Vice Ganda, one of the Philippines stand up comedian and host is now in a limelight for mocking GMA Information core Jessica Soho during his show last May 17. Vice ganda started the two minute monoloque that if ever Jessica will do a bold movie the title would be “Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Sobra,”. Vice Ganda joked about Soho having a hard time using a weighing scale, “Ang hirap nga lang kung si Jessica Soho magbo-bold. Kailangan gang rape lagi. Sasabihin ng rapist, ‘Ipasa ang lechon.’ Sasabihin naman ni Jessica, ‘Eh nasaan yung apple?”
Saksi anchor Arnold Clavio reacted with the offensive joke through the opening salvo of his morning program in DZBB. “Bakit mo binibiktima ang mga taong seryoso sa trabaho nila? Huwag mo silang kasangkapanin para lang makapagpagpatawa. Bakit hindi taga-diyan sa inyo ang gawin mong subject ng jokes mo? Bakit hindi taga-ABS-(CBN)?” he said. Other GMA News reporters followed shortly on twitter that focused on Vice alleged insensitivity to gang rape victims.
Jessica Soho reacted to the issue with an official Statement sent to GMA News Online:
Rape is not a joke and should never be material for a comedy concert. I thank all those who shared my hurt and expressed their support but this should not be about me but about the rape victims who suffer tremendously from this terrible crime. The horrors they go through are unspeakable who suffer tremendously from this terrible crime. The horrors they go through are unspeakable.
Most showbiz personalities use other people just to make their audience laugh. One good example are the two famous tv show hosts Willie Revillame and Joey De Leon. Vice Ganda, Jose Marie Viceral in real life is now in the hot seat for using Jessica Soho as a laughing material. The issue issue here is not about Soho's weight but the "gang rape". Rape is a very sensitive issue and should not be use as a joke. Anyway, Vice Ganda is known to this kind of distasteful joke and his fans (masa) loves her for what he is. No wonder he enjoys what he is doing and do not mind what others will feel with his insensitive jokes and comments
Featured Blog #20: Our featured blog needs no introduction. All we can say is, you don't always see three thousand plus comments in a blog post. If you are looking for the hottest, controversial and most entertaining posts, make sure to visit SWN and be one of the readers who gets carried away with heated arguments among commentators.
Blog Name : So, What's News?
Niche : humor/satire (niche talaga )
Blog description: “So, What’s News’ news are news that won’t make you depressed to read the news”.
SWN, is a satirical & fictional news website. Our aim is to inject humor into everyday news to provide respite to readers who have grown weary with mainstream news organization’s partisan, biased and depressing way of presenting the news.
News on this website should not be taken seriously and to be taken with a grain of salt.
About the blogger/Tell us something random about yourself.
I am Stewart, the 31-year-old guy behind SWN. My goal on this blog is actually to spread laughter/humor via putting twists into everyday news, that would hopefully spark conversations and debates. I try to make each post unique and funny but with the understanding that I cannot please everybody. Some may not be into satire while some may dig the humor.
What’s the inspiration behind your blog and how long has it been around?
The inspiration behind my blog is similar to a Humor/Satire blog in the US called The Onion. I would literally laugh while reading articles from their site.
At first they were free, but nowadays, they sadly charge subscription fees for the readers.
I believe that laughter is to be shared to everyone and should be free. This is actually my drive to keep doing what I do. I do not earn from my blog, but the comments from readers telling me that they are laughing finding it funny, as well as sharing them is rewarding enough for me.
SWN was started last September 2011.
How did you get into blogging:
I started blogging during the Geocities-era with a blog called WTF-online. I cannot remember what was covered there already and since its closure, I moved to Blogger and then to Multiply. I wrote anything that was on my mind on those blogs, but on the Multiply side, mostly my dates with my then girlfriend who is now my wife.
What is your favorite blog post and why?
I guess my most favorite was my first post that went viral: "After Anti-Planking, Lawmaker Proposes Anti-Angry Birds Bill."
It made me realize the power of social networking in trying to spread a message. It also taught me to keep on writing for the blog to reach a much broader audience. That is why I try to cover enough topics, be it politics, gadgets, entertainment or sports, but of course injected with humor.
