Yep. I know, it’s not a weekend recap anymore. Better late than never, right?

Here are the latest news and some interesting posts in the Pinoy blogosphere that happened during the past week:

Pinoy Blogosphere News

• Breaking News: Personal Blog Reunites Blogger to Real Mom! Vicky Ras, a public relations excecutive, finally gets the chance to meet her biological mother after making a post about it on her blog! You could read Inquirer.net’s news article here.
• The Blog Ethics and Libel Round-Table Talk organized by BlogandSoul.net was held last February 16 (Saturday). Moderated by Butch Dado of The Warrior Lawyer, attendees were able to learn more about Libel and how it is a concern for Pinoy bloggers.

Blogging Tips

• If you want to improve your blog for the welfare of your visitors, what better way to start than asking your readers, right?Jozzua shares a good tip that I would also be implementing on this blog, Three Crucial Questions that You Should Ask Your Website Visitor.
• Blogging Mix tells us the benefits of knowing your blog visitors, how it could improve you as a blogger and your blog.
• Are you a Project Wonderful Publisher? Marghil shares some tips on how to attract more advertisers on your adbox.
• Silkenhut warns us of spammers stealing other people’s identities after encountering a comment from a spammer disguising himself as Jehzlau’s, a frequent reader of Silkenhut.com.
• Dexter gives out 5 suggestions on how to effectively organize a Blog Contest on your blog.

Interesting Posts

• PinoyMoneyTalk lists the 5 Biggest Google Adsense cheques ever revealed and a Pinoy is one of them! Jeez, look at their earnings!
• EntreCard Traffic Disliked by Advertisers? BloggingMix shares his experience when a direct advertiser canceled their agreement when they found out that the majority of his blog’s traffic were from Entrecard. Does this mean EntreCard traffic is of low quality?
• Ever heard of PayPerPlay? You know, that new monetization option that let’s you earn money just by playing a sound clip advertisement on your blog? Yuga shares his view on why PayPerPlay wont be succesful. I agree with him, it’s kinda annoying on the part of the visitor if a sound or music suddenly plays on a website.
• Manuel Viloria asks, Is Audio Advertising for You? It’s a good post on how you would know if PayPerPlay advertisements will click on your blog.

Pinoy Blog Contests

• Jhay of the Four-Eyed Journal and Jam of Jammedph have organized a contest where you could win a Free domain + 1GB CPanel Hosting for 1 Year! Check the detals of the contest here!
• Do you want to have your own Wordpress blog? Blogging Mix also has a new contest for non-Wordpress users which you could find here!

Other Posts

• Manila Bulletin is currently looking for writers/article contributors for the MomsandBanies, Dining and Funpage sections. Interested? Visit this page here.

Happy blogging!

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