The conversation of playing around the question fielded to you of how much do you earn monthly from Adsense is usually answered on this manner:  by saying how many digits is reflected on your check — just three digit folks…four digit…ah, five digit actually.

Well, earning from Adsense is not a get-rich-quick-scheme.  Just like any business ventures, one needs to be patient, consistent and open-minded to learn always.

One way of boosting one’s earnings in adsense and flaunt about it is by using the Google Adsense Generator where you can customize how much you want to appear that you have earned through hardwork. Grinning.

But as of this moment, this way of spoofing your friends and even making a campaign based on fraudulent claims through this site is now done, as I checked it, that the site is already down.

Too bad, I can’t flaunt anymore my 5-digit daily earnings from adsense, LOL!

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Only days from the now the board exam results will already by published by the Professional Regulations Commission and I am hoping that I could get even just a few cents from this, hehehe!

The last time I really made it on top of Everest is during the May 2010 CPA Board Exams wherein both of my posts for two separate blogs were on the second and third place on google’s first page.  Well, I got an incomparable surge of traffic that Anne Curtis and her wardrobe malfunction surely felt envious about.

But there is one thing I discovered with doing search engine optimization for board exams results, and that is, they don’t bring in much cash.

I was thinking why.  Well, my ads are well-placed but then again, despite the high traffic visitors don’t really do the clicking of my ads.  Why?  I think because they are looking after the results, their names and after finding it, they soon leave the site without clicking any ads feeling victorious and head to the nearest bar to party; while those who did not find their names were too restless thinking of overdosing with rat killer pellets too depressed to give me some love.

Why am I still joining this SEO challenge?  Well, it gives the excitement to challenge myself into making myself see how far have I learned so far SEO on blogging.

So for all those into this major major SEO squabble for the top spot, best of luck!  May the major major results make the cash register sound.

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But it seems that days are already over to using these keywords as the battle inside the octagon has reached the online world.  UFC President Dana White is bent on running after all those sites that are running the live streaming of UFC fights by filing legal actions on unauthorized content.

UFC is thriving via pay-per-view with annual revenue for 2009 of around $349 million and it seems that it will even surpass that number this year.

Many sites that ran live streaming fights free of charge have been seized by federal authorities and had been shut down.  An investigation for example by the US House Judiciary Committee revealed that there were around 271 illegal streams for the UFC 106 that garnered around 140,000 viewers; a big loss of revenue for UFC.

Dana White said of the piracy,

“When people start going to jail, people will stop doing it…It’s going to be a battle, man.  It’s going to be a battle, but I’m ready to (expletive) fight.  We’re gonna go after them, we’re gonna go after them hard, and we’re gonna hurt ‘em.”

UFC’s legal counsel is already looking at all legal options on how to run after these sites like issuing a subpoena to unearth the IP addresses and user information of people who downloaded the fights.

So the question is, is this the death of the UFC live stream keywords for SEO enthusiasts?

Worthy to take note of is the talks that happened among bloggers during the UFC 117 between Silva and Sonnen wherein only a few bloggers joined in the bandwagon of posting articles about UFC 117 Live Stream.  Words on social networking sites from bloggers can be surmised that many were aversive about milking this fat cash cow.

But I think, SEO enthusiasts are surely finding more ways on how to go around this triangle choke, hehehehe!

So I am passing the question to you now guys.  Is this the death of the UFC Live Stream keywords?  How about any tricks or method to still work on this keyword as an SEO enthusiast that you could suggest without shouting a submission on federal authorities? Hehehe!

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CPALead vs. LeadBolt, which is better?

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After succumbing to a blogging hiatus for weeks, Pinoy Sounding Board is back with a new look.

So first things first.  Thanks to Jaypee and Jhay for helping me on the tweaking and upgrade of my blog; without them this blog of mine could have just been buried and forgotten under the gold and purple confetti from Staples Center.  Man, my Boston was busted.  If only Doc Rivers asked Larry Bird to play, they could have pulled it off.  Enough now, next.

