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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief July 3, 2005 · 2 min read

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My WordPress Image Hack managed to land a mention in BloggingPro. It’s highly likely that I was the first one to create the hack for WordPress. (I highly doubt some copycat got the hack somewhere else. Again no links for him.)
First time in 17 months of running Google AdSense that I got past the $100 barrier in just a month.
Just added a section to my blog and called it “Press”, listing down some worthwhile press news of me and several of my online projects.
My StudioTraffic account paid off! Kumpareng Alwell has been receiving his for a couple of months now.
My blog now tops Google’s search results for the word “Yuga” something quite hard to get especially if it’s a popular Indian term.
I missed 9Rules Networks‘ Round 2 of blog submissions. Maybe next time. 9Rules is a network blog, almost similar to what we’re doing with Pinoyblog, only that they’re a bit picky with blog submissions.

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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90 Comments

Kalomyal · 18 years ago

But you are say, that this idead is bad?,

Suqrfdru · 18 years ago

But you are say, that this idead is bad?,

emalmCrili · 18 years ago

Yo!
Wasjust serfing on net and found this site…want to say thanks. Great site and content!

Cactus · 20 years ago

What language are you speaking?

vinvinvin · 21 years ago

Ah ganoon po pala! Thanks! Email lang pala yuN! Hehehehe! Ang galing! Thanks ulit!

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

Hi Vin,

You need to go to gravatar.com and register for a Gravatar which will be tied up with your email address.

Registration for Yugatech has been enabled as well.

vinvinvin · 21 years ago

Paano po lalabas yung gravatar ko? Paano po mag sign up sa yugatech? Wala po nadating na verification email po! paano po pag may nagnakaw ng nick ko? Huhuhu!

Jaypee · 21 years ago

i also incorporated Gravatar into my blog. hehe :D

Jaypee · 21 years ago

there, i now have my gravatar approved! it’s not my baby, that’s a pic of myself when i was a baby. hehe :D

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

@ Jaypee

Awaiting your Gravatr to show up on thsi blog! ;)

@ Fleeb

I checked and it’s there. Something’s amiss. Will check on it later.

@ hoop

I read about that last week but I’m not sure if I posted it on the miniblog/asides. :)

hoop · 21 years ago

speaking of google site ranking, I read a post about how google site ranking works right now.

I got it from Mr Wilson Ng’s blog, bizdrivenlife.net, not sure if yuga posted about it also, so my apologies if this comes out as redundant on my part.

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/text6-10-2005-71368.asp

Fleeb · 21 years ago

“Failed opening â€˜Snoopy.class.phpâ€™”

Di mo yata na upload to kasama yung gravatar-signup.php

Jaypee · 21 years ago

@abe – roger that! sign up ako ngayon din. :D

@fleeb – i only use IE to for Windows Update and for checking webpages that i make. :)

@hoop – thnx, add na din kita sa blog links ko. :)

hoop · 21 years ago

@jaypee

oh nga… stop using IE… hehehe

hoopaddict.com is my blog.

Fleeb · 21 years ago

@jaypee

Also try using Spyware Blaster, and stop using IE ;)

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

@Jaypee

Looks like the Gravatar Sign-Up plugin is havign conflicts with the Subscribe to Comments. Will look for a fix.

Go directly to gravatar.com and sign up there. :)

Jaypee · 21 years ago

this is the error messages that i got:

Warning: gravatar_signup(Snoopy.class.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/yugatech/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/gravatar-signup.php on line 182

Warning: gravatar_signup(): Failed opening ‘Snoopy.class.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/yugatech/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/gravatar-signup.php on line 182

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: snoopy in /home/yugatech/public_html/blog/wp-content/plugins/gravatar-signup.php on line 184

Jaypee · 21 years ago

@abe – i have Ad-Aware SE and Spybot Search & Destroy and always keep them updated. did some scanning but no thing found. ??? i tried signing up for a gravatar but i got errors.

