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I would think that the whole "interest" thing would apply just to large content sites or for creating your own product like a How To Book or other info. A lot of affiliates do not build large content sites on the niches they promote, so it would not matter if they were interested in it or not. Even if you do find something you are interested in, all the site building and promoting is still tedious anyways and will take most of the time. Nothing wrong with going with a topic that interests you...

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There is alot of ways to make money on the web and with webpages in general. -Rotating advertisement banner/link spots via scripts throughout your site and charge services/companies a flat fee based on the amount of traffic you get and what the basic genre of the site is. -A "free" section where possibly users could download games, programs, images, get free offers for trials to programs, free physical goods etc. There is plenty of great affiliate programs to support these ideas out t...

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