There’s a number of reasons for having a blog:
- Something to pass the time
- Generate extra pages and hopefully PageRank for business and revenue generating websites
- Generating direct revenue from Google AdSense or similar
- Feeding the ego by getting onto page 1 of the SERPs for your name etc
Generally I use my blogs for all these reasons and as for the last one I’m doing OK, being top for “Devblog” and my nickname “Wellsy”. As for my actual name, “Andy Wells”, I’ve got a bit of competition out there as there’s a rock band and a mayor in the US both with the same name. I’m starting to make progress though and have made it up to number 4 on Google (even above Wikipedia).
Yay me!
I'm a web developer based in the East Midlands, UK and if I keep up the current rate, I might have developed 3 million sites by the time I retire