IZEA’s PPP and Google’s PR

Ranking is something we can’t do away with in the internet world these days. There are so many ranking systems around and yet no one claims to have the perfect system. IZEA launched its real rank early this year, and changed its admission requirement to accommodate more publishers. As a blogger who used to have PR4 and a real rank of around 1800 (in one of my blogs), I welcomed it with mixed feelings. My PR would be deemed useless as far as their program is concerned. And so is my IZEARank, if newer blogs with more traffic enters the fold. I even wondered how and why the top sites in IZEARanks have warnings that these sites are with mature contents. Even the tech blogs were not able to beat them.

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Filipino Blog Of The Week (for week 100)

This is the third straight time my blog got a nomination for the Talksmart’s feature of Filipino Blog of the Week. Time flies so fast as this contest is now on its 100th week. Voting time starts on Saturday noon (March 15) and ends on Saturday 22 noon. Voters can vote once a day for their favorite blogs, or let’s just say, friends’ blogs.

I copied the poll code so that you can also vote here:

This blog will celebrate its first monthsary next week. And if you like my blog, and you think it deserves your precious votes, please click on the box above for BLOGCEBUWORLD. If you subscribe, it will be much more appreciated.

Thank you!

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Children Can Read My Blog

It does not have to take a genius in order to read my blog.

I don’t know if there’s a positive or a negative connotation about my site’s reading level. But elementary school graders and even geniuses are surely welcome in here.

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Bantayan Island, Cebu: Holy Week Destination

Where else would you find a pier that looks like a large swimming pool with white sand and crytal clear waters? For the few times I had been to the place, I really wanted to jump off the boat and into cool waters.

Bantayan Island, located at the Northern tip of Cebu, is considered as one of the most attractive tourist haven in the Philippines. It is also the favorite destination of local tourists during the Holy Week. Aside from the lovely beach and the warm smile of the local folks, it boasts of elaborate Lenten procession and the rare Catholic Church exemption from eating meat because of a 200 year old Papal Bull edict.

How to go to Bantayan Island

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Bb. Pilipinas World 2008: Interview Portion Comedy

Ms. Janina San Miguel had a hearty laugh despite the terrible grammar blunder during the interview question. Tough 10 alright! Good thing she didn’t spit out profanities but maintained her composure. That would have been worse.

Honestly, I really wanted to hide when I watched the replays of the youtube video from Ambo’s site. From most of the blogs I bumped into, it seems that we put a lot of weight on her misfired answers. But look at this beautiful Filipina. You would certainly agree that she’s a beauty to behold. Oh yeah, if only the contest was all about beauty.

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Edit, Edit and Edit

Edit is not a name of a girl.

Edit is what we bloggers (wannabe authors) should do after typing the first draft of our works. It is the polishing of our product, our written piece. Yes there is the spelling checker, but what about the grammar and the sentence constructions? Sometimes we just write hurriedly and overlook the little yet common errors. What we think is acceptable, may not be so with others.

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Vote For Me, Again!

To those who voted for me last week, thank you very much! Having placed 4th, I was nominated again for week 99’s Filipino Blog of The Week. If you like my blog, please vote for me. I copied the code of the poll in my sidebar, so you can place your votes here. Vote daily, once a day till Friday next week.

Or, you can also visit Talksmart’s Blog and vote from there.

Thank you very much for your time!

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Do You Have A Blog Plan?

In my first post, I wrote something that said “I have no concrete plan for this blog”. But at the back of my mind, there really is.

In reality, most wannabe bloggers out there don’t have any concrete plans. They just want to ride with the current ‘cool’ blogger tag or the monetization wave. But it is not necessarily wrong. That is theirs anyway, and they can kill and roast their blogs anytime they want. I’ve been there. I’ve buried blogs which I think no longer served its purpose.

Oh, com’mon! Where’s the fun in blogging when you have everything planned? Place some rooms for spontaneity, fun and the crap our brain often excretes. Who needs a blog plan, anyway?

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Page Rank Update

I dodged, crawled, sidestepped, camouflaged, and tiptoed just to be invisible to the eyes of Google. One online friend was even surprised and commented why I still have my PR despite the number of paid posts in my blog. I was surprised myself, though I theorized that it could be my strategy of paid post pacing and the lack of banner announcements. I actually don’t want to fill my blog with ads. Since most readers read the topmost article, I would make sure that it is not a paid entry.

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Is Blogging Just A Waste Of Time?

Some people actually said this and think of blogging as an unproductive use of one’s time. Do you or do you not agree?

Here are the general arguments:
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