Your stats are very similar to mine. Last month I had 125K visits with 103K uniques and made around 80 bucks as well. I'm curious to see what the HN crowd sugge

Your stats are very similar to mine. Last month I had 125K visits with 103K uniques and made around 80 bucks as well. I'm curious to see what the HN crowd suggests as options. I'm reaching the point where, since I pay for blog hosting, the blog is actually paying its own rent. One thing I've done is switch to Amazon affiliate links whenever I mention something. I never use the blog to promote products on purpose, but I do talk about things people might buy from time to time. I figure if I spend a small amount of time telling my impressions of a product, it's reasonable that I get a small cut if a sale develops as a result of my post. I think the danger with monetizing is the same danger as writing for an audience instead of yourself -- you can quickly lose focus on what the point is.