Archive for October, 2007

October 28th, 2007

Mindanao Bloggers Summit: Success!

[photopress:mbs1eventlogo.gif,full,centered] It's been two days since the Usual Suspects successfully held the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit here in Davao City. Due to time constraints, I wasn't able to report on the event immediately. But of course, knowing bloggers, there isn't a shortage of blog posts regarding the summit. ...

Posted in Blog Parties | 14 Comments »

October 25th, 2007

Google Pagerank Ups and Downs

Just a couple of statistics that might interest you. Using data from Ratified.org, I found that a total of 58 Filipino blogs lost Pagerank after the latest update, while only 14 gained Pagerank. 407 blogs' Pageranks remained unchanged. Major shifts in the rankings can be noticed as well by ...

Posted in Statistics | 16 Comments »

October 23rd, 2007

I’m Going to the Mindanao Blog Summit!

[photopress:mbs_logo.png,full,centered] I'm proudly one of The Usual Suspects who are organizing Mindanao's first Blog Summit! The Summit will be held on October 27, 2007 at the NCCC Mall in Davao City. I'm very, very excited to meet the 80+ bloggers from around Mindanao who have registered. If you're ...

Posted in Announcements | 1 Comment »

October 16th, 2007

SEMCON

I was one of the few lucky ones to attend the Search Engine Marketing Conference (SEMCON) in Manila a week ago. Yes, I flew all the way from Davao City to attend it. And I'm glad to say it was worth it! The SEMCON was organized by ...

Posted in SEO | 10 Comments »

October 3rd, 2007

Conan O’Brien Hates the Philippines Too!

Conan O'Brien had a segment on his show called "Conan Hates My Homeland" where he goes through names of countries alphabetically and insults them one by one. I admit, Conan O'Brien, no matter how crass and senseless he is, is my favorite late night talk show host. Anyway, ...

Posted in Opinion | 26 Comments »

October 3rd, 2007

Who Cleans Up at the Googleplex?

[photopress:google_janitor.gif,full,centered] Credit: HandRooster Looking at how immaculate and pristine the Googleplex is, I can't help but wonder if Google has a janitorial or maintenance staff at hand. Aileen has been there twice and said she never saw janitors around. Is there some mysterious entity roving at night that gets rid ...

Posted in Bizarre | 7 Comments »