I’m doing a research this past few days, it is about how to increase my blog traffic. As a newbie blogger, having a goal of increasing my blog traffic will take lots of effort and lots of time. By the way my blog is Semidoppel’s Delight, it is already one year since I started to do this kind of stuff, thanks to the influence of Jehzeel, blog owner of Jehzlau Concepts.
MOST SUGGESTED STRATEGIES TO INCREASE BLOG TRAFFIC
1. The Content
It is very important for all bloggers to take into consideration what to blog. Some bloggers said that focusing on a certain interest is very effective because they will have readers that have the same interests like them, but some said that having a blog that tackles almost everything (like my blog) is more effective because different readers will visit your blog. Either of this two ways will be effective,it’s up to the blogger on what approach he will do.
2. Social Bookmarking
Lots of social bookmarking sites helped us bloggers to increase traffic by submitting our posts in their site. You can also find a plugin that is compatible to your blogsite that will make you connect so easily, just like the one I use on my blog.
I used this kind of strategy, I noticed that it really increased my pageviews, and lots of visitors commented on my post. But be sure that you will join a forum that is related to what you will publish.
4. Use your friends ^_^
What are friends are for? Don’t misinterpret this strategy, what I mean on using your friends is, they too can be your visitors or even subscribers. If you have accounts on Facebook, Friendster, Multiply. Plurk, Twitter or any other sites that will link you to all of your friends, use the opportunity on how to promote your blog.
5. Join Nuffnang’s Innit
This is one of my favorite, I will just publish my post, log in to my Innit account, retrieve my registered blog, and click submit post. That’s it! What I like about nuffnang’s Innit is that they have a shoutout at the sidebar where you can chat with other bloggers/ Nuffnangers.
6. Ping your blog
I have read lots of posts about this BlogExplosion, a ping site that increases traffic, I have just registered and I can’t comment on it yet because my site is still on review. You can also use the free services on MyPageRank , they have bookmarking, pinging, visitor or pageviews counter and many more.
7. Blog Hopping / Link Building
Bloggers do this to have exchange links with fellow bloggers, they say that it is effective on SEO. But some bloggers are not interested on link exchange unless they have the same interests. This happened to me once, the site owner said that I should not focus only on SEO but I should be more sensitive on interest-based blogs.
8. Subscribe to a site that is related to your Blog
You should do this, why? If you have subscribed on a site that is always updated on what’s new or what’s hot, this will help you if you want to post something about it. You can share the same thing on your fellow bloggers and they might link the post you published.
This is my research for now, if I will know more about how to increase blog traffic, I will share it to all of you! Enjoy Blogging!
This morning, I have watched the news about search engines recognizing the death of Michael Jackson as spam. It seems that these search engines don’t believe that it’s true hehehe. I saw it on GMA 7, and it shows that when you search it on Google, the Error message will appear, but now if you will try to search about it, lots of results will now appear. They also said that when TMZ broadcasted about his death, many blogsites or websites gained lots of hits when they posted something related to the news.
TMZ had boosted their site pageviews the past few days because of the news about Michael Jackson.
Videos of Michael Jackson’s MTVs and concerts in Youtube increased pageviews for about 47 million. Even the famous Dancing Cebu Inmates of the Philippines will pay tribute to the King of Pop, if you still remember they already have a video of their version of MJ’s ”Thriller” in Youtube. I can’t wait to see what hit of Michael Jackson they will choose!
Last Saturday, I watched the season 2 of the anime Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2. It was a very good anime, containing 25 episodes, it has a good story plot and it was a little bit not suitable for young children because of some violent content. I have watched the anime from TV5, but I can’t complete the whole series because of my work so I bought a DVD haha!
Actually I haven’t notice that the DVD I bought has a season 1 of the anime, I just noticed it when I have already finished season 2.
The story is about Lelouch Lamperouge, a prince of the Holy Britannian Empire, who was exiled by his father Charles zi Britannia. He has a sister named Nunnally, who became a governor that implements world peace. Lelouch wanted to create a new world for Nunnally. In order to do that, he became Zero, a leader of the rebellion composed of the people in Area 11, the name of the defeated Japan. He saved the Elevens (name given to the slaves in Area 11) from the hands of the Britannian Empire, these people were convinced by Lelouch to join his forces. He even convinced some of his enemies like the Chinese Federation, and the Black Knights to join him on his quest. During the rebellion, different members of the Britannian Royalty try to capture Zero, but none of them succeed because Lelouch’s thinking is really great. He was very much advance in tactics and strategy, he even put himself in a difficult situation and serve as a bait. His Geass helped him a lot in different danger, even the time he was already captured; he had already plotted something that will make him escape from the Britannians.
