Karlo Licudine is one of the most talented bloggers and illustrators that I know. While chatting over IM we were thinking of a “project” in which we can collaborate. Naturally, Karlo pitched the idea of creating a site that will showcase his comic strips, which the Filipino blogosphere has grown to love. And so, a few months later and a dozen visits to the Internet Cafe (for Karlo at least), BlogComics.net is born! Karlo is the main talent here, while I serve as technical backup.

Kudos to Karlo! I hope you guys will visit BlogComics.net often, you won’t regret it! ;p

Looking for the best deals on computers, peripherals and gadgets in the Philippines?

TipidPC.com is the leading resource for buying and selling brand new and second-hand computer parts and peripherals in the Philippines.

TipidPC is the brainchild of Jesus A. Domingo and has been online since July 2001 (about the same as Alleba.com). I hope to interview Mr. Domingo soon since not much information is available from their site. Nevertheless, TipidPC has an enormous following and has a good number of brick-and-mortar establishments doing business with them. Last I checked, there were 715 users currently browsing the site! Wow.

On the Net: TipidPC.com

There’s something new brewing at the Google Labs.

It’s called Accessible Search, a search engine tool by Google that sorts results based on the readability and simplicity of the page layout. This proves to be useful for those who are reading or sight impaired, as it gives them faster but not necessarily better access to information with minimal graphical distractions.
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Mario Lavandeira, whose online alias-slash-blog Perez Hilton hit more than a million unique visitors last July 18, a first for the site. That’s 1 million hits for one day, mind you. His next goal is to reach the 2 million mark. Notice the pun on Paris Hilton? Perez Hilton basically follows the lives of people like Paris Hilton — yes, those types of celebrities — those who bank their fame on how the spend their money, what they wear, who they hang out with, where they hang out and how much weight they’ve lost or gained.
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Sometime in November I finished a classifieds site called Kuweba.com. It was an experiment more than anything else. I have to say that I’m quite happy and proud of the final product and some people had in fact posted some of their ads with little advertising or promotion on my part.

Yes, Kuweba.com looks exactly like Craigslist.com, and that was the toughest part of it all! Programming is difficult but the challenge it gives me is exhilirating. Call me a geek, that’s perfectly fine with me, because I am kind of geeky.

Give the site a try, then tell me what you think.

I’m part of a discussion group called SEO Philippines. We discuss things such as SEO (of course!) and other aspects of web development. If you’re a brooding webmaster still learning the ropes, then I suggest you join us. SEO Philippines was created by Marc Macalua (blog @ macalua.com).

SEO (or Search Engine Optimization) is still in its infancy in the Philippines. Especially now that for every minute we breathe (or maybe more) a Filipino decides he or she wants to start blogging. As the cliche goes, Content is King! But not so in the case of someone who doesn’t have a clue what SEO is. No matter how good, often or much you write you need to put on a pair of glasses to see the bigger picture. So join us! We’re eager to learn as much as you do ( I hope).

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