the one with all the 1st day Entrecard madness!

You all know Entrecard, right? I know most of the bloggers do, haha! :D Entrecard is the first and only free exchange network for 125x125 ads. Entrecard lets you advertise your own 125x125 Entrecard on any blog in the network, for free! You pay for this advertising with Entrecard Credits. You can earn these credits for free, this is why you can advertise for free, by visiting other blogs and dropping your Entrecard onto their widget. You can also earn if you put the widget in your site and let other people drop their Entrecard. Like the introduction video on their site said, "It's your internet business card".

I read that it started last November 8, 2007 but I just became aware of it by mid January 2008. I noticed a lot of blogs have Entrecard widgets. I don't want to jump into the bandwagon immediately so I waited for sometime and take a look at things before I signed up at their site. I should have signed up with Entrecard last week but I discovered Project Wonderful and got hyped up over it too. I'll just tell you the wonderful story at another post, hehe!

I'm happy with Entrecard and the benefits I get from it. I discover new blogs and new people also discover my blog. It's exciting to blog hop, drop your Entrecard, and get your Entrecard Credits. It's a little addicting and you can get credit crazy trying to earn more credits, haha! I'm also very happy with the free traffic that it brought to this blog. I signed up just 20 hours ago and I got 108 page views and 65 unique visitors, 60 of which are first time visitors and 5 are returning visitors. I know that's not a lot compared to the big and popular blogs out there but that's a big deal to me because that's the first time I get that much traffic in one day. That is a new record for my blog. I'm really happy and excited about Entrecard right now! Haha! :D

So what are you waiting for? Drop your Entrecard at my Entrecard widget. I also added my Entrecard inbox feed below the widget so anyone who drops their Entrecard get their Entrecard linked from my blog. I just don't know how often the feed reader updates its content because I notice that it does not show the new Entrecards right away when I reload the page when there are new Entrecards dropped. I will change my feed reader when I find a new one that is better than the one I'm using right now. Ok, that's all for now. Happy blog hopping with Entrecard! :D

Share My iPod Songs

I will be starting a series of blog posts entitled "Share My Ipod Songs". As the name suggests, I will be sharing the songs in my iPod on those posts. The series will last until I have shared all the songs in my iPod. So if there are new songs, the series will not end, haha! Of course the series will end. All things come to an end. I'm just saying that the series will be longer if I add songs to my iPod from time to time. If you want to ask me if I will be sharing just a list of the songs or will I be uploading the songs too so that you can download and listen to it, the answer is, I'm still thinking about it.

If I upload the songs:
Will I violate copyright laws even if it is my personal blog? Will Google Adsense punish me for violating their program policies?

If I don't upload the songs:
Will it be useless to the readers if I just present them a list of songs? And isn't it better if the readers could also listen to what I'm listening?

I will start sharing my iPod songs next week. I should have made my mind by that time but until that time comes, I want some of your thoughts about this. Is this a good or a bad idea? Should I upload songs and let people download it or should I just tell them what I'm currently listening to?

Pink Lady Casino

The following is a paid review:

Do you play casino games? What about playing casino games online? What do you think about online casino and online casino gambling? I ask this questions because I haven't really played any casino games online for fun or for real money.

Well, anyway, I think you know what I had to review today. It's an online casino by the name of Pink Lady Casino. As the name implies, this online casino is geared toward the female casino player. I visited their website and I read there that they are the best online casino gambling experience on the net. They had over 100 of the top casino games on the internet.

There are two ways on how you can play at their casino:
1. Downloading the casino software
2. Playing online without downloading (Flash Version)


Getting started using the casino software:
1. Download the casino software.
2. Install it.
3. Set up you casino account.

How to download:
1. Click on one of the download buttons found through out the website.
2. A "File Download" window will appear. Select “Run” to begin.
3. If a security warning appears, select “Run” again.
4. The software will begin downloading.

How to install:
1. The installation wizard will appear. Just click the buttons and supply the information needed.
2. Click the “OK” button to start the installation.
3. The Casino License Agreement will appear on your screen after the installation completes. Read this carefully and select "Yes" to accept the agreement.

How to set up your casino account:
Upon running the software for the first time, you will be asked if you want to Play For Real Money or Play For Fun. Playing for real money and playing for fun or playing without money requires different accounts. To play for real money, just select "Play for Real Money" and follow the instructions to set up an account. If you want to play just for fun, select "Play for Fun" and again, follow the instructions to set up an account.


Getting started on playing online without downloading (Flash Version):

Click the "Play Now (No Download Required)" button. You are now ready to play games with Practice mode enabled as default. You can play for real money by clicking the button at the upper left of the page to switch to Play For Real Money mode. Use this button to switch between modes. I don't think the Practice mode requires a casino account but the the Play For Real Money mode requires one. I also want to add that I think the Practice mode is the same as Play For Fun mode because there is no money involve in those modes.


I think this will be the end of my review as I don't have an account yet and I am not yet planning on creating one and trying their service out. You can try it out if you want and come back here to make a comment about their service.

the one when I received my first ReviewMe payout!

I just received my first ReviewMe payout! Yahoo! Yehey! Google? Hahaha! :D I'm just very happy right now. This is the first time that I received something from blogging and now, I can safely say that there is money in blogging, hahaha! :D This is the first time because I haven't received anything in the past from Google when I joined their Google AdSense program. It's just so hard for me to gain money from AdSense because I don't have many visitors in this blog and their payout is $100. So I'm really happy that I discovered ReviewMe!


Here's a proof of their payment. $21.50, not bad considering that I earned that much from three blog posts that I just did in less than fifteen days, I'm not yet even enrolled to their affiliate program, and what if I accepted all of the reviews that are being offered to me. I could have earned $10-$20 more. ReviewMe is a great way to earn at the sides for a blogger like me. I just have to take into consideration the number of original posts that I make and the number of review offers that I accept. It must have a good balance, which is the reason why I didn't accept all of the reviews being offered to me, so that this blog would lose its spirit and still contain a good amount of original posts coming from my heart ;)