Second.  Many people may have thought that I was so dead busy on lobbying to be one of President-elect Noynoy Aquino’s Presidential Security Guard that I could no longer afford to make a blog post here, so my sincerest apologies to all commenters and readers who were waiting for a very long time for their comments to be approved and been waiting to read a post here.  Made already the necessary upgrade and tweaking of my blog, so everything is back to normal.

Third.  Please bear with me as maybe you have observed that there are many messed up characters inside my blog post contents like this one on my Jejemon post:

I don’t exactly know why my blog post contained these kinds of messed up characters.  Now I am crazily speculating that some jejemons got back at me, LOL!

Any idea guys what these messed up characters on my blog content are, why they are there are and how they are to be fixed?  Any jejebusters to help me out?  LOL!

There are two things running in my mind and as suggested to me by Jaypee:  manually editing all my posts or using a plugin to change all this characters.  But more than looking for a cure for this one, is the my need to know why my blog has all these crazy characters.  Do you think Sarah Palin has something to do with this?

So that is it for now.  Hope my blog will be in 100% great shape in the coming days, as I first fire Doc Rivers from the green squad.

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It all started when Ella shared her grave concern over her blog on October 2009 about so many relief goods stagnated or the words she preferred to use was “rotting” on a DSWD warehouse, the lack of volunteers and the inefficiency of the then DSWD Sec. Esperanza Cabral (now secretary of the Department of Health) on handling the relief operation of the government while millions of Filipinos are languishing over the fury of Typhoon Ondoy.  But the secretary though also admitted that there was indeed an overflowing of relief good on their warehouse with even President Arroyo herself getting angry for seeing stagnated relief caravans in the Palace premises instead moving out to affected areas.

But as the present administration has made a great name out of itself being over allergic against public scrutiny and accountability, Cabral retaliated by saying that she and her department was gravely abused by Ella and defamed despite of their best efforts to work “around the clock”.  She then asked the legal department of DSWD to study the filing of libel case against the blogger; and most recently the National Bureau of Investigation filed a libel case against Ella Ganda in behalf of the Sec. Cabral.

Cabral certainly shamed herself and created a great disaster out of her move to run after a blogger who shared her sentiments and great concern as a responsible citizen during a time when thousands of fellow Filipinos were hungry, homeless, and helpless against the fury of an angered nature.

I can somewhat remember when a province in Taiwan(?) was hit by a strong typhoon while its administrator was having dinner at an expensive hotel celebrating an anniversary (brings back the memory of GMA’s million-peso dinners).  The disaster left many people homeless, with deaths recorded and the cry for accountability echoed from the hoarse voices of victims.  The leader has lost face that he chose to resign from his post and literally bowed down on his knees to the people asking for their forgiveness for his inefficiency as a public servant during a time of disaster.

Unfortunately, Sec. Cabral has chosen the path to scourge people who are actively engaging in the democratic processes of the governance of our country, instead of being humble enough to admit that public good and welfare is far more superior than individual pride.  She rather chose to cloth herself with a vindictive spirit and ran after those who speak of the truth for the sake of freedom, responsibility and accountability of public officials to its citizens, sending the obvious message that  bloggers will not just walk away unpunished from bureaucrats – who will use the power of the state against its own people.

She may look stupid when this case is eventually heard in court, but who knows, when the court tilts to her side, this case will cause a legal precedent against all bloggers and social media users.

This move by Sec. Cabral is like hanging a Damocles sword on all bloggers and netizens who will attempt to raise inconvenient questions against public officials and scrutinize any moves of government agencies.  Sec. Cabral, pissed off with the stir she caused, even called Ella with these words,

We do not deserve this demolition job that was started by some publicity hungry bimbo that is now being gleefully carried forward by all sorts of characters of dubious motivation and media outfits who have seen a chance to yet attack a government that they do not like.

Bloggers should therefore stand up as one and protect the inherent rights of everyone to freedom of expression, adherence to the truth and upright governance, and accountability of public servants to its people.

