I just dug out an interesting find in my WordPress Stats admin dashboard. Checking out the site stats the tab button shows this - "Check out the fireworks you created on your 2011 Annual Report".

I'm glad traffic statistics from years 2010, 2011 and 2012 grew gradually or shall I say doubled, tripled and quadrupled in the summary tables!

Here's the summary:

The most viewed and popular gadget under the mobile phone category post is Samsung Corby GT-S3653W WiFi I hope Samsung Mobile is listening. Please send me a demo unit that I can review?

It's interesting to note that some visitors came searching for plants vs. zombies game, samsung corby wifi, sony ericsson galaxy? isn't galaxy under Samsung? In addition I also won a Sony Ericsson Cybershot C903. Referrers came Facebook, Linkwithin Widget, Superuser.com, ittalks.net and Philippine Blog Awards.

Most visitors came from Philippines, GeekyFaust also has visitors from the United States and Turkey, were seen worldwide and not far behind.

The most commented post back in 2011 was The Happy Break-Up Iam Very Happy - apologies for such irrelevant post. Active commenters were Lyle Santos of Games and Gadgets, Ivan Saldajeno of Sporty Guy, Sef Gutierrez of Event Lover's Hideout, RN Salary and Carlo of Lesson of a Dad.

Attractions in 2011 - Post that got most views in 2011 - these were useful in solving technical problems and therefore most sought after.

1. Samsung Corby GT-S3653 WiFi.
2. How to Troubleshoot SmartBro Plug-It.
3. Speeding Up SmartBro Plug-It.
4. Speed Up Globe Tattoo.
5. Sharing 3G Internet Connection thru LAN in Windows 7 environment.

Some of your most popular post were written before 2011. Your writing has staying power! Consider writing about those topics again.

Thank you WordPress - for giving me an opportunity to blog, Blog Davao - for promoting my site, Davao Bloggers - invitations in joining blog events,  Online and Offline Friends, Visitors, Readers and the rest of blogosphere for sharing my passion with you.

WordPress 3.3.1 is out now for download released on January 3, 2012 to address 15 issues, security bug fixes in earlier WordPress 3.3.

Included in the fix is the cross site scripting vulnerability that affected version 3.3.

Before upgrading to WordPress 3.3.1 backup your database and core files.

WordPress updates are deployed via your Admin WordPress Dashboard.

Source:
WordPress

Year 2011 was full of exciting challenges, lots of old and new events and stuff in technology.

Ultrabooks will replace the netbooks, ultrabooks with the power of desktop and mobility of a laptop, netbooks in the other hand will decline in sales due to the low performance in processing power.

iPad 3 - Apple's touted next generation of tablet, packing up same features of iPad 2. The iPad 3 will probably pump up dual high definition cameras, thinner, sleeker, longer battery life.

PLDT's Chairman Manny Pangilinan acquisition of SUN and Smart will lead in telecommunications at being No.1, Globe will be second in rank in terms of mobile and internet usage.

Hard Drives both internal and external still continue to increase prices but by mid March or April 2012, price will normalize.

More travels in the locals in the coming summer.

Hosting and reviewing a new tech show - It never came to my mind, but who knows? cross fingers.

Image Credits:
DMA Central

Looking back at the Year 2011 we had lot's of fun back then it was a year of pain, joy and accomplishments were wrapping it all up for the upcoming New Year 2012.

Here's a glimpse of 2011 as we look back:

Samsung Corby GT-S3653W Wifi - Samsung Mobile released affordable touch phone wifi version.

How to Troubleshoot SmartBro Plug-It - Users been getting compatibility issues with SmartBro Plug-it when it is installed on top of Windows 7. This tweak is a real life save.

Google PageRank Update Schedule - Webmasters and Web Developers find this PR Update schedule handy. This is most true for sites who want to monetize more.

Speed Up SmartBro Plug-It - Tweaks to make your SmartBro mobile internet usb stick load faster.

Speed Up Globe Tattoo - Same as above except it's for Globe.

Share 3G Internet Connection thru Lan - Allows mobile users to share internet using Globe Tattoo over Local Area Network in Windows 7 environment.

