Philippines is known for its wide array of awesome summer destinations. There are beaches, parks and even hotels around the country for locals and tourists to choose from. If you are a foreigner who wanted to visit and spend some time in Philippines for great summer getaway experience or a local who just wanted to cool down the heat of summer, then this article is greatly helpful for you. In here, you will find my list of Philippine's top summer destination for you to check out. Here it is.


Boracay

One of the busiest places or resorts in the Philippines when summer time hits. The white powder like sand of Boracay along with its deep blue water and scenic view is what makes locals and tourist flock their way into this place. Just like Baguio, this place can be pretty much become crowded during summer and even holidays.


Palawan

Palawan isalnd is the perfect  place to spend a vacation. If you want to get away from the busy city life, you don't want to moss this beautiful small piece of heaven. Located in the province are two of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park and the Puerto Prinsesa Subterranean River known in the world for its breathtaking Underground river.


Baguio

Summer in the Philippines is almost synonymous with the word Baguio City. Baguio City is not just a word though; it's a city that is dubbed as the summer capital of the Philippines. The place is known for its cool climate along with great scenic views. The park within the city is quite a popular place as well. Baguio City is pretty jam-packed during the summer so if you want to visit the place, better plan it few months before the desired date in terms of accommodation and hotel reservations.


Siargao

This is my recommended place to relax and spend some time during summer and holidays in the Philippines. Why? Aside from the great view and world class beaches this place can offer, it's quite not that overcrowded during the summer compared to the above 2 mentioned places. This place is perfect for surfing, diving and snorkeling. Accommodations and food in this place is pretty much affordable too.

The above 4 places are just few of the many summer spots the Philippines can offer. Drop by at this blog again for other list of summer destination that might come out very soon.

There are lots of tips out there that aim to increase a blog or website owner's Google Adsense earnings. Some of them might be too technical thus preventing you to try it out.

In this article, I will share with you some Adsense tips and tweaks that might shoot up your Adsense earnings. They are quite basic and pretty easy to understand that even a non-technical blogger or website owner can do and follow.

Adsense Ads Placement

Ads placements are critical in terms of getting the most from your Adsense account. Any ads above the fold are ideal to get more clicks from your visitors, but don’t over do it. Make sure that some of your content is visible above the fold and not only your ads. For more of this, check out this guide:
http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1282097&topic=1307438&ctx=topic

Adsense Ads Color

If you will take a good look at some of the most popular sites that serves Adsense ads, you will notice that there is something common at their ad colors: BLUE. Blue is the most common and the highest converting color in terms of ads. Why? A blue colored text always translates into a link right? When a person or visitor sees a blue colored link, more often than not, they will click into it. So make your ad title BLUE and leave the rest (body and url) in any color that complements your website or blog style and theme.

Filter Low Converting Ads

When I say low converting ads, they are the ones that are not suitable or appropriate for your visitors. They are the ones that are not related to your niche, for example, you have a food blog and Adsense shows an ad about web hosting. Try to filter or block them out and see if this can work for you. You can do it by logging into your Adsense account and heading over to this location:
https://www.google.com/adsense/v3/app#allowAndBlockAds. And for more information about filtering and ad blocking, check this link out: http://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=180609.

If you will follow my above tips and tweaks, make sure to test and record the changes and its effect. Let the changes you made sit for a week or so and see if your Adsense money will grow.

Bounce rate is the percentage of visitors that come to your page and don't stay for a longer period of time, the visitor leaves without visiting any other pages. A bounce rate of more than 60% means a big portion of your traffic simply bounce back from your blog. It is frustrating to see that the hardwork and time you spent will all go to waste with the increasing bounce rate and even costly when you invested money hiring an SEO and paid ads to get visitors to your site.

A high website bounce rate is a sign that the readers are not satisfied with your blog. Here are a few things you should do to  reduce your blog bounce rate. You may think that  some of the tips are not that important, but if you will apply all, you will  have more regular visitors in the long run.

1. Page load time is too slow

 Make your site lightweight and fast loading. Long loading time of your website will surely make the visitor go away to look for another site. To avoid this, make sure that your site is optimized for faster page loading,  eliminate unnecessary flash elements and too much images.

2. Too much Advertisements and Pop Ups

Pop ups can be very irritating and will just drive visitors away from your website. If you cannot avoid advertisements, try to minimize it,we don't want to see all the ads clutter all over the pages.

3. Establish the identity of your website

Show your visitors what you can offer by having a transparent “About Us” page. This page helps the visitors or the potential customers to understand the services and product you offer. “About Us” page, will establish the identity of your brand that will eventually lower your website’s bounce rate.

4. Add related links to your website

Related content attracts visitors. It wont hurt to have related links plugins in your blog. When visitors read your post and see another interesting link, they will keep reading your post until they are really satisfied with it. Linkwithin and nRelate are among the plugins common to websites.

I started as an article writer in some paid writing sites. A dear Triond friend suggested that I create a blog and post my published articles there. It's just like 'hitting 2 birds with a single stone' -- a published post earns both from Triond and my blog.

What do you think is your biggest struggle as a blogger?

 I know little about the so-called SEO things.

What is the inspiration behind her blog and how long has it been around?

 It was May 23, 2011 when I posted my first My first Amazing Animal article. Inspiration? I see God's greatness by simply watching those animals. Every single breed is so unique eh.

What is his favorite blog post and why? 

Where do you see your blog(s) years from now? 

That, I can't tell, but the sure thing is, my articles caters to students and education is forever.

How does blogging help you financially and career wise? 

Not that much in the financial aspect, since foremost I write for passion lang. Career? Perhaps pogi points on my writing portfolio. Also, I am a certified online celebrity na. Just kidding.

Advice/tip you can give to new bloggers to succeed in blogging.

• Write on things you know much.
• Write quality and original posts. No spin articles. 
• Always set writing goals. Be it a post a month or 20 posts a day. It doesn't matter.
• If you are writing for 'bucks sake', be diligent enough promoting your stuffs. Join social forums and be an active members.
• Always ... give a helping hand to your fellow writers and bloggers.

If you are a blogger and looking for a good book to read, then this one is for you. I got a free ecopy  of Brent Riggs new book: The Epic Book Guide to Blogging and Online Business. I am not done reading all the chapters yet but I absolutely love this book.  Brent tackled every single aspect  of online business with precise explanation.