Only a state of dictatorship permits this brazen kind of bullying of a public official.

What is your opinion of Sec. Cabral filing and using the power of the government on filing charges against Ella Ganda?  Any implications on blogging that you can see with this legal move by the government against a blogger?  What should bloggers do as a response to this issue?

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Invoking the vow of obedience promised to him, we may soon find new bloggers in the world wide web making posts from their convents and teaching gospel truths and doctrines, or simply sharing their personal endeavors as pastors.

Pope Benedict XVI’s new admonition to priests:  Go forth and blog!

The pope shared during the celebration of the World Day of Communications about the need for his priests to use cutting-edge technologies on preaching the Gospel and engage with other religions and cultures to foster ecumenical dialogue.

The spread of multimedia communications and its rich ‘menu of options’ might make us think it sufficient simply to be present on the Web…challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audiovisual resources.  Priests present in the world of digital communications should be less notable for their media savvy than for their priestly heart, their closeness to Christ.

Amen to that, your Holiness.

At this point of technological advancements and the use of internet as the main information and communication super highway, the pope who is also very visible in Facebook and YouTube, suggests the use of images, videos, blogs and animated applications to priests on their ministry. With most of the youth into social networks and blogging, the pope finds it a great opportunity for priests to use this new media on reflecting theological and spiritual principles and the teachings of the Church in the modern day world.

Though the Vatican is not asking for all priests to put up a blog account, what the Pope wants is for the Church to basically open up its doors to technological advancements in the field of digital communications to further its teachings on fostering a just and humane community.

Personally, this is good news.  The old ways of priests and Church ministers on doing their pastoral work are not really working out that much now.

The Church is obviously lagging behind, with most priests and pastors still having mentalities (and personalities) dating back the colonial era; still using the pulpit and traditional ways of preaching and teaching.  At this age, these shepherds really need to work hard on looking for their flock and not simply threaten believers into painting images of a burning furnace just to believe what they teach.

However, I must say that some priests though, before engaging on the use of the new media should first learn to open up themselves, to be more tolerant and have the spirit of openness to dialogue and diversity of views, as the blogosphere is no-no place for close-minded and self-righteous individuals.  It is a place of dialogue, and convergence of different views.

Hopefully, this could also be discussed on the Second National Congress of the Clergy of the Philippines.

Some priests, religious and bishops are already doing this blogging platform like Fr. Felmas of SVD, Br. Arian Lopez of De La Salle Brothers and Archbishop Oscar Cruz.

Vatican spokersperson though admitted that “those who have a certain age will struggle a bit more.”

I am more excited though to see Cardinal Vidal blogging about GMA.  Ahem.

What do you think of the Pope’s move to telling his priests to use new media and specifically blogging on their ministry?  What are the difficulties that some priests may encounter on using blogging as a means to share the Gospel and the Church teachings?

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Wow, sounds like the way my grandpa took his farming chores in the province  so seriously not even my grandma and her shrieking voice could bother him.  I myself wanted to retire on a serene and beautiful farm so long as there is an internet connection and a computer unit inside the farmhouse.

Taking farming so seriously the way Britney Spears is so damn serious of honing her craft by doing for so many times a lip-synch on her concerts is only as good as if you are a real farmer and second, if the whole universe and inter-planetary councils are not screaming out of bewilderment of what happened to Writing To Exhale and where has its “influential author” have gone for more than two weeks now. 

I will be rude to you Bro.  No, I will be gentle, haha.  I can’t be rude, though you were asking me to whip you hard for deserting your blog and chose to live on Farmville where many other bloggers have found another online calling.  Call me a chicken, bok, bok, bok!  It is just ok, I know you take care of all chicken in your farm meticulously and lovingly.  *smiling*

To simply put it, I just want to join Mam Jena on calling out Jan to wash his hands, dress up and put away for a moment all those farming tools, gloves and farmer’s hat in order to go back to blogging and strip down the post on his blog’s door saying:  “Influential Blogger Feeding the Pigs, Cleaning their Poo, Don’t Disturb”.