@hoop – thanx! btw, ano ang url ng blog mo? send mo lang sa email ko kung ayaw mo post dito. :D

mr nice ash · 21 years ago

bakit pala wala man ma-search na content from my posts???

ganun ba talaga???

hoop · 21 years ago

@yuga

oh nga no, I should go get a gravatar for posting. :-)

hoop · 21 years ago

@jaypee

added your link to my blog. I was seriously thinking of putting a link-up portion sa davaoexchange.com so that anybody can put up a link… so far not finished… hehehe

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

@ Jaypee

Try AdAware 6.0. Should clean up to the last cookie.

@ Everyone

Baket wala pa kayong Gravatars?! Kumuha na kayo! hehehe

Jaypee · 21 years ago

@fleeb – hehe, ok sa pag advertise ah, pasimple lang. :D

@hoop – oo nga, mas challenging kung mapaabot mo ng #1. ako din, link mo din ako para tumaas google page rank ko. sino pa jan gusto mag exchange links? hehe

@retz – oo, gusto ko na rin mag join at makasama mga jedi master.

btw, wanna ask you guys about this. once in a while, when i’m in my blog and i go from one page to another, i get this popup window with this in the address bar – “http://www.xxxtoolbar.com/ist/scripts/downloads_manager.php?pevent_type=onunload&retry=0&ref=&event_type=onunload&recurrence=weekly&retry=0&loadfirst=0&delayload=20&account_id=135849&adid=a1080662082” is this a virus or spyware? i don’t know where it came from and i always update my antivirus, scan my pc for spyware and adware. any of you guys have an idea? please enlighten me. hehe :D

retzwerx · 21 years ago

@ fleeb – ahaha eto bow ako sa sinabi mo na:

5 now, go to ploghost.com/order.php fill in the form and the rest will be history

=))
@hoop – hehe tnx din s linkback
@jaypee – ayan ah, mga jedi master na nagsabi ha, ploghost na!
@kuya abe – box office na naman ah, pwede ba ipa-“XEROX-COPY” tong page na ito, ahahaha

Fleeb · 21 years ago

Ayan, mas challenging nga. Okay lang yan pag open source, pwedeng galawin wag lang angkinin hehehe.

hoop · 21 years ago

@fleeb

mas challenging kung napaabot mo sa no. 1… hehehe

kaya babaguhin ko yung step mo…

1 think of a unique name
2 now, go to ploghost.com/order.php fill in the form and the rest will be history

opensource to, puwede niyo baguhin, paki basa nalang muna ang GPL… hehehe

Fleeb · 21 years ago

Nice idea di ba? Hehehe. Teka lang baka gayahin din… naka copyright yan ha hihihi. :)

Fleeb · 21 years ago

I got an idea on how to make it to #1 but this is applicable only to people who are just starting to build a home in the w3…

1 think of a unique name
2 google it
3 if you got lots of results go back to step 1
4 if you got only a few result, then take the name
5 now, go to ploghost.com/order.php fill in the form and the rest will be history :D ;)

Jaypee · 21 years ago

@Fleeb – so pag may kasamang VAT, magkano na yon? im thinkng of getting d “Jaypee.com” as per advice ni retz. hehe

pa send sa email ko yon url ng copycat. thnx :)

@hoop – oo, im thinkng of joining Ploghost. ;)

@Jerald – good for you, maintain mo na lang na #1 ka. :D

jerald · 21 years ago

hehehe, ako number one sa google search under “jerald” as the search string. di ko nga alam kung bakit e, konti lang naman bumibisita sa site ko.

mr nice ash · 21 years ago

wow.. dati hindi ko man lang makita ang pangalan ko sa mga searches. pero ngayon, pag nitype mo ang “mr nice ash” sa google, the result is this “Comments Posted By mr nice ash”@yugatech. hehehe…. tapos sunod na yung pangalan ko. sa wakas.. hehehe.

pero pag “mrniceash”, first on the list ang site ko. ngayon ko lang nalaman to a. :)

hoop · 21 years ago

@retz – oh nga no… hehehe, usually I check my rank using davao buy and sell.. thanks sa link , I linked you sa blog ko and not at Dax kase baka malintikan ako sa mga partners… hehehe

@jaypee – oh nga ploghost ka na rin, tapos pa list mo sa clients list ng ploghost para better chance of getting google-points because pang 27 ang ploghost sa top philippine sites.

http://top40.cebu-online.com/index.php?view=top40&order=m3

Fleeb · 21 years ago

@retz

Ay oo nga pala yung VAT. Buti na lang na delay ng SC yung 12% EVAT.

