Top Earning Websites

Top Earning Websites

Posted on 13. Mar, 2009 by Michael in Make Money

Hello Guys,

Today I created a list of the top 30 earning websites in the world, for some of these websites, $50 million in revenue a day is just a typical day, crazy isn’t it? And it was all created in the last 10 or so years! I usually would do a write up about how the list rocks and why you should do it to but I think the figures speak for themselves, enjoy!

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30 Websites That Make A Lot Of Money Online

Rank Website Founders Annual Revenue Per Second
1 Larry Page and Sergey Brin $21,800,000,000 $691.27
2 Jeff Bezos $19,166,000,000 $607.75
3 Jerry Yang and David Filo $7,200,000,000 $228.31
4 Pierre Omidyar $6,290,000,000 $199.45
5 Nathan Myhrvold. $3,214,000,000 $101.92
6 Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and Luke Nosek, $2,250,000,000 $71.35
7 Jeff Robbin $1,900,000,000 $60.25
8 Marshal Vace $1,892,000,000 $59.99
9 Jesse Fink $1,884,000,000 $59.74
10 Added Mark Schroeder $1,447,000,000 $45.88
11 Reed Hastings $1,200,000,000 $38.05
12 Terry Jones $1,100,000,000 $34.88
13 Nick Swinmurn $1,000,000,000 $31.71
14 David Litman $1,000,000,000 $31.71
15 Erik Prince $968,000,000 $30.70
16 Jeff Katz $870,000,000 $27.59
17 Robert Brazell $834,000,000 $26.45
18 Tom Anderson $800,000,000 $25.37
19 Niklas Zennstrom $550,841,000 $17.47
20 Zhang Chaoyang $429,000,000 $13.60
21 Robb Brock $400,000,000 $12.68
22 Eric Baker $400,000,000 $12.68
23 Jack Ma $316,000,000 $10.02
24 Mark Zuckerberg $300,000,000 $9.51
25 Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, $300,000,000 $9.51
26 Mark Vadon $295,000,000 $9.35
27 Stephen Kaufer $260,000,000 $8.24
28 Mark Getty $233,200,000 $7.39
29 Garry Itkin $207,000,000 $6.56
30 Henry Jarvis Raymond $175,000,000 $5.55

To our success in 2009,

Michael Dunlop

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156 Responses to “Top Earning Websites”

  1. Yannick

    13. Mar, 2009

    Wow .. that’s crazy man .. I would be happy when I make some cents per second ;-)

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    • simo parma

      17. Mar, 2009

      well, EBITDA is missing so it’s hard to analyze this kind of data on practical meanings.

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    • KushMoney

      26. Mar, 2009

      Indeed, I feel the same way.

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    • UNOBLOGGER

      30. Apr, 2009

      ha ha ha few cents a sec?….. i would be happy with few cents a min:)

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    • steve

      13. May, 2009

      Well one point i was loseing 2.00 a day in costs of server.
      but now i make some times 100 a week or so not much i no but if we dont try we never will earn more like those
      The ideal think is think of some think that ever one wants to do for at least 15 mins aday and then your be laughing as you may get brought out or just be siting on a mass money machine.

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  2. Danny Cooper

    13. Mar, 2009

    Wow that’s pretty amazing – I’m especially surprised to see Zappos earning more than AOL!

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  3. Scott :: IrnMedia.net

    13. Mar, 2009

    $691 per second! Wow, I did the maths because it didn’t sound right to equate to $21,800,000,000 but it sure did.

    What an amazing bunch of sites…

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  4. joseph

    13. Mar, 2009

    now that’s what i call making money online..wooow…nice post

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  5. diarta

    13. Mar, 2009

    great…, internet is a place for richest

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  6. Stuart Wooster

    13. Mar, 2009

    Crazy amounts and now that Google Checkout is going to start charging the same as Paypal that is set to rise even more.
    Lets them do charitable gestures without batting an eyelid.
    Sergey Brin is funding a Parkinson’s gene trial by 23andMe and then there is Google.org too.

    Now if only if all the high profile companies had been this forward thinking in the past 20 years. I wonder how many others on that list contribute something back to society?

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  7. Mario

    13. Mar, 2009

    Very interesting & informative information

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  8. Michael

    13. Mar, 2009

    Thanks for all your kind words guys, the list is great inspiration!

    Great point Stuart, I wonder if this so called recession will effect Google.