Anyone who does not miss Jan, his brilliant posts and engaging conversations with readers?  Oh, I am seeing all hands in the air Bro. 

It is your readers calling you out Bro; to take the first ride out of the farm for a moment in order to make a post and tell all billions of people in this planet and the alien bloggers from the unknown galaxies (who by the way are preparing an online inter-galactic petition to call you out) gazillion miles away of how you are doing.  “I Am Doing Great!”, that could be one great post for a start; but knowing you, you will not settle for such a lame kind of post for you always reach for the stars.  Having problems of what to post as you confided to me?  How about “How I Milk My Online Cows” for a second post?  LOL!

Well, I cannot point out any other more reasons to compel you to go back to blogging.  Except that you will be soon receving the the official decision of the court rendering its judgment on your act based on existing laws and presented evidences, LOL!  It is your blog anyway and it is you who blogs anyway, hehehe.  Just be ready to see throngs of your readers camping out of your blog’s doorstep.

I wonder how it feels to be featured at Tumblemoose, LOL!  Moo, moo, moo!  LOL!

 

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Have you experienced being told to shut up on Twitter? No, this is not a direct message that is confined between the privacy of the two of you and to hell with everyone else if you both will do a fist fight or a word war.

Being told to shut up on the public timeline of Twitter and be told to twit twit twit this more worthy stuff than twitting crap?

Sounds nasty isn’t it? Yes it is.

Shut Up And Twit These Stuffs Instead

It happened two weeks ago while Typhoon Ondoy was wrecking havoc on Metro Manila and on many parts of Luzon. Yes, I was tweeting during that time braving the heavy rains and some flooding near our area. Good thing I have my own rubber boat.  What was I tweeting?

Obviously I was tweeting my posts and my thoughts and all, like “Oh my goodness, when will this heavy rain stop?” and “Crocs on the Loose” and “Darn, I am so tired”…etc.   And it is no accident for me to tweet socio-political issues and ideas nor was I just trying to piss off some very serious people out there while other Filipinos were drowning and wet and hungry and holding on to dear life. Was it like rubbing salt to bleeding wound?

Out of nowhere a stranger (a stranger in the most literal sense that made me ask myself why in the world have I followed this guy in the first place) twitted me saying: “Dude you should stop tweeting political stuffs. Tweets better used for info dissemination on typhoon right now. Seriously.”

Huwaaat??? Are you serious? Ok, I see it, you are.

I totally understand the predicament of this guy who tweeted me from somewhere. Maybe he was very very upset over what has happened with the flooding here and there and all the destruction in brought the metropolis.

But hey, you tweeted that on the public timeline. It was like it also rained on me so hard.

What to Do Someone Told You to Shut Up on Twitter

I tried to keep myself all calm and tried to re-read his message over and over again. Letter and words all in my brain. And after so many times of reading the message trying to confirm what I thought of, I still ended up thinking that he indeed crossed the border.

Here is how I handled the particular blogging issue:

1.   Tried to re-read the message if it was indeed offending, or that he said some truth, or I was just carried away by my excitement to get back at someone who tried to tell me to shut up and twit these kinds of stuffs instead.

2.  I asked another blogging buddy to examine the message if it was indeed offending. It is better sometimes to ask someone who is impartial to tell you of what he thinks on blogging issues. I just hope that blogging buddy I asked to assess the message was indeed impartial. *wink* And what makes this step more important is your BBFs (Blogging BestFriends) could also share some thoughts on how to easily handle these kinds of crazy stuffs.

3.  When your blogging buddy told you his opinion it is now up to you to decide if you are to launch your warheads right to the direction of that nasty guy or just let is pass by as if nothing happened. Will you defend yourself against the accusations of this man or cut off the cheap online relationship? Or was he worth keeping?

