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My BlogBank First Quarter Report - Yey!

Published on 10 May 2008 at 9:34 am. No Comments.
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I got a raise! Raise the roof!
Yesterday, I got my first glimpse of how much I could earn from my BlogBank ads. And am a happy puppy!
It gives me an additional income stream from my blog. What I like about it is it’s based on page impressions of the advertisements.
My Edong’s Photos blog […]

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I am “My Phone” on Google :-)

Published on 28 Mar 2008 at 12:13 am. No Comments.
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Search for “My Phone” on Google.
It’s not often that a generic keyword puts me on the number one spot on Google Search.
I’m keeping this as a memento…

Celebrate! Especially when you’re on top! But not just when you’re on top
ka edong

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Catching notable blogs: Sexy Money Genius and other finance blogs

Published on 3 Mar 2008 at 8:30 pm. No Comments.
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There have been a couple of websites that I visit at one time or another and intend to go back to in the future. But when I go searching for them, I couldn’t recall the right keywords to find them.
So here’s to quick-blogging some of my stumblings and using Scribefire to “capture the moment”.
Here’s one […]

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Blogbank brings new blood to Philippine online advertising

Published on 11 Feb 2008 at 9:58 pm. 9 Comments.
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I signed up for Blogbank (http://blogbank.com.ph/) after seeing advertisements on Byahilo.com.
I thought at first that it was a blood donation program for bloggers. . But the catchy name has an enviable concept behind it.
The BlogBank is a cooperative effort to provide simple, cost–effective internet advertising through the most influential aspect of the […]

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eOFW.Net on Inquirer.Net

Published on 22 Jan 2008 at 10:16 pm. 4 Comments.
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It’s always good getting a call from Erwin Oliva of the Inquirer… as long as you’re not doing anything on the bad side of the news, that is.
I got a call from fellow-Baguio boy Erwin this afternoon. He received the eOFW email survey and wanted to know more about eOFW.Net. I first met Erwin when he […]

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Wordpress error? Try repairing database

Published on 24 Jul 2007 at 6:22 am. No Comments.
Filed under Blogging, TechTips.

Disclaimer: This worked for me. There are no promises that it will work for you.
I’ve encountered a wordpress database error twice in the past and this the error message of the latest one:
WordPress database error: [Table ‘wp_comments’ is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed]
SELECT * FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_post_ID = ‘320′ AND […]

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Does blog SPAM improve my search engine ranking?

Published on 19 Jul 2007 at 6:58 pm. 2 Comments.
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I get a looooooottttt of spam in the comments area of my blogs. I’ve come to accept it as a fact of life, like inflation and taxes and death. The Akismet plug-in has screened a huge percentage of the spam, but a handful get through every day.
But I was thinking, doesn’t blog spam improve my […]

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Preacher in Blue Jeans comes to my world

Published on 5 Feb 2007 at 6:29 am. 3 Comments.
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Bo came to the blogging world, and I wasn’t there!
I first wrote about Preacher in Blue Jeans in December. Glad to see improvements in how they’re spreading the faith to the common-tao.

They now use YouTube for their videos. Way to go!
I see they’re doing podcasts. Great! (I haven’t tried it though).
They put in […]

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World Pyro Olympics Photos!

Published on 7 Jan 2007 at 1:14 am. No Comments.
Filed under Blogging, Photography.

Starting my blogging year with a blast!
Met up with fellow bloggers and photography enthusiasts Anton, Abe and Jayvee (and others who’s names will be published on Anton’s blog). It’s funny because I came with an ordinary point-and-shoot Kodak EasyShare CX7220 2 Megapixel Camera. While everybody else had their DSLRs and tripods and huge lenses.
But take a […]

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Technobiography and eOFW on Manila Bulletin Blog-O-Rama

Published on 18 Dec 2006 at 1:44 pm. 6 Comments.
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On Manila Bulletin’s Blog-o-Rama
Technology Deconstructed at ‘Technobiography’
By Annalyn S. Jusay (now blogging at www.annalyn.net)
“Technobiography” is a blog about the sundry uses of technology in our daily life. Whether you want to know about the location of wi-fi hotspots in Manila or simply curious to find out about the grandma who uses Skype for calling and how […]

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Out of Pocket Experience - blog IN your phone

Published on 18 Dec 2006 at 6:42 am. No Comments.
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It was nice seeing some old Airfagev friends at a Christmas Party in Malate. When Master Rey saw me (first time in more than a year), he quickly took out his Windows-based O2 phone and showed me (drumroll please)…
Pocket Technobiography! Whoa, buhay pa pala iyon?!
Ka Rey gets a fresh copy of the latest Technobiography articles […]

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Preacher In Blue Jeans - Daily Online Video Teachings by Bo Sanchez

Published on 22 Nov 2006 at 6:06 am. 6 Comments.
Filed under Blogging, Tech World.

Way cool, Bo Sanchez is!
Back in June, I was looking for Filipino Daily Reflections that I could read when I start my day at work.
Arnold sent me a weekly podcast of reflections at Grace Place:
We’re recording the weekly Sunday inspirational messages and posting it as a podcast. Most messages are about 40 to 50 minutes […]

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my blogging hiatus ends (episode II)

Published on 19 Nov 2006 at 12:50 pm. 2 Comments.
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Hello everybody who missed me, all two of you!
My body, mind and heart have been to so many places, I no longer know where they are.
This was not my first hiatus. So does that mean I had many hiati? Or hiatuses?
But hey, here I am again on cyberspace, making my presence felt. Who’s […]

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Philippine BlogCon 2006

Published on 25 Sep 2006 at 10:30 pm. 15 Comments.
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Just came back from the Philippine BlogCon 2006.
Nice to see friends like Chris, Abe, DarXkin, Markku. Also nice meeting people to match the faces behind the online names like Jun, Karla, Clair (the soon to be ex-employee. Finally we meet), Gloria. Nice chatting with you, Ade.
Am looking forward to downloading SEO King Marc Macalua’s “How […]

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Paging 65 Year-old Friendsters

Published on 31 Aug 2006 at 6:31 am. No Comments.
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I have another project: Finding my mom’s high school classmates from Blessed Imelda Academy – “The Imeldists”.
Question for my readers:
Any ideas other ideas on how to find my mom’s high school classmates?
It’s almost their 50th year anniversary after high school graduation. My mom’s really excited about contacting her classmates.
I put up a website a year […]

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WikiMapia on Pinoy.Tech.Blog

Published on 24 Jul 2006 at 6:07 am. No Comments.
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After a long hiatus from contributing to Pinoy.Tech.Blog, I muster a fun article about WikiMapia.
Go, quick! start labelling!
ka edong

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My first Text-Link-Ad ;-)

Published on 18 Jul 2006 at 6:19 am. 5 Comments.
Filed under Blogging, VoIP.

I registered on Text Link Ads many months ago. But I didn’t find out the details. So it was a bit late when I activated my ad code. And, a few days later, I have my first text-link-ad: Digium!

Kewl!

ka edong

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eOFW updates

Published on 10 Jul 2006 at 6:14 am. No Comments.
Filed under ICT4D, Blogging.

I have some updates in my long dormant blog, eOFW.

I listed some remittance services.
And I changed the theme. Yun lang …

ka edong
edong-OFW

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I blog for perks

Published on 5 Jul 2006 at 6:26 am. 4 Comments.
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Last week, I got a thank you note from a website owner. I wrote about sendmeload.com and he got a couple of hits and purchases through this referral link.

My (un-solicited) reward: cellphone load, of course.

Some of the perks of blogging.

What perks have you got from blogging?

ka edong

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