I actually don’t use Friendster frequently. It is because I am not fond of posting my “not so nice” photos and posting testimonials to other people (maybe because I am not bolero or I am too old for this). But I think I will change my mind about this not because my looks improves on photographs already or I like someone on friendster and I need to leave a message for her. The reason is that I found out that Friendster now uses Wordpress as its blogging engine. Yes that’s right! I have learned about this when my student told me about this (as I said I am not using it) just this afternoon. Since I really love Wordpress and the convenience it gives in blogging and customizing its appearance, having it in Friendster changes my  views on about the famous social networking site in Asia.

Another nice improvement on the blogging features of Friendster blogs is the clean and personalize URL / web address of your blog. Usually they use a sub-folder with underscore URL name of your blog but now it has a nice yournick.blog.friendster.com address, which is easy to remember rather than the previous naming convention in URL address. Bloggers from all over Asia (specially in the Philippines) will surely become more visible in Friendster blogs this year.

Blog on!

Social Networking sites like Friendster, Facebook, HI5, Okurt, Myspace and other social networking sites are more popular over the internet today based on the search trends from Google. You will see below the a graph of the searches made in the whole world for the said keyword. You will see how this social networking sites passed over porn from year 2007 up (if you will add up the search volume of all the social networking sites from different countries, it will be an overwhelming frequency of search against porn and sex keywords).

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Google agreed to Yahoo! in supplying Yahoo with advertising services to run alongside Yahoo’s own Web search system. Actually this deal was already discusses last June. The recent report from Reuters stated how Newspapers scrutinize this deal and complains that the deal will really hurt the newspaper. Here’s the excerpt of the said report from Reuters:

Google and Yahoo said the deal would only be in effect in the United States and Canada, but the World Association of Newspapers said it would hurt Yahoo’s ability to compete against Google in the future and called on EU antitrust authorities to scrutinize it. (read more @ http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSBRU00674420080915)

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“The Challenge” concluded today and Juan Manuel Marquez (known as one of the best boxers to come out of Mexico and a sure bet for a spot at the boxing’s Hall of Fame with a record of 48-4-1) dethrone the depending ring magazine lightweight champion of the world Joel Casamayor (a gold medalist from Cuba in the 1992 Olympics, he also scored two world titles in two separate divisions with a record 36-3-1). This is one of the best that I have watched in television today. Joel Casamayor was knocked down on the 11th round of their fight. Marquez vs Casamayor tought fight was one of a kind because both fighters were known to be greatest counter punchers of their division. At first the result of the Marquez vs Casamayor was still unknown because both fighters shows great punching powers. But in the end, Marquez prove his methodological fighting style to steal the crown from the Cuban Olympic medalist Casamayor.

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You may wonder why I chose the key phrase, “captivating Capiz” for the mini-SEO contest. You may think that the government of Capiz asked me to spread the battle cry “captivating Capiz” to the whole world. Honestly they never contacted me or asked me to do this things. I chose this key phrase for the contest on my own. We (Kyubz & I) planned the contest without the key phrase yet and I only provided the key phrase the day before we released the contest. Actually this contest was not asked by Philippines Blood Registry. This idea came already before I’ve met (on the net) the people from the said organization. I only solicit from them to shoulder the cash prizes and I am really grateful to this people. That’s why I am fully supporting every mission of Philippines Blood Registry to provide a fast and free service in locating fresh blood or blood donors for Filipinos who are in need. The good cause is really enough for me to be motivated to work on this website to be known in the Philippines.

Now, the reason why I chose the key phrase “captivating Capiz” is because I want to promote the province throughout t the Philippines and to the whole world. This is my “little” share for the popularity of the province of Capiz through mini contest like this. I know that I am not a good writer nor a good speaker. I can’t use flowering words nor perfect grammar that will entice readers to understand how I believe in Capiz enchanting beauty. I just know how to tap my fingers on the keyboard and click my mouse on cyberspace. It just also happen that my love for the province is so great that the first thing that I think of was to help it to be more progressive and popular to tourists & investors.

All I am hoping right now that more of Capiznon’s will make something that will provide honor to the province and help it become one of the best place to live in the Philippines. Go Captivating Capiznons, let us prove to the world that we are something!