What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?

As the Google Webmasters' Guide tells us:

SEO is an acronym for "search engine optimization" or "search engine optimizer."

Basically, SEO is the method or strategy used by webmasters to improve their website's ranking in Search Engines (SE) in order to increase traffic and sales. Basic things such as review of web content and structure, are a part of SEO.

It's in the early 1990's where website owners began to realize that having their sites highly visible in SERPs (Search Engine Results Page) brings them more traffic and sales.

People who began to notice this have created techniques to manipulate Search Engines. Spamming and hacking Search Engines' algorithm were the main idea at that time, though it was highly discouraged by Search Engine Owners.

Due to this, the banning and decreasing of website rankings began. The people who did the aforementioned unethical way to increase their rankings realized that by following Search Engine's guidelines, they can also come up with satisfactory results, all that they need is patience.

Search Engines were made to provide quality information to its users, that's why they fight back and bite hard those webmasters who practices SEO the wrong way.

The Little Girl On A Plane

Category: Humor - Little Girl Jokes

A stranger was seated next to a little girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, 'Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.'

The little girl, who had just opened her book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, 'What would you like to talk about?'

'Oh, I don't know,' said the stranger. 'How about nuclear power?' and he smiles.

OK, 'she said.. 'That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question

first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass - . Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?'

The stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, 'Hmmm, I have no idea.'

To which the little girl replies, 'Do you really feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know shit? *She then open her book. *

The 1st SEO Philippines Grand Eyeball 2010

Got this info from my Facebook account. It's the 1st SEO Philippines Grand Eyeball 2010, which will be held in Pasig City. All Search Engine Optimization (SEO) practitioners are encouraged to come and have a wonderful event with fellow SEO's all over the Philippines.

Event Location

The 1st SEO Philippines Grand Eyeball 2010 Event will take place at 30F UnionBank Plaza, Meralco Avenue Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

Event Date and Time

Start Time: Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 6:00pm

End Time: Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 4:00am

Event Page on Facebook

You can visit their Facebook Event Page to join the discussions, you might even find some new friends there as well ^_^

Registration

The message sent to me says:

Please register for the 1st Grand EyeBall of SEOPH. Those who will attend, or even might attend or will not attend, please click and register on the form provided below.


This form will also serve as a record for Official Listings of SEO practitioners in the Philippines.

You may register here. Registration is worth 1,000 pesos (includes the payment for the venue and food).

What You'll Learn

1. Search Engine Optimization
   Tips
   SEO Link Building Strategy
   SEO Tools(Link Building tools and Automation)
2. Advance Blogging Techniques
   Tips
   SEO Link Building Strategy
   SEO Tools(Link Building tools and Automation)
3. Social Media Marketing
   Tips
   Social Media Marketing Strategy
   Social Media Tools
4. Link Building
   Tips
   Link Building Strategy
   Link Wheel
   Link Building Tools(Traditional and Automated)
5. Email Marketing
   Tips
   Email Marketing Techniques
6. Affiliate Marketing
   Affiliate+PPC
   Affiliate+SEO
   PPC+Affiliate+Email Marketing
7. PPC
   Tips
   Adwords
   PPC Explain
8. Domaining
   Tips
   Domain Types
   Domain Parking
   Monetization
9. The Q & A: Ask and let the masters answer!

Don't Have the Cash?

Well now, not all SEO practitioners in the Philippines share the same salary rate. Whether you're working for an outsourcing company, local, or doing freelance, there are still some of us who just can't find enough cash to join this grand event. Here's a few options you can do:

• Get a Sponsor
  You can ask your supervisor, manager, or even your team leader if your company can sponsor you. This SEO event will not only benefit you, but also your client! Tell them that!
• Cash Advance or Salary Deduction
  In case you don't have the money right now but really want to attend, ask your HR department for a cash advance or salary deduction on your salary.
• Last Resort
  Borrow money from a close friend or family member. I do not advise people to just borrow money from anybody, or any friend of yours. Why? Because only your family and close friends can truly understand your needs (what ever it is), and if ever you are unable to pay on time for the money lended, they can absolutely understand!

SEE YOU THERE ! ! !

The Guatemala Sinkhole: It's not a Sinkhole according to experts

Don't call the Guatemala sinkhole a sinkhole because it's not! It's a "piping feature," said by geologist, Sam Bonis.

The the 100-foot deep, 66-foot wide circular chasm that happened in Guatemala was formed after the country was hit by the Tropical storm Agatha. Also, the city's bad drainage has contributed to its formation.

According to Bonis, “Our recommendation was that this could happen again. When you have water flowing from storm water runoff, a sewage pipe, or any kind of strong flow, it eats away at the loose material. We don’t know how long it has to go on before it collapses. But once it starts collapsing, God help us.”

According to Wikipedia:

A sinkhole, also known as a sink, shake hole, swallow hole, swallet, doline or cenote, is a natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused by karst processes - the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks. Sinkholes may vary in size from less than 1 to 300 meters (3.3 to 980 ft) both in diameter and depth, and vary in form from soil-lined bowls to bedrock-edged chasms. They may be formed gradually or suddenly, and are found worldwide. These terms are often used interchangeably though many will distinguish between those features into which a surface stream flows and those which have no such input. Only the former would be described as sinks, swallow holes or swallets. A sinkhole on a glacier is termed a moulin or glacier mill.

As you can see in the video, the hole was larger than a street intersection, and as the reports say, the whole swallowed a three-story building and a house.

Back in 2007, a similar hole had opened in Guatemala, a 330-foot-deep sinkhole that had swallowed a dozen homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Sam Bonis was part of a team of geologists who studied it.

What's worse?

This could happen again! "There is an excellent potential for this to happen again. It could happen almost anywhere in the city," added Bonis.

10 Things I Really Hate About You

Boy, as much as I miss to see the smile on your face, I miss mine even more . . .

1. You made me cry

2. You broke my heart

3. You intentionally hurt me

4. You suck up to my parents

5. You lied to me

6. You made me wait for nothing

7. You destroyed my dreams

8. You took everything you can from me

9. You intentionally made my life more difficult

10. You disrespected me

Ranting about how I hate you...

i hate you like a pimple on my nose,

i hate you like my eye bags...

i hate you like the ugly scar on my leg,

i hate you like the ugly curls on my hair...

i hate you like the stupid bubble gum that sticks on my gums,

i hate you like the sun ray that stings my eyes in the morning,

i hate you like the smell of lazy people who hadn't bathe in days...

i hate you,

for meeting you,

for crossing my path...

i wish i hadn't entertained you,

i wish i hadn't loved you,

i wish i hadn't even met you...

my life would have been easier to manage then, if hadn't been for you...