Keeping an online journal, or blog, can be rewarding. You can use it to share opinions or to keep in touch with friends. But you can use it to make money, too.

Some bloggers report making a few thousand dollars each month from ads. Unless you have droves of readers, though, your efforts will be less rewarding. But you might cover some of the small monthly expenses associated with hosting your Web log.

Google's AdSense (www.google.com/adsense) has become practically ubiquitous on the Internet. The AdSense program places small boxes containing text ads on Web pages. Companies large and small use the program.

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