I will make more blogging friends that will share same interest with me.

I also made lots of blogging friends this year. Perhaps this is because I am fortunate to attend an offline blogging event last year { Iblog 4 } and Trinoma Food Tour during my Vacation

I will teach my wife how to blog

Yeah I accomplish this one.. Actually my wife is now blogging at Myjournal.ph

I will try to post at least 2 post a day ( Morning and Afternoon )

I fail to do this one.. Perhaps it’s a busy year .. Remember I am just blogging part time.

I will try to enjoy blogging more.

For sure I enjoyed blogging more .. Accomplished

A new niche blog this year

Yup I accomplished this one by having my new personal blog { Dexter Panganiban } and my New { Pambata.com } which targets students , and most of my post is written in Tagalog. It is also this year that I made a folder in this site targeting the PRC Board Exam Results

More Projects

I have already mention some of my projects in item # 5.

I will be a source of information both in Blogging and Technology

I believe it is done, If there any disagreement let me know . You can also check my recognitions received this year to support my claim

I will try to help new bloggers succeed

I also believe this is done and will continue until there are bloggers in need

I will optimized this site more

Partly it is done, I have now some keywords which ranks well and there where also some keywords which is now not being seen in the SERP. I may say that Big G is becoming to choosy for my chose keywords. And I think it is now great to be included in the first page of www.topblogs.com.ph.

I will research more and share informations with my reader.

I think I am also successful with this one.. Did You know that it increases my subscribed blogs

What about you, Did you accomplish your goal this year 2009 ? You might be a blogger or not. But I still believe that you have set a goal last year. I hope you made it I will just post my New Blogging Goals for the year 2009 Later.

Photo Credit : Krista76

I only earn from kontera after 10 month of my first installation of their codes. I think Kontera Favors some specific niche and there are some Filipino Bloggers earning from it. One of an example is selaplana.com who even becomes Blogger of the month of Kontera. Other blogger is Marhgil.

This blogs earns more from Adsense where I also share it before, from my post about an Adsense story to share. I will not still remove kontera from my blog since this last months I saw an increase from my daily income. So I think it will not take me another 10 months ( 303 days )  to get the other $100 to my PayPal .

I got an average $ 0.30 a day in Kontera not bad for just putting your codes and leaving it there and become one of my passive income source. { Those are income wherein even offline you can earn from it }

If you want to be invited you can just comment below that you want to join this program so I can send you the request to join although you can go directly to the site and ask for a new account.If you will enroll under my request I will also earn from it provided you will become an Active publishers. Active Publishers are publishers who reach 50,000 impressions within 60 days of signing up to Kontera’s network.

So wish me luck.. So do I miss anybody who’s earning great from Kontera. let me know your story. Maybe I miss it from the tons of my RSS Feeds

Here are some Unboxing pics. OOopps I am not a professional photographer. . Pictures are taken by my Canon EOS400d Camera.

I have been using the phone for almost 2 weeks now. And I must say that this is the perfect phone for me. Although I have some hard time to find compatible 3rd Generation Symbian OS Application because most of the available downloads are not suitable for Third generation Symbian.

Here are some of the specification

Technical specifications

Size

• Form: Monoblock with full keyboard
• Dimensions: 114 x 57 x 10 mm
• Weight: 127 g
• Volume: 66 cc
• Full keyboard
• High quality QVGA display

Display and 3D

• Size: 2.36"
• Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
• Up to 16 million colors
• TFT active matrix (QVGA)
• Two customisable home screen modes

Security features

• Device lock
• Remote lock
• Data encryption for both phone memory an microSD content
• mobile VPN

Keys and input method

• Full keyboard
• Dedicated one-touch keys: Home, calendar, contacts, and email
• Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialing
• Intelligent input with auto-completion, auto-correction and learning capability
• Accelerated scrolling with Navi^TMKey
• Notification light in Navi^TMKey

Colors and covers

• Available in-box colours:
  - Grey steel
  - White steel

Connectors

• Micro-USB connector, full-speed
• 2.5 mm Nokia AV connector

Power

• BP-4L 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery
• Talk time:
  - GSM up to 10 h 30 min
  - WCDMA up to 4 h 30 min
• Standby time:
  - GSM up to 17 days
  - WCDMA up to 20 days
  - WLAN idle up to 166 hours
• Music playback time (maximum): 18 h

Memory

• microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 8 GB
• 110 MB internal dynamic memory

Operating frequency

• E71-1 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100 HSDPA
• E71-2 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900 HSDPA
• E71-3 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100 HSDPA
• Offline mode

