One of the task of a link builder is do blog commenting. In doing this, one has put in mind to comment according to the post, but what if a person though commenting about the post do it excessively?

I usually get 1 or 2 comments on my blog, but when I saw 29 new comments, it has caught my attention, especially those 29 is done by only one person.

It’s flattering that someone would take time to read and comment on every post I have but if comments are simply done for the sake of commenting to have link on it, it certainly doesn’t look nice. I guess a maximum of 3 post to comment on a certain blog in a day would be enough, a 5 would be too much for me, but 29? Just doesn’t seem right.

Check the comments being done on my blog, though some I would consider, but some just obviously was done for the sake of being able to leave a comment to link its site. This is a bad practice, because the blog owner like me would tend to mark this as spam.

Leave a comment if you feel like your comment would add to the quality of the post, for the next visitor to learn from it, not for the sake of link building. Build links naturally!

I LOVE BYAHILO!

It happened September 19, 2009. That was 3 days ago. I have been super busy since then, so I guess better late than never.

Just like WordCamp last year, I had a hard time finding the right gate. However, this time I have improved! It took me two tries to find the right one, compared to three tries last year. Yahoo to that!

I have my cousin with me so I am not scared of getting lost. We had our temperature check upon entering the building. Then we went to the third floor for the registration.

I though we would win something for being early, just like last year, but there’s no price for early birds this year. Well, I’d still choose being early though, because then I have the choice of where to sit.

Upon entering the main area, we have chosen the best location we could find and then have our pictures taken. The advantage of not being alone, is having someone to take your picture without asking.

So while waiting:

* I enjoyed the free Wi-Fi.

* Picture taking with my cousin.

* Picture with Blogie.

* Picture of a banner on stage.

* Eat cookies.
I wish there was free water in the area.

At last, the event started.

MC Migs
Migs gave a joke that those who have laptops who are using the power outlet would be fined with Php 50 and someone actually took her plug out. BWA HA HA HA

Head Organizer Blogie.
Blogie proudly informs everyone how solid the Mindanao Bloggers are. I hope Iloilo Bloggers would be as solid.

Wordpress guy, Lebens

Here, I knew a lot of WordPress Family that are not as popular as WordPress and the equation:

WPMU != WordPress

Firefox Tshirt give-away

Marku
I learned about WP Super Cache and RSS Footer

Matt just gave a video message.
Everyone was Oooohh

Enjoying the event.
My cousin was teasing me because as a fat lover, there was a fat guy seated next to me, but he transferred in front

Danilo Arao
If I were to interview a writer, I would ask: “What is the essence of journalism?”

Seth, the Mozilla guy

OPEN WEB is IMPRESSIVE!

Lunch Time:

The SALAD was delicious! Overall, food was great. You should have seen my plate. It was wiped clean.

I won a sticker

Showing off our rubber bracelet

Jeff

WordCamp Tshirt, free give-away

Gail

Karla

Interview

Of course, I wouldn’t let the event pass, without a picture from the stars.

Wordpress, Me and Mozilla

Migs and I

Since I was able to attend the WordCamp last year, I can’t help but to compare.

• I was disappointed of the WordCamp badges this year.
  • I don’t know if I have written babsy.com during my registration, as what was written on my badge but I am pretty sure my blog is supposed to be http://www.babsy.name – I checked the .com and it was like a porno site, so not good for me.
  • Mine was better than my cousin though, because mine was computerized while my cousins was handwritten, so we asked why and they informed us that they had a hard time looking for it so it might have been lost, so they just created one for her like the ones they made for walk-in registrant. Unfair, right?
  • Also when they gave us our badges, my cousins badge was without a lanyard. I informed them that we were both registered online, so they got one for her. There are others who have no lanyards as well, so somehow I was thinking that the organizers wasn’t prepared.
• Souvenirs was just in card envelope while we had it on bag last year.
• Wi-Fi connection was intermittent.
• The power socket in my area was broken during the morning, so some have no place to plug-in their laptop.

In summary, I was expecting better because this year we actually paid compared to free one last year. Yet, I have seen more flaws. I hope I could help out next year.

I enjoy attending free events. As obvious, when I attended the WordCamp 2008 and iBlog 5 held in Luzon (specifically in Manila), even if I am from Visayas – Iloilo.

So, when I heard about the DigitalFilipino Club and Bacolod Bloggers Networking event, I immediately confirmed my attendance; If I could go to Manila for an event, why not in Bacolod – Di ba?

