Gossip blog Chikatime taken down
Gossip blog Chikatime mysteriously goes offline, months after it broke the controversial story about Brian Gorrell, DJ Montano, and the Gucci Gang.
A few days ago it has limited its access to a selected number of readers only, but as of writing the site has exactly one blog post entitled “farewell”:
para wala nang gulo, we apologize to everyone we wrote about. madami din kaming na-offend.
Blogging Idol
How about an intensive “reality” contest to find out who will be the next Blogging Idol?
Show time! All the competitors have until the July 31 (midnight) to prove their blogging skills and to improve their RSS subscriber base.
This contest, hosted by Daily Blog Tips, has begun! To participate, you must prove that you are more than capable of improving your feed subscriber count as a measure of your popularity as a blogger.
The Blog Idol winner will take home $3000 in prizes, so join now!
More advertising networks for bloggers
Quick Online Tips lists 5 new advertising networks for bloggers.
We mentioned Technorati Media, and here are four more advertising companies that might be of interest to your make money online endeavors.
Taste of Beauty at Taste Asia
This bloggers’ event is brought to you by Pond’s:
For: All bloggers
What: Taste of Beauty at Taste Asia (party!!!)
When: July 4, 2008, Friday, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Taste Asia (beside SM Hypermarket) at the Mall of Asia
Buhay Coke ng Bloggers with SM Hypermarket
Coca-Cola and SM Hypermarket is inviting all the Pinoy bloggers to a special party at Taste Asia:
What: Buhay Coke ng Bloggers with SM Hypermarket (party ito!)
When: June 27, 2008, Friday, 7:00 p.m.
Where: Taste Asia (beside SM Hypermarket) at the Mall of Asia
Why: Para magsaya! Loads of prizes up for grabs!
To register, click here. Come in an angel or devil outfit and you can win even more stuff. Complete details here.
Philippine Blog Carnival reopens with the theme “Manila, My Manila”
A blog carnival is basically a round up of blog posts about an agreed-upon topic. The Philippine Blog Carnival is back with an edition on June 28 and the theme is “Manila, My Manila”.
Here’s the description of the latest Philippine Blog Carnival:
A digest of blog posts by Pinoy bloggers blogging about anything that captures their interest be it a city in the Philippines, Pilipino culture and being Pinoy, common experiences, the stories of Juan dela Cruz among others. A demonstration of the diversity and energy of the Pinoy blogging community.
The Four-eyed Journal and Filipina Soul are inviting you to participate in this upcoming blog carnival by submitting your posts here. Deadline is on June 27, 2008.
If you want to host the blog carnival on your site, you can contact them as well.
Technorati Media blog advertising network launched
Technorati joined the ranks of many blog advertising network with the launch of its own, Technorati Media.
According to TechCrunch:
Ads are sold on a CPM basis. They will not make revenue guarantees, says Jalichandra, but the split between parties is negotiable. He declined to state what rates have been negotiated with beta partners.
Bloggers/publishers can sign up here.
You can never run out of good advertising for your blog, and if the existing solutions out there are not working for you, try Technorati’s. Watch out for more advertising services in the future.
Photography, Creative Writing and Videography Talk
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at Bonifacio High Street is sponsoring a talk on photography, creative writing, ande videography on June 24, 7:00 pm.
Speakers will be Ocs Alvarez in photography, Dean Alfar in creative writing, and Mike Cabardo in videography.
To get into this event, leave a comment here. Only 60 slots are available.
More WordPress blogs being hacked
Last time, it was a WordPress vulnerability that was resolved by upgrading to the latest version. This time, it’s a non-WordPress issue, specifically a redirect technique, that’s affecting a lot of WordPress-powered blogs.
The recent security issues concern hackers who work with Google and other search engine results and redirects traffic from your blog or website. The searchers clicks on the link and is redirected to the hacker’s site with the same search string used to search in the search engine. Most bloggers notice a problem when their site traffic drops inexplicably and/or their ad income drops.
Read Lorelle’s post for more information on detecting and eliminating this security issue.
Italianni’s Bloggers Event
Enjoy a free lunch from Yehey and Italianni’s at Bonifacio High Street on June 16 and 17, 11am to 2pm.
Register now and send the following details to Italiannis@teamyehey.com:
Name
Blog Title
Blog URL
Email Address
Mobile Phone Number
Date when you want to attend:
(Each participant may attend only once- either June 16 or 17)There are only 15 slots available for each day, first come, first served basis. Registration is open until June 13, 2008 at 6:00PM
Confirmation emails will be sent to the lucky participants!
Detailed event schedule is here.
