Top 20 websites run by people under 30

CLICK  LINK http://www.retireat21.com/top-young-entrepreneurs/

	1	Mark Zuckerberg	Facebook	23	$700 MIllion	7
	2	Andrew Gower	Runescape	28	$650 MIllion	388
	3	Blake Ross and David Hyatt	Mozilla	22	$120 MIllion	112
	4	Chad Hurley	Youtube	30	$85 MIllion	3
	5	Angelo Sotira	Deviant ART	26	$75 MIllion	57
	6	John Vechey	PopCap Games	28	$60 MIllion	3914
	7	Alexander Levin	WordPress	23	$57 MIllion	59
	8	Alexander Levin	Image Shack	23	$56 MIllion	36
	9	Jake Nickell	Threadless	28	$50 MIllion	4,275
	10	Sean Belnick	Biz Chair	20	$42 MIllion	72,086

 http://www.retireat21.com/top-young-entrepreneurs/

Bloggers Get Creative to Make Cash

I talked with several publishers making so much from their blog that they left their day jobs. One such blogger – Rhett Butler, founder of Mongabay.com – makes $15,000 to $18,000 a month on his site about rainforest conservation. Such success usually comes from experimenting with ad-revenue models, advertised products and ad positions. It can take several months to find the best model for a particular site.

Of course, drawing big ad money depends more on having a blog with lots of interesting and unique content that draws lots of readers, showing up high in search-engine results for your topic and having ads that pique your readers’ interest. The vast majority of blogs make dimes, not dollars, a day, according to ProBlogger.net.

While the programs are expanding, some bloggers are coming up with their own ways to make money. For instance, Roger Fredericks, a golf pro who sells DVDs teaching golfers flexibility exercises, used to spend $10,000 to $25,000 a pop airing infomercials on the Golf Channel. When the network raised its rates last year, he decided to focus on making money on his Web site.

http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2008/01/15/bloggers-get-creative-to-make-dough/