Thanks to my handy dandy Google Alerts, I was able to catch this article on Business Wire -thats right, I read business stuff- which describes some of the new features Six Apart has added to the ever so popular Type Pad blogging service.

Through an integrated service offering from Kanoodle, a leading provider of sponsored links for content pages and search results, TypePad Pro users can now immediately place Kanoodle's content-targeted sponsored links -- text-based ads related to the editorial content appearing on their weblog -- on their sites and view a simple earnings report that allows them to monitor their earnings. Now, each time a visitor clicks through a sponsored link, the weblogger will earn a portion of the proceeds from this ad. These features are available directly through the TypePad application, greatly streamlining the process of adding earning elements to a weblog.

Money earned by webloggers from Kanoodle's content-targeted sponsored links in the first 90 days will automatically be applied toward TypePad subscription fees. After 90 days, any extra money will made be available for the weblogger to spend via PayPal or to pay for future subscription fees.

~Six Apart Adds Earnings Capabilities to TypePad Weblogs
Business Wire

I personally think this is great, for not so web savvy blog enthusiasts, adding Google Ads or applying a banner rotation program can be out of the question due to difficulty. Now these blog hobbyists have an easy "click click click" solution to making a few extra bucks, or at least getting their hosting for free. Now that I think of it - why the hell am I not doing something like this? I should get cracking on that!