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Solar power blog driven by a YouTube video

Runs a simple blog on solar power, linked from a YouTube video, that earns from AdSense ads.

At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
Category
Content and media
88% sure
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Earns from
Ads
97% sure
x
Startup cost (estimate)
Under $100Low confidence
56% sure
x
Time it takes (estimate)
Hands-off
93% sure
x
Where
Online
99% sure
x
Coding
No coding needed
95% sure
x
Source
Hacker NewsComment by jenno in “Your best passive income? (2014)”, January 24, 2014

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