Archive for November, 2007

November 29th, 2007

Mutineers: We’re Brave Thus We Have to be on Bravehost

[photopress:sundalo.png,full,centered] I'm laughing my *ss off while looking at the official website of the ongoing mini-"coup" led by Antonio Trillanes and that dinosaur Teofisto Guingona. Apparently, these guys don't have a clue what an improbable mess their website is. It has three columns. Fine, many blogs have three ...

Posted in Sites in Review | 12 Comments »

November 21st, 2007

Yahoo! … Err … Philipinas?

[photopress:philipinas.gif,full,centered] Yahoo!'s localization team badly needs a crash course in spelling.

Posted in Yahoo! | 7 Comments »

November 17th, 2007

100,000 Members and Counting

My site, DotA Strategy, hit the 100,000-member mark this afternoon. Too bad I wasn't able to catch who the 100,000th member was. [photopress:100k.gif,full,centered]

Posted in Announcements | 7 Comments »

November 16th, 2007

Microsoft PageRank?

Checked out the new Live Search Webmaster Center, Microsoft's answer to Google Webmaster Central. It's new -- so new that I find it virtually useless. Since I presume it's in beta, I expect more improvements in the coming months. But curious that the panel displays something they call "Domain ...

Posted in SEO | 1 Comment »

November 14th, 2007

PageRank Updates Setting In

Another round of PR updates took place at Ratified.org. From my last post, there were 58 blogs that lost PR and 14 blogs were gainers. Today's quite a far cry: 149 blogs have lost PR and 130 blogs were gainers. Interesting to see all those zeroes turn into actual numbers! ...

Posted in Announcements | 6 Comments »

November 11th, 2007

Google Developer Night in Manila

[photopress:google_developer_night.gif,full,centered] Are you a developer based in Manila? Well, here's your chance to pick the minds of Google engineers! Limited slots available. This is organized by country consultant Aileen Apolo, who announced it here. What: TechTalk with Google Engineers (from Mountain View, California) Topics: Google Gadgets, Google Open Social & ...

Posted in Announcements | 10 Comments »

November 9th, 2007

Google Feedfetcher Stats Acting Up Again

Noticed a big, big drop in my Feedburner stats once again. My number of reported subscribers has been slashed by more than half, and I noticed big movements in the Ratified.org rankings due to this (I dropped 7 notches). I checked my Feedburner account to confirm my suspicions. ...

Posted in Blogging | 6 Comments »

November 8th, 2007

Mindanao Bloggers and Other News

[photopress:tus_logo.png,full,alignleft] Once again, I'd like to thank everyone who helped make our Mindanao Bloggers Summit last October 27, 2007 a success! This success sparked an unprecedented interest in blogging and blogging-related activities in Mindanao. To keep the momentum, the Usual Suspects has a lot of cool stuff planned ...

Posted in Blogging | No Comments »