Pls review skyscraper on my blog

Hi, I'm new here. I recently changed the font on my blog to match those of adsense and bolded and underlined some links above the fold to match those of the adsense links. Currently the CTR on the skyscraper on the left is a little under 2.5%.

http://jeffreykishner.com/astrology/love/

I had originally placed a small square within the first three posts but the CTR was under 1% for those.

Any advice on how to improve CTR? I feel I'm getting appropriate ads based on my content. I decided to only include one ad unit -- when I had two, the one higher in the html paid nearly twice per click as the other one, so I want to direct readers only to the higher paying ads.

 

here is the live link http://jeffreykishner.com/astrology/love/ . you are welcome to do forums . as i see this is your first post on dp forums . i you have more important problem than the ads placement . you site is so slow. i think you must solve this problem first

 

I think that has to do with the widgets on my sidebars.

 

your left sidebar ads looks perfect and also your ads have perfect relevant colors. Congratulations.

 

Very nice placement, good luck .

 

Your placement is excellent IMO.

 

Thanks for the validation. I guess I won't fudge around with it any longer.