This “Gray Googlers” video clip from USA Today (on the left under “Talking Tech”) about retirees and such making up to $120,000 per year running websites that strike their fancy was really up my alley.

ABC News also covered the “Gray Googlers” story, but doesn’t have video uploaded yet.

Open about their online income — just like I am, so much so that I post the $1,000-plus per month (and growing, thank my provider) that I make off Google ads and more on my websites — the “Gray Googlers” earnings are broken down as such:

Jerry Alonzy’s Natural Handyman website makes the 57-year-old $120,000 a year in Google advertising income.
Hope Pryor’s Cooks Recipes site earns nearly $90,000 yearly, mainly from Google ads. Last December alone, she made $30,000 from Google.
The 75-year-old retiree Jerrold Foutz makes $25,000 a year from the Google ads on his SMPS technology website, equal to his Boeing retirement check.

These Gray Googlers are so inspiring, I told my 86-year-old brilliant dad who hipped me to the whole pay-per-click money-making thing to go to Blogger.com and try his hand at starting a free website and loading up Google ads on it to see if he can make some money.

This is my passion, of course — I love writing on this website and my other ones.

And I love encouraging folks who are technically inclined (even if they don’t think they are) to try it and see what develops.

Of course, not everyone’s gonna get rich overnight thru blogging, but if you think you have the time and a great niche idea for a website, like my black gospel music song lyrics site — or whatever your thing is, give it a try.

I read somewhere that companies are planning to spend $300 billion in web advertising next year. I figure we all may as well get our piece of the pie!