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    • Mr. Sonny Fales

      26. Mar, 2009

      No!!!These Companies are Not Stupid and All have Major OffShore Accounting Firms pumping Millions into “Dirivative”,”MutualFunds”,”ProfitableStockMarkets”, “Options”,Currencies”&”ForexExchangers” on a “Hourly,Daily,Weekly,Monthly&Yearly” Basis and are using a Battery of Investment Brokers involved with these Financial Instruments & Tools!!!That’s what All Smart Companies & Wealthy Individuals do when they are making in excess of Hundreds of Millions of Dollars and must let their Money Make More Money even while their companies are still Racking in the “Big Dough”!!!

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    • khalid

      25. Aug, 2009

      Could u please tell us that how much u are earning per second ? just wanted to know your level.

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  9. 3kolone

    13. Mar, 2009

    wow, that’s amazing … who knows knows… no recession for the brave ;-)

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  10. Shane Hudson

    13. Mar, 2009

    Impressive. I want to meet them!

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  11. Lewis

    13. Mar, 2009

    Googles profits WILL soar this year as there are so many extra people turning to the net who have been made redundant etc… a real damned shame but a recession is and has been proven to make the big boys get bigger and it is a time when the shrewd explode thier profits while evryone else buries their head and mourns.

    Moral: Take action and create your success story :-)

    Great post!

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  12. Mott Kornicki

    13. Mar, 2009

    It looks like the Internet has a few recession proof portals! Huge $

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  13. TechZoomIn

    13. Mar, 2009

    Great list Michael. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. Mubashar Iqbal

    13. Mar, 2009

    Nice list, but who the hell is Erik Prince? And when did he start AOL?

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  15. Rachna

    13. Mar, 2009

    Another interesting post Michael. Very inspiring!

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  16. Michael

    13. Mar, 2009

    Great point Lewis, this recession is doing wonders for my business model!

    Thanks guys, glad the list has inspired you!! Now do something about it :)

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  17. Alvin Yudistira

    13. Mar, 2009

    Once more. Michael… you supply great resources on posting… thanks so much.

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  18. Michael

    13. Mar, 2009

    Thanks Alvin :) I hope it inspires you with your recent project!

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  19. James Cunningham

    13. Mar, 2009

    WOW! I wish I had a site up there, I’ll be happy when i start making pence per minute let alone per second.

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  20. Charlie Dean

    13. Mar, 2009

    Wow thats wicked! $700 odd a second for Google!!

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  21. jamelia

    13. Mar, 2009

    “GOggle wow.” I goggle a lot hmmm……..

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  22. The Net Fool

    13. Mar, 2009

    Great list Michael! I never knew that Google was making that much, haha

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  23. Play Games Win Prizes

    13. Mar, 2009

    Dang, talk about a BIG earning per second, lol. Multiply it and it’s like wtf?!?!

    -Mike

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  24. popurls.com // popular today…

    story has entered the popular today section on popurls.com…

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  25. [...] un lien intéressant cependant, une liste de compagnies web qui gagnent le plus d’argent. Google est en tête de liste, à $21.8 milliards de revenues annuel, suivi de Amazon, Yahoo et [...]

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  26. Robby G

    13. Mar, 2009

    Is this outdated? Because if I’m not mistaken, Google owns YouTube so shouldn’t the YouTube earnings be added to Google?

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  27. Charles

    13. Mar, 2009

    This list would have been better if it stated what the sources of revenue were. For example, how is Skype making it’s money?

    Please do this Michael :D

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  28. Sourav

    13. Mar, 2009

    nice list but the important part was the presence of travel sites on that list…..looks like online travel is for sure a a good online prospect…

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  30. Michael

    14. Mar, 2009

    Thanks for all the support guys :) Will take in your thoughts for future top lists!

    Thinking about doing one every week! Let me know what lists you want to see.

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  31. James Avery

    14. Mar, 2009

    Michael, I found this post through a contact on Twitter who runs a very well known travel website.

    I run a travel website myself too, but I also have a blog on a more personal subject. It relates to mind management, and I’m interested to see that you describe yourself as a dyslexic college drop out. I’m interested to see if I can monetise my blogs, as I have no problem in writing quality content.

    Glad there’s no exams to pass when it comes to making money online, keep up the good work!

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  32. Renelda

    14. Mar, 2009

    I would love to see Twitter on that list. The list is a great motivation.

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  33. jwright

    14. Mar, 2009

    Michael! Hey man, love the new site. I can’t wait to see http://www.retireat21.com up there in the list sometime!

    Take care!

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  34. ODWGOOG

    14. Mar, 2009

    The online medium will be the future, no doubt about it. But an online medium controlled by giants will not be very helpfull.

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  35. Michael

    14. Mar, 2009

    Hey James! Long time and thanks so much man! :D

    Could we really live without Google?

