I think that everything said made a bunch of sense. However, consider this, what if you added a little content? I mean, I don't wish to tell you how to run your blog, but suppose you added something that grabbed people's attention? I mean %BLOG_TITLE% is kinda vanilla. You should glance at Yahoo's front page and note how they create news titles to grab viewers to click. You might add a related video or a related picture or two to get people interested about what you've got to say. Just my opinion, it could make your posts a little bit more interesting.
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