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As you may already know, when you’re blogging on wordpress.com, you may not put ads on your blogs. And it’s been a feature that a lot of people love, while for other a lot of people who want to put ads on their blogs, it’s a disaster.

For more information, check the WordPress.com FAQ about ads here. Also, sometimes you may see some adsense ads on WordPress.com blogs, check the explanation by Matt here.

So, for you who want to make some money from your blogs, it’s very simple, do not use WordPress.com blogs! Instead, buy a domain name and a hosting on your own where you can freely put any ads you want. Or, if you still want free blogs where you can run ads, use blogspot instead.

Oh no! That’s what came out of my mind when I see this blog’s alexa rank. Its alexa rank now is 1.508.347, while it was 1.287.961 a while ago.

My other blog, which was just 2 months old and already had the alexa rank of 1.327.899, which is a very good rank for me for a new blog, has dropped to 1.894.733 And my blog in Indonesian which alexa rank was 391.293 now dropped to 433.851. What’s wrong?

I admit that I haven’t been browsing a lot these 2 days, because of my work that made me so tired. But does it really matter? Do I really have to browse a lot using the alexa toolbar to maintain my alexa rank? Am I the only one experiencing this, or do you have the same problem with mine?

Darren Rowse from ProBlogger and Chris Garrett from chrisg.com team up together to write this book: ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income.

For you who don’t know yet (is there any blogger who doesn’t know these two persons? ), Darren Rowse is a blogger who gives resources and tips on how to make money online from blogging. He has earned six digits income monthly. And Chris Garret is an internet marketing specialist and consultant.

This book covers the step by step lessons for bloggers to make money online, from choose a blog topic, then analyze the market, set up and promote a blog, and then make money! Unlike other books which often only give readers theory, this book is based on the writers’ experience through practical, tried and tested advice. For you who are serious in making money online (especially from blogging), this book is a must!

Here’s what the back cover of the book says:

Blogging for dollars - Do you have what it takes?

Here’s the place to find out. Problogger.net is where bloggers worldwide go for advice and information on enhancing their blog’s presence. Whether you’re just starting out or have been blogging for years, learn from two professional bloggers how to turn your passion for blogging into extra revenue or possibly a rewarding career. This is not a get-rich-quick book, but rather a practical guide to creating and marketing a blog with the potential for generating a six-figure income.

Learn to:

1. Choose subject matter that works for you
2. Handle technical issues
3. Examine different ways your blog can earn income
4. Evaluate your blog’s success
5. Keep content fresh and interesting
6. Use your blog to generate income indirectly

The book isn’t out for public yet, it will be published on around June. But you can order it right away, to make sure it won’t be out of stock when you want to buy it in the future. Grab it now! Click here to buy this book from Amazon.

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?

Kids Movie

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 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? )

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?

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

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! 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?

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 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!

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

I’ve never been to San Diego, California, but I’ve seen the city in movies, and of course on the internet. I really want to visit San Diego one day, when I go to the United States.

All I know, San Diego is a great and large city, it’s the second largest city in California and the eight largest city in the United States!

Here are some facts I found about San Diego:

• It lies just north of the Mexican border - sharing a border with Tijuana - and lies south of Orange County.
• It is home to miles of beaches, a mild Mediterranean climate.
• It has The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the affiliated UCSD Medical Center combined with nearby research institutes in the Torrey Pines area of La Jolla make the area influential in biotechnology research.
• San Diego’s economy is largely composed of agriculture, biotechnology/biosciences, computer sciences, electronics manufacturing, defense-related manufacturing, financial and business services, ship-repair and construction, software development, telecommunications, and tourism.

The City of San Diego’s strong economy, diverse population, great educational institutions, unsurpassed quality of life, and world-renowned location make it the ideal place to do business, to work, and to live. Because of its highly-educated workforce and mix of high-tech industry and recreational assets, a marketing consortium of high-tech industries has dubbed San Diego “Technology’s Perfect Climate.”

Well, as tourists and travellers who have never been there, they surely will need a guide to San Diego, CA, which I’m sure can be provided by the friendly people there. Wait for me, San Diego!