Lelouch has a Geass, also known as The Power of Kings, it was a power that will make you obey what he commanded once you looked into his eyes. It is represented by a bird-shaped symbol which glows red when active.
But having such power had caused him harsh consequences. He had sacrifice many of his loved ones, just like what happened to Shirley, one of his classmates in Ashford University, Rolo, his brother that saved him so many times. Rolo has a geass that manipulates time but in return his heartbeat will stop, he used it several times to save Lelouch, that caused his death.
The battle scenes were so much similar to Gundam Wing and Magic Knight Rayearth. They have these powerful new robot weapons that looked like mobile suits. For me it really looked like a combination of Gundam Wing and Magic Knight Rayearth.
The whole anime is full of mysteries that were later revealed in the end of the series. I will not tell it here, watch it, I might spoil the thrill.
Here are the main characters (adapted from Wikipedia.org)
Lelouch Lamperouge
Lelouch Lamperouge is the title character and protagonist of the series. He was born as Lelouch vi Britannia, the Eleventh Prince of the Britannian Imperial Family and seventeenth in line for the throne. His father is the Britannian Emperor, Charles zi Britannia, and his mother was Marianne vi Britannia. He was sent to Japan as a political hostage for questioning his father’s cold regard for his mother’s assassination and the crippling of his blind sister Nunnally. When Britannia invaded, he went into hiding with his sister, taking refuge with the Ashford family. Seven years later, he obtains an ability known as Geass, from C.C., which allows him to compel others to behave as he wishes. Seeking to build a better world for his sister, he pursues the destruction of Britannia under his masked alter-ego Zero too.
Suzaku Kururugi
Suzaku Kururugi is Lelouch’s childhood friend and son of Japan’s last prime minister, Genbu Kururugi. He is both a secondary protagonist and antagonist of the series, aligned against Zero’s Black Knights but nevertheless intent on changing the Britannian Empire for the better. He claims that achieving results by wrong or illegal methods is meaningless, wanting to change Britannia from within. Suzaku is an Honorary Britannian and part of the Britannia army, later becoming the pilot of the experimental Knightmare Frame Lancelot as a member of the R&D Division. He later falls in love with Princess Euphemia, who is murdered by Zero. In the second season, Suzaku is granted a position in the Knights of the Round by the Emperor for his capture of Zero. His title and rank is Knight of Seven. Suzaku desires to become the Knight of One, a status that will allow him to rule Area 11 by his choosing.
C.C.
C.C. is the immortal girl who bestows the power of Geass upon Lelouch under the condition he grants her greatest wish. She oversees Lelouch’s activities and occasionally assists in his plans in order to make sure he remains alive to fulfill their contract but eventually comes to care for him.
Nunnally Lamperouge
Nunnally Lamperouge is Lelouch’s younger sister. Injured in her mother Marianne’s brutal assassination, she is wheelchair-bound and blind from psychological trauma. It is on her behalf that Lelouch pursues the destruction of Britannia and the forging of a peaceful world. Following her return to the Imperial Family in the second season, she retakes her birth name, Nunnally vi Britannia, and is at her own request appointed Viceroy of Area 11.
Kallen Stadtfeld
Kallen Stadtfeld is a Britannian-Eleven girl who goes by her Britannian name when attending Ashford Academy, where she pretends to be ill to explain her prolonged absences. She believes herself to be Japanese at heart and prefers to be known by her birth name, Kallen Kouzuki. Kallen is a member of a Japanese resistance cell led by her brother, who died in the first episode, and later joins Zero’s Black Knights. She is the group’s most talented pilot and on par with the Knights of the Round. She pilots the unique Guren Mk-II. Her devotion to Zero is unmatched among the rest of the Black Knights.
Rolo Lamperouge
Rolo Lamperouge is introduced in the second season as an assassin posing as Lelouch’s brother, placed there to observe Lelouch following his memory rewrite at the end of the first season. Rolo pilots the Vincent Prototype, and possesses a Geass power in his right eye that allows him to temporarily freeze the subjective experience of time for all persons within a given range. But whenever Rolo uses this power of his, it stops his heart for a beat or two. He is manipulated by Lelouch into supporting the Black Knights and seems to become dependent on Lelouch over time, treasuring a locket given to him by Lelouch on his birthday and always referring to him as “brother”.
In the end Lelouch succeed in his quest on taking revenge to the Britannian Empire. He beat all those who opposed him, the United Federation he founded gained control.