What have you learned from writing in SWN:
This is actually a comment from one of my readers, but it perfectly encapsulates my sentiments: "Satire is a strange thing. We don’t always get it. That’s why we should read it more often. "
Thanks for featuring me on Filipino Bloggers Worldwide. Mabuhay ang Pinoy!
Protektado ka ba? Copyright on the cyberspace
Insulted and violated – that’s how I felt upon knowing early last month that another blogger copied word-for-word without permission one of my blog entries which deals with cyberbullying. The blogger mentioned my blog The Filipino Scribe toward the end of the post, but it’s not sufficient clear that it is the original source of the material.
I contacted the blogger, and he merely said "Ok...sorry about that" in response to my email demanding that he delete the plagiarized entry. There's no attempt to explain whatsoever, and there's no sign of contrition. Nevertheless, to his credit, he took down the post I am complaining about on the same day.
Some people think that intellectual property protection and copyright are too complex for them to understand, given all the legalistic discussions surrounding it. Copyright infringement happens all the time. We most likely know someone (if we’re not guilty of it ourselves) of purchasing pirated movies from areas like Baclaran, Cubao, and Quiapo.
Most teenagers are probably not aware that they too are committing this serious offense when they download all tracks in Justin Bieber’s latest album from sites like 4Shared.com. And by the way, do you have a legal copy of Microsoft Word in your computer? Even bloggers are guilty of this too, occasionally.
Some actions like using others’ photos or drawings without seeking permission first is one. So is copying others’ blog entry word-for-word or perhaps significant portions of it without any attribution a la Tito Sotto. Other cases of copyright infringement aren’t as clear cut.
When you copy someone else’s blog in its entirety and post it on your site but with attribution, it isn’t copyright infringement yet. Using excerpts is acceptable, but reporting an entire item is not right. Google, for instance, punishes bloggers who post duplicate content. Ergo, offending blogs does not only siphon web traffic away from your site. It also endangers your PageRank.
Copyright protection is important for individuals to make sure that they benefit from the effort they exerted for their work. It will be wrong to say that a person who asserts his or her copyright over his or her work is only after the money. Intellectual property rights will always be more than just about getting financial compensation.
Respecting others’ copyright is also about humility. In many ways, respecting copyright is as simple as being humble enough to recognize that others helped you develop your outputs, directly or indirectly.
As a blogger, you have to recognize how others’ ideas helped you formulate your own. Somehow, Confucius’ golden rule can be used as a good code of conduct re copyright protection on the blogosphere. How will you feel if others use your work without any acknowledgment?
Copyright owners (a term which, upon cursory view, can actually refer to all of us) have to forcefully assert their rights. This can be started by being vigilant (e.g. Google keywords you used in your blog to monitor duplicate content). When you see come across an offender, try to call his/her attention first. If this fails, you can always call the attention of Google. This is not a one-way process, of course. Bloggers has to develop a culture where respecting copyright is the norm.
In my two years as a blogger, I may have been guilty at one point or another of copyright transgressions. Nevertheless, since I am now more aware of the law, I try my best to be as careful as possible. Bloggers want to be treated at par with writers in more traditional forms. How can they command respect when they can’t even follow something as basic as respecting copyright?
About the author: Mark Pere Madrona has contributed feature stories for ABS-CBNNews.com, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Vera Files, and Yahoo News Philippines. His blog The Filipino Scribe won the Best Text Blog award in the 7th Annual PopDev Media Awards. He earned his Journalism degree from UP Diliman cum laude in 2010. He is also taking his Masters in History from the same university.
Senator Nancy Binay
Professional / Political Experience:
Personal Assistant to Makati Mayor Elenita Binay (1998-2001)
Personal Assistant to Vice Pres. Jojo Binay (2010-present)
College Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Tourism, University of the Philippines-Diliman (1997)
Affiliations/Professional Background:
Personal assistant, Former Makati Mayor Elenita Binay, Vice President Jejomar Binay (1998 to present)
Board of Trustees, Brighthalls Children’s Foundation (present)
Executive Director and Board of Trustees, Bigay Pagmamahal Foundation (present)
Trustees, STF Serbisyong Tunay Foundation, Inc. (present)
Board of Trustees, JCB Foundation (present)
Political Dynasty:
Vice President Jejomar Binay, father, Makati Mayor (1986-1998 and 2001-2010)
Makati Mayor(1998-2001) Elenita Binay
Makati Mayor(1998-2001) Elenita Binay
Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr., brother
Makati 2nd District Rep Mar-Len Abigail Binay-Campos, sister
Dearest Senator Binay,
By the time this letter is done, you would have probably become elected Senator of my beloved country. I will not say that you were elected because the majority of our electorate are illiterates who cast their ballots simply on name recognition. I will assume the best in that they see in you, someone who can do her best in the legislative body of our land.
