ICANN promised a new web boom that will totally change, not just the web design industry but the way internet real estate goes. The president of ICANN announced that domains will not be restricted anymore by predermined suffixes. Meaning, no more .com, .net, .org, instead, they will make if flexible to the point that you can make any suffix of your own!

Think of it like name.surname or basket.ball as an example. This will gonna be a HUUUUUUUUGE opportunity. Are you ready?

The recent decision to open up the domain naming system will create the largest boom on the internet since its creation, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

The group approved a measure on Thursday which will remove the restrictions on domain suffixes, allowing companies to register any word as a URL suffix. Where users were previously limited to 21 suffixes, such as .com and .net, sites will now be able to use such domains as .news or .bank.

ICANN expects the new rules to go into effect some time next year.

“The potential here is huge. It represents a whole new way for people to express themselves on the net,” said ICANN president and chief executive Dr. Paul Twomey.

“It’s a massive increase in the ‘real estate’ of the internet.”

ICANN plans to allow non-Latin characters as well, opening the door for domains with Chinese and Arabic characters for the first time.

The company also provided further guidance on how the new domains will be distributed and managed. By the second quarter of 2009, ICANN plans to begin accepting applications for new domains.

In the case of a trademark or cyber-squatting spat, the company plans to allow trademark holders to file appeals. The appeals will then be reviewed by ICANN and a decision made.

A similar system will be put in place for dealing with attempts to register potentially offensive sites. Users will be able to file an objection which will then be passed on to an independent, international review board which will base a decision on international treaties.

Source : vnunet dot com

We know many people earned billions in the domaining industry. porn dot com, pizza dot com and such, have been sold millions of dollars. Are you ready to take a piece of this pie of billion dollar industry?

Its been raining hard here in Bulacan and the streets are already flooded. I thought to look at how Manila is coming along. They already announced that there are no classes for tomorrow on major cities in Luzon.

From Left to Right :
Passenger jeepney stranded (more like diving), Entrepreneur of Typhoons, pay 1 peso to cross the hand made bridge so you won’t get your feet wet, Manila Bay waves.

The good thing is : There’s no classes for all levels.

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I believe in the saying “The best investment you can never go wrong is YOURSELF”. I have been messing around for this past week with paid search internet marketing (PPC) and so far I have wasted $250 (Php10,000) worth of clicks and got no sale.

If my parents found out I wasted this kind of money I know they’ll be angry, but hey, this is extra money, money I earned and I’m willing to spend to learn a few things. We still can eat for months even if this money is gone.

I’ve bought tons of ebooks on affiliate marketing before and all of them really are thrash and you can’t learn anything from them, so I’ll just use my own money to learn my way. Self study to say the least. Scary, yes. But its just, well… money. “Take risk while your young” kind of thing.

After this epic crash and burn in PPC Affiliate Marketing, are you still willing to give another shot? Of course, though, I’ll stay away for a while to focus on my ebay affiliate sites so I can make money and leverage that money to PPC internet marketing.

Ok my post about the “No Money on Pinay Scandal Keyword” I kind of feel obligated to educate people on how adsense goes and how to UP your earnings.

Let me give you a little drawing, tell me, if you are Google, what will be your decision?

Most likely if you’re in the right mind, you’ll pick HIGH CTR to put Mr. Gates’ Ad to get the best ROI for him. Then if you’re google, you’ll reward the HIGH CTR site with high paying clicks. And if HP or Dell decided to join the bandwagon, you already know what site to pick. Because Google knows your visitors are golden converting machine.

Then, you’ll put Poor Advertiser on the LOW CTR site. This is not necessarily Smartpricing just yet. If Google sees your CTR is just crap, even for the Poor Advertiser will be hurting, Google will change the price of Poor Advertiser’s clicks to 0.01 to 0.20 which is called Smartpricing.

Demystifying CTR and Conversion Rate

CTR or click through rate is the rate of successful clicks per impression. How many chances does your ads are getting clicks. Example. Pedro is looking for the programming software that mr gates is selling. He saw HIGH CTR’s ads. Clicked on it. Well what do you know, successful click. Click. On to the advertiser’s site we go.

Conversion Rate. On the Advertisers site, Pedro did not purchase the product. He changed his mind. Conversion rate goes down.

That’s how it is. Conversion rate is not related to CTR. CTR Only gives you the chance to get the high paying advertisers and gives you the candidacy for Smartpricing.

edit: If you have HIGH CTR and Low Conversion most likely its click fraud. If you have LOW CTR and High Conversion, it doesn’t matter, your clicks are cheap anyway + you might get smart priced.

