Ask HN: What is the best way to generate revenue on a blog

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Though I wish I had your traffic. I think I would be making a lot more money if I had good traffic.

If I were in your shoes with all that traffic, I'd implement a micro-paywall charging ~$1/read. If you're on Wordpress you can use CoinTent which allows a set character limit on preview/teasers which show the beginning of the content & charges to keep reading.

That assumes that the content is actually worth $1/read. For example, blogs with pictures of cute cats get huge amounts of traffic, but if they start charging for access, 100% of their visitors will go away and find the same content for free somewhere else in about ten seconds. Most technical blogs have the same problem: for example, if you have a blog about Python programming, you're probably one of thousands. It's hard to compete with all the free content that's out there.

My experience: Partnership with commerce in area of interests, with affiliate links + free products for me.