The event was sponsored by PAGCOR and was held at Casino Filipino Bacolod. It was my second time to meet Miss Janette Toral of DigitalFilipino and I was amazed by her memory, she remembered me – my name! WOW, because I’m not good in remembering names, in fact just this afternoon in a Mall, someone approached me “all-smiles” and so I did smile at her too, then she grabbed my hand and shook it saying “sorry I am in a hurry.” Goodness, that was a such relief, if she had stayed and talked to me, I would surely have broken her heart. Deary, if you are reading this, “I AM SORRY.”

However, I think I would remember Marcos, Jun, Mary Jane, Tim and Glady whom I just met during the event. These Iloillo Bloggers have been my friends online for a long time, and we just met each other in person, last night. Also, with us is the infamous Enrico Dee, whom I first met at iBlog 5, introduce to me by another Iloilo Blogger, Bernie (who missed the meet-up).

I really had fun during the event because the organizers did a great job and Miss Janette Toral is full of positive energy – she always smiles at the City of Smiles.

A fellow Iloilo Blogger and my officemate, Claire, seems to have enjoyed it as well. We both won a prize during the raffle – Yehey!

Pics available for download at Intiendes Photos. Here’s the slideshow:

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

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I arrived early because I don’t want to panic in an unfamiliar place. The event was held in UP Diliman, in which I just knew is a super wide campus. I wasn’t able to explore it because I don’t want to be lost. I helped out in putting things in the kit given to attendees.

Helpful Early Bird

Pic taken from SexyNomad

As an early bird, I get to choose where to sit.

My client sponsored the event, so I am wearing the 611connect shirt. Head up to 611connect website if you are into blogging and cell phone reviews, we have a writers compensation program that could give you an extra income.

The event was fun and educational.

I met a lot of well known bloggers. As a blogger, I could say that attending free events like this is a must, because not only you get to learn a lot of things, you also meet people whom you often just encounter online.

iBlog 5

Pic taken from MariaKatrina

Expect me to be there on the next free bloggers event.

Thanks to Plurk and Marhgil Macuha because if not for those two, I wouldn’t know that TODAY is the deadline for a new requirement of Google Adsense:

In preparation for interest-based advertising, please ensure that your site’s privacy policy is up to date by April 8, 2009. Visitation information from publisher sites will be used to create user interest categories, delivering more relevant ads and improving monetization for publishers over time. Learn more…

I need not say more, JUST UPDATE YOUR SITE with PRIVACY POLICY NOW!

You could take a look at JenSense for some examples.

iBlog5: The 5th Philippine Blogging Summit will be on 09 May 2009 at the Malcolm Theater, UP College of Law, UP Diliman, from 8 am to 5 pm. Registration will still be FREE. Register NOW!

This is the schedule for the day but it is still subject to revisions. Will update as soon as we finalize this.

Morning session: (some can be sponsored talk)

• 9:00 – 9:20 Blogging 101 (Micaela Rodriguez & sponsor slot)
• 9:30 – 9:50 Photo Blogging 101 (Faith Salazar and Fritz Tentativa)
• 10:00 – 10:15 Break
• 10:15 to 10:35 Video Blogging 101 (Azrael Coladilla)
• 10:45 – 11:05 Mobile Blogging 101 (sponsor slot)
• 11:15 – 11:35 Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging 101 (Benj Espina and Juned Sonido)
• 11:45 – 12:05 Blog Promotion & Traffic Generation Strategies 101 (Winston Almendras and Coy Caballes)
• 12:05 – 1:00 Lunch break

Afternoon session:

• 1:00 – 1:20 Legal issues in Blogging
• 1:30 – 2:30 Preparing Bloggers for the 2010 Elections
  - COMELEC on Blogging & Bloggers
  - Citizen Journalism for the 2010 Elections (Oliver Robillo, NAMFREL Chairman – Davao City)
  - The Bloggers Election Handbook project release (Janette Toral)
• 2:40 – 3:30 Blog Advertising Situation in the Philippines (Yehey and 2 sponsors)
• 3:30 – 3:45 Break
• 3:45 – 4:45 Blogging to the Next Level (Fitz Villafuerte and another speaker)
• 4:45 – 5:00 Raffle & Group picture taking

7:00 pm onwards After-Event Party (sponsored)

Check the site for more info.

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I just updated this blog to Wordpress 2.7.1. From Beta 2.7, an update is just a click away. I really love this easy update option, it helps a lot for a blogger like me. I have a lot of blog and whenever an update is needed, I used to download the file, unzip, then upload it to all my blog sites. Now, just a click away – yes, super easy.

I haven’t been active for quite some time. Been super busy. Still am, but I just thought, I should post after updating this blog.

Thanks for visiting!