On the lighter side, I already have a few useful topics in mind for my future posts that will be helpful for both bloggers and SEO beginners. I’m all excited in writing them and sharing them to fellow bloggers. See you soon!

Though the winners of this contest will be rewarded cash prizes of 500 Philippine Pesos each, it is not what is really important to me. What’s more important to me is that people, especially my fellow Pinoys, get to know that JoedelSanvictores.com does exist in the blogosphere and that it provides good and useful posts especially to other bloggers.

I would also like to extend my greetings to the other 67 winners of this contest. Great job guys!

Almost every stat of this blogging tutorials blog has increased in a month. My Alexa rank broke the top 1,000,000 two weeks ago and it is currently on 824,654 with 152 inlinks. There was also a slight increase in my Technorati rank from 30,951 to 29,120 and increase in Technorati authority from 165 to 168. Here are my blog’s stats from the 3 major search engines in the internet:

Google Stats for JoedelSanvictores.com:
Backlinks: 73 (dropped from 83)
Indexed Pages: 241 (increased from 123)

Yahoo! Stats for JoedelSanvictores.com:
Backlinks: 12,967 (dropped from 14,773)
Indexed Pages: 172 (increased from 136)

MSN Stats for JoedelSanvictores.com:
Backlinks: N/A
Indexed Pages: 83 (dropped from 245)

I managed to publish a total of 9 posts for the month of September 2008. This explains the increase in my indexed pages in Google and Yahoo. I don’t know what happened to MSN though. My feed readers and email subscribers count has now increased to 138. The increase in my subscribers is credited to the quality and usefulness of the posts that I have published.

We are now in the fourth and final quarter of this year. Though it is almost impossible to retain my earnings from the previous month, I hope I can still manage to earn anywhere near it.

I actually expected the next update to occur around the end of October 2008. To be honest, I did not have enough time to make sure that my blogs retain their pageranks. This is the reason why most of my blogs’ PR’s dropped. There are no surprises though for this blogging tutorials blog as its PR remains at page rank 3.

Well, I guess owners of weblogs and webmasters can now start working for the next update. Let’s just hope that Google gives us a good Christmas gift for the next pagerank update.

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Our Boracay trip wasn’t actually planned. After having lunch one afternoon, Marvin and I talked about going somewhere relaxing for the summer. We both haven’t gone to Boracay so we agreed that it was the best place to go to. We both agreed that the upcoming weekend is the best time to go on a trip since most of our well prepared and planned trips almost always never push through. I immediately booked our flights with Cebu Pacific. That was the first time that I booked a flight online and fortunately, it was a breeze with Cebu Pacific. Their website and booking system is user-friendly and easy to use even for non-techie people.

Marvin, Dulce and I went to the Boracay trip. Upon arriving at the airport, we were already excited. We started to document our trip by taking photos of every good place we can spot. We arrived at Caticlan, the fastest way to Boracay, at around 1 P.M. and we were picked up by people from Red Coconut Resort. We hopped into a small boat and we can already see the beauty of Boracay Island even before we got there. Upon arriving at the resort we asked the person on the reception desk to arrange a banana boat ride for us. We just didn’t want to end our day without doing any activity. The banana boat ride was fun and exciting. It’s just too bad that we do not have any pictures of it. We returned to our room and took some rest. It was already dinner time when we got out of the room. After having a nice dinner at Red Coconut Restaurant, we explored the shores of Boracay in all stations. We had to return to our room early and get some rest for tomorrow’s activities.

We started early at Day 2. After eating a breakfast buffet at Red Coconut, we prepared for our island hopping trip. We got some snorkeling equipment and hopped into our service boat. We took pictures of every beautiful view that we see. Unfortunately, the battery of our camera died in the middle of our trip. Well, we thought if we let the battery rest for a while, it will be enough to take a couple more of pix for our next activity - parasailing. Parasailing is the most exciting activity that I’ve tried in my entire life so far. We were like on top of the world, flying and with the wind blowing up even higher. Our day ended with having a few drinks and chilling in a bar. We had to sleep early today so we can wake up early for an early flight out of the paradise.

Leaving the island was a sad moment but it only lasted until we had a small chit chat with a friendly and gorgeous flight attendant of Cebu Pacific. Boracay is definitely a great summer destination and we just didn’t get enough of it. The 3 of us agreed that we will definitely return to this island next summer.

