I cant see anything other than ads.. your CTR must be really high.. but not CPC, I am sure.. How much you earn daily from this blog only ?
but i eally like classic template like that. may be you have advice what is template that i have to use it
Popularity depend on look, your site look is too classy. You have to change its style, there are many sites that will give you free but outstanding templates. Search it, you may find alot.
wow...just adds at your top page, why did you change it to left or right, still the visitor need to read your site. than why dont you try another calm colour like yellow brown pastel with sorrel
To make your site popular, try to add more catchy content into it. Make it more interesting and which can have high traffic on google. Hope this will help, Good work and commendable.