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  36. Shane Hudson

    14. Mar, 2009

    No I do not think we could live without google anymore… They have such a big market share, in everything!

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  37. jwright

    14. Mar, 2009

    Live without google? hmmm… probably, but not successfully. As a software engineer google plays a BIG part in my career, because I do a lot of research and problem solving.

    Without it, you’d be reinventing the wheel everyday!

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  38. Robin

    14. Mar, 2009

    hmm…wonder where bonanzle.com is on that list.

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  39. Jo

    14. Mar, 2009

    wow!! That is amazing!! I’m interested to know how much of that they give away….a lot I reckon.

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  40. wannadevelop.com

    14. Mar, 2009

    Facebook??

    That is funny :D

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  41. Hangga Nuarta

    15. Mar, 2009

    Wow!! It’s amazing… $691.27/second

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  42. Jacqueline Peters

    15. Mar, 2009

    This is an amazing list. I thought Facebook was not making any money. Only last Friday, I heard they are trying to figure out how to make money with the site.

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  43. Ridhuan

    15. Mar, 2009

    You can check how much you should be making from cubestat.com or websiteoutlook.com. they give you estimates of your should earn based on your pagerank and traffic ranking. Remember they are just ESTIMATES but if you really know how to monetize your site and turn the traffic to money, you’ll probably make more than the estimated figures.

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  44. t_ah_um

    15. Mar, 2009

    I’m into lists…thanks

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  45. Michelle_Onn

    16. Mar, 2009

    Michael,
    Internet is really for someone who is looking for serious wealth!!!! The info is awesome. keep up the great job. Thanks.

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  46. jenney MaC

    16. Mar, 2009

    Thanks for sharing this list.
    Real Inspiration.

    Regards
    Jenney MaC

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  47. [...] I really appreciate Michael from IncomeDiary to make a nice table that breaks down how much these companies make. You can see the table here: http://www.incomediary.com/top-earning-websites/ [...]

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  48. izuddin.helmi

    16. Mar, 2009

    Keep up your good articles!~ I love your site. Bookmarked!

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  49. [...] companys have taken a huge hit in share price, it doesn’t mean that everything is all bad. Google still earns $691.27 a second and is set to have its best year yet! If you want a piece of the pie then you can create you own [...]

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  50. Indo Contest

    17. Mar, 2009

    Woowww…. Amazing people.

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  51. wert

    17. Mar, 2009

    wow. nice post dunlop. any time soon retireat21.com will be number 31.

    keep it up mic you are my inspiration

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  52. easy tips

    17. Mar, 2009

    Wow. Lots of money. BTW where did you get the numbers? Did you interview them Michael?

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  53. InkAPoint

    17. Mar, 2009

    Great one

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  54. Philippe Poustis

    17. Mar, 2009

    Very interesting information
    Thank you

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  55. Internet Strategist

    18. Mar, 2009

    What I would love to see is a list of blog earnings although I do recognize that data would be far more challenging to come by.

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  56. RMVX

    18. Mar, 2009

    Revenue isn’t everything… a few of those sites are actually operating at a loss, so they lose money every second instead :P

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  57. Lorrette

    19. Mar, 2009

    Does this mean the rest of us are on the other list? Great list – awesome income $691.27 per second now I have severe ‘income envy’

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  58. Join

    19. Mar, 2009

    I hope tomorrow I will get my site name on the lists

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  59. Muhammad Kamran

    19. Mar, 2009

    Dear, i want to do online work related to the Netwrok and telecommunication ,any website where i found the the payable work.please guide me for such a website addresses so that i can start work.
    Regards,

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  60. Sean

    19. Mar, 2009

    Great stuff! I wish I could be making $691.27/second haha.

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  61. kpsofts

    20. Mar, 2009

    I would like to own google for few minutes ((-;

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  62. Pyradom

    22. Mar, 2009

    I thought Google made more than that….

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  63. Paul Morales

    22. Mar, 2009

    Wow per second :) That looks like fun. I hope one of these days I can reach $1 per second. That would be a ton of money lol

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  64. Ryan

    23. Mar, 2009

    Nice list!

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  65. Tony Beach

    23. Mar, 2009

    I’m ready M….ready to JV partner?
    Tony

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  66. [...] 30 Websites That Make A Lot Of Money Online [...]

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  67. Jakob

    25. Mar, 2009

    Wow! This is some crazy shit! I am suprised Facebook is that far down! I actually thought it would be close to the top.