The ending is unique, it was very dramatic. On his grand parade, Lelouch saw someone wearing the Zero mask and suit, this Zero attacked him and stabbed him in front of the crowd. He fell and slid to where Nunnally was, he died beside her. Nunnally touched the hand of Lelouch, with her power to know the truth by touching someone’s hand, she knew who was the masked Zero was and she knew why Lelouch died in that manner.
Wee! I have just attended the 8th Philippine Toys, Hobbies and Collectibles Convention held in SM Megamall Megatrade Hall 2 and 3, 5th Level Building B. Organized by TOYCON, the event will be from June 13 to 14, 2009 only. The entrance fee is worth 100 Php only, it is worth it because lots of freebies will be given away but only until supplies are available. This was my first time to attend this kind of event, I was alone because my repapips don’t want to go with me. It’s ok, they missed half of their life not to attend this convention.
The Adventures of Semidoppel (naks!)
It was 1 o’clock in the afternoon when I decided to go alone, I wish I have been there earlier but that’s impossible, I have work in the morning and my only free time is in the afternoon. When I got there, I saw weird-looking people, I don’t have any idea why they look like that. Then I knew it, these were cosplayers behind me, but not yet in costume. I went to the ticket booth and bought a ticket, here’s the ticket.
The ticket is not for the entry purpose only, it is also for the raffle event they held inside. I did not join the raffle because I want my ticket to be my first souvenir, haha.
When I am already inside, I saw the huge gallery of different toys, they have Transformers
Marvel Superheroes like Ironman, Spiderman, etc.
Wolverine of the X-men
Star Wars
Life size Action figures like Thor, C3PO.
And many more!
They also have the Customized Action Figure Contest here’s an entry:
They also have the G.I. Joe Fan Art Contest
Different booths can be seen inside and one of them is the E-Games booth, where they give freebies to their registered players. All I did was register to their booth and after that they gave me a Cabal CD Installer complete with latest patch. The posters were already out of stock, so sad T_T. GM Boom and GM Charl were also in the event, they endorsed Cabal Online, they show game features, and actual game play, latest patch and the upcoming patch Soul and Siena.
They have also shown the Trailer of Dead Fantasy
(If you want to see Dead Fantasy 1 and 2 click the link below.)
Different bands performed, they have Reklamo, Fault line, Haponesang Dilat and Japan Baby.
It was so shocking when at the middle of Japan Baby’s third performance, the power was cut. “May sumabog po.” that’s what the host said. We all thought that the smoke that covered the band was just produced by dry ice. After 30 minutes, all went back to normal and the cosplay contest began.
Before I proceed to the cosplay, I just want to share the most important thing that happened yesterday, I saw Ashley and my ultimate crush Alodia. These two were so famous because of their beauty and the way they portray different characters. Alodia is already seven years in cosplaying, she was also one of the judges on the cosplay event. I was so near to Ashley but I was so shy to ask her to have a picture with me. I was one foot away from her, and Alodia was about two feet away from me. I have never been this shy to a lady before, it seems that I am seeing an angel, so overwhelmed of the beauty in front of me.
Ashley and Alodia
Here’s more of Alodia and Ashley’s Pictures
(click thumbnails to see larger pictures)
It was already 5 o’clock in the afternoon when the cosplay contest began. There were 170 cosplayers that joined the event. Different babes..ehem… made my fantasies come to life ahahaha! Also different superheroes, villains, ninjas, robots, and monsters appear.
Some are so gorgeous wearing their costumes, some have different gimmicks, some are really on “career mode”, just kile the cosplayers of Mecha Godzilla, Bumblebee and Ran Online character.
And this is my favorite, the Little Bumblebee.
It was really tiring but it was so much fun. It felt like that I became a child again, wanting every toy I see, craving to be like my favorite superheroes, imitating their moves and the way they look. I will be on this kind of convention again if I will have time, and next time I might join the cosplay, I am planning to portray Kakashi, and my 4 year-old brother as Naruto haha!
I was watching television one night when I had a glimpse on the Women’s 10-Ball World Championship. I saw this lady, she’s one of the contestants, she’s so gorgeous and really took my attention and took my breath away. Her name was Shanelle Loraine, born on March 25th at Misawa, Japan, but her hometown is on Guam, USA.
“Shanelle began playing pool in 2000, and played on the University of Central Florida pool team for four years. Shanelle trains in Orlando FL, and is coached by Top World CRanked Pro, Charlie Williams and Senior Tour Pro, Wayne Catledge. She has had the personal assistance and insight in 3-cushion by World Champion, Semith Sayginer of Turkey. And has also has assistance with trickshots from World Champions Mike Massey and Stefano Pelinga of Rome, Italy. ”
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