Archive for May, 2007

Google Trends: Miss Universe Riyo Mori 2007 FTW!

Yep, Miss Universe 2007 related searches populate Google Trends, particularly those of 2007 winner Miss Japan Riyo Mori which topped the list as of May 28 2007. Other search queries getting lots of SERP love are: Miss USA at #4, Rachel Smith at # 7, miss universe at #9, miss universe pageant at # 10 [...]

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So Long, PayPerPost.

Since PPP aka PayPerPost only sends money via Paypal then i (and most local Pinoy bloggers) cant receive money for our posts. On to the next monetization service…
Hello, thank you for contacting us. Currently, PayPal is the only way we distribute money to our bloggers. It is possible that this may change in the future. [...]

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Alexa Movers and Shakers - 5/23/2007

Not at all surprising since Starcraft 2 was just announced a couple of days ago. Blizzard has another surefire hit on their hands.

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Rumor: Google to acquire Feedburner

Google: ” All your posts are belong to us, even RSS feeds”
Rumor has it that Google is set to acquire Feedburner. This does look like a sound business judgment when you look at google serving up its adsense ads into the millions of RSS feeds that currently use Feedburner.
I have just heard from a VERY [...]

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Wordpress 2.2 codenamed Getz is out

The latest version of Wordpress version 2.2 is out. Here are some of the improvements:
* WordPress Widgets allow you to easily rearrange and customize areas of your weblog (usually sidebars) with drag-and-drop simplicity. This functionality was originally available as a plugin Widgets are now included by default in the core code, [...]

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Blogger Q&A - Sonnie Santos

Thanks to Sonnie for answering the questions.
1. Do you feel that a blog’s theme is an integral part of blogging? Is this applicable only to a select blogs or do you feel that anyone who has a blog will benefit from a personalized theme?

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Looking for that great domain name?

….Unfortunately, they have all been registered!
I’m just kidding, but not by much. Its very hard (impossible?) to register a great domain name these days with all the bulk registrations and domain squatters. Not to mention the millions of people who have thought of registering that great domain name you wanted. But with a little [...]

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Google sued over Adwords trademark infringement

So, any guesses how far will this lawsuit go? I’m guessing Google will just find some pocket change (relatively) to offer for a settlement and voila, case closed.
A judge on Friday set a November date to pick jurors for a US civil trial focused on whether Google violates other companies’ trademarks with its hugely lucrative [...]

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b5media looking for a Portable Media Player blogger

b5media is looking for someone to man our newest Portable Media Player blog. This blog will talk about music and video players as well as the business models behind them which includes the online media stores like the iTunes Music Store and the Zune Store.

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Performancing Pmetrics Review

Performancing (surprised?) has relaunched their pMetrics blog analytics package and they’re giving away 100 premium accounts. Premium? Yes, apparently this service is free to those below 1000 pageviews a day but those who have more than that need to pay.

So what makes Performancing’s Pmetrics stand out from the crowd?
The first thing i noticed is that [...]

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