I do not blog for money. In fact, our site has no ads, banners, widgets or any sort of monetization stuff. As a result of that, there are no sidebars. Our single-column layout is designed to keep the content - for good or bad - front and center.
For my wife & me, blogging & web dev stuff is a hobby, an opportunity to learn, and a chance to share things that are of interest to us with our friends & family who are spread all across the country.
However, that being said, I certainly still want to see my blog grow. I'm always on the lookout for ways to improve my writing, boost the SEO, and refine the site bit by bit. Generally, our site traffic stats are steadily increasing, but I still need to figure out how to encourage more of our readers to leave comments... To me, that's a truer measure of how well the blog is doing.
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