On New Year’s Day, Guy Kawasaki posted a top 10 list (as he’s so fond of doing) on his blog, reviewing his first year of blogging. Guy’s been very successful (despite the modesty of his own postings) — reaching a #45 rating on Technorati.

As is usually the case however, disclosing his AdSense earnings garnered an odd mix of reactions (ranging from envy to accusations of undermonetization), which even led Guy to post a sort of explanation of why he had posted his figures in the first place.

To Guy’s credit, I don’t think he was bragging about how much money he was making from blogging. I don’t want to suggest that Guy is undermonetizing his site or some such nonsense — it’s Guy’s blog to do what he wants with.

Personally, I didn’t set up my own site to make money. I set up my blog because I felt that some of the articles and ideas I had could actually help people (and of course, it’s always fun to get people to read your writing, right?).

For me, blogging is not a money-making activity (advertising does not even make up for my hosting fees). Maybe it sounds idealistic, but I actually want to help people, and I think I have a presented a few articles and resources that have hopefully done that over the past few months.

In the end, Guy Kawasaki was just being honest and presenting the facts about his ad revenue. I always try to push knowledge sharing as a way for us to all improve, and in the spirit of knowledge sharing, thanks for sharing your thoughts on blogging Guy.