May 2009 - Earning, Blogging, Tips and More

Why Getting Your Blog Ratified Is A Power Move

We have heard a lot of blog directories that also have ranking features in them. Some are reliable enough, some are not because of a widening population of spam blogs. Here in the Philippines, Top Blogs Philippines is a common ranking directory for most of us. Some say the ranking is reliable, some say it isn't. But recently, a lot have been annoyed of the number of splogs (spam blogs) joining in the ranks. There must be a change of history. Then comes Ratified.org.

Ratified.org is a new directory featuring the best Filipino blogs in the blogosphere. Using data from Technorati.com, each blog's statistics such as rank, links and other information are gathered and stored, therefore "ratifying" it. The data is then used as the basis for ranking Ratified.org's top 100 Philippine blogs.

What's good with Ratified.org is its consistency in its criteria of rankings. Though we know Alexa can be a bit confusing and inaccurate, there's no bias because all ratified blogs undergo the same judging. So what are the benefits of getting ratified?

You get listed for free in a premium and reliable blog directory
There is a manual screening, unlike in other blog directories wherein you add your own blog, the process in Ratified.org is different
You know where your blog stands
You would see the areas for improvement
The many benefits of generally listing your blog in a blog directory e.g. traffic, back link, etc
Getting ratified; being listed in Ratified.org is already one big step to your career

Ratified.org is only for Philippine blogs only as of the moment. Finally, there is a high-quality blog listing in the Philippines. To join:

First, make sure you're Filipino. Then, go here and send us a message containing the Title, URL, Description and feed URL of your blog. In addition, do a search on Technorati.com to check if your blog is currently ranked. If not, register and make a claim on your blog to get the Technorati robots roving! International versions of Ratified.org coming soon!

Ratified.org is here because of the efforts of Andrew dela Serna of Alleba.com.

Is this blog ratified? Yes of course. Though I am a bit faraway from the rankings, I'm still glad I got ratified. Please check out my blog listed on Ratified.org. Get your blogs ratified too!

Choose Your Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009

The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009 Writing Project by the Influential Blogger Ms. Janette Toral is now on it's third season. The purpose of this writing project is to give credit, distinguish and honor the top blogs who have been utmost influential to the readers in 2009. Qualified are blogs only that started May 1, 2008 up to the present.

So why join this writing project? First and foremost, you will be a promoter of the next generation of influential blogs that could be life-changing or system-changing or just purely influential. Nominating ten blogs is a considered power. You could make a lot of difference to your nominees, to yourself and to everyone. So who could write? Anyone from the world. You only have to pick ten nominees and link to the sponsors. There is no SOP in the post, you can do whatever you want. After writing, comment on the Influential Blogger's blog your link and your nominees are good to go.

This is my first time in joining this writing project. It is somewhat satisfactory to nominate ten blogs of your personal choice. Nobody would care if you are overrun by bias or by critical thinking. Just choose which blogs you want. I have already chosen my nominees and they are here: My List For The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs For 2009.

It's time for you to make your own list too! Visit this post for the specific details of the writing project.

Free DreamHost Web Hosting

Isn't it awesome? It is awesome but unfortunately, your little guy here isn't qualified for that goddamn free hosting. This uber-FREE DreamHost web hosting with unlimited space and bandwidth for two years is a gift from mighty Yahoo! Geocities since they are saying good bye to all of us. As soon as I found out about this over at Jehzlau's blog, I scrambled over my past [and secret] Yahoo! accounts to scavenge for any old Geocities account. Lucky my bad luck I found none. None as in nil, zero, nada, etcetera. It was a huge Disappointment with a capital D. I then commented over at Jehzlau's blog again and expressed my short-lived remorse and I was given a hefty advice about asking some of my non-blogging friends if they do have Geocities accounts. Well I did it excitedly and again became the loser in the end. I know I have two Geocities accounts way back in high school but I don't know how they got lost. I give up. Ooops, have I been ranting too much? Back to topic.

So qualifications. You have to have a Geocities account, an existing, not an imaginary account. What follows would be a simple process and since I have not (or never will) done this, I am forwarding you to Jehzlau's blog for the full instruction with screen shots. I am doing this because I can't tell something which I haven't experienced so better go to the Pro. Click this: Free 2-Year Web Hosting with Unlimited Space and Bandwidth. Did you click it? Unfortunately, the offer is over as this is only available to the first 1000 account holders. So unlucky you, unlucky me.

I am just quite disappointed. Regretful perhaps. I missed a big opportunity given by DreamHost and Yahoo!. If only. If only. Never mind. The offer is over anyways. So to the unlucky ones, we'll have to wait for another miracle to come.

Note: This is not an April Fool's post. April 2010 is still far to go.

PayPerPost Punks Will Start Kicking Again

Did I hear the economy's going a little bit up already? The heralded PayPerPost punks will again rise from being so poorly paid. Recently, when I looked up at the PPP site, I've noticed that the opportunities have slowly risen from $0.5 to $3. And just today, the front page now contains $10 worth offers and a lot lot of $5 offers. It is not that big, but hey, it is obviously better than cents, right? The PayPerPost punks, posties I mean, will surely be happy. But looking at the picture, why are there only a few votes? I wonder.

And what does this odd yet happy news bring? More money and more work for Google. Google will be active again in hunting down and exterminating the PPP punks. Poor them. But at least the situation of paid posts are slowly going back to the good old days. Congratulations posties!

Get Yourself Featured In 8vertise Blog Directory

8vertise is a general web directory founded by Ian Kree, a Malaysia-based Internet entrepreneur. It was officially launched on November 8th, 2008. Just recently, they sent me an email, a general invitation asking me to send some personal details and opinion about backlinks telling me that I could get a free do-follow backlink from their directory. I just have to focus on the question: Why you submit your links to web directories?

And with that I answered:

Because backlinks are the blood vessels of our sites, having them listed in blog directories would be a very smart idea. Being listed in blog directories is one of the highly recommended SEO and traffic generation moves. Being listed in a premium blog directory is more than great. So what is the purpose of being listed? For me, aside from the precious backlink, is exposure. I know some people go to blog directories to find interesting blogs in their chosen category. Having one's blog listed in the right category may mean an increase of quality traffic.

Just the other day, I got an email from 8vertise telling me that they have already launched their page called Why I Submit My Links To Web Directories and was quite shocked to see my silly face on the page.

As you can see, I have a smirk worn on my face. I did not expect it would be placed specially in one page. HAHA. But the do-follow link is precious. And I am proud my answer is shown in their page.

Anyways, if you have a current blog listing in 8vertise, then you are eligible for this featuring stuff. Just send your image, full name, website title, URL and your opinion to admin[at]8vertise[dot]com. Good luck and hope to see you on the same page!