I would like to review with you though what you said was your greatest qualification to hold public office: that you had 20 years on-the-job training with your parents. I will not question how important this may have been, but I question whether it is truly enough.
As a physician born into a family of physicians, I too had over 20 years on-the-job training before I entered medical school. I requested for a medical toy set early in my years to learn to examine inanimate objects in the house masquerading as human replicas. In my elementary years, I would sit in my mother’s clinic, writing prescriptions for her many patients. In my high school years, my grandmother became frail, requiring my parents to provide more medical care to which I was witness to. By the time I applied for medical school, I had probably seen more patients than some fourth year medical students in their lifetime.
I always had a question whether I should pursue my dream in a school where my parents were better known as it was a double-edged sword. If you did well, they would say your parents and your name helped you out. If you did poorly, they would ask how it was possible that you could be so stupid when you had brilliant parents. So believe me when I say, I can understand your predicament.
Our pathways diverge however, as I had to apply for my position. You might say that being elected is also a form of application but I had to defend myself. My interviewer for my application asked me this question, which still rings in my ears today, even after twenty-two years: “Do you think that you deserve to be admitted to this medical school just because of your family name?” I could have taken offense but I understood where this was coming from. There were numerous applicants for such limited slots, some probably definitely more deserving but my name was calling out to feel more deserved. If you removed your surname, would you still feel you have enough qualifications for the office you applied for? I rattled off my achievements, never once quoting my association with my surname. I felt I deserved it. What we truly feel however, will be left to us and our conscience.
I was accepted into medical school and I went through classroom activities, where I was held responsible by my professors. I went through clerkship and internship where I was held responsible by my residents and mentors. I went though residency where I was held responsible by my attendings and my hospital. Someone held me to my actions at every point in my desire to be a doctor. I know you have held a position as a personal assistant to your parents. Unfortunately, I do not know how much our parents will hold us responsible for our actions. To my mother, I was the most intelligent and handsome son anyone could have. My superiors and mentors made me realize that I was not. I am sure that to your parents, you are the most able and beautiful daughter anyone could have. That is how parents should treat us, but that is not the way a boss or superior would.
I have been a physician now for nineteen years. I am always held responsible by my patients. I have been held responsible, by someone else aside from my family for over twenty-two years. I have been responsible for the lives of a few thousands of our countrymen. Your OJT is actually Opening Just Today. You will be held responsible for the lives of almost a hundred million Filipinos. They will not be as kind as your parents, as I am sure you have had a taste of. You have said that this was a calling. I hope you have prepared well for it as I certainly prepared for mine.
You might say that your voice in the Senate is only one of twenty-four. If that voice remains silent in crucial moments, it may spell the difference for our country. If that voice cannot defend the legislation it aims to pass, you might as well leave the lawmaking to someone else. If that voice will only serve as the speaker from which emanates the voice of another, then the voice at the microphone should have been the one to get the electorate’s votes.
I did not vote for you as I believed and I believe you do not deserve my vote. But the beauty of democracy is that I should learn to abide by the voice of the majority, no matter how uninformed I feel it may be. My choices have not always won elections. If they do, I pray that their path follows the way my conscience and my mind convinced me to vote for them. When people like you win, I only have one prayer: to be proven wrong.
Mine is a voice that you may never hear but I have never stifled it with the fear of creating waves in the calm waters. The ripples I make will hopefully make you gather your oars and work your way back to shore. You are not perfect and neither am I. I sincerely hope though that you work towards it and I will happily see how much more imperfect I am.
A citizen of the republic.
