I have once read a blog article that says Filipinos are more interested in sex than money. I was reminded of this article when I was searching for a keyword to experiment and optimize. I typed on the word “sex” to a keyword generator and I came by the term zootube gratuit. I decided to settle for zootube 356 and see if this can bring traffic to this site.

It is actually zootube 365 that searchers look for. Zootube 365 com is a site about animals (horse, dogs, etc.) and I assume it requires a password for a zootube login because there have been a number of searches for the terms zootube pass and zootube 365 key. I would like to see if playing with the zootube online keywords can make an improvement to my site statistics.

If you arrive here looking for zootube animal videos or zootube pictures, I suggest you try watching the following videos. They are fun and entertaining:

1. 3 column blogger templates can accommodate more widgets than 2 column templates

2. The extra sidebar in a 3 column blogger template can be used as an advertising space for google ads or similar blog revenue earning programs

There used to be a limited number of 3 column blogger templates on the web but now, say goodbye to hacking your blogger templates to add an extra sidebar. There are now a number of blogger template designers who offer new and better looking blogger skins for your blog. The best thing about these templates is that they can be downloaded for free. Here are some of these 3 column xml templates available for download online. To get blogger template that you want, click on the name of the template to go to the template homepage or download page.

Langit

Thoughtlog

Indomagz

Statement

Revolution

Some of these 3 column beautiful blogger templates were actually inspired if not converted from wordpress themes. Unfortunately not all of the beautiful wordpress themes are available for download as blogger templates. Most popular magazine wordpress themes like Options and Structure, for example, have not yet been converted to blogger and not everyone has the ability to make blogger converted wordpress templates.

This means that if you really want those beautiful wordpress themes, you have to host your blog on wordpress. If you are new to web hosting, you might check out webhostinggeeks.com for web hosting articles and web hosting reviews. The reviews will help you gauge which of the popular web hosting providers provide the best services and best value for your money. This might also help you avoid web hosting providers that just give awful services.

Fortunately, getting more themes for your blog is not the only advantage of hosting your own site and switching to wordpress. You also get to use hundreds of free to use plugins which can greatly help in your seo and blog monetization campaigns.

Critics of the grand theft auto 4 multiplayer video game consider it not suitable for minors and letters were even sent to retailers to discourage them from selling the “disgusting and violent” new grand theft auto games.

Nevertheless there have been good and positive grand theft auto 4 reviews. The wikipedia even says it is the best rated video game of all time.

The Smart broadband prepaid kit costs PhP 4500 and is inclusive of one and a half hour worth of internet access load. I believe that this also comes with the Smart BRO USB modem which will be used to plug into the laptop’s USB port to connect to the world wide web. Reloading can also be reportedly done by buying credits from smart load retailers. Speed is reportedly up to 384 kbps in areas with 3G coverages.

Smart claims this can be used nationwide but I wonder if this smart prepaid wireless broadband will work if I go to the boondocks. I mean will the broadband work in areas without 3G coverages? I still need to get out of the house to call when I go to some remote places in the provinces that I go to sometimes. I wonder if I can use the prepaid broadband in those areas.

1. Influential blogs are blogs that have the ability to start a “movement”. I should have included Macuha.com in my list for his pinay scandal movement but his blog was started somewhere in January 2007.

2. Influential blogs are blogs that are able to convert considerable number of visitors into readers. People won’t subscribe to your blog if they do not like or need what you post right?

3. Influential blogs are blogs that make people do what you advocate for and write in your blog. Filipinaimages.com should be in my list but the blog was created in June 2007 (just a month earlier).

– I have to agree with Quezon.ph that the criteria of “influential” differ from one person to another. My perception of influential blogs may be different from other bloggers who participate in this contest. I hope though that more participants to this writing project will be able to to at least show some criteria as to how they come up with their list of the ten emerging influential blogs.

Here is my partial list of my entries for the The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2008. Hopefully I will have this finished this week.

1. prcboardexamresults.com. This website is surely helpful to bar and board exam takers given that the PRC website is always down. Nevertheless, what makes this site influential is the fact that it has gained leadership among Philippine blogs that cover PRC board exam results. As for its readers, the site has gained more than 13,000 subscribers since its creation in September 2007. (Updated May 8, 2008: I am deleting this entry. The reason? I just asked myself how a website that shows PRC results can influence the way people think and act. I have also realized that being a leader does not necessarily mean influential. I am calling this site as outstanding but not necessarily influential).

21. BlogniInday.com. The site is primarily a humor blog that “gathers and shares Inday jokes found online and from SMS messages”. What makes this humor blog influential is that it inevitably establishes a new genre of Filipino jokes similar to the Erap Jokes a few years back and institutionalizes these “jokes” by publishing them in a new communication medium, blogging.

2. Filipino Voices.

I upgraded my personal blog Rhodilee dot com using the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade Plugin without having any trouble at all. Unfortunately, the plugin won’t work in my other blogs including this blog and my niche blog Online Job Workers.

So what do you do when the wordpress automatic upgrade plugin does not also work with your blog? Here are some suggestions:

1. Use another wordpress upgrade plugin. The instant upgrade plugin for wordpress is another plugin that does the same thing as the wordpress automatic upgrade plugin. Nevertheless, wordpress users who installed their blogs via fantastico (such as in my case) will not be able to use it.

