I found a site today that lists the top 100 blogs about making money on-line:

45n5

Actually there are nearly 300 blogs listed as of now, and a link to suggest more. Even though this site is only a month old, I wrote Mark at 45n5 to have it added — with luck maybe I can get the bottom spot for a while. The page doesn’t describe how sites are ranked, and so far I haven’t had time to search the entire blog for posts on the subject, but it seems to be some combination of google pagerank, technorati rank and alexa rank. He also has a link-back ‘widget’ to show your blog’s rank there, a great example of link baiting. I’ll certainly add one when my site gets listed.

Over on DoshDosh they posted a page of interest to readers of this blog:

Building an Online Empire: 16 Types of Websites You Can Create for Profit

Some of the suggestions are too much of a long-term time commitment for my tastes, but if your goal is to create your own online job/business, they will work. I’d rather my Web Empire be self-sustaining, with no more than an occasional tweak from me — though I’m a long way from that point now. Although I’ve been making living online for over ten years, it is only recently (OK, about a month) that I’ve decided this job I created for myself needs to have an early retirement as its goal.

Most of the suggestions on the DoshDosh list can be implemented using hands-off techniques like hiring help to do the day to day, however, and others are low maintenance sites. Let your own interests, knowledge and abilities guide you to the types of sites that are right for your Web Empire.