Makeityourring Diamond Engagement Rings -  Keeping fingers crossed, I participated this event way back January 2011, the competition is head to head whoever wins $20,000 get exclusive contract.

iPad 2 Service Center - It's a one stop shop wherein apple gadgets get serviced and repaired.

Veterans Bank Balance Inquiry - Let's you check your bank transaction balance inquiry online without having you going to atm machine.

Nikon D3100 Review - My first Entry Level DSLR Camera.

Logitech Z623 THX 2.1 - My first 2.1 Channel THX Speaker System.

SoxBloggers 2.0 BlogFest - Joins the Mindanao Funnest Bloggers with speakers in the field of Technology, Social Network, Mass Media, Video, Politics etc.

GeekyFaust wins Best Technology Blog 2011 - Wins the second time around for best technology blog in Mindanao - the Philippine Blog Awards 2011.

Feel free to browse for any back issues, I'm sure you'll find something that interests you.

Goodbye 2011, Welcome 2012!

I thought for awhile that SOPA was a singular word for SOPAS - a chicken soup recipe with macaroni elbows.

But I was dead wrong!

SOPA - stands for Stop Online Piracy Act - a proposed bill that allows owners of intellectual property to block and disable any website that they consider infringes  on their intellectual property.

Lengthy information worth the read is right here

Namecheap - a domain registrar that provides cheap domain registration, renewal and transfers is marking December 29, 2011 - The Move Your Domain Day.

Make your transfer below:
Move Your Domain Day

The transfer supports COM, NET, ORG, BIZ and INFO Domain Names for only $6.99 with coupon SOPASUCKS and $1.oo for every proceeds goes to Electronic Frontier Foundation to fight against SOPA.

Credits:
Namecheap

Until the end of the year we sell everything with 40% discount! Here is the coupon code: XMAS-5PFI-XMAS.

Choose any makeityourring diamond engagement rings product of the following:
Accurate Monitor for Search Engines - web ranking and search engine positioning software. Find your rank in a minute!
Site Content Analyzer - an advanced tool to research website content and calculate many content based ranking factors.
SEO Altimeter - a tool to find PageRank, Alexa Rank, link saturation and other crucial data with a click.

Important:
The coupon works until December 31, 2011 only!

Credits:
CleverStat

With only a week left on the much anticipated makeityourring diamond engagement rings - Shiree Odiz LLC - the company responsible for making designer diamond engagement rings announces the deadline set on January 1, 2012.

On top of that, 20 exclusive contracts will be awarded to seo talents giving them an advantage so unique - a great opportunity for partners and marketers.

After the contest, affiliates and competitors with high ranking pages will also earn from these.

I just updated an education news blog with WordPress 3.3, I love the new features!

I was greeted with this:

Thank you for updating to the latest version! Using WordPress 3.3 will improve your looks, personality, and web publishing experience. Okay, just the last one, but still.

Easier Uploading

File Type Detection

We’ve streamlined things! Instead of needing to click on a specific upload icon based on your file type, now there’s just one. Once your file is uploaded, the appropriate fields will be displayed for entering information based on the file type.

Drag-and-Drop Media Uploader

Adding photos or other files to posts and pages just got easier. Drag files from your desktop and drop them into the uploader. Add one file at a time, or many at once.

More File Formats

We’ve added the rar and 7z file formats to the list of allowed file types in the uploader.

Dashboard Design

Flyout Menus

Speed up navigating the dashboard and reduce repetitive clicking with our new flyout submenus. As you hover over each main menu item in your dashboard navigation, the submenus will magically appear, providing single-click access to any dashboard screen.

Header + Admin Bar = Toolbar

To save space and increase efficiency, we’ve combined the admin bar and the old Dashboard header into one persistent toolbar. Hovering over the toolbar items will reveal submenus when available for quick access.

 Responsive Design

Certain dashboard screens have been updated to look better at various sizes, including improved iPad/tablet support.

Help Tabs

The Help tabs located in the upper corner of the dashboard screens below your name have gotten a facelift. Help content is broken into smaller sections for easier access, with links to relevant documentation and the support forums always visible.

New Feature Pointers

When we add new features, move navigation, or do anything else with the dashboard that might throw you for a loop when you update your WordPress site, we’ll let you know about it with new feature pointers explaining the change.

