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Archive for March, 2008

Why doesn’t Google like Paid Posts?

Written by Jimmy on Mar 28th, 2008 | Filed under: Internet, Online Money

I have seen a lot of blogs that make money using Paid Posts like PaidPerPost, SponsoredReviews etc are punished by Google. Punished how? By downgrading the blogs’ Page Rank (PR). Some blogs which used to have PR 3 or 4 are now down to 0 (zero)!

This way, it’s hard for those blogs to get another paid reviews (or the ones with higher paid jobs), because the blogs are really dependant of their PR to get jobs.

Now, the question is, why does Google hate Paid Posts? In think it’s because:

  1. Google needs to do it for the favor of their users. When people do a search on Google, Google doesn’t want the search results to show those paid posts, as they have the tendency to be irrelevant. So Google take them out of the Search Engine Result Page (SERP).
  2. Google needs to protect their income. Paid Reviews are really booming these days, and Google doesn’t want advertisers to leave them.

Just my opinion. Anyone want to add another reasons?


CJ7 Movie Review

Written by Jimmy on Mar 22nd, 2008 | Filed under: Movies

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If you’re a Stephen Chow fan like me, maybe you’ll get a little dissapointed by this movie. But it’s quite funny and entertaining. First of all, Chow is not really the leading role here, but the kid playing as his son is. Secondly, I really think this movie is a kid movie, children will love it. Just my personal opinion.

The story is about a father (Chow) and a son who are very poor. They live in a very small room in an abandoned building, accompanied by cockroaches. To get clothes, or shoes, the father looks for them in a garbage dump. Very very sad..

The father works in a construction company, and his boss is a kind man, although sometimes very rough. Even though they’re poor, the father always teaches his son to live with a good moral, like never steal anything. One day, while searching for things in the garbage dump near their house, he found something interesting, a thing like a ball. He gave it to his son as a toy.

This “ball” turns out to be something extraordinary. It’s something from… well, if I tell you, it’ll huge be a spoiler :D So I guess I shouldn’t tell you guys. But after this “ball” comes into their live, everything changes.

You’ll laugh and even cry when watching CJ7. Stephen Chow really has a good taste in humor, and he can make the audience feel sad too. I give my two thumbs up for him. But I just still like Kung Fu Hustle better, waiting forward for Kung Fu Hustle 2, which is planned to be released in 2010 (wow why so long? :( )


Nicole Dance

Written by Jimmy on Mar 13th, 2008 | Filed under: Personal

These are 2 videos of my daughter Nicole, taken about 6 months ago, while she was dancing. She loves to listen to music and then.. is this called dancing? :D

If for some reasons, the videos don’t load, here are the direct links:
First video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR0hMqg1I1I
Secode video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8mxzqG9XwI


I Walked on Fire

Written by Jimmy on Mar 7th, 2008 | Filed under: Personal

Have you ever walked on fire? If you like motivation seminars, you should already know about it. It’s called firewalk. I just did it two days ago, in a motivation seminar. The speaker says that after we walk on fire, we will feel more confident, and it can make your mental blocks go away.

Actually, I didn’t want to do it, because my close friend did it about a year ago, and her feet got injured. She had to take medications for about a month. More than that, we, the seminar attendees, were asked to put our name and sign a letter that says we are responsible for what happens at the firewalk. So if I got injured, I shall never blame the motivator!

But, because all of my friends were going to do it, I thought to myself, “What the hell! I’ll do it!”. And I did it! :D It was not easy to start, but then after I stepped my feet’s first step, it just happened. I walked through the fire unharmed, it was like walking on warm sands. But one time is enough, when my friend asked me to do it again, I refused :) But a lot of the attendees did it over and over again.

The motivator said that the key element to walk on fire successfully is to believe that you can do it. If you believe you can do it, you can do anything! My friend who got injured, said to me that she was really not sure that she could do it, so she got injured. Well, after I did it, I have more confidence in myself. But did it boost my confidence? No.. just a little (too bad for me) :(

Here are some photos of the events. I took it with my mobile phone. I hope I can get some videos from the seminar organizer. Do you have the confidence that you can walk on fire?


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Nightlife and Entertainments in San Diego

Written by Jimmy on Mar 2nd, 2008 | Filed under: Travelling

After I write about San Diego yesterday, I searched the internet for more information about the city, just for curiousity. And I find a website that can be a guide for me and you about the entertainment and nightlife in San Diego. Hmm.. who doesn’t like night clubs these days? It seems that San Diego has a great nightlife and entertainment for its visitors :)

The website is www.sandiegoclubs.com. You can find many informations about bars San Diego, night clubs, and events for the week. You can also add clubs and events if you have them, not for me of course.

Well, that’s an update about the city I want to visit.. hope to get there soon!


Bloggerwave

Written by Jimmy on Mar 2nd, 2008 | Filed under: Online Money

Bloggerwave is another Paid Per Post program. As usual, a blogger get paid to make posts that are required by advertisers. Bloggers get the money, and advertisers get visitors and links to their sites.

To make money with bloggerwave, all you need to do is register for free, and then add your blogs. You can add up to 5 of your blogs. It doesn’t matter if you only have 1 blog, just register it.

After you register your blog, you can find opportunities waiting for you. Click on the Jobs link and you’ll find them. Click on each opportunity to see its details, make the post, and you’re done! Wait until the admin approve or reject your posts. If your posts are approved, then you’ll get your money via PayPal. Don’t have a PayPal account yet? Register for free! :D

Join Bloggerwave now and start making money with your blog. Happy making money on the internet!