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Hi guys, the official announcement regarding WordCamp Philippines is now out. For those who are not aware of WordCamp, here’s a brief introduction. WordCamp is a conference or convention which gives focus on anything related to Wordpress. WordCamp is the best venue for Wordpress enthusiasts to come together and get updated on the latest.  Participants vary from [...]

Winston Almendras and I had an idea to come up with Mindanao’s own top 100 blogs right before the New Year. And so now we have it, thanks to Winston’s programming prowess. The first publication is online at MindanaoBloggers.com. In the future, we’ll have an updated list on its own page.

We got the idea after Janette Toral published the Top 100 Philippine blogs earlier. For the Mindanao list, the blogs are part of the Mindanao Blogs Directory. The purpose of having our own Top 100 is to allow Mindanao bloggers to gauge their blogs’ traffic rankings against their peers’. I’d like to emphasize that the ranking is based solely on measurable blog traffic. The two most influential metrics used are Technorati and Feedburner. (more…)

Before the recently-concluded You Got Blogged! Review-a-Blog Competition was over, I received a strange inquiry from a blogger who had wanted to participate. Let’s call him “Manny”. Manny asked me if he could link to the contest sponsors with a nofollow attribute within the link tags. I told him if he did that, it would invalidate his entry. He didn’t participate.

The reason for Manny’s wanting to use the nofollow attribute was his fear of a possible “retaliation” by Google on his blog’s PageRank. He said he was afraid Google might penalize him for providing links.

Wow. This is really getting out of hand. People have gotten so confused — no, bewildered — over the recent upheavals in blog PR values that they have no idea what the real deal is anymore. Neither do I. And this confusion, in my opinion, is caused by Google’s overemphasis on secrecy. (more…)

Sponsored By: DVO Bloggers Network - the Davao blogosphere

As a blogger, no matter how long you’ve been blogging, it’s always a rush knowing you get more and more readers as you go along. And it’s particularly inspiring when someone actually appreciates your blog.

This I-love-Davao blog of mine just got blogged!

Sinag of sinagshine.blogspot.com chose Ang Dabawenyo in her entry in the ongoing You Got Blogged! review-a-blog competition. Her review is really heart-warming, and certainly adds to the motivation for me to write even more about my hometown. Thanks, Sinag!! (more…)