2. Upgrade via fantastico. I considered upgrading my site via fantastico hoping the upgrade will be as easy as installing a wordpress blog. Unfortunately, I was neither able to upgrade using fantastico because upgrade to wordpress 2.5 and 2.5.1 is not yet available due to “bug fixing and testing”, according to my hosting provider. Nevertheless, here is a good tutorial on How To Upgrade Wordpress 2.3.x+ Via Fantastico.

3. Upgrade your blog using Filezilla. Wordpress actually recommends the use of filezilla to manage a wordpress site and using filezilla to upgrade to wordpress 2.5 or 2.5.1 may be a good option that you have if you can’t automate your upgrade. To upgrade using filezilla, download the filezilla client and read this article: Upgrade WordPress Guide How To Upgrade WordPress. If you are stuck on how to upload and download files using filezilla, read this post.

I was able to upgrade my sites using filezilla.

How to download youtube videos
Fortunately, there are youtube downloading softwares that claim to make it easier to download videos from youtube. A free software from Biennesoft, for example, allows users to download from sites like youtube and use this as a convert the video to whatever format they like. This youtube converter can then convert the videos into formats compatible with iPhone, iPod and similar devices. Youtube downloading sites like downloadyoutubevideos.com, on the other hand, merely requires the url of the video and provides a downlink to saving your file. It however requires that you have an installed FLV video player to save youtube videos.

If you are a voracious youtube or zootube video downloader though, your computer might need more than 4GB Memory to store all your video contents. If you are considering a 2gb Memory Upgrade, check out for memorydeal.net’s deal on PC3200 DDR400 SDRAM Upgrade.

So how do spammers manage to get through free email spam blockers and free spam blocker softwares? They send spam through email attachments. The following are four types of attachment spam you may receive in your inbox. Read through and you might just realize the last attachment you opened today actually came from a spammer:

1. Photo and Image files. Image spam is effective in circumventing free spam filter because image spams may be considered merely as images by email client softwares. This perhaps explains why you may still receive emails with images that sell watch replicas and online pharmacy products regardless of your spam email blockers. How to get rid of this type of spam? Do not read email messages with images that come from people you do not know.

2. PDF files. Another type of spam that many email anti spam programs may not be able to filter is Pdf spam. Make sure that you check out who your mail sender is when you receive PDF files especially if you are the type who always receive PDF files in your mailbox. PDF spam is a spam threat that is considered as a development out of image spams.

3. Excel Files. Business people who often use excel program are most at risk of opening spam emails with excel files. With the advent of spammers using excel files as attachment, security experts also say that spammers may also inevitably use powerpoint and word documents as spam attachments. Understanding and combating spam messages that use excel files and other attachments can be read at the GFI software white paper on “Attachment spam-the latest trend”.

4. Zip files. Zip files are usually used when downloading and sharing files in the internet. People also use zip files to make it easier and faster to send bulky data over email. Unfortunately, spammers are also using zip files to make it similarly easier and faster to spam mailboxes. According to SC magazine, spam mails that contain zip files usually use the following or a variety of these words: Invoice and document; alert, invitation and notice. Watch out for these words especially when opening emails with zip files that come from unknown sources.

So how do your protect your email address from spammers and email harvesters?

1. Avoid exposing your email address. The best way to protect your email address from spammers is to avoid displaying your email address especially in your blogs or websites but in case you feel obliged, the following may help:

2. Display your email as an image. Instead of displaying your email as text, use an image instead. Humans can read this, robot email harvesters won’t.

3. Use an alternative format when displaying your email as text. E.g mail(@)yourmail.com.

4. Use a captcha program. Captcha (Completely Automated Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) can now be used to protect your email. The reCAPTCHA Mailhide for example, requires people to solve a reCAPTCHA before they will be able to view your email address.

Torrent sites are considered as violative of copyright infringement laws but bit torrent users argue that these sites give options to overpriced soft wares. Bit torrent freeware may even cause the prices of original programs to become relatively lesser. Torrents, however, are not safe to download. A lot of viruses malware, spyware and trojans come with these files. Some torrent sites provide forums on the torren files contents which may help in identifying which bt file is infected or broken and even give information about the download speed.

How to use bit torrent
It is essential that the torrent has a high amount of seeders and leechers. Seeders are those who upload the files. A high number of seeders mean faster download speed. Leechers on the other hand are those who are downloading the file. Downloaders are generally advised to read the forums before downloading a file to prevent viruses and malicious soft wares. Seeding is considered as the “ethical thing” to do after the download is complete. Additionally, you may check out this post by myowntechblog.blogspot.com on how to use torrent.

Bit Torrent Sites
Choosing the right torrant sites is crucial. Trust is the key in choosing your site for downloading movies, games and musics. Some of the popular torrent sites include Torrentreactor.com (bit torrent downloader); Torrentspy.com (closed since March 24); Thepiratebay.org (bit torrent download website best for downloading TV shows such as Prison Break, Heroes, Naruto, Avatar, Desperate Housewives and even High School Musical); Sumotorrent.com (bit torrent free download site) and Pinktorrent.com which is a popular source of adult and porn bit torrents.

How does bit torrent work?
Different torrent sites require different download applications that need to be installed in the computer. Torrentreactor requires Azureus that requires JRE (Java Runtime Environment); Torrentspy requires bittorrent downloader; and all other sites may use ?torrent or micro torrent

Your internet speed will be compromised if you use torrent downloader applications. It is suggested that you leave your computer open overnight or for as long as it takes to download the file. Multiple downloads are also possible.