I have no knowledge about this hacking style, whether it is a SQL injection done by a bot or any other method in hacking the Wordpress system installed on that Photo Gallery blog.

The Wordpress version installed as of the time the site was hacked is version 2.6 which was released last July 15, 2008. The plugins that installed are: “Add Meta Tags”, “Akistmet” and “Optimal Title”. The theme used is the default Wordpress theme. The password of the admin user that was hacked is complicated one that contains special characters.

I really don’t have ideas how the hacker got the admin access of that blog. If you have ideas, please post them at our comment section.

Currently, I am installing the latest Wordpress version 2.6.1.

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Just like what a couple of visitors of this blog who sent me email are thinking, you might as well thinking that I already stopped blogging or if not totally stopped, my interest in blogging has started to fade.

To let you know, I am still active in blogging. I occasionally do the SEO jobs of my blogs but I am regularly posting articles into this blog.

So where are the articles?

January 16, 2008 when I published an articles, “Would You Celebrate the Valentines Day?“. Of course all the subscribers of this blog received a copy of this article through the feedburner email subscription services. And a lot of them were disappointed on the content of that said article… they emailed me… and told me that I was insulting their faith as member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Because of that incident, I decided that to show some respect to this blog’s subscribers, I will stop publishing religious articles or any articles that might insult them on the homepage of this blog. But it doesn’t mean that I would stop publishing them on this blog. What I mean is, if I will publish articles similar to that mentioned earlier, I will make sure that the feed subscribers will never receive them via email or feed reader.

How did I do that?

Okay. This blog has been set to make the 20 recent articles available via feed. In other words, any articles that belongs to the 20 recent ones will be sent to the subscribers by feedburner. If I want to publish article but don’t want the feedburner to send it to my subscribers, I make sure that the date of publishing of that article will be set to 7 months ago. We are now on the month of August, and setting the article back to 7 months ago means publishing them on the month of January.

Let’s take for example my recent posts in the “Church” category. I have 3 posts that are published on the month of January 2008. These posts are: (Note: If you are not ready yet to read the articles that contradict your faith, please don’t open these articles because they might insult you) Christ is the cornerstone, Peter is the foundation, Christ is the only foundation, and No Place for Peter to be the Foundation. I wrote these articles actually only this month of August 2008. And just like what I said earlier, I published them on the month of January 2008 to avoid the sending of these articles to our feed subscribers.

How can people read your ideas if you’ll hide your articles?

I am not actually hiding my articles. They are published online and are set so that search bots or spiders can spider them and make them available on the search result pages. Besides, the person who should read this articles received copies of them via email.

So, you are publishing articles for search engines not for people?

No! These articles are readable by the people who want to read them. I am not even targeting any keywords while writing them. I am simply writing a message to the person I am talking to.

If the search bots or spider crawl these articles, it doesn’t mean that I am targeting them. I only let them crawl these articles and make them available on their search result pages so that people who are searching for the information related to the content of my articles, they can use my articles as their reference.

However, I just want to remind you that the articles published on this blog are my ideas. Any religious thoughts you found on my articles don’t represent the doctrines of the church that I affiliated with. Please read more the “ABOUT” page of this blog.

So, how can we know if you publish articles that are hidden from the feedburner?

I don’t have yet any idea how to make you known of the new articles that I published that are hidden to feedburner or feed subscribers. However, if you have an idea, just let me know by posting it below or at our comment section, or just send it to me via email.

Thank you so much.

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Consider examining my Pinay Scandal post.

Adsense ads is supposed to be displayed in between the Post-Title and the Post-Content according to the design of the Wordpress theme that this blog is using. However, the said Wordpress plugin disabled the displaying of the Adsense ads on that post.

Actually, there are few reasons on why I created a Wordpress plugin that functions like that. The following reasons are:

• To increase the Adsense CTR. I’m not really sure if the free ads displayed on pages with banned contents generate Adsense impression. I am still studying it. But if it really generates impression for Adsense then disabling the display of Adsense ads on banned pages will surely decrease the Adsense impressions while increasing its CTR.
• To make use of the users clicks on Adsense ads. Based on my observation (using the data collected by the MyBlogLog, there are many adsense clicks generated on the pages where only the free ads from adsense are being displayed. I’m sure that this clicks are not counted as valid clicks since the ads displayed or the ads that are being clicked are just free and no one is paying for them. Now, with the use of this plugin, there will be no free ads that will be displayed that might received clicks from our visitors. So, the attention of our visitors will now be diverted to our blog’s own links or to other paid ads.
• To minimize the annoyance resulted by the free ads from Adsense. Well. I know that the way the adsense ads displayed on this blog are annoying. However, it is more annoying in my part to see free adsense ads or a blank space on the portion where adsense ads should be displayed. At least with this Wordpress plugin that I created I make sure that no free adsense ads are being displayed on some pages of this blog.

