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Well, that<\/em> was certainly something, huh? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t have to tell you about how things went in general in 2025 because you were there and that’s not really what this site is for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what is<\/em> it for? That’s a question that I’ve been asking about Comics Unbagged – and its parent site – for a long time, but it’s really weighed on me for the past year as I found myself continually asking, “Why am I doing this?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site did see a marked increase in traffic, but that doesn’t really mean much given that we’re talking about going from single digits to double digits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making the switch from manually inserting ad code to letting AdSense auto-insert ads led to a similar marked increase in ad revenue, but the automation is incredibly aggressive and led to a fair amount of aggravation for many of those visitors who account for the double-digit traffic, leading me to do what I can to dial it back to prevent visitors from being completely inundated by ads lose a lot of that increased revenue in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I certainly appreciate the small audience I have and the opportunity to collect around $100 every three to five months, it feels hard to justify the time and money I put into this site, particularly when 2025 was also the year that operating the site got more expensive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which brings us back to that question. Why am I doing this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I don’t know what else to do, mostly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that’s why I’ll continue doing this – and wondering why I’m doing this – into 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all that said, let’s move on to why I’m doing this specific post: compiling a list of all the things I wrote in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, not quite all. I’m leaving out Pull List<\/a> and Activity Corner<\/a> posts, as they don’t involve much writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am, however, including posts from the two new features that were added in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, with that, let’s get on with our look back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unbagging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n