Great news for Filipino would-be nurses! I read that Pearson VUE, a computer-based testing provider for certification and licensure exams, will be opening up a testing center in Manila. This means that nursing graduates who aspire to work in the USA need not go to Hongkong for the Nclex examinations. From the website: The National… Continue reading NCLEX Now in the Philippines
Category: Searching
Buying Expired Domains
I recently went on a buying spree on previously owned domains and found some with decent pageranks and backlinks. I’m *not* about to divulge these domains just yet! What’s funny is that one of the domains I bought used to be owned by someone pretty well-known on the Internet. I only found about it *after*… Continue reading Buying Expired Domains
Are you a Big Fish?
Here’s a cool way to figure out just how “big” a fish you are in the ocean that is the World Wide Web. Uses backlink information from Yahoo! Find out if you’re a Big Fish. Sad, I’m just a small smelt. Certified Backlinks.Site Class:Are you a Big Fish?
Google does a MySpace
Google won over MySpace with a hefty $900 million revenue-sharing deal that will allow the search engine to provide its search and advertising services to the latter’s 70 million-plus users. That also means MySpace dumping its current ad provider Yahoo! who also made a bid but fell short to that of Google. With the social… Continue reading Google does a MySpace
Google Accessible Search
There’s something new brewing at the Google Labs. It’s called Accessible Search, a search engine tool by Google that sorts results based on the readability and simplicity of the page layout. This proves to be useful for those who are reading or sight impaired, as it gives them faster but not necessarily better access to… Continue reading Google Accessible Search
Googleplex Down Under
Google Australia opened its doors to the media in Sydney, Australia, May 16, 2006. Yeah, it’s two months ago, but better late than never. Some pics: More after the jump.
Ajax Loading Gif Animation
I was sniffing around for some nifty loading gif’s for one of my projects when I found Ajaxload, a drive-thru Ajax-powered site that spits out loading gif animations to your liking on-the-fly. Yeah … for you graphically-challenged Web 2.0 geeks out there, this is the place to go if you want your apps to look… Continue reading Ajax Loading Gif Animation
PageRank Update
There are hints of a major PageRank and backlinks update. My sites are holding steady, but one site I handle dropped a point — which is fine. One big surprise is that some Isulong Seoph sites are hitting PR’s of 6’s and 5’s. The competition is getting red-hot! As far as backlinks are concerned, Google’s… Continue reading PageRank Update
Stopping the ODP Snippets in their Tracks
Google now gives webmasters the option to add a simple meta tag to their webpages to tell the search engine not to display their ODP (Open Directory Project) information: Insert the following anywhere between the header tags: <meta NAME=”GOOGLEBOT” CONTENT=”NOODP”></meta> This news came fresh straight from the bakery, so not every search engine who uses… Continue reading Stopping the ODP Snippets in their Tracks
Alleba Beta
Alleba goes Beta! The homepage looks a lot cleaner and whiter than our previous one, but what really packs a wallop is our new search engine. There are several cool new features you should check out: 1. Fully integrated 3-way search: searches the web, directory and images simultaneously, giving you better, more relevant search results.… Continue reading Alleba Beta