Post-update Changelog

This screen! From now on when you update WordPress, you’ll be brought to this screen — also accessible any time from the W logo in the corner of the toolbar — to get an overview of what’s changed.

Dashboard Welcome

The dashboard home screen will have a Welcome area that displays when a new WordPress installation is accessed for the first time, prompting the site owner to complete various setup tasks. Once dismissed, this welcome can be accessed via the dashboard home screen options tab.

Content Tools

Better Co-Editing

Have you ever gone to edit a post after someone else has finished with it, only to get an alert that tells you the other person is still editing the post? From now on, you’ll only get that alert if another person is still on the editing screen — no more time lag.

Tumblr Importer

Want to import content from Tumblr to WordPress? No problem! Go to Tools → Importto get the new Tumblr Importer, which maps your Tumblog posts to the matching WordPress post formats. Tip: Choose a theme designed to display post formats to get the greatest benefit from the importer.

Widget Improvements

Changing themes often requires widget re-configuration based on the number and position of sidebars. Now if you change back to a previous theme, the widgets will automatically go back to how you had them arranged in that theme. Note: if you’ve added new widgets since the switch, you’ll need to rescue them from the Inactive Widgets area.

Under the Hood

Flexible Permalinks

You have more freedom when choosing a post permalink structure. Skip the date information or add a category slug without a performance penalty.

Post Slugs: Less Funky

Funky characters in post titles (e.g. curly quotes from a word processor) will no longer result in garbled post slugs.

jQuery and jQuery UI

WordPress now includes the entire jQuery UI stack and the latest version of jQuery: 1.7.1.

is_main_query()

This handy method will tell you if a WP_Queryobject is the main WordPress query or a secondary query.

WP_Screen API

WordPress has a nice new API for working with admin screens. Create rich screens, add help documentation, adapt to screen contexts, and more.

Editor API Overhaul

The new editor API automatically pulls in all the JS and CSS goodness for the editor. It even supports multiple editors on the same page.

Credits:
WordPress

Let me convey my sincerest thanks to all loyal readers who are following this technology blog.

I can't imagine I already got this far by winning two awards in a row.

I would like to share this Philipine Blog Awards 2010 and Philippine Blog Awards 2011 Technology Category Mindanao Trophies, this is for you.

I hope and pray that this blog may be nominated in the Nationals soon.

I am very happy to inform you my dear blog readers after being nominated in the much anticipated Philippine Blog Awards 2011 for Mindanao - I have won two straight back to back wins, this second time around, the first victory was back then in October 30, 2010 in Zamboanga City and the second on November 26, 2011 in General Santos City right after the BlogFest 2.0

To cap the evening Philippine Blog Awards 2011 President Juned Sonido made key some points and mentioned the guidelines and eligibility on the selection of blogs:

1. The blog or website/s must have original content. - 80%
2. Usability, Traffic and Analytics, etc. - 20%

Further reiterated that 80% comes from original content, blog/post updates and 20% traffic, analytics and usability - when you have good content it always equals to good traffic.

During the awards night Ms. Mae Paner graced the awarding of the technology blog and jokingly told to me kiss her! - which I did.. on her cheeks (giggles.. smiled...) and in return she giggled and laughed out loud too. she reminded me of being a kid crazy next door once more..

The host for the evening were Donna Mae Congson and Romarie Cunanan.

GeekyFaust made a short speech here it goes:

I am speechless! (background applause)

Thank you very much for nominating and making GeekyFaust your choice of blog on technology updates, gadget tips and reviews etc, I appreciate your inputs and value as well.

Blogging is not about making money online through your blogs but helping others share and realize their potential in helping and molding the blogosphere - readers, individuals etc.

Passion in blogging by helping others comes first, money comes second.

Learn Live Blog!

In other blog news, here are the Philippine Blog Awards 2011 winners in their respective categories:

BEAUTY AND FASHION

Chamimay on Flats –  http://www.chamimayonflats.blogspot.com/

FOOD AND BEVERAGE

Eat’s Terrific – http://www.ormanmanansala.com/

LIFESTYLE

Lessons Of A Dad – http://www.lessonsofadad.com

PHOTOBLOG

Lantaw – http://www.lantaw.blogspot.com

TECHNOLOGY

Geeky Faust – http://www.geekyfaust.info

TRAVEL/DESTINATION

The Travel Teller - http://www.thetravelteller.com/

PERSONAL

Anything Goes - http://www.sdumalay.blogspot.com/

Congratulations to all winners!

Thank You Dole Philippines, Smart Communications, Sagittarius Mines, Inc., AirPhil Express, GenSan LGU, GSC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Gaisano Mall of GenSan, ACLC College, Sun City Suites, Sarangani Highlands, SouthCotabato.org Department of Tourism 12, Gensantos.com, GandaEverSoMuch.com, Speakers, Organizers, Friends, Media, Bloggers for making this possible.

PS: Thanks to Guada's Villa for the Davao Blogger's accommodation.

Credits:
Philippine Blog Awards Page

Several hours from now, I'm leaving for General Santos City, Yes! my mind is already applauding in advance not because of the tuna sashimi night, kikkoman soaked, induced tuna wasabi madness - we know GenSan is already known for that, but because of the BlogFest 2.0 Soccsksargen which I'm very pleased and excited of joining Weee!!!

I'll be waking up early tomorrow morning to join Brendel and Lyle, we'll be meeting up at Ecoland Bus Station, I hope the wake and meet-up plan works.. hehehe  - the Davao Bloggers Official Transportation.. hehehehe.. and of course I'll be riding an air-conditioned bus, I don't want to ruin my smart casual attire that I'm prepping up for the night. It's also an awards night too for the much awaited and anticipated - BOOM! - Philippine Blog Awards 2011! fingers crossed may the Technology Blog in Mindanao wins!

I don't want to spoil the fun either so I'm showing to you the Lists of Speakers and Official Programme of the BlogFest 2.0. Here it goes ... tadah!

Happy BlogFest 2.0 Everyone oopps.. Bloggers..

Credits:
GenSan Magazine
Soxbloggers
BlogFestSox

GeekyFaust is nominated again for the second time under the Technology Category for Mindanao. GeekyFaust made its first victory way back 2010 and was very surprised and happy when Orman Manansala broke the news thru Plurk, Facebook and other Social Networking Sites.

Without any further adieu here are the list as follows:

BEAUTY AND FASHION

• Pinoy TV Critic –  http://www.pinoytvcritic.com
• Chamimay on Flats –  http://www.chamimayonflats.blogspot.com/

FOOD AND BEVERAGE

• Eat’s Terrific – http://www.ormanmanansala.com/

LIFESTYLE

• Tilamsik ng Diwa – http://www.akosiisko.wordpress.com
• Mindanaoan – http://www.mindanaoan.com
• Lessons Of A Dad – http://www.lessonsofadad.com
• Turtz on the Go – http://www.turtzonthego.blogspot.com

PHOTOBLOG

• Lantaw – http://www.lantaw.blogspot.com
• Charm Tamba P&S Photography – http://www.charmietambaphotography.blogspot.com/
• Pinoy Mirror – http://www.pinoymirror.blogspot.com/
• The Visual Storyteller – http://www.iamavisualstoryteller.blogspot.com
• Promding Chamimay – http://www.promdingchamimay.com/

TECHNOLOGY

• The Gamedok Chronicles – http://site.gamedok.net/
• GensanBlog.com – http://www.gensanblog.com
• Geeky Faust – http://www.geekyfaust.info

TRAVEL/DESTINATION

• The Travel Teller - http://www.thetravelteller.com/
• Your Travel Guide in the Philippines - http://www.pinasbackpackers.com/
• Way Philippines - http://www.wayph.com/
• Pinay Travelista - http://www.pinaytravelista.com/
• Pinay Travelogue - http://www.pinaytravelogue.com/
• Vacation Leave - http://www.vacationleave.blogspot.com/
• The Geek Travels - http://www.thetravelingnomad.com/
• Olanology: Chronicling a Good Voyage - http://www.olanology.com/
• Journeys and Travels - http://www.journeysandtravels.com/

PERSONAL

• Markable Me - http://www.markable.me/
• Anything Goes - http://www.sdumalay.blogspot.com/
• The Itinerant’s Path - http://www.vinceleste.com/
• Isip-Bata, Isip-Katha - http://www.pilipinong-katha.blogspot.com/
• My Words, My Life - http://www.hannahcarts.blogspot.com/
• Agong, Tales of Development - http://www.ernestocasiple.blogspot.com/
• Journeys & Travels - http://www.jt76.wordpress.com/
• Adventures in Life - http://www.rncn-adventuresinlife.blogspot.com/
• Proud Mommy of 3 - http://www.mommyrubz.com/
• A Teacher’s Journey - http://www.ateachersjourney.info/
• Letters to Mindanao - http://www.letters2mindanao.wordpress.com/
• My Happy Home - http://www.eleanoraguilar.com/
• Tennis Guru - http://www.tennisguru.net/
• Student Blogger - http://www.studentblogger.net/
• Mom Writes - http://www.momwrites.com/

The upcoming BlogFest 2.0 Soccsksargen would like to showcase the speakers for the said event.

Here they are:

• Mr. Manuel Quezon III, more popularly known as Manolo Quezon is an essayist and blogger.  He is currently an Undersecretary of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO).
• Ms. Mae Paner, also known as Juana Change, is a videoblogger. She is a Film/TV Commercial Director and a Film/TV actress. Paner, as Juana Change, has become popular through her YouTube videos where she portrays different characters in Philippine society talking about the state of politics and government in the country.
• Mr. Jack Madrid, is country manager of Multiply Philippines.  Before joining Multiply, he was Yahoo! Philippines top honcho.
• Mr. Abe Olandres is known in the blogosphere as Yugatech.  He is a tech blogger whose site, Yugatech.com is the country’s #1 resource for electronic gadgets and i.t. stuff.
• Mr. Flow Galindez has a dayjob with ABS-CBN.  He is a blogger and an advocate of the World Food Programme.
• Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio is the Chief Executive of host city, General Santos.  She recently launched the official websites of the city’s 69 public elementary schools and 26 barangay high schools through her administrations SHEEP-Computer Literacy Program, making GenSan the first in the country to have done so.

Mindanao's Funnest the Soxbloggers.com in cooperation with Gensantos.com and Gandaeversomuch.com will be having a bigger and brighter BLOGFEST SOCCSKSARGEN 2.0 with theme entitled "THE EMERGENCE OF BLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA"

This is also follow-up of the successful  Blogfest Soccsksargen 2010.
In addition, this event will announce the winners of the prestigious Philippine Blog Awards 2011 by their respective categories.

Show your support by embedding or copy the BlogFest Banner Widget codes paste it in your sidebar if you have registered.

See you soon in the Tuna Capital of the World - General Santos City!

LinkWorth is calling the attention of Automotive, Dating and Singles themed sites to participate in their advertiser and publisher inventory.

The criteria set is as follows:

Automotive Sites

• original and well written content (not scraped, not spun)
• approved in the automotive category.
• available linkads, linkposts, banners, etc.

Dating and Singles Sites
signup and approved in the dating category.
google pagerank of 2.
outbound links less than 50
no pharmacy, porn, poker, casino, links on site.

Credits:
Link Worth Requests

There's been a recent mass infection and attack in WordPress self-hosted blogs affecting the TimThumb.php, l10n.js, and WordPress core files in the "/wp-includes/js" folder.

While checking my rounds on geekyfaust.info the Avast Internet Security flagged my site infected with malware.

The TimThumb.php is used to resize thumbnail image/s plugins and templates using these features are not spared from the vulnerability.

This attack are used for blackhat seo purposes, some of my blog/s Alexa traffic traffic stumbled, update and replace the codes of your timthumb.php powered WordPress Templates right here.

Re-upload, replace new core files in "wp-includes" inside your WordPress root folder.

Check your blog by downloading this text file, upload it in your site/s root folder and rename sucuri_wp_check.txt to sucuri_wp_check.php

It will look like this "http://geekyfaust.info/sucuri_wp_check.txt rename it to http://geekyfaust.info/sucuri_wp_check.php"

Or you can individually scan your blog/s with this site check scanner

A yet and simple tool will check for possible intrusions or web injections in your site/s.

Credits:
Sucuri Blog

It's been barely a month now since Google updated its PageRank last July 18, 2011. Google then, again pushed another google toolbar update.

Since the release of the pagerank schedule it seems that its scheduled updates is not  being followed - that's strange; because google on the other hand makes incremental or mass updates every quarter.