Patrick Moral, MD
Filipino people were unkind to Nancy during the election period, calling her "dark skin" and all kinds of "bullying" just because she has no prior history in public service and aimed for a Senatorial position right away. This is not new to us anymore, celebrities like Joseph Sstrada, Tito Sotto, Lito Lapid, Ramon Revilla Sr/Jr, Joey Marquez, Alma Moreno, Manny Pacquiao, Lani Mercado, Anjo Yllana. and more, are all over the politics who knows nothing, they did not even finished college education nor had an OJT training. Come to think of it, between the showbiz people and Nancy, who do you think are the worst candidates we ever had?
I got a scam email today informing that I won a 10 years, multiple entries US VISA. The visa includes my family to travel with me too! Wow, lucky me. Thank you for this scam letter but I don't need it. I hope nobody will fall to this. Totally scam.
From the Visa promotion
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Bohol
Bohol, is the most popular tourist destination in the Philippines. Its main attractions are the Chocolate Hills, Tarsier, known as the smallest living mammal in the world, the Tropical Forest and the white beaches and Resorts. the unpolluted water in Panglao Island in Bohol, is famous for diving locations, snorkeling or simply relaxing on the white sand surrounded by small islands. The Bohol province is absolutely one of the places to visit with friends and family.
Cebu
You can find everything you needed in the very progressive Cebu City. They have airport that connects the city to Bohol and Dumaguete, two other popular tourists destinations in the Philippines. One of the city’s most visited places is the Mango Avenue , a very popular hang out place for teenagers and tourists to enjoy good good food and music. The city is also popular for the island hopping services offered by different travel guides. The Sinulog Festival, is a yearly celebration in honor of Senior Sto. Nino, people gather around, dance and walk in honor of the Saint.
Camiguin
It is a pearl shaped island located in the Bohol Sea known for its white beaches is a popular place for foreigners to live Camiguin's week-long Lanzones Festival is one of the more colorful events in the Philippines. The island is known for centuries-old Spanish Colonial and 20th century churches, perfect for Visita Iglesias.
Davao
Davao City is surrounded by clear and deep waters of the Pacific and bordered by Mt. Apo, the highest peak in the Philippines on one side thus makes it one of the best places to go in the Philippines. The city is known for pomelos and durian, a pungent yet succulent sweet tasting fruit.
Featured Blog #19: Our featured blog, The Chronicles of Love Mindanao is the FBW Top Travel Blog of 2012, beating out 42 other nominees. Every blog post is a great way to share the author's travel experiences and inspiring images to his readers. The pictures alone are worth more than a thousand words, while the story behind the pictures are just as fascinating to the readers. Let us learn more about the author of the Love Mindanao who inspires more people to travel not only to Mindanao but around the Philippines as well.
Blog Name: The Chronicles of Love Mindanao
Niche: Travel Blog
Blog Description: The blog site started as a personal advocacy to overturn the general public’s negative impression about Mindanao by promoting its rarely seen and unsung paradise hidden in the most deprived Christian and Muslim communities in the Philippines.
About the blogger/Tell us something random about yourself.
I hate the limelight the same way I hate sitaw (string beans). I turned down several offers to work abroad and decided to put my degree in practice as environmental specialist in Mindanao and ended up very very poor. I love the perceived ugliest living creatures either plants or animals. Keeping in touch with wild birds and snakes and any carnivorous plants seen in the forest keeps me alive. A beach lover, but never lasts in the water for more than five minutes.
How did he get into blogging?
I was so lonely working in the most secluded community with the most beautiful preserved natural environment in Surigao del Sur. There are no other means of entertainment other than rowing a boat to the river and singing in a cheap videoke bar. So, with nothing much to do, I hit the net and activated my blogger account and started sharing my unique travel experiences purposely as an advocacy for uplifting the negative impression about Mindanao.
What do you find to be your biggest struggle as a blogger?
Communication. It sounded so odd, but, I am really having a hard time to convey what I really wanted to tell to my readers. Since my blog is a form of an advocacy, I wanted to make them feel what I actually felt in a particular place, people or culture I am featuring. I am not a professional writer and the only reason I am able to write is when I am deeply inspired emotionally and things just flow naturally.
What is the inspiration behind his blog and how long has it been around?