Data network

• CSD
• HSCSD
• GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 100/60 kbps (DL/UL)
• EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
• WCDMA 900/2100 or 850/1900 or 850/2100, maximum speed 384/384 kbps (DL/UL)
• HSDPA class 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps/384 kbps (DL/UL)
• WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g
• WLAN Security: WEP, 802.1X, WPA, WPA2
• TCP/IP support
• Nokia PC Internet Access (capability to serve as a data modem)
• IETF SIP and 3GPP

Local connectivity and synchronization

• Infrared, maximum speed 115 kbps
• Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
  - Bluetooth profiles: DUN, OPP, FTP, HFP, GOEP, HSP, BIP, RSAP, GAVDP, AVRCP, A2DP
• MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol) support
• Bluetooth (Bluetooth Serial Port Profile. BT SPP)
• Infrared
• File
• Network (Raw). Direct TCP/IP socket connection to any specified port (a.k.a HP JetDirect^TM).
• Network (LPR). Line Printer Daemon protocol (RFC1179).
• Support for local and remote SyncML synchronization, iSync, Intellisync, ActiveSync

Call features

• Integrated handsfree Speakerphone
• Automatic answer with headset or car kit
• Any key answer
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert
• Call timer
• Logging of dialed, received and missed calls
• Automatic redial and fallback
• Speed dialing
• Fixed dialing number support
• Vibrating alert (internal)
• Side volume keys
• Mute key
• Contacts with images
• Conference calling
• Push to talk
• VoIP

Messaging

• SMS
• Multiple SMS deletion
• Text-to-speech message reader
• MMS
• Distribution lists for messaging
• Instant messaging with Presence-enhanced contacts
• Cell broadcast

E-mail

• Supported protocols: IMAP4, Mail for Exchange, POP3, SMTP
• Support for e-mail attachments
• IMAP IDLE support
• Support for Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email
• Integrated Nokia Mobile VPN
• Easy Email set-up

Web browsing

• Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, MP, WML, CSS
• Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP 2.0
• TCP/IP support
• Nokia browser
  - JavaScript version 1.3 and 1.5
  - Mini Map
• Nokia Mobile Search
• Nokia PC Internet Access (capability to serve as a data modem)

GPS and navigation

• Integrated A-GPS
• Nokia Maps application

Photography

• 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels)
• Image formats: JPEG/EXIF
• CMOS sensor
• digital zoom
• Autofocus
• Focal length: 3.8 mm
• Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
• Macro focus: 10-60 cm
• LED flash
• Flash modes: Automatic, On, Red-eye reduction, Off
• Flash operating range: 1 m
• White balance modes: automatic, sunny, incandescent, fluorescent
• Centre weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2EV at 0.7 step
• Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
• Scene modes: auto, user defined, close-up, portrait, landscape, night, night portrait
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Full-screen viewfinder with grid
• Active toolbar
• Share photos with Share on Ovi

Video

• Main camera
• 320 x 240 (QVGA) up to 15 fps
• 176 x 144 at 15 fps (QCIF)
• digital video zoom
• Front camera
  - Video recording at up to 128 x 96 pixels (QCIF) and up to 15 fps
  - Up to 2x digital video zoom
• Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP
• Audio recording formats: AMR,AAC
• Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene modes: automatic, night
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, negative
• Clip length (maximum): 1 h
• RealPlayer
• Video playback file formats: .Flash Lite 3, mp4, .3gp; codecs: H.263, MPEG-4 VSP,RealVideo,H.264
• Video streaming: .3gp, mp4, .rm
• Customisable video ring tones

Music and audio playback

• Music player
• Media player
• Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, AAC+, eAAC+
• Audio streaming formats: .rm, .eAAC+
• FM radio 87.5-108 MHz
• Visual Radio support. Read more: www.visualradio.com
• 2.5 mm Nokia AV connector
• Nokia Music Manager
• Nokia Music Store support
• Nokia Podcasting support
• Customizable ring tones
• Synchronize music with Windows Media Player
• Navi^TM wheel support
• Voice Aid

Voice and audio recording

• Voice commands
• Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialing (SDND, SIND)
• Voice recorder
• Audio recording formats: AMR-WB, AMR-NB
• Speech codecs: FR, EFR, HRO/1, AMR-HR, and AMR-FR
• Text-to-speech

Personalization: profiles, themes, ring tones

• Customizable profiles
• Customizable ring tones
• Customisable video ring tones
• Support for talking ring tones
• Customizable themes
• Customizable home screen content in Business and Personal modes

Ok.. Review to Follow

Below are some information taken from their site on How much will a blogger earn for a specific ads.