@everyone else

Ok, speaking of WordPress, nasubukan ko na rin yung pinsan niya si b2Evolution which got more features by default (parang eh). Aside from that I have tried playing with Nucleus (plain and simple) and Xoops. Ang haba ng installation ng Xoops. Well, anyway, I’m not sure if you can make WP themes and plugins work with b2evo (or that would make additional tweaking).

retz · 21 years ago

@hoop – buti ka pa #1 na din (davao exchange query)
tnx, ^_^ linked back to you na rin!
@jaypee – ploghost na rin para masaya!
@kuya abe – ganyan talaga ang celeb, ginagaya na iniintriga pa! ahaha.
@fleeb – nde lang pang-techie pang marketing pa! ahaha, dont forget nga pala yung pasaway na V.A.T., ehehe.

Migs · 21 years ago

now that’s the adsense master! me… i’m catching up :) hits have increased even tho I didn’t change anything.

Fleeb · 21 years ago

@Jaypee

Yep, pwede domain lang sa plogHost. Yung cost depende sa TLD. Kung tipong .com, .org, at .net 600 pesos a year.

Ay, about sa copycat, ayaw naming ilagay yung link niya dito baka dumami lang readers niya pam-publicity hehehe. E-mail na lang kung gusto mo hehe :)

Jaypee · 21 years ago

sa Google, #2 ako so that makes me a salutatorian..pero sa Yahoo pang #120 lang ako, hahaha.

@abe – ano ba url nung copycat? gusto ko makita. pwede ba domain lang kunin sa Ploghost? how much is it? :D

hoop · 21 years ago

@retz

masmataas ranking mo sa yahoo, salutatorian ka doon… link na rin kita sa blog ko para madagdagan google-points mo…

@yuga

1 & 2 ka doon, valedictorian na salutatorian pa…

hehehe :-)

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

@ Fleeb

Naku, wag nya sabihin nag Ateneo din sya! hehehe :D

@ Retz

Nabasa ko pinag-usapan nila yung mga changes sa ginaya nila sa blog ko. Damn, it’s the Internet. Don’t they know it’s public? ;)

@ Jaypee

Kakaiba talaga. Nabuking na inulit pa. hehehe :D

Fleeb · 21 years ago

@retz,

So far isa lang naman ang ka competensiya ko na Fleeb sa Google. Nag e-mail na ako sa kanya noong HS pa lang ako tapos sabi niya naisip niya lang ang pangalan, meanwhile nick ko talaga yun from my name. Pero ok lang no conflicts naman.

retzwerx · 21 years ago

sakin naman yung “retz” jusme german and belgian ang kalaban ko when i started blogging i was in the 11th page. 1 month after 5th page kaka-check ko lang ngayon nasa 1st page na 5th query result nyahaha, malapit-lapit na sa numero uno. As for retzwerx hehe walang prob.

@jaypee – get ka na ng [dot]com kay kuya abe, medyo pinapabagal ng TK domain ang load ng site mo.

@fleeb – nga pla andun na yung request mo na poop-to-graph, hehe

Jaypee · 21 years ago

iba na talaga kapag sikat! dami gusto gumaya sayo. ika nga, “always imitated, never duplicated”. hehe. im also trying to make my blog as Google’s top result for “jaypee”..almost there, im on 3rd right now. :D

retzwerx · 21 years ago

First day of school, I wrote this on the whiteboard for my Web Authoring Class:

â€¢ Plagiarize and expect a failing grade from me. or worst, grounds for their dismissal.

My studes knows it would make their life easier to fail a quiz or two ’cause they forgot to study, than to copy someone’s work (may it be an answer sheet or a webpage).

kuya abe napirata ka na naman! talagang marami pang mal-edukado sa w3, isama mo na sa issue na yan sa susunod na iBlog-con, diba? bloggers need to do something about this.

@fleeb – hahaha uunga, kaso nakalagay sa diploma ata “nun” University of Recto.