The Wordpress Plugin’s Design

Actually, I was planning to create a Wordpress plugin that automatically search the content of the current post for keywords that would trigger the Adsense system to display free ads. Some called this kind of keywords as “Adsense Banned Terms”. However, I am no programmer. I might have little knowledge on PhP programming for the Wordpress script but it’s not enough to create a plugin based on the mentioned design.

So, I decided to write a Wordpress plugin that do the following functions:

• During the activation of this Wordpress plugin, “POST” table will be added by a column named “Adsense_Status”. This column has a default value of “0″.
• On the Write or Edit option of the Wordpress Admin CP, a form was added that let the admin enter a number “0″ or “1″. When the SAVE or PUBLISH button is clicked, the value of the column “Adsense_Status” of that particular post will be set to the entered value. “0″ means the post doesn’t contain adsense banned terms. “1″ means the post contains adsense banned terms.
• This plugin contains functions that will be called at the Wordpress Theme which will decide whether the Adsense ads will be displayed or not. If the it finds that the value of the column “Adsense_Status” is “0″ (zero) then Adsense Ads will be displayed. Other wise, the Adsense ads will not be displayed.

Wordpress Plugin, Not Released

Currently, I decided not to release this Wordpress Plugin for public use. I am not ready yet to make it available to those who wants to use it. However, if you have knowledge on PHP programming for Wordpress, then you can write your own plugin by making use of the functions and features I mentioned above.

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It’s just actually the photoshop’ed photo of the Sts. Peter and Paul islands in Hinunangan (Southern Leyte) along with our photo, and the picture of the wedding rings. It was printed by the FujiFilm Digital Imaging (Maasin City) in 3R size.

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I was offline for more than a week already. I’m sorry for this. I was just too busy preparing things for my wedding. I just arrived this afternoon and wrote this post immediately. I wanted to post few articles for the past days but I just couldn’t because Hinunangan, Southern Leyte has no internet yet.

Yes! I stayed for several days in Hinunangan, Southern Leyte while my girlfriend and I prepared the documents required by the Iglesia Ni Cristo administration to members who want to get married. Then last Monday, our application had been finally approved, and we’ll be tied by the laws of God (not by knots) in marriage on the 3rd week of June 2008 in Hinunangan Locale of the Iglesia ni Cristo. You are all invited to witness as my girlfriend and I make a promise to each other to be wife and husband (respectively) ’till death.

Then Why Did You Say That Your Blogs Saved You?

Well, I am very much thankful to God for giving me the knowledge to blog and the chance to earn money from my blogs.

You know, since March 2008 I failed to be online regularly because I was always on my vacation. I failed to post articles regularly on my blogs and also failed to do SEO regularly. However, I still earn money from my blogs.

If I don’t have blogs and just working for a company (as an employee), I will be forced to take a leave of my job without pay. But my blogs saved me from this scenario and give me the opportunity to earn money even if I was not working for several days. Just recently, I learned that all my blogs are earning few dollars from Adsense, Project Wonderful, and other ad publishing network. And the income is enough for my June 2008 budget.

And just one more thing: The budget for my up-coming wedding is coming from my blogs’ income. My blogs really saved me.

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(translation from Bisaya) Hello Selboy. … I want to get some idea from you as a blogger. I’m following you in your blog since January (2008) and I am quite interested to become a blogger like you. Can you please tell us what you are doing everyday?

I think, I already wrote and published posts that might answer the question. But that posts were written when I was still staying in a town where there is no internet connection. Check these articles: “2007 Blog Juice” and “How Do I Blog?” (… Sorry… those posts were not really the ones that I was telling you about. I searched my blog’s archive but I failed to find them.)

What am I doing here in my apartment?

Okay… Actually, I am living in a boring life. I am alone here in my apartment. My only companion is my desktop PC which I use for my daily blogging and SEO activities, and the laptop PC which I use to play some DVD movies. My girlfriend and I are not yet married so she couldn’t stay here with me now.

To let you know, while writing this post, I am also watching the movie of Harrison Ford, “Fire Wall”. Here’s the photo of my workplace as current as of writing this post:

And if I get bored, I play “ZERO Online” or the “Perfect World” (from Level-up Philippines). (Some online gamers urge me to play the “Cabal” from the e-games Philippines but I just don’t have the interest yet.)

By the way, I will not tell you everything here on this post, but trust me, I will tell you more about my activities in my future posts.

P.S.

If you didn’t notice yet, I have new posts in Motoristang Pinoy or Honda XRM Rider blog:

• Las Vegas Resort Hotel
• Mangrove Forest, Now a Village
• Purok Mamagan Variety Show

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The drop of its ranking from rank 1 to 26 is really bad.

What’s the cause of the drop of ratified ranking?

Based on the data shown on the screenshot above, the drop of the feed subscribers has caused the drop of its ratified ranking.

To let you know, on May 12, 2008 our blog has a total of 6,345 subscribers. But this number has dropped to 257, which means that thousands of our subscribers failed to receive the current update of our blog.

I don’t know what’s the reason of this dropped. I will still do some googling regarding this matter. If you experience the drop too or have knowledge regarding the truth behind this, please let us know by dropping your comments at our comment section.

