Posting to Technology Category on Digg Automatically
First let me post what Digg required us – 09e3514ee10d4e078b9b344a008a607b – the Digg code needed to for us to automatically submit every article we have here starting today.
Since there had been a tremendous amount of spams experienced by our site, we’ve decided to do this. Many malicious spammers scrape our articles along with thousands of other legitimate websites just to feed their spam sites with quality content that they mix up and already brand as news. This in turn causes problems for us and to other legit sites I’m referring to.
I know the scraping is manual. I’m not new to this activity. I can pretty much distinguish manual scraping from automatic scraping (bots).
If you’ve been a regular reader here and have been helped by some members of our team with your problems on phones, laptops and other gadgets, please feel free to share our articles on Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Yahoo Buzz and other social networks or bookmarking sites. I also encourage you to do the same with other websites/webpages that you like or have learned from. Remember, SHARING IS CARING.
DNS Error Can Prevent Your Site from Sending Pingbacks
This is in relation to my problem on sending pingbacks and trackbacks using WordPress 2.7 and 2.7.1, which has really consumed so much of my time troubleshooting. Apparently, I can now send pingbacks/trackbacks to other sites but I can’t send pingbacks to my own articles (again). I tried upgrading the WordPress MySQL database and I’m not sure how will this affect sending pingbacks. A few hours ago, my web hosting provider told that my DNS is not resolving properly. After fixing the DNS error, I was able to send pingbacks to some of my articles but my last three articles on Vacuum Cleaners: iRobot Roomba 530 Robotic Vacuum With Virtual Wall, iTunes Error 5002: How To Fix iTunes Error 5002 When Encountered? and Gateway T-6345U Notebook With 14.1-Inch WXGA Screen were not able to send pingbacks once more.
How To Test If Your WordPress Blog Can Send Pingbacks and Trackbacks
In relation to my problem on WordPress 2.7 and 2.7.1 Not Sending Pingbacks/Trackbacks, I would like to share what I have read about how to test if Your WordPress Blog can send pingbacks or not. The workaround is simple. All you have to do is link to the following article in one of your blog posts just like the one below:
WordPress 2.7 and 2.7.1 Not Sending Pingbacks/Trackbacks
Recently, I’ve been troubleshooting ping problems with this site. If you have observed, this blog is powered by WordPress 2.7.1 (upgraded from WordPress 2.7). I have not been able to send pingbacks/trackbacks to otehr sites and my own articles since transferring web hosts (from Host Monster to Inmotionhosting on April 7 this year). I can, by the way, receive pingbacks and (presumably) trackbacks.
Blogger Blog Hijacked
A few minutes ago, I did a little bloghopping and my blogger-friend Ellaine of Lainy’s Musing claimed that her Blogger blog (formerly located at www.lainyonline.com) was hijacked by an unknown entity. That being said, she has transferred her site to WordPress, a very efficient and flexible content management system (CMS). I was even telling here to migrate to WordPress a long time ago but since her first blogging platform was Blogger, she stuck with it for a while only to realize that blogs hosted by Blogger are very vulnerable to hijacking.
New Year Update: Happy New Years 2009!
Happy New Years 2009 to all!!! I hope 2009 will bring us all good fortune and good health. As we leave 2008 behind, let us all pray that 2009 will give us new hopes, new dreams and new cars. lol!
For the particiipants of the “Win a Free Web Hosting Plus Cash” contest, please head on to this link to find out the winners of the said contest. Where the heck is my 2009 calendar? Anybody care to give me one? 
Blog Contest Update 2
For contestants and voters of the Free Web Hosting for Your WordPress Blogs Contest (domains not included as prizes), this post is an update to the contest. Tomorrow (December 25) will be the deadline of submission of entries for contestants, December 30 for voters.
Blog Contest Update: Deadline for Contestants Extended!
Some readers asked me if I could extend the deadline for the ongoing blog contest in this site. Some of them argued that the preparation for the Holiday Seasons is consuming their time. Their offline work also prevent them from joining blog contests even if they want to. With these arguments, the author was convinced that indeed, more people should be given the chance to join the contest and Win a Free WordPress Blog Hosting for One Year.
Having said that, I am officially extending the deadline for submission of entries for contestants until midnight of December 25, 2008 so that others can still join and have fun with us this season and get the chance to become our partners and friends starting 2009. For voters-only, the deadline will still be on December 30, 2008. Checking of entries and tabulation of scores must be accurate that is why we have allocated December 31 as a day to carry out those tasks.
Let this serve as a notice to all who have signified their intent to join the contest as contestants. For those whoa re already contestants, you can still ask your voters to convert as contestants to earn additional 20 points from each conversion. Merry Christmas in advance to all of you!
Contest Updates on Scores and Deadlines
First off, I’d like to state here the deadlines and schedule of the contest in this site:
For Contestants – December 15 25, 2008 (official blog entries)
For Voters - 5pm December 30, 2008 (official blog entries, Philippine time)
Free Web Hosting + Cash Contest Update
Update of Free WordPress Hosting + Cash contest in this site:
I am posting here the summary of the “Win a Free Web Hosting for Your WordPress Blog” contest where you can also win cash.
Mechanics
To join as a contestant, simply follow these instructions. These are required and you earn points for doing so: