There are many advantages of investing in real estate, especially property that can be rented out for getting passive income:
Ownership is clearly defined, because property registration procedure includes photos, fingerprints in most states
Limited supply of land, real estate , property in most areas
Rental income is a good source of passive income without much additional effort
No threat from google, which wishes to monopolize all the money spent online to increase its profit and is ruthless in destroying competition
Usually property value will increase over a period of time
Capital gains for property are clearly defined
Rental property values are also increasing over a period of time unlike online advertising revenues from websites which declined rapidly in the last 6 years
Tax breaks available for investing in property