I’m migrating most of my online photo albums to a new iPAP Photo Gallery which can be found at this address:
http://gallery.abuggedlife.com
Many thanks to Abe who helped me install this and to Markku for writing the plugin.
You know what? It actually works.
Especially this one:
Laban, Manny!
Darren Rowse and his wife V have a new family member in Xavier Rowse. He is 8 pounds and 13 ounces.
Congratulations Darren and V!
If you’re in the mood to widen your personal blog’s audience, you may want to try a trick I’ve been doing not only for this blog but also for my technology sites.
The tip is to try to connect your blog topics with popular culture references.
For instance, blog traffic here had increased when I did a post on Bubbles Paraiso being my former student. The post title was simply Bubbles Paraiso, a popular model and local TV show host (and yes she was really my student). Being a hot item in the entertainment industry, Bubbles was able to squeeze some Google Juice my way. If you do a search for her on Google, I am on the front page as of July 6 2006.
On my mobile phone blog, traffic shot up when I created a thread on the Final Fantasy Advent Children phone that Cloud was using. I knew that FFVII would be a hot topic of discussion and putting it on Google would send some juice my way. I also recently made some posts on the Bleach and Naruto cell phone straps.
Take a look around you and figure out what’s in in today’s pop culture. Names of celebrities, popular cars, toys, television shows and events are always welcome. Put yourself in the shoes of the person who wants to find information on the web. Figure out what this person will type on Google to get this information and use those keywords as your post titles.
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We’re scheduling another informal blogger meet. Here are the details:
Who: All bloggers, casual and professional
When: July 15 2006 5:30 PM
Where: Italianni’s Greenbelt 2, Makati
There’s really no set agenda. We’re going to play things by ear. Borrowing a quote from MaPalad, this is going to be an evening to learn, share and have fun.
A round of beer is on me.
If you are hesitant to attend, you can read up on what transpired during the last informal blog meet to convince you to go.
Attending:
1. me
2. Rico
3. Abe
4. Markku
5. Sasha
6. Vespinoy
7. Gail + hot date (!!!)
8. Dickoy (yahoo!)
9. Angelo
10. Rick
11. Chris