4. As for me, I felt offended for he has no right to tell me what to say and not to say; he has no right to twit that for the whole damn world to know; and he does not know nor even read what is the content and context of my posts.  He could have recommended on me to tweet those things that he wanted me to say on Twitter, that would have been all so fine but he choose to bully  me outright.  If I was not tweeting every second infos about the typhoon the, does that I mean I care less about the plight of our fellow Filipinos who were suffering the typhoon’s fury?

And it was the same thing that my BBF told me so I had to immediately cut short the shallow Twitter relationship. I immediately unfollowed the guy and cut off all relationships with him on other social networks. So that ended up our little online romance when he proposed to me to shut up. Hey, I am paid by speaking up.

It does not hurt anyway to unfollow people you do not really know and just makes your twitter counter bloated with uninteresting strangers. Unless this is a very close blogging buddy, I will certainly think twice of cutting off the Twitter relationship. I would rather trade barbs and show my punching power, for in the end it will just be a painful process of pruning and strengthening our friendship; than to totally cut off the friendship.

Blogging Issue Again?  And more?

Well, blogging is a place full of issues, intrigues and nasty people. But don’t get all too afraid. The great, talented, happy and helpful people outnumber those who cannot live up what their mommas taught them during their younger years.

When confronted with blogging issues? Be calm. (Yes Bros, I now learned this rare blogging virtue). And consult other blogging buddies especially those who could be called “pros”, “veterans” or “more experienced” for their wisdom if you are uncertain on how to handle such irritating issues. Then, decide.

But certainly, never stop from blogging. There will be more of this kind of issue as you go along on your blogging endeavor; but at that time, you are already  a “pro” by your own right.

On to you now guys. Have you experienced being told not to tweet what you are tweeting on the public timeline of Twitter and look tweet for some more worthy stuffs? How did you or would you handle such incidents and blogging issues?

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And thank God, this “guinumis” actually led me to discover a master scraper on the loose.  And when the link back on my post which I first thought was a gift from heaven from someone who recognized my writing artistry which I sometimes doubt if it really exists; was received by my blog..Damn!  That China Best Tea blogger has actually stolen my balls… oh sorry, may emotions carried me (youthful vibrance)…no my Do They Have the Balls post!

Here is a screenshot of the seemingly innocent looking link back that I first happily received:

See?  I thought this guy has quoted my post but has actually came over to steal my blog’s sweet juice.  Not in my house you scraper.  Not a single drop of blood you can sip  from this man from Dasma.

Here is the screenshot of his blog post, which is actually mine:

Wow!  Who is the genius guy who wrote this post and spent lots of time making it look great?  Oh, was it I?  Really?  Oh, I thought it was the China man who is sipping a cup of tea from his hidden enclave?

It amazed me really.  He copied the title of my post exactly, and the first paragraph of my output.  But noticeably, he really does not know what he is talking about.  Why?  Coz early this morning I edited “Palfox” to “Palafox” when Jan sent me a message saying that he has meet this guy already on one of his high-end escapades in Dubai and that I should edit it ASAP before the guy comes over looking for a bowl of Soup #5.

There.  He copied the first paragraph of my post and actually has identified three keywords he somewhat optimized, all linking back to his precious splog site.  You selfish man.  And that was left for me is the text saying his appreciation “Excerpt From”. Wow, very generous of you buddy.  Thanks!  I guess I owe you now something?

This Is A Blogging Issue Peepz, At Least For Me

I asked my blogging buddies specifically the Power50 whose headquarters is located near the White House (it is an elite group of ultra super experts on blogging issues and things of inter-galactic concerns) their “expert advice” regarding these stuffs and they provided me with lots of inputs as to understanding the dynamics of these professional scrapers a.k.a.  blogging copycats.

Novz and Aaron said that this kind of bloggers are using “aggregators“.  When their keywords are posted, they receive an instant siren call for, yipee, new posts to copy on their blogs; copying them either in verbatim or just by putting a link on their post pointing back to the poor original writer .

As you can this China Tea blogger has hundreds of blog posts already under his belt.  And when I dug up on these posts, all were copied, lifted and pasted on his blog; all coming from the hardwork of other bloggers out there.  Poor guys.  Poor me.

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