See you later at Pinoy Blogfest 3.0

Pinoy Blogfest 3.0 takes on the Digital Divide
Give each side a chance to air their story—that’s one simple solution to settle the feud between pro- and anti-Internet piracy supporters. Pinoy Blogfest 3.0, an annual event staged by Gadgets Magazine, aims to do just that. Everyone—no matter which side of the issue you’re on—is invited to be part of this instructive yet fun event, happening on Saturday, 22 September 2012 at the Alphaland Tents (EDSA cor. Chino Roces, near Magallanes MRT station) in Makati City.

Read more
http://www.gadgetsmagazine.com.ph/pinoy_blogfest3

Invitation: First Baguio Blog Conference

May 19, 2012

University of Baguio Square Hall

Assumption Hall, Baguio City

Register here at http://cordillerabloggers.org/

Admission is Free! Bloggers from all over the Philippines have come to talk about business, food, travel, tech, blogging and more.

See posters for details :)

Azrael of azraelsmerryland.blogspot.com/ManilaBloggers.blogspot.com (Manila Bloggers Network) is invited to share his experiences on blogging :)  See you there!

World Bloggers Day 2012 - It’s More Fun in Blogging and Social Media

Nowadays, the industry of social media and blogging has evolved and became more essential not only for online and offline business but also for them to market their products and services through blogs and social media, indeed, a powerful way in having a strong grip at their business' true success.

If you will be likely to notice, Facebook is considered to be the latest trend in the world of social media marketing. This portal had already left a good image in the social and business world, and as well took the limelight at times as one of the popular networking sites for most users. Social media marketing through Facebook does not only play an important role for millions of people who are tending to engage themselves in the virtual world, it is also significant for everybody (not only bloggers) who are utilizing all the possible ways just to drive traffic and backlinks into their websites.

Aside from this, other benefits are as follows:

• You can reach local and international area consumers, since Social Media like Twitter and Facebook is good in handling networks.
• Your website can gain referral traffics from Twitter and Facebook, thus, enabling you to have a higher rank in search engines.
• You can improve the popularity of your brand since your name will be seen every time you post something.
• Through Facebook, your site can gain more viral stories, more socialization, and more fun! 
• You can promote your own blogs/articles just by simply including their URLs on your posts.
• Facebook allows you to share interesting ideas, ask questions, and post facts that can provide interest to your friends.

Blogging and Social Media are gaining high vitality and popularity to date. Business professionals see this social media site as a surefire way to make their websites upgrade from its current level. Marketing through Facebook, Twitter, or any other Social Media platforn are guaranteed to give  traffic to one's website, just make sure to use it properly.

World Bloggers Day 2012 - It’s More Fun in Blogging and Social Media
http://www.worldbloggersday.org/2012/04/24/world-bloggers-day-2012-its-more-fun-in-blogging-and-social-media/

Image source
http://myblogguest.com/forum/uploads/articles/2011/8/Social-Media.jpg

Written by: Daomisyel of GlamourMoments.net

SM City San Lazaro 3-Day Sale

Now It's SM City Lazaro's turn for a summer-sizzling 3 Day Sale. Buy discounted items and get a chance to earn rewards and special prizes. Details posted on the poster below :)

Does Your Event Really Need a Facebook Page?

I've been reading a lot of online materials discussing how powerful is Social Media in terms of promoting your brands, products, services and events. If you are hosting an event, then, you really need to boost out your energy to invite people not only by word of mouth but also making your event visible online.

This is the perfect timing for you to create your own Facebook page, whether you like it or not. If you are considering creating a page for your event, here are the details that you should consider:

• Event Logo with strong individual branding
• An event that repeats regularly (if its an annual event)
• A photographic strategy so that each event has it’s own stocked photo album
• The staff available to manage an event page in addition to your main page (to avoid lying dormant in between events)

The major benefit to having an event page is the fact that you can promote it at your event, so that when it reoccurs every year, you have a fan list of extremely qualified leads. Also, your attendees are able to “tag” your event in their status updates and in photos, which may send further traffic from their circles. This keeps your page active weeks and months after the event.

source: http://www.mequoda.com

Be a Blogger for Habitat Youth Build

In partnership with the Philippine Bloggers Awards, Inc., Habitat for Humanity Philippines encourage bloggers to support the cause of the foundation through the Youth Build 2012, a build activity that will gather 2,000 youth that will help rebuild the lives of families whose homes were totally damaged by the typhoon. The Philippine Bloggers Awards Inc. is raising funds for a Bahay Blogger (Blogger House).

Read full details here
http://www.give2habitat.org/member/clairealgarme/bahayblogger

Over-Optimizing your website? Think Again

Google announced its major revamp on search engine last week. And now, has plans of penalizing overly optimized website. How would you know if the website you're handling is affected?

Check the video here

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Google is about to embark on the biggest-ever overhaul of its search system, one that involves "semantic search," as well as changes to search engine optimization, advertising, and page-ranking results.

Also read
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57397782-93/google-plans-major-revamp-for-search-engine/

Brian McKnight meet and greet tom. in SM San Lazaro

Meet Brian McKnight in person tomorrow in SM San Lazaro
March 15 at 6pm  in SM San Lazaro

Twitter Aquires Posterous

Here is a special announcement to all who uses Posterous as their blogging platform.
It is confirmed that Twitter has acquired Posterous and the Twitter team will be working on several key initiatives.

http://blog.twitter.com/2012/03/welcoming-posterous-team-to-flock.html
http://blog.posterous.com/big-news

Discovering 10 Google Search Secrets

Here is 10 little-known secrets of Google for your to try. These tricks can yield you to a much better search results.

http://www.zdnet.com/photos/10-google-search-secrets/

Guide to New Facebook Brand Page

Facebook users with brand pages may have noticed an announcement at the top of their pages this morning, alerting them that New Facebook Pages are coming soon. You can preview your page and try out the new features now ahead of the full switchover, which is scheduled for March 30.

Read more here

The New Google Analytics

Confused on how the new Google Analytics works? Here's how :)

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-seo%E2%80%99s-guide-to-google-analytics-5-getting-used-to-new-features-part-i/39544/

Google Privacy Policy and Update

http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/policies/

One policy, one Google experience

We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read. Our new policy covers

multiple products and features, reflecting our desire to create one beautifully simple and intuitive experience across Google.

This stuff matters, so please take a few minutes to read our updated Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service now. These changes will take effect on March 1, 2012.