Category: Announcements

[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 blogs will be the ones benefiting from… Continue reading After Dexter: Is Everything Ok?

Ratified.org Philippines is now accepting advertisers. For a small monthly fee of $25, you get a site-wide sponsor link right on top of the tag cloud sidebar. With more than 450 Filipino blogs already under our radar, this is a great way of promoting your site! [photopress:ratified_ad.gif,full,pp_image] For more details, click here to view the… Continue reading Looking for Ratified.org Sponsors

[photopress:ratified_australia.gif,full,centered] After 444 blogs ratified and counting, Ratified.org expands to the land down under, Australia!

[photopress:taste_asia_party2.jpg,full,centered] Still reeling from last month’s ultra-successful Blogger Food Fest? Well, hold your horses coz a bigger, better blogger’s party is coming to town!!

I decided to address a number of the complaints and suggestions some readers made about my Daily Top 10 Posts WordPress plugin. Sat down at my favorite wifi-enabled cafe (Yellow Hauz) for 5++ hours and voila … version 0.3 is born! Improvements in version 0.3:

[photopress:mb_ugotblogd.jpg,full,centered] Design: Jehz Laurente You got blogged! How’s that for review-a-blog competition slogan? (coined by Migs) “You got blogged” is a project of the awesome Mindanao Bloggers group. All you have you to do is blog about any one of the Mindanao-based blogs listed here and get a chance to win a cool $150! The… Continue reading Review A Mindanao Blog Contest

I’m tweaking Ratified.org‘s ranking algo. This may still change as I add more kinds of statistics that will help in ranking our own corner of the blogosphere. Most likely you’ll either see your blog drastically rise or crash abruptly in the rankings. If you experience the latter, I apologize in advance. Really, I’m sorry. Besides… Continue reading Ratified.org Tweaks

Recently, Google Country Consultant Aileen Apolo spearheaded the uber-successful Taste Asia event, which gathered more than 150 Filipino bloggers in one big food festival at the Taste Asia restaurant at the SM Mall of Asia. SM leveraged the power of blogging to promote their new resto and their spacious Hypermart grocery. Clearly, all their efforts… Continue reading Online Marketing Campaigns for Filipino Companies

Ms. Aileen Apolo of Google.com will be in Davao City from June 29 to July 2, 2007 for a series of talks and meet-ups. If you’re a businessman, SEO practitioner or blogger residing or just happen to be in the city, check out her schedule of events: June 29, 2007 (Friday) Marketing Your Business Online… Continue reading Google Roadshow in Davao City

Here’s a neat addition to Ratified.org: