A gift of lovin’ from Google

Google’s gift PR After 15 weeks of blogging here at Bloggista.com, or exactly 4 months on 10-May, 2008, I had my share of frustrations, humiliations, disappointments and excitement and surprises at the same time. Probably these are really what inspired me to keep on blogging, and learning some more each day.

Disappointments include being unable to break into the top 100K Alexa Ranking, however, unique hits have been steady for a several weeks already. As of today, my Alexa Rank is at 195,973. And this means I have to work very hard to get on the top 100K for the next 4 weeks.

But today, I was surprised to see that Google gifted me a PR3 rank. It was almost 4pm that I checked on my blog today, approving some comments in moderation queue, especially the one from Ambo, one of those Pinoy bloggers I admired. But it was only after visiting Bendzg’s blog that I realized something is going on with Google Page Ranks. I checked on PageRank.net to verify if my new PR is accurate, and indeed I got a PR3! Read more

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Changes to Bloggista.com and the new Bloggista.net

Lately, I have acquired the other two Bloggista domains, Bloggista.org and Bloggista.net. I don’t know if I made a wise decision and investment, but it’s pretty cool to see I got these three domains all from the earnings I made over the past months from blogging.

I am building Bloggista as a key blogging keyword, being a potential alternate definition of “blogger”. In the Philippines, and perhaps in Spanish speaking countries, the word “bloggista” is synonymous with the word “blogger” - at times, may even denotes some level of passion into blogging. It can be compared to the word “Fashionista”, a person who got a deep “passion” for fashion and style.

Bloggista may be even considered as a “portmanteau” of blog and gist which could mean “a true essence of blogging”. I hope to see this word accepted into Wikipedia, and some Read more

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Philippines transport agency to implement RFID on vehicles

As I was driving yesterday towards Makati, I was listening to my favorite radio program, “Dos por Dos” hosted by Anthony Taberna and Jerry Baja over at DZMM. Their guest, LTO Chief Bert Suansing announced that starting next year, the Land Transportation Office (LTO), an agency who regulates the registration of vehicles, will implement the installation of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chips on all vehicle registrations and renewals, inlcuding all motorbikes.

As an IT person, I find this a good news and an awesome development. LTO has been doing its best in updating its systems, especially on getting new or renewing driver’s licenses. It used to be a whole day affair of queuing at LTO offices, but now, you can renew and get your driver’s license for less than an hour.

According to the LTO, there are a total of 5.5 million vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, etc.) Read more

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Win an Acer laptop and a projector

We all love freebies. And these freebies are kind of free stuff you wouldn’t want to miss! Acer Philippines is giving away free notebook computer and a projector in their “Win an Acer Power Package Promo.”

How to join? Simple. If you own and run a small to medium-sized business (SME), residing in the Philippines and over 18 years of age, register a free valid account at www.acerbiz.com and you can get yourself one entry for the contest.

Here are the contest mechanics as posted on Acerbiz website:

Contestant must tell us their story with a photo why he/she deserves to win the Acer-Intel Power Package.
The file size of the image should not exceed 2000kb(2mb).
Must include a brief explanation why he/she deserves to win the Acer-Intel Power Package.
Acer-Intel Power Package includes:
- Acer TravelMate 4720 Notebook worth PHP 52,900
- Acer Projector X1160 worth PHP 29,900
The one with the most interesting story will win the Acer-Intel Power Package!
The judging will be based on:
- 50% from Online Voting.
- 50% from the Acer Committee.
The First 50 entries will get a free Acer Tumbler.Promo duration: April 23-May 23 2008.