I'm experiencing some pagerank points drop on some of my blogs now, from PR3 dropping to PR2 and a increase too from  Man! how could this be?

More updates at SEO Roundtable

Image Credits:
http://media.smashingmagazine.com

After the official release of the much awaited teacher ranking lists and appointment papers ready for teaching, I reported to the principal of our school and was given a teaching assignment to handle First (1st) and Second (2nd) Year High School subjects.

First (1st) Year  High School - PC Operations: basic parts of the computer, ie; monitor, keyboard, motherboard, definitions and uses, etc. assigned each hardware component by group and let them explain in front of the class - students by group assemble a full featured PC.

Second (2nd) Year High School - Photo Editing: discuss photo editing software and commonly used applications and it's advantages; ie: Photoshop, cite samples of finished product/s.

That's what's up right now, 3rd year and 4th year subjects are still pending for review.

Image Credits:
www.chorltonpark.manchester.sch.uk

While I was using the old version of Firefox 4.0.1 the new version of WordPress 3.2 that I upgraded earlier informed me to update with the latest version.

Your browser is out of date!
It looks like you're using and old version of Firefox. For best WordPress experience, please update your browser.

These are part of the security features of WordPress 3.2  that I forgot to explore even further - I'm such a paranoid when it comes to securing my blogs.

I like the new admin ui, true it's been overhauled as shown in the back-end.

Webmasters, Bloggers, SEO Fanatics and fans out there who are obsessed with Pagerank - there's been a few updates on the pagerank scores of some of the sites while using the pagerank tool checker namely:

DepEd Comval - PR1 - PR2 +1
Food Blog Philippines - PR0 - PR3 +3
Tripsaholic - PR0 - PR3 +3
Schools Web Hosting Project - PR4 - PR3 -1

Some pages of the above-mentioned sites too have their corresponding pagerank scores when you dig deeper.

Others say it's an obligatory pagerank notification while the other a Toolbar Update June 27.

How's the update going on with your site/s? did it increase or decrease?

Leave a comment now.

The WordPress Community announced earlier on security exploits regarding some of the plugins. Here are the excerpts:

Earlier today the WordPress team noticed suspicious commits to several popular plugins (AddThis, WPtouch, and W3 Total Cache) containing cleverly disguised backdoors. We determined the commits were not from the authors, rolled them back, pushed updates to the plugins, and shut down access to the plugin repository while we looked for anything else unsavory.

We’re still investigating what happened, but as a prophylactic measure we’ve decided to force-reset all passwords on WordPress.org. To use the forums, trac, or commit to a plugin or theme, you’ll need to reset your password to a new one. (Same for bbPress.org and BuddyPress.org.)

As a user, make sure to never use the same password for two different services, and we encourage you not to reset your password to be the same as your old one.
Second, if you use AddThis, WPtouch, or W3 Total Cache and there’s a possibility you could have updated in the past day, make sure to visit your updates page and upgrade each to the latest version.

Kindly update and upgrade to the latest version.

Thanks Mark Cabrera for the tip.

Image Credits:
Blog Design Studio

Source:
WordPress

Planning your seo campaign efforts are crucial when a webmaster and aspiring seo specialist wants to rank and achieve higher in google pagerank serp positions.

With this free tool it is possible now possible - Free Monitor for Google - download it now.

Free Monitor for Google is a free search engine position software designed for SEO specialists and webmasters. With it, you can find a position of your web site in Google Top for popular keywords and get more traffic from Google by focusing you SEO efforts. Google Monitor sends a query to Google and shows you a position of your site by your target keywords and also how well your competitors are doing. It keeps statistics for several URLs and several lists of keywords.

To get your seo campaigns started, you can read the help section [ here ]

Credits:
Cleverstat

Webmasters, Link Builders and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) fanatics out here will find this tool quite handy in checking out the Pagerank of websites simultaneously.

The tool is  no other than "PaRaMeter" that stands for "PageRank Meter" - it is a free and monitoring tool for checking Google PageRank.

PageRank is one of the methods Google uses to determine how relevant and important a page is. PageRank is a "vote", by all other pages on the Web telling Google how important a particular page is.