It started just last June 2012 when I got myself hooked into sharing my travel experiences through blog. But what really inspired me to write was when I saw the Manobo Children of Inadan of San Miguel Surigao del Sur, who live in the most serene and beautiful mountain place, but left with little hope to finish their education due to extreme poverty. It was an ironic situation that the place is rich with beautiful natural resources yet the community dwells deep into poverty. And with nothing else to do during that night I wrote everything I can remember especially my encounters with the indigenous community, hoping someone would pick it up and start to trigger a fire of hope for these people.
What is his favorite blog post and why?
So far, my favorite blog post would be my Tawi Tawi Series. It changed everything about my perception about our Muslim brothers and sisters and the whole ARMM and the freedom they are fighting for. Learning it first hand with the people of Tawi Tawi is far different from what is being shown in the media. I have seen the truth, the sincerity and hospitality of the original dwellers of Mindanao. My jaunt in this part of the country is a ‘nirvana’ to which I could really vouch for all Filipinos that just like anybody else, the people of Mindanao only seek peace and want to live in prosperity. For me it is the happiest place where I experienced true freedom away from the norms of our current society. I could just walk on the roads of almost 100% friendly Muslim populated barangays and some are even “kikay”. I can even wander alone in the farthest country side and run and lie down in their deserted airport’s airstrip- unharmed!
Where do you see your blog(s) and yourself in 5 years?
I am not aiming my blog to become a household name in the future but hoping it serves as a reference and triggers our fellow Filipinos and even the outsiders to extend their assistance to our brothers and sisters in Mindanao instead of avoiding them. I just hope that my message be received by everyone about the unspoken truth. It maybe not in my lifetime but still my hope flares high that my advocacy will have its fruit in due time.
I’d like to set this blog as an inspiration, saying that I can do more and be a productive citizen of my country. So, if I can do blogging and it inspires others, it means I can also do other things beyond my limitation in the coming years. We just have to wait and see what the future have prepared for us.
How does blogging help you, in terms of life and career?
Financially, I am not going to depend on it. But this platform introduced me to a wider audience that enhanced my personality to be more open. Blogging is like a diesel fuel which slowly triggers to develop my personality positively and continues pushing me off to my limits. I have now a wider audience that connects to my passion and giving more inspiration to continue on what I am doing right now. Blogging may have brought me a checkered life and career but at least I don’t adhere to the expensive norms of our society. Carpe diem!
Advice/tip you can give to new bloggers to succeed in blogging.
Blogging involves writing and I would like to quote “Professional writers are amateurs that never quit!”- by anonymous. Consider this platform as a medium to share your aspiration in life and not merely a source of additional income. Write passionately and accept criticisms. Seek the advice of the seniors and always remember to connect to the heart of your readers and never fail to thank them as well. They are the bloodline of your blog’s existence.
thank you.
And don't forget to nominate our featured blog here Tatt Awards 2013
Blog Description: The blog site started as a personal advocacy to overturn the general public’s negative impression about Mindanao by promoting its rarely seen and unsung paradise hidden in the most deprived Christian and Muslim communities in the Philippines.
About the blogger/Tell us something random about yourself.
I hate the limelight the same way I hate sitaw (string beans). I turned down several offers to work abroad and decided to put my degree in practice as environmental specialist in Mindanao and ended up very very poor. I love the perceived ugliest living creatures either plants or animals. Keeping in touch with wild birds and snakes and any carnivorous plants seen in the forest keeps me alive. A beach lover, but never lasts in the water for more than five minutes.
How did he get into blogging?
I was so lonely working in the most secluded community with the most beautiful preserved natural environment in Surigao del Sur. There are no other means of entertainment other than rowing a boat to the river and singing in a cheap videoke bar. So, with nothing much to do, I hit the net and activated my blogger account and started sharing my unique travel experiences purposely as an advocacy for uplifting the negative impression about Mindanao.
What do you find to be your biggest struggle as a blogger?
Communication. It sounded so odd, but, I am really having a hard time to convey what I really wanted to tell to my readers. Since my blog is a form of an advocacy, I wanted to make them feel what I actually felt in a particular place, people or culture I am featuring. I am not a professional writer and the only reason I am able to write is when I am deeply inspired emotionally and things just flow naturally.
What is the inspiration behind his blog and how long has it been around?
