by Lito on April 27, 2008
Media have it’s magic, it will make something awful really nice because of good publicity. It’s really hard to become popular in the internet but in television you can attract a lot of visitors. Maybe that is a quick way for a blogger to become famous by exposing themselves thru those kinds of media and also by using magazines telling all those things that they are so and so famous about their craft.
I didn’t mean all of them are fake but there are some who are really famous like for example Abe Olandes of Yugatech. But there are some who like to show themselves as a hot shot or something which makes people curios and creates some kind of doubt to other bloggers in the blog sphere if those really are famous and if their websites receives lots of traffic and earns a lot of money.
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by Lito on March 8, 2008
Thinking of making your website or blog WAP compliant? It looks like it is easier said than done. Imagine, how will you fit the PC monitor screen to a cell phone screen? Those tiny LCD cellphone screen can’t possibly fit in it, that is, if you will put everything in it. If you are using your cell phone to browse non WAP blogs and websites, you can still view the whole page but you have to zoom-in and zoom-out in order for you to read the contents. It’s not possible to load the whole page in a cell phone’s browser because the letters are too tiny and will not show properly. A WAP compliant or mobile website have slim lined(eliminated the non necessary contents) the webpage and just put the important contents in a small mobile website.
If you own a website (a non blog site) with thousands of pages, for example: static html pages, it will take a long time for you to convert all those pages. But if you own a hosted blog, then lucky for you because it will only take you a few minutes just installing a plug-in. This will only work in a hosted Wordpress blog. I don’t know if the free wordpress blog can use plugins because I haven’t tried it. If you like to make your blog WAP compliant, you can download the plugin here. The plugin is created by Alex King and if you are willing to donate, it’s better so we can help our fellow entrepreneur create more wonderful plugins.
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by Lito on February 4, 2008
News about the acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft is all over the internet and they say that this is due to Bill Gates wanting to compete with Google in online domination. And it will be purchased for US$44 billion dollars approximately. But just looking at the situation, the reason why Yahoo! is shrinking is due to the fact that more than 3/4 of search engine market was already dominated by Google (see Fig 1 below). And even if they merge it will have not much impact on Google. Yes Microsoft dominates the software industry but internet is a different thing. Although Internet explorer is the most popular browser in the world, still, it’s really the people themselves who will decide which search engine to use unless IE browsers have a built in blocking plug-in that will block anything that comes from Google. But that idea will tarnish Microsoft’s reputation and Google will be in a win-win situation.
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by Lito on January 30, 2008
Good news to all Paypal and eBay members in the Philippines. Today I when opened my mailbox I got an email from Paypal that I can now add my local bank account to my Paypal account. Yes it’s true! and only Philippines and Indonesian Paypal members were granted permission to include a local peso or rupiah bank account. Maybe other countries in South East Asia not yet given this privilege will follow later. Another thing, withdrawing your funds to your local bank account is cheaper compared to credit cards. Remember last year Paypal announced that credit cards holders outside the USA can withdraw funds using their credit cards? But it cost US$5 per withdrawal. In transferring your funds from Paypal to your local bank account it only cost 50 pesos if the amount you will withdraw is below 7,000 pesos. Above or equal that amount, it cost nothing! as in FREE!
I think will help many internet entrepreneurs in the Philippines like online store owners, eBay sellers, affiliate marketers or those OFW which can transfer their remittances with very little cost and might revolutionize e-commerce in the Philippines.
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by Lito on January 20, 2008
Many of our fellow Filipinos has already entered the world of e-commerce and we see such successful ventures as Pinoy Delikasi, Divisoria.com, Kabayan Central, K9 Couture and others I seem to forgot already. Those online businesses have passed through the seemingly impossible business on the web selling goods via the internet. Why impossible? First, when you observe online businesses in the U.S., most of them target their customers within the country because that is convenient to them. The standard of living compared to the Philippines is miles apart. So many people there have a better purchasing power and with that, you can assume that many people are credit card holders. Why credit cards are important? In online business, that’s the easiest mode of payment to hasten the transactions. Also, Paypal have contributed much in the development of eCommerce. By using only your email address, you can send or receive money online.
But still, the availability is primarily in the U.S. and if you don’t have a credit card, you still need a U.S. bank account to fund your account for your purchase or shop online. So in the U.S. or maybe in other industrialized countries like Europe, it’s not impossible to establish an online business. In fact, most brick and mortar (Physical business) businesses there are curling up due to the booming of e-commerce. It is cheaper than renting a space, hiring a salesman and paying for utilities which will balloon your overhead expenses and you can also sell your products cheaper. The buyer is also the one who pays for the shipping cost. And not to mention, some shrewd customers just go to the physical store to see the actual item and use the salesman’s time for inquiries then go home and buy on the internet.
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