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  68. Catherina

    27. Mar, 2009

    Nice. Who would have thought. Little ol’ Google when it first came out…

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  69. blogging tips

    27. Mar, 2009

    wow decent list, good to see how much people can make white hat

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  70. Rao

    27. Mar, 2009

    Great List really i never thought paypal was so much earning, woneder if moneymaker stands some where

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  71. fraud prevention

    27. Mar, 2009

    Nice list. Big G is the best.
    7*MSN=G
    3*Yahoo=G
    so yahoo and msn aren’t even closer to G.

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  72. Dominique

    28. Mar, 2009

    Really marvel at the amt earned by these guys if every my website gets to a fraction of what they earn I will be so happy :)

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  73. Noman

    31. Mar, 2009

    Waoooo Its amazing…………..!!!!!!!!!!

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  74. Crown Prince of Web 2.0

    31. Mar, 2009

    I look forward to getting my share. This was really inspirational.

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  75. Marv

    01. Apr, 2009

    I’m curious about top earning web sites from ad revenue only … most of those sites are selling things. What about content-only sites that have only advertising as their revenue? That’s what I’m curious about – what levels of traffic would I need for a site to be supportive via ad revenue only.

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  76. Petites annonces

    02. Apr, 2009

    Niiice post thanks so much for this useful info

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  77. Johnson Koh

    05. Apr, 2009

    Impressive. While I took around 2 minutes to read through your chart, Google has already earned $82k…

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  78. Polymer Business

    05. Apr, 2009

    $691.27 / second ?!!??!?!!?

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  79. Dhir

    05. Apr, 2009

    Great list provided, Actualy these sites are may earning more day by day even we could think. But Google is alltime best all of these one.
    Regards,

    http://www.myfastmoney.com
    http://www.fastmoneyproducts.com

    .

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  80. zolar

    09. Apr, 2009

    What about wordpress?? Maybe top 50.

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  81. bestpaidsurveyportal

    10. Apr, 2009

    wow google awesome. the gaps between google n yahoo too far

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  82. [...] to take a look at the top 30 earning companies in the world. We recently showed you how much the top 30 websites are earning and when you look at the top companies,  Google’s $691.27 a second doesn’t sound much. [...]

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  83. Warrior

    14. Apr, 2009

    I want a Site Like This….really

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  84. Avion

    14. Apr, 2009

    Wow, making so much cash with nly one website is incredible !

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  85. titan

    16. Apr, 2009

    good site and all of us know that really top earning website.

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  86. Sapikk

    18. Apr, 2009

    WowWwww!! Per Second?????? Amazing! Tom Anderson is one of my idol.. :)

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  87. prachikamalia

    19. Apr, 2009

    My wide eyes could not come to rest even after 5 mins of reading the post. Fabulous compilation.

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  88. Chris Roper

    20. Apr, 2009

    Surely China’s Tencent must be on this list?

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  89. JohnKhoo

    21. Apr, 2009

    Wow.. Amazing figures.. Really, Online business or websites is a new stream of income for many people nowadays.

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  90. Pendekar Melayu

    21. Apr, 2009

    Mmm.. nice sharing … i dont suprise wit the top 30 site. See how their site contribute to us .. good job !

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  91. phil E.

    22. Apr, 2009

    I am overwhelmed with inspiration. Michael Iike you to visit my country perhaps you can inspire a lot of young people out there.

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  92. Mike

    23. Apr, 2009

    hey great site and i woudnt mind makeing a couple of cents either i know my mate whose 13 made $200 in a month. the same month he started up.

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  93. Millionaire Acts

    24. Apr, 2009

    How about Digg? Multiply? Friendster? Shouldn’t they be included in the list also?

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  94. Robertfel

    26. Apr, 2009

    WoooW !!! THats amazing…Very inspiring people inside…

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  95. Ben

    28. Apr, 2009

    Another Quality list cheers mike

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  96. Anas Ahmadi

    28. Apr, 2009

    Yeah.. amazing..!

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  97. [...] My other tip is to do top lists, you will have seen some of my top lists, such as Top 30 Earning Websites and Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs. These are great because they also get a lot of love from around the [...]

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  98. efaistos

    03. May, 2009

    Where did u get from all these info ?

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  99. peter giles

    08. May, 2009

    how did you calculate these figures? Can you outline your methodology. You obviously don’t factor costs in – YouTube loses scads of money on bandwidth costs

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  100. Wow, this is a fascinating list. I would never ever have guess that MySpace made less money than some of these others. OR even that Blue Nile made less than Zappos.

    I guess what fascinates me the most is that the top 4 are all sites where other people can make some amount of money through affiliate contracts. I guess Zig Ziglar was right.

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