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I will not answer directly that question. However, I will give you my thoughts on how to spot the emerging influential blogs in 2008.

Actually, the blogs you listed in your own list of 10 emerging influential blogs are really emerging influential blogs among the blogs you found in the internet. You listed them based on your own judgment. But don’t forget that you are just nominating them, and your nomination will be counted as 1 vote to each of the blogs in your own list. The final list of the emerging influential blog will be made by Ms. Janette Toral. The 10 blogs with the highest number of nomination or votes will be considered as the top 10 emerging influential blogs in 2008.

So, how can you spot the emerging influential blogs in 2008 that can be included in your own list? Well, the process is just simple… You only need to check the following:

1. Date of the Start of the Blog. According to the instruction of Ms. Janette Toral, the blogs that can be included in your own list of “10 emerging influential blogs in 2008” are those blogs that started on July 1, 2007 to the present. In other words, all the blogs that started anytime from July 1, 2007 to the present are already considered “emerging” … only “emerging“… but not yet “emerging influential” (lol) blogs because we need to consider the things below to know if they are really “emerging influential” blogs.
2. The Traffic of the Blog. Actually, not all blogs that have high traffic are influential blogs. But it is true that influential blogs have enough traffic. Just check the traffic-counter or the buttons of the blog-ranking system that the blog has participated.
3. The Number of Feed Subscribers. Almost all blogs display the number of feed subscribers. Usually it is displayed at the right side of the blog.
4. The Number of Commentators. Just check the number of commentators in each of the posts of the blog.

But what if the blogs you listed on your own “top 10 emerging influential blogs” have few number of visitors, feed subscribers and commentators, is it fine? Of course, yes. Tere’s no problem if the blogs you listed on own list of “top 10 emerging influential blogs in 2008” have only few visitors, feed subscribers or commentators as long as (just like what I said above) those blogs started anytime from July 1, 2007 to the present. After all those blogs in your own list are really the top 10 emerging influential blogs in 2008 among the blogs you found in the internet. So, it is of course true that there are blogs that have higher number of visitors, subscribers, and commentators compared to the blogs in your own list, but it just happen that you didn’t found them before completing the list.

I hope this post helps.

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You know, I am not yet that old but I am already suffering the illnesses that are normal to old people. At the age of 15, I already started taking my maintenance for the hypertension. And now, my right knee hurts, and I think it’s caused by arthritis. Thinking of these illnesses leads me to loss hope in reaching the age of 60. I wonder if lots of Filipinos are also suffering similar illnesses that I have. If that is so, then Filipinos couldn’t live longer like the Americans. Patsy revealed this:

Americans are living longer than ever before. With better health care, early screenings and people choosing healthier lifestyles, this trend is expected to continue. In Fact, the population of elderly is expected to increase. It is estimated that by the year 2040 the Old folks will account for twenty-three percent of all Americans. Nearly one half of those will be over the age of Eighty-five! I plan to still be here annoying my kids and Grand kids when My age group is the largest of all age groups.

By the way, as of writing this post the result when googling for “Smart Bro” is now balanced. The first page of the result already contains blogposts that tell us that “Smart Bro Sucks” and “Smart Bro, The Best”. Take a look at the screenshot below:

I’ll just hope that this result will not change anymore or if there might be changes, the blogpost that say “Smart Bro, The Best!” will be moved upward of the SERP. Well, that post is my post that was published on this blog.

So much for that, I want to thank GM Tristan for sending me the installers for the “Perfect World” MMORPG of the Level Up Philippines. And thank you all for visiting me here.

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Well, It just happened that my time was spent fixing the problems of my blogs and modifying the themes of the blogs under my Ka Webspy Network. But actually, it should not disturb my blog-hopping and commenting activities. I think, I only missed my time management.

Comment Moderation

Now, I want to suggest to all bloggers who have their own blogs. If possible, let the comments posted by your blog’s commentator to show immediately soon as the commentator clicked that POST-COMMENT button.

You know, I am really disappointed everytime I visit a blog, write a comment but then when I clicked the POST-COMMENT button, nothing showed up, not even a message telling me that my comment needs to be moderated first before it will show up on the blog.

You see, you want us to visit your blog and interact on your posts, but then you’re pissing us off by holding our comments for moderation even if our comments do no contain any malicious terms or spammy URL.

Well, I am not saying that you should not moderate the comments dropped by your blog’s commentator. But you can do it in other ways.

Consider this blog as an example. I am actually moderating every comments posted on this blog, especially those captured by Wordpress for moderation. But at least all the comments posted that do not violate the preference or settings I set on the Wordpress option for comments, are immediately posted. This is actually a simple way of thanking commentators and welcoming them. Anyway, you can delete comments if you think those comments are not meant to be shown.

Update:

Pinoy united told us that responding to comments is one of the best ways in networking with fellow bloggers. And I agree with that. You can respond comments by posting your reply on a particular comments or you can just write post and talk about a particular comments, just like what I am doing now.

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