Well you will earn depends on the number of Average Unique visitors you received in the week that the ad campaign is built. You will then be arranged into specific “Blogger bands” that directly correspond to your number of Average Unique visitors. For each campaign, you will be paid a fixed amount for every ad unit. The amount depends on what your Blogger band is. The higher your Blogger band (i.e. more unique visitors), the higher your earnings.  All information on your blogger band and your earnings can be viewed within your CMS Earnings Page. All information will be updated within 3 working days after the ad campaign is completed.

Payments are sent 30 days after you’ve reached the minimum amount of Php 1,500. Initial payment methods of Nuffnang are the following: Bank Transfer and Peso Check

We still don’t know if this new adverting scheme will be applicable in this blog, But at least I tried it , I may not be successful with other Advertising Network but at least I tried.

You can see more information and from the following blogs covering Nuffnang story [ List from Jehzlau ]

• Testing nuffnang A New Advertising Network by Dexter Panganiban
• Earn from Each and Every Unique Visitor in your Blog! by Jehzlau
• Nuffnang for Bloggers Reaching Philippine Shores by Hannah Rika Villasis
• Make Money Offline With Nuffnang! by Jan Alvin Dimla
• Nuffnang Philippines is Here! by Kevin Codamon
• Nuffnang Philippines, Asia’s First Blog Advertising Network by Noemi Dado
• Nuffnang has arrived in the Philippines by Eligio Tapiador
• How to earn 20 Unique Visitors Per Day? by Pinoytek
• Nuffnang Launches in the Philippines by Timothy Tiah
• Nuffnang has arrived in the Philippines by Boss Ming
• Nuffnang Launches in the Philippines by Nuffnang Malaysia
• Nuffnang Launches in the Philippines by Nuffnang Singapore
• Nuff of the Waiting by Nuffnang Philippines
• Nuffnang has arrived in the Philippines by Technobiography

MobileMe stores all your email, contacts, and calendars on an online server — or “cloud” — and pushes them down to your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. When you make a change on one device, the cloud updates the others. Push happens automatically, instantly, and continuously. You don’t have to wait for it or remember to do anything — such as docking your iPhone and syncing manually — to stay up to date.

It will synchronize all your Apple Gadgets. I wonder if they will make a crossover platform where they can also link to Windows Mobile 5 users.  Although this might not happen because it is their competitor but having a collaboration will be great in the future.

Macrumors.com reported that MobileMe will launch on the evening of July 9th as shown in Mac site as follows :

MobileMe Launch
7/9/2008, 6pm-12am PT
As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 6pm PT on Wednesday, July 9th.
Members will be unable to access www.mac.com or any .Mac services during this time with the exception of .Mac Mail accessed via a desktop application, iPhone, or iPod touch.
MobileMe will be available as soon as possible during this maintenance window.

I believed that this New Apple application will be released earlier than iPhone 3G so that iPhone 3G users will be able to take advantage of the service.

Existing .Mac subscribers should already be able to send and receive emails at their new @me.com addresses. MobileMe retails for $99/year, but iPhone 3G (or Mac) buyers will be able to pick up a year subscription for $69 on July 11th.

Now I really have to save to buy a new Macbook Pro Laptop. And it will cost me about SAR 7,000+.

Via macrumors

Adobe explain the new features as follows :

Adobe Reader allows more securely view, print, search, sign, verify, and collaborate on PDF documents, online as well as offline, from your home or office. Reader has a completely redesigned interface, new tools, and new options for viewing information more efficiently. Access to an online, real-time meeting in seconds.

Reader is integrated with Adobe Connect software, which enables users to instantly communicate and accelerate approvals with virtually anyone, anywhere, at any time. Add more security to your documents, forms, and drawings with digital signatures. Leverage Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server and the new Adobe Online Services Document Center to enforce access rights at the document level.

Version 9 includes compatibility with Acrobat.com for enhanced web-based collaboration and other features, built-in multimedia support, a streamlined interface, support for searching all PDFs on a drive, and more.

Please find below the Download link for Adobe Reader 9, Hope you like it .

Download Adobe Reader 9

Another way to interpret number 1 is not to rely on just one blog. Create several blogs that will cater to various income streams.

Not many know this but I actually have four blogs.

1. A static website blog that simply serves as an online store to market and sell products online and offline. Biggest income source – direct sales. 

Nice idea, I have not yet done this for now since I am abroad and I don’t know what are the goods that Arab people like to buy. PayPal is not yet well known in Saudi Arabia and I also don’t know how to be involve in their Online Market. It is what I called culture difference.

