A total of 40,916 page visits landed on my site in 2008
26,170 visitors went to TurfSite Manila
67.26% of my visitors were Referred by Search Engines; 17.85% were Direct Traffic; and 14.81% came from Referring Websites
Most people who visited my website uses Firefox on Microsoft Windows (48.81%), while 40.89% uses Internet Explorer on the same OS. 2.14% uses Mac OS & Safari
The Top Keywords were: jun lozada, plaincart, msn groups closing, swing out sister, earth hour philippines, wordpress cart, typing speed test, hacking smartbro, smart money, & umobile.
Today, as we celebrate five (05) fruitful years of blogging, I am writing this article using my HP Mini 2133 — first post using the HP Mini. Indeed, a very portable device for bloggers, like me.
TurfSite Manila (my blog site at http://bobreyes.com) has been nominated in the 2008 DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards under the category Blog – Professional. Being nominated is such an honor, but being a co-nominee with Abe Olandres (YugaTech.com) is another thing. I had been reading his blog long before BobReyes.com had been established to a real web log
Announcement of winners will be on the 5th of next month.
I just got the great news: TurfSite Manila has been nominated for the 2008 Philippine Blog Awards, Bloggers’ Choice Award category! To vote for my blog site, you need to be a Filipino and owns a blog: be it in Multiply, Friendster, WordPress.com, Blogger, or blogging from your own domain.
Create a blog post stating that you are VOTING FOR TURFSITE MANILA (http://www.bobreyes.com), and DO NOT FORGET to include the list (and links) of sponsors for this year’s Philippine Blog Awards:
TurfSite Manila (http://www.bobreyes.com) had just reached the 100,000th homepage hit mark (since 2003). Thank you very much for all those who visited my site and for your continued support.
To celebrate this momentous event, TurfSite Computing, Inc. (http://www.turfsiteph.net) is giving-away Php100 discount coupons for orders done today up until 21 June 2008. Just use the coupon code BOBREYES100 when signing-up for a website hosting product.
After playing in a wedding last week, I sudden felt the urge to make (write, transcribe, etc.) music once again. To start with, I am finally putting my repository of musical score sheets, sound files, and MIDI collection online. If you have time, please visit http://music.bobreyes.com
I had just successfully upgraded the blog engine to WordPress 2.5, and I should say the wait is really worth it! I love the new administration interface, very refreshing to the eyes. And the newest feature of one-click upgrades for my plugins, it’s very very kewl! I was able to upgrade 10 plugins in under two minutes. Isn’t that amazing?
Yes, I am now tracking my most popular posts. Thanks to the Popularity Contest plugin for WordPress! Please do check out some of my popular (most visited/read) blog posts listed at the bottom of this page.
Just before 2007 ends, I changed the theme of my blog site and I missed something: Google Analytics code. I just noticed it today when I checked my stats. That’s around a week of data lost.
Thank you very much for your continued support and visits to my blog site. We had just reached the 80,000th hit mark! Advanced Merry Christmas to one and all!
Four (04) years ago, I simply wanted to have an online storage space and post my resume online, thus I purchased the domain bobreyes.com for my TurfSite Manila website. Months later, some of my friends asked if they can park their websites in my domain. This eventually led to the establishment of TurfSite Computing, Inc. (http://www.turfsiteph.net)
Now, the static website bobreyes.com has evolved to a CMS-driven Blog Website (thanks to WP!) — from the time that I was the one paying for my own webhosting fees, til today when people pays their webhosting dues to me and I earn from blogging.
Robert "Bob" Reyes is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) since 2002. He is the General Manager of TurfSite Computing, Inc. and a professor of website design, development, & electronic commerce in a premier Philippine design & arts college.
He plays the piano & electronic keyboards, coupled with other MIDI devices during his free time. He is a proud HP Mini 2133 owner, a Palm enthusiast, and a Blackberry user.
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