It started just last June 2012 when I got myself hooked into sharing my travel experiences through blog. But what really inspired me to write was when I saw the Manobo Children of Inadan of San Miguel Surigao del Sur, who live in the most serene and beautiful mountain place, but left with little hope to finish their education due to extreme poverty. It was an ironic situation that the place is rich with beautiful natural resources yet the community dwells deep into poverty. And with nothing else to do during that night I wrote everything I can remember especially my encounters with the indigenous community, hoping someone would pick it up and start to trigger a fire of hope for these people.
What is his favorite blog post and why?
So far, my favorite blog post would be my Tawi Tawi Series. It changed everything about my perception about our Muslim brothers and sisters and the whole ARMM and the freedom they are fighting for. Learning it first hand with the people of Tawi Tawi is far different from what is being shown in the media. I have seen the truth, the sincerity and hospitality of the original dwellers of Mindanao. My jaunt in this part of the country is a ‘nirvana’ to which I could really vouch for all Filipinos that just like anybody else, the people of Mindanao only seek peace and want to live in prosperity. For me it is the happiest place where I experienced true freedom away from the norms of our current society. I could just walk on the roads of almost 100% friendly Muslim populated barangays and some are even “kikay”. I can even wander alone in the farthest country side and run and lie down in their deserted airport’s airstrip- unharmed!
Where do you see your blog(s) and yourself in 5 years?
I am not aiming my blog to become a household name in the future but hoping it serves as a reference and triggers our fellow Filipinos and even the outsiders to extend their assistance to our brothers and sisters in Mindanao instead of avoiding them. I just hope that my message be received by everyone about the unspoken truth. It maybe not in my lifetime but still my hope flares high that my advocacy will have its fruit in due time.
I’d like to set this blog as an inspiration, saying that I can do more and be a productive citizen of my country. So, if I can do blogging and it inspires others, it means I can also do other things beyond my limitation in the coming years. We just have to wait and see what the future have prepared for us.
How does blogging help you, in terms of life and career?
Financially, I am not going to depend on it. But this platform introduced me to a wider audience that enhanced my personality to be more open. Blogging is like a diesel fuel which slowly triggers to develop my personality positively and continues pushing me off to my limits. I have now a wider audience that connects to my passion and giving more inspiration to continue on what I am doing right now. Blogging may have brought me a checkered life and career but at least I don’t adhere to the expensive norms of our society. Carpe diem!
Advice/tip you can give to new bloggers to succeed in blogging.
Blogging involves writing and I would like to quote “Professional writers are amateurs that never quit!”- by anonymous. Consider this platform as a medium to share your aspiration in life and not merely a source of additional income. Write passionately and accept criticisms. Seek the advice of the seniors and always remember to connect to the heart of your readers and never fail to thank them as well. They are the bloodline of your blog’s existence.
thank you.
And don't forget to nominate our featured blog here Tatt Awards 2013
SITE NAME: http://www.lovemindanao.com/
SITE URL: http://www.lovemindanao.com/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chroniclesoflovemindanao
SITE URL: http://www.lovemindanao.com/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/chroniclesoflovemindanao
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/lovemindanao
CATEGORY: Best Travel or Food Blog
TELL US WHY: (write with your own words)
CATEGORY: Best Travel or Food Blog
TELL US WHY: (write with your own words)
Filipino Bloggers Worldwide has been nominated for "Best Community of Bloggers" in the Tatt Awards. Can you please help by NOMINATING/VOTING our group. it is time that we make a noise and let it be known that Filipino Bloggers Worldwide community of bloggers exists to help each other.
To Nominate: go to Tatt Awards 2013
SITE NAME- Filipino Bloggers Worldwide
SITE URL- http://www.filipinobloggersworldwide.com/
FACEBOOK- https://www.facebook.com/groups/filblogatw/
TWITTER- https://twitter.com/fbwgroup
CATEGORY- new category>type in > BEST COMMUNITY OF BLOGGERS
TELL US WHY - (write your own words)
Filipino Bloggers Worldwide (FBW) started as a Facebook group on November 1, 2011 as Filipino Bloggers Around the World. As the name implies,the purpose is to unite all Filipino Bloggers around the world.
The group aims to build camaraderie among fellow bloggers around the globe and help members on opportunities to make money online, increase and build traffic, gain followers, blog comment exchange, shareexperiences and many more.