Blogging saved a life twice. My mom was diagnosed with an ovary problem in December of last year and she had to undergo a minor operation. The result of the biopsy from this operation was not good and she had to undergo total abdominal hysterectomy by early this year. If not for blogging, we wouldn’t have enough money to pay for my mom’s operations.

My First Car (Nissan Sentra):

Six months after quitting my job from an internet company in the Philippines, I also managed to buy my very first car. It was a Nissan Sentra ‘97 model Super Saloon. Six more months later, I sold this car to Jeff for his second car and bought a Mitsubishi Adventure 2002 model (the toy for big boys as I call it) for an upgrade. I just bought my Adventure the other day and this is what inspired me to make this post.

My Mitsubishi Adventure… Yeah!!!

Currently, I am also making installment payments for a parcel of land in Tarlac. 3 more years and this land is going to be fully paid and officially become a property under my name.

The internet is a huge virtual world where you can earn real money. If you put your heart and best efforts in finding jobs and programs in the internet that really pay, you will definitely make good amount of money. Though this post is inspired by the recent purchase of my Mitsubishi Adventure, my purpose is not to brag about what I got but instead, to inspire and motivate people, especially my fellow Filipinos, to try their luck and venture the opportunities that the internet offers.

Nuffnang is the first blog advertising program in Asia which was started in Malaysia by Timothy Tiah and Cheo Ming Shen in February of 2007. After the program’s success in Malaysia and Singapore, Nuffnang finally reached the Philippines last month (August 2008). More than just a blog advertising program that offers opportunities to make money online through blogs, Nuffnang Philippines is a place where we can show that the Filipinos have their place in the blogosphere.

What do I expect with Nuffnang?

This blogging tutorials blog is not really intended to make me tons of dollars and as much as possible, I don’t intend to publish sponsored posts in it. When I joined Nuffnang, my primary purpose was to get to know other Pinoy bloggers and be known to them as well. When I visited the official Nuffnang Philippines website, I noticed that they let the world know who their bloggers are. Well, I certainly want to be included in their list.

Every month, Nuffnang also features bloggers in their site. Of course, I’m also hoping that my name will appear inside this featured box in the near future.

So far, that’s all I have to say about Nuffnang Philippines. I will keep you updated with my thoughts and actual experiences about it.

Do I recommend joining the program?

Sure! Join the program. I don’t see any reason for you not to.

Here are the screen shots of my blog’s previous and current wordpress themes for comparison:

My Previous Wordpress Theme (Click to enlarge):

My Current Wordpress Theme (Click to enlarge):

Do you like my new theme or do you think my previous theme is better than the current? Do you have any suggestions for me on what features, widgets and plugins to add to my blog? Well, I’d like to hear comments for you about my new wordpress theme.

Search engines, like Google, Yahoo and MSN, are the first resources that we turn into when we want to find websites or service providers in the internet. However, I really don’t recommend depending on search engines when choosing service providers because the search results that they provide are based on search engine optimized websites and not based on the quality of their services.

The best way to look for a web host providers are through independent web hosting reviews and comparison websites. Through them, you can find a good list of current webhosting providers in the internet. This makes it easier for you to find web hosts and compare their features side by side. Web Hosting Rating is an example of a web hosting reviews and comparison website. In resource sites like this, you will see webhosts that are ranked based on reliability, affordability and support. Each web host has a dedicated page where you can find its general, pricing, special features, bonuses and other specifications of their hosting service.

If you are after specific features of a web host for a specific need, like for a forum or blog, Web Hosting Rating has a web hosting awards section that groups hosting providers that is best for a specific feature. Other useful feature of this web host resource is their article section where you can find web hosting tutorials and tips. Reviews from actual web host users and customers, in my opinion, is the most accurate, honest and most importantly, useful. You can find actual user reviews in web hosting comparison resources and base your decision from them. Read about both good and bad experiences by webmasters with different web hosts that they have actually used.

In choosing a web host, you should take your time and give it your best effort. Once you have established your website with a hosting company it would be difficult to transfer to another. Web hosting review websites or resources are really helpful in making this crucial decision.

You can go to GoDaddy.com, search for the availability of your desired domain name and apply the code “TEST99″ during check out. Here’s a screen shot (click image for larger view) dafter you apply the GoDaddy promo or coupon code:

As usual, an additional 20 cents will be charged to you as ICANN fee for domain registration. Your total domain registration price will be $1.99 only. There you go! Good luck in your next domain name purchase and I hope that you’ll feel happy about finally getting that domain name for a dirt cheap price.