Archive for September, 2006

September 30th, 2006

WordPress Theme Preview

Here's a little preview of a Wordpress theme called "Future Cargo" that I'll be releasing very soon:

Posted in Announcements, Wordpress, Wordpress Themes | 3 Comments »

September 29th, 2006

Pagerank Boost

Cool! Alleba Blog now has a PR 5! Up from a 4. Other pages on this site also enjoyed a boost. Again, I ask... how did your sites do?

Posted in Google, SEO, Site Issues | 1 Comment »

September 28th, 2006

CrazyEgg Errors

I decided to put my blog to the test using CrazyEgg's heatmap visualization after all the rave reviews it got from the likes of Matt Mullenweg, David Hansson and TechCrunch. Unfortunately, since I inserted the required Javascript code, I'm getting errors from both Firefox and IE. Screenshot after the jump.

Posted in Browsers, Tech News, Web Apps | 2 Comments »

September 28th, 2006

JNB Web Promotion Sucks

I don't want to make a bigger fuss out of it than it already is. But yes, John Bertrand, you suck. You are SEO's version of George Bush. You're old, you're stupid and no one gives a shit about what you have to say. More: JNB Web Promotion is a ...

Posted in Opinion, SEO | 6 Comments »

September 28th, 2006

Google Adsense Updates

Google Adsense emailed its publishers with a ton of cool improvements to its service. Most notably: AdSense for search results on your site Search results are now served on your site via IFRAME. This means your visitors don't have to veer away from your page every time they search.

Posted in Announcements, Google, Opinion, Tech News | No Comments »

September 27th, 2006

Web 2.0 Logo Redesign: Philippine Corporate Logos

I had some fun this afternoon playing around with famous Filipino brands in Photoshop. Here's what I ended up with: Jollibee:

Posted in Graphic Design, Me | 21 Comments »

September 26th, 2006

Facebook

They've opened the floodgates. I'm on Facebook now. Andrew Dela Serna's Facebook profile Personally though, I don't think it's a good idea.

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September 26th, 2006

Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Web 2.0-Style Logo

This is the first of a series of Adobe Photoshop tutorials I'm going to offer on how to create a logo in "Web 2.0" style. What do I mean by Web 2.0-Style Logo? If you follow Web 2.0 closely, you'll see similarities in the way logos are designed: Simple, glossed, ...

Posted in Graphic Design, Tip of the Week, Tutorials | 98 Comments »

September 26th, 2006

Vanity Mobile Numbers

I caught wind of a page on Multiply.com called Sundry Online that sells a plethora of products from cosmetics, bags, household items and sexual enhancers. It was the typical amateurish merchant website you would see on Multiply -- sparkly logo, badly lighted pictures, words in ALL CAPS followed ...

Posted in Advertising, Opinion, Tip of the Week | 4 Comments »

September 25th, 2006

One Internet Day Davao

A few days ago, September 22, 2006, I attended Janette Toral's event "One Internet Day" held here in the city. I was about an hour late and had to leave while speaker Chris Cubos (of Fwendz.com) was doing his presentation. Shame that I wasn't able to mingle with ...

Posted in Me, Opinion | 2 Comments »