The group were known to other bloggers in less than a month and became the number one facebook Filipino bloggers group as of this time. We may all have different reason for blogging but we have the same goal which is to provide an active and supportive group.
NOMINATION
(APRIL 17- MAY 10)
1.) Nominee Qualifications
- A nominee should have at least one (1) social media account and that account should be personally owned by the nominee or the group that s/he is part of. Official accounts of corporate brands and media or publishing companies cannot be a nominee.
- All the nominee’s social media sites should have original content and with no copyright infringement violations.
- Employees of Globe Telecom, Inc. and its promotion agencies, including their relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, cannot be a nominee.
2.) Nomination
- Any person with a Facebook, Twitter and/or Google account can place a nomination by filling out the nomination form at http://TattAwards.com
- Nominee can be of any nationality/citizenship.
- A person can nominate as many people as he wants and he will determine the category which best suits the nominee.
- A person can create his own category. The user-generated category with the most relevant unique nominees will be part of final list of official Tatt Awards regular categories in 2013.
- A person can nominate himself
- There should be at least one (1) URL provided for screening purposes. Facebook and Twitter accounts are optional unless it is the nominee’s main channel of engagement.
- There should be at most a 140-character description for the nominee and reason for the nomination, based on the category guidelines provided below.
The group aims to build camaraderie among fellow bloggers around the globe and help members on opportunities to make money online, increase and build traffic, gain followers, blog comment exchange, shareexperiences and many more.
The group were known to other bloggers in less than a month and became the number one facebook Filipino bloggers group as of this time. We may all have different reason for blogging but we have the same goal which is to provide an active and supportive group.
NOMINATION
(APRIL 17- MAY 10)
1.) Nominee Qualifications
- A nominee should have at least one (1) social media account and that account should be personally owned by the nominee or the group that s/he is part of. Official accounts of corporate brands and media or publishing companies cannot be a nominee.
- All the nominee’s social media sites should have original content and with no copyright infringement violations.
- Employees of Globe Telecom, Inc. and its promotion agencies, including their relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity or affinity, cannot be a nominee.
2.) Nomination
- Any person with a Facebook, Twitter and/or Google account can place a nomination by filling out the nomination form at http://TattAwards.com
- Nominee can be of any nationality/citizenship.
- A person can nominate as many people as he wants and he will determine the category which best suits the nominee.
- A person can create his own category. The user-generated category with the most relevant unique nominees will be part of final list of official Tatt Awards regular categories in 2013.
- A person can nominate himself
- There should be at least one (1) URL provided for screening purposes. Facebook and Twitter accounts are optional unless it is the nominee’s main channel of engagement.
- There should be at most a 140-character description for the nominee and reason for the nomination, based on the category guidelines provided below.
We all know that Google’s PageRank is pretty important for bloggers and their blogs. It’s one of the barometers, or let me say, a way to measure blog’s authority and dependability in terms of information, content it serves and link power it can give. But nowadays, website authority and importance is not measured by Google PageRank alone, there are far more important stuff that every webmaster must take a look at and I listed few of them below.
Domain Authority Or Rank
If you will notice, there are advertisers who ask or require certain level of domain authority. Domain authority is measured by a lot of domain characteristics and stuffs that might contribute to its ability to get traffic and rank. Domain age, link popularity and size are few factors that contribute to the level of domain authority a certain website can have. There are free tools out there that you can use to check your websites’ domain authority. One of the most popular is the opensiteexplorer.org of seomoz.org.
Social Popularity And Influence
The world and internet is getting social. So we, blog owners and webmasters must ride or go along with the flow or else we will be left behind. Your blog or your brand’s social popularity and influence matters a lot nowadays. It just shows how huge your community or followers are. The higher the social popularity you have the more traffic and visit your website or blog will have. Social popularity can be measured simply by the number of tweets or retweets, Facebook likes, Google + shares, YouTube views, Re-Pins or even likes and views from Stumbleupon.
Blog Comments
Some may or may not agree with me at this one. But for me, the comment each and every blog or websites gets plays an important role aside from Google’s PageRank. The comment your blog receives shows the kind of readership or community your article is reaching. By the way, I am not just talking about the numbers; it’s also about the quality of comments.
So what are your thoughts? Any questions, reactions or clarifications? Let me hear them all via the comment section below.
