
155	Blog Me Cash	N/A	540306	328104
156	Ambatchmasterpublished	N/A	245854	732133
157	Crenk	1	293656	343930
158	Jonnyq888	3	876360	1071670
159	Blog Earners	N/A	500785	559081
160	Livin’ Online	N/A	876360	196310
161	Web Dosh	2	342094	1455844
162	Money Making Scoop	N/A	280190	970869
163	Type Carl	N/A	704629	806407
164	Retired Pay	2	1150685	596875
165	Getty Cash	N/A	640383	975493
166	Telecommunting Millionaire	N/A	704629	1372557
167	Mailbox Money	2	407558	4204112
168	Thomas Walker	N/A	245854	2783194
169	Andrew Polanski	N/A	1803855	1503037
170	Christine Buske	1	640383	1870338
171	Passive Passion	N/A	1803855	1689758
172	Green Affiliate	3	4063054	1607635
173	Money Making Ideas 4 You	N/A	1150685	2624400
174	Earning From Affiliates	N/A	2515283	2181718
175	Climbing Out of the Debt Pit	N/A	2515283	2959530
176	Its An Online World	N/A	3915745	1895330
177	Insane Money Market Blog	N/A	3915745	4730266
178	Webmaster Chick	N/A	7966799	1249578
179	Mikes Money Making Mission	5	N/A	172234
180	Debby Banning	N/A	N/A	1026211
181	Strategic Profits	N/A	N/A	9598
182	Software Projects	4	N/A	126987
183	Google Lady	6	N/A	220304
184	Search Anyway	4	N/A	123175
185	One Mans Goal	N/A	N/A	N/A
186	My Affiliate Programs	N/A	N/A	N/A
187	RevRiver	N/A	N/A	N/A
188	JCcommerce	N/A	N/A	N/A
189	Grounded Vertigo	N/A	N/A	N/A

And here is the link to the actual blog page. It’s also great in itself. You should check it out if you get the chance to.