2. A crappy blog that’s dedicated to paid posts and sponsored reviews, doubles as my SEO playground. And since it’s crappy by nature, I simply grab ALL the opps I can get hold of. Hehe. Biggest income source – PPP

One way to really have an income thru blogging is making paid post. I am also doingpaid post, But most of the time I make it using direct method thru online entrepreneur that I am getting to know thru forum. Why, They don’t oblige you to say that your post is sponsored or usually I can receive money before making the post. The only disadvantage is sometimes payment is not as high as the established site. Such as SponsoredReviews.com, PayPerPost, ReviewMe.

3. A Made-For-Adsense blog that’s full of keyword-rich posts aggregated from public domain articles. This one is sooo boring to maintain, but gives good income anyway. Biggest income source – Adsense (obviously) and Kontera

Well actually those kind of site was very popular last year where there are lots of MFA site that are floating in the net. The best part of this is the Passive Income that it is giving. I also maintain some sort of blog that Fitz mentioned, For me I maintain a Song Lyrics Blogs. I also monetize it thru Kontera , Adbrite, & Adsense.

4. And a flagship blog, the one all of you guys know, where I provide the most value to the readers and I enjoy the most writing. Biggest income source – Adsense

Yup as an Online Blogger, It is always our goal to have our brand. That is why we always maintain our best site . Like me I maintain this site as my main site. This site is a semi-Tech, Blogging, SEO with a personal touch. BTW I maintain a blog and not a NEWS site. So better be happy on what you are doing and Online Money will come next. Again Thanks Fitz for sharing this info. Best of Luck to Your Finance Site.

This is also One way of thanking him for being active on commenting at my site. . I am now opening another category on this blog and call it Visitor’s Comment.

Picture is taken at Fort Santiago, Jose Rizal’s Prison, I put my signature with out knowing that I have to donate by doing so.

So here are my Top 10 Tips :

1. Blog on niche or subject that you really know, and not those subject which to pretend to know. I can see blogs that blog about those subject that they really don’t know. They just pick information in the net and compile it on their blog. I believe it is not fair.
2. Show expertise on your niche to be able to get the trust of your reader, You must be able to answer question which pertains to your blog subject.
3. Be friendly both Offline and Online events. remember without your reader your blog is useless.Try to respond to the comments that they have written in your blog and got to their blog and comment also. You may also try to subscribe to their Feeds so that you will able to know the latest information about that blog.
4. Write for your readers and not for the Search Engine, I sometime write for search engine but I make sure that those post do not appear on the homepage. So that it will not disrupt my new visitors.
5. Learn how to make research on proper keyword to be used. As the saying goes there are many ways to cook an egg. So be sure to cook it properly and tasty.
6. Learn how to apply SEO on your post, This is most of the time being neglected. Always remember hat if you want to earn something from your online presence, Visitors coming from the Search Engine are your probable customers.
7. If you really like to blog and make a brand for your blog, why don’t you spend $10 for your domain name and some money for your host. A blog looks more professional when domain name does not come from free hosting site. And consider making a good graphics for your new blog.
8. If you are just gaining visitors and you would like to promote your blog, Be sure your blog has enough good information before you advertise or market your blog.
9. Know how to use the social book marking sites and learn to get your analytics.
10. Make a very strong Password to avoid being Hacked.

So here are my Top 10 Blogging Tips. Hope you like it, What about you do you have any tips to share ?

This post is my official entry to blog.fuelmyblog.com & pureblogging.com

Good that I have prepared my calling card. BTW I won an iblog 4 shirt . Yahooo.

Update : Check for the pictures that i have uploaded here.

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Check out their announcement here

This time around, most of the changes to the Terms and Conditions fall into two broad categories: 1) future products and features and 2) privacy requirements. Specifically, one of the main changes is that the terms anticipate future products that may become available in other advertising formats and mediums, for example Gadget Ads. As we look forward to monetizing more online and offline content, we’ve re-worded some portions of the terms to make them applicable across a broader array of media and formats — anticipating, for example, that future products may be priced, paid, or managed differently than current ones.

We’ve also added some specific requirements that make it necessary for publishers to post and abide by a transparent privacy policy that users see. According to this policy, publishers must notify their users of the use of cookies and/or web beacons to collect data in the ad serving process. This change relates to advertisers’ use of innovative products and features like Gadget Ads and other offerings in the future

So each and everyone who uses Adsense should understand the new Terms or else suffer the consequence. The new TOS could be read here.

BTW the Manny Pacquaio VS Marquez fight is nearly coming so for those Filipinos who wants to earn some bucks in Adsense using those keywords mentioned in my previous post better optimized your site and practice SEO.