Archive for September, 2007

September 30th, 2007

Top 10 Most Popular Websites in the US

Got curious about how the different traffic rating services ranked the top 10 websites in the United States last month. Here's what I found: Alexa: 1. Yahoo! 2. Google 3. Myspace 4. Youtube 5. Facebook 6. MSN 7. Ebay 8. Windows Live 9. Wikipedia 10. Craigslist

Posted in Statistics | 6 Comments »

September 28th, 2007

Paypal Now in the Philippines (For Real)

Migs twittered that Filipinos can now receive payments through Paypal. That led me to this blog post on PinoyMoneyTalk. Indeed, after checking it out myself, it's now possible!

Posted in Tech News | 1 Comment »

September 27th, 2007

Google Turns 9; Rewards Adsense Publishers

Google turned 9 years old yesterday, and what better way to celebrate it than to roll out the Western Union Quick Cash option for Adsense publishers! IMO, this is far more convenient and virtually worry-free compared to receiving it through mail. Knowing all the thefts going on in our corrupt ...

Posted in Google | 6 Comments »

September 27th, 2007

Happy Birthday, Google!

[photopress:9th_birthday.gif,full,centered] It's the big G's 9th birthday! Wishing you more success and Adwords clients!

Posted in Google | 2 Comments »

September 25th, 2007

After Dexter: Is Everything Ok?

[photopress:wordpress.png,full,centered] Wordpress released version 2.3 of their blogging software yesterday, nicknamed "Dexter". Definitely a major release just by looking at all the work they put into it. But Abe warns against upgrading too soon because not all plugins are supported. At best, those intending to put up new ...

Posted in Announcements | 2 Comments »

September 17th, 2007

Playing Games on the Internet Can be Hazardous to Your Health

Play MMORPG's much? If you're perpetually in front of your computer, consider taking short 15-minute breaks every few hours. I'm not a doctor, but it's sound advice. You save yourself from unnecessary health problems such as stress, eyestrain, poor posture, headaches, not to mention poor social skills. Like ...

Posted in Blogging | 9 Comments »

September 15th, 2007

If it’s Imported, is it Better?

I read an interesting post by Bob Martin in his Live in the Philippines blog. In the article titled "I know better than they do!", Bob recounts his experience with a fellow American who was planning on living in the Philippines. As they were driving around town (General ...

Posted in Opinion | 10 Comments »

September 12th, 2007

Spotlight: Filipina Bloggers

As my entry for Janette Toral's Filipina Writing Contest, I'd like to put the spotlight on a few Filipina bloggers that I enjoy reading. [photopress:aileen_blog.gif,full,centered] First and foremost, and not just because she's a friend, I make it a point to visit Aileen Apolo's blog every chance that I can. ...

Posted in Blogging | 13 Comments »

September 11th, 2007

Remembering 9/11

[photopress:alleba_sept_11_3.gif,full,centered] Can't believe it's been 6 years. I can still recall quite vividly the time my friend was buzzing and begging frantically on our apartment intercom to let her in. I had no idea what was going on until I walked out on our street on 6th Avenue and ...

Posted in Me | 6 Comments »

September 5th, 2007

Allowed Sites on Google Adsense

Noticed something new on my Google Adsense panel. [photopress:allowed_sites_link_1.gif,full,centered] Google now gives Adsense publishers the ability to create a whitelist of URL's that are permitted to display Adsense ads under their client ID. After only a few hours of activating it, I already found 7 sites illegally using my ID. ...

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