It is one of the parameters of search engine ranking. With PaRaMeter, you can easily check the page rank of multiple pages with one click. You can download at Cleverstat - The system requirements needed for installation is: Pentium 200 MHz, 32 MB RAM, Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista, Internet access.

Credits:
Cleverstat

Google Webmaster Central has released a new button similar to Facebook Likes wherein users recommend your site on Google search or any social networks when they visit a certain posts or pages.

This is Google's way of sharing, showing important, fresh results and of course driving better quality traffic to users looking for relevant information.

To get things started visit [here]

Image Credits:
Google Webmaster Central

I've been carrying around wherever I go the NEO Basic B3357 Netbook that came bundled together with the Globe Tattoo Postpaid usb kit which has been around last September 11, 2010 and  now it's on 8 months use this May 2011.

I brought anywhere I go when there's blogging events - in Manila to join the first ever WordCamp 2010 and BlogFest 2010 in General Santos City.

Until recently I've been getting frequent gateway timeouts - even doing the simplest of browsing - I have to either press F5 key to refresh, disconnect and reconnect the Tattoo Software Dialer.

So here's the screen cap I got awhile ago.

and the internet speedtest result:

I'm paying Php 1,300.00 a month and it's unlimited here's the breakdown from my paper bill charges as of May 21, 2011.
Biz Laptop Plus - Neo 3357     - Php 266.96
CSME Tattoo Unlimited 999      - Php 891.96
VAT                                                  - Php 139.07
Total                                                - Php 1,209.68

Pros:

• Connect anywhere from any desktops, laptops, netbooks with a usb ports.
• Mobile internet connection without the wires.
• Convenient.

Cons:

• Gateway timeouts.
• I don't know whats the exact bandwidth speed I'm subscribed to - signal seems to be fluctuating - sometimes I get 2mbps and xx kbps transmit speed.
• Sudden disconnection while surfing.
• No information or sms messages on service disruption, rebates or whatsoever.
• Billing schedule - the system bills me automatically even if I have paid the scheduled billing amount. Ie: I paid my bill on May 21, 2011 in the afternoon - 2:00 o'clock pm, and for awhile the system says I have a new bill that is due on or before June 10, 2011. Does this mean I have to pay in two months advance?

I know some of you still remember the outages caused by the fiber cut last May 9, 2011, affected were the Visayas and Mindanao area - I was also affected - I haven't been informed yet of any compensation as of press time.

Last December 2010, Google did some minor toolbar update on the second or third week. The said update included an increase and decrease of backlinks from sites linking back from yours to theirs, and recently the controversial move of penalizing site/s with bad reviews. To prove such claims, I have noticed that the  keyword "Zest Air" review regarding the service used to rank number 4 in the google serps and later on landed on the 3rd or 4th pages.

Anyways, I've checked the toolbar update today, some of my site's ranking dipped, one of them was
GeekyFaust which was previously PR4 last December 2010 and it's down to PR3. I've congratulated Ganda Ever So Much for earning a raise from PR3 and got up to PR4. We exchanged ideas and he said try removing the blogroll links, (tech advice coming from Lyle Santos) because google frowns on them which I did a little link removal and do some more internal linking and less outbound links.

Have you experienced a Google PR Update today? let me know.

As what the BlogFest 2010 Soccsksargen tagline describes "If you blog it, they will come" as evidenced by more than a hundred headstrong attendees coming from the all the corners of the Philippines.

Davao Bloggers Pose for BlogFest 2010

Soccsksargen has also brought several of the country's most respected web luminaries from here and around the globe to serve as key speakers gracing the said event.

BlogFest 2010 Attendees

Learning from these speakers made us aware of the importance of bloggers as key drivers, influencers and as agent of change of shaping the blogosphere; may it be security issues with regards to securing your internet, traffic generation for website, seo, monetization, creating kick-ass video animation and designing your blogs to increase user navigation, extracting statistics to measures your blog's online presence and the likes.

The food is great - especially the fresh premium grade tuna sashimi that the generals are very proud of, dipped in kikoman sauce and wasabi. We are also very grateful of the warm hospitality that Gensan has brought us, sponsors, media, friends, bloggers etc.

I have come to summarize that the Soccsksargen Bloggers are tightly knit and well-organized, from a perspective point of view - from this I give it  5 out of 5 score a job well done. We hope to have another major blogging event next year perhaps?