The big question : Does CTR affect my cost per click (EARNINGS)? YES. Is smartpricing real? Hell yes.

The thing is, if you’re confused about google’s tos about adsense and CTR? Don’t go quote it if you don’t know it yourself. CTR is there to let google know what kind of site you are. Conversion rate is for the merchant side. If the CTR and conversion rate has too much difference, you’ll get flagged as click fraud.

Hell, to make it simple, if you want to earn big bucks in adsense, aim for high ctr. Dump the conversion shit. You have no way of knowing anyway.

But hey, who am I? I have no 4 years of experience in blogging.

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I was watching the news tonight and to my surprise there are a lot of economic stability in the Philippines right now. Let’s break it down as its hard to remember with all the problems that the Philippines have economically:

• Price of LPG will rise from 1 Peso to 1.5 Pesos.
• The Price of rice doubled in Mindanao the normal 18 - 25 per kilo or rice is now 40 - 45 per kilo in Mindano.
• There will be a rally this weekend by FEJODAP. Tigil pasada which meant that all public utility jeepneys will not service that day. They want an increase from 8 Pesos to 10 Pesos for the first 4 Kilometer ride.
• The price of vegetables also increased.
• Meralco (electric bills) has always been high.

It is also said that a family of five needs to earn at least 8,000 Pesos per month to survive. But now, it has been upped to 10,000 Pesos per month. A family of five needs to have at least 10,000 pesos (around $250) per month to survive.

With all of this happening to the Philippines right now, are you worried? For me, I’m not worried, I mean, what can you do? We shouldn’t focus our thoughts on things we can not control… They say that its hard to live in the Philippines right now… But, is it any better 10 years, 20 years ago? With martial law and civil war, is it any better? We shouldn’t blame the government if all of this is happening, prices may go up or down, because no one can control that, what we should be worried about is how we are going to cope with the situation… We should stop whining and just thing of ways to make our lives better…

I’m tired hearing things such as that, with no hope their life easier, better. All they want is to rant that the government is corrupt. I salute all people who have the guts to fight the condition in the Philippines. I salute the balot vendor that never fail to work and sell, to make their life easier. I salute them because they are living and working on ways to make something happen. Little do they have effect but at least they fight back. Not just whine…

If we really want to help the Philippines, be an entrepreneur. As most business tycoon already said, that this country needs entrepreneurs.

120 Days Leave for Filipina Women, Good or Bad?

It has been said in the news that the woman party list (or should I say feminist group) Grabriela filed a petition on the Philippine Congress to extend the normal 60 day maternity leave for pregnant working women to a full 120 days.

Now I am not against giving women a time to rest after their hard labor. But come on people. . . I hope Grabriela was thinking before they made their move there, 120 day leave? If I am a boss, its not practical to hire a woman in my work force if she got pregnant that means I’ll be in trouble. 120 is too much. Instead of helping the Filipinas by giving them an added vacation, that vacation might get permanent.

This is a guy’s point of view, of course women are open to post a comment on this. But for me, this is a no no. Its kind of . . . well, not thought of in the part of Gabriela Party List.

What are your thoughts on this?

Full report here

MANILA, Philippines — A bill extending the maternity leave benefits for women from the current 60 days to 120 days was filed Tuesday at the House of Representatives.

House Bill 3973 known as “An act increasing maternity leave benefits from 60 days to 120 days or four months” was initiated by Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representatives Liza Maza and Luzviminda Ilagan.

“Extending the period for maternity leave will not only give mothers the opportunity to fully recover, it will also give them the chance to breastfeed infants during the first four months,” Ilagan said in a statement.

The proposed legislation, the lawmaker said, would also help address the maternal and infant mortality rates in the country.

In their explanatory note of the bill, the authors cited studies by the Health Alliance for Democracy, which showed that 10 mothers died daily due to pregnancy and childbirth.

“Infant mortality was recorded at 25 per 1,000 live births in 2005 while maternal mortality was 162 per 100,000 live births in 2006,” they said.

“The Philippines ranks 84th out of 179 countries with available data of infant mortality rate,” they further said.

Ilagan said the Philippines, along with Malaysia, also ranked lowest in Southeast Asia in providing for maternity health care in terms of the length of period of maternity leave benefits.

“Vietnam allows 120-180 days while Thailan, Cambodia, Indonesia and Laos allow 90 days,” she said.

Source : Inquirer