Credits:
Nette Eugenio Gallinero via Facebook
Lyle Santos
Soccsksargen Bloggers

In two days, all roads will lead to General Santos City for Southern Mindanao’s biggest blogging event, the BlogFest SOCCSKSARGEN 2010!

The event gathers more than 100 bloggers and new media enthusiasts and has scheduled 11 speakers in 13 talks at the Grand Royale Ballroom of General Santos City’s East Asia Royale Hotel. [read more]

Source: Soccsksargen Bloggers

The BlogFest SOCCSKSARGEN OrgCom is pleased to present the program of activities for the first-ever BlogFest SOCCSKSARGEN.

In an effort to make the event as environmentally-friendly as possible, we will not give out printed copies of the program. You may, however, download it in .pdf, and have it printed if you wish. [read more]

Note: If you're having trouble downloading the program kindly login scribd using your facebook account, once you're logged in click the download tab (in green color) on the bottom right corner.

Source: SoxBloggers.com

The upcoming BlogFest 2010 will be highlighting speakers coming from and outside the Philippines they will be talking and sharing their respective fields of expertise on the latest trends and issues in the blogosphere.

They are as follows:

Ryann Z. Elumba
(Spicing Up Blogs with Animation and Video)
Gone are the days of webpages that look like the classified ad portion of a newspaper or a high school test paper. The next star in the Speaker Spotlight series will help us make our blogs look better and be more interactive with more than the usual elements in a webpage. [read more]

Bobby Soriano
(Internet Security for Bloggers)
In today’s world, there are no limits to advancements in technology. Sure, we are thankful for such innovations make our lives easier. But, thing is, some people may also be at ease in stealing other people’s information, due to limitless technology that we have at hand. [read more]

Michelle L. Solon
(Exposing Local Gems on New Media)
Michelle L. Solon is one of SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers’ very own, based in the beautiful province of Sarangani. She graduated from UP Diliman finishing BS Tourism. She currently works as a Country Account Manager of REACH Networks, a international telecom company owned by PCCW of Hong Kong and Telstra of Australia. [read more]

Aileen Apolo-de Jesus
(Making the Most of the Internet and Google)
One just cannot imagine how our online lives would be like without Google. To speak, in person, at the BlogFest SOCCSKSARGEN 2010 is the country’s leading lady for the World Wide Web’s ‘THE’ company. AILEEN APOLO is the country consultant for the Philippines of Google Inc and an adopted daughter of the SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers. [read more]

Maria A. Jose
(State of the Philippines Blogosphere Address)
Another of the country’s most respected bloggers who will speak at the BlogFest SOCCSKSARGEN 2010 is based not far from the shores of General Santos City. The bloggers’ group that she currently leads maintains close ties with the SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers, which makes her a frequent visitor to General Santos. [read more]

Janette Toral
(New Media's Role in Business)
The SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers firmly believes that the primary purpose of blogging should be to positively influence others. With the unfathomable reach that the World Wide Web has, the blog can then become a powerful force of change that can positively affect scores of lives. [read more]

Jay Jaboneta
(New Media in Nation Building)
Jay Jaboneta is a hungry man. He eats at least a 100 books a year, loves chocolate and sometimes can’t live without coffee. He has worked for companies as diverse as the Philippine Government, Procter & Gamble Philippines, and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. [read more]

Dale Palileo
(SEO and Traffic Generation Monetizing your Blog)
The SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers cannot help but beam with pride at the list of lined-up speakers for the BlogFest SOCCSKSARGEN 2010. Next on the list is one of General Santos city’s own, and is based in Portland, Oregon, USA. DALE PALILEO is the owner of CommerceCollective, an innovative and successful full-service web presence management company. [read more]

Prof. Danilo A. Arao
(Journalism Ethics for Bloggers)
The SOCCSKSARGEN Bloggers are excited to introduce the first of the fantastic speakers lined up for the SOCCSKSARGEN BlogFest 2010! Prof. DANILO ARAÑA ARAO is the first of the BlogFest speakers, and will hold the talk on ‘Journalism Ethics for Bloggers’. Prof. Arao’s qualifications and experiences make more than the needed proof of his expertise [read more]

Credits:
Soxbloggers.com