Happy Holidays from XleonTips

Xleon Tips would like to extend greetings to everyone and wished everyone to have a Happy Holiday. To all your family as well. May the coming year be a blessing to everyone as well.

Here is a few tips from Xleon Tips this holiday season:

A $35 Tablet PC with Android OS!

After the success of Android OS on most PDA devices that have been launched recently, more and more devices have been recently sprouted like mushrooms. While browsing some pages, I found a few advertisements regarding Tablet PCs with Android operating system that just hit the market. If you go to Light in the Box's website at http://www.lightinthebox.com, you may find a few tablet pcs ranging from $149-$210 - that is super cheap.

How To Start Blogging: Step 4 - Attracting Visitors

As I review my website articles, I realized the value of one article that is very useful to all newbies at blogging. My article "How To Start Blogging" which was published last year and has 4 series -still lacks few points. Now, I decided to continue its series.

How to Attract Visitors to Your Blog?

Rewards

My previous article was about the advantages in using EntreCard and that won me a 5000 EC. Yehey! Well, it is actually a give-away made by Entrecard to all their members. Make a review and win credits and that is a sure win for all who joined. It will take me a lot of dropping before I get to have that amount of credits so it is a great reward.

EntreCard Review

I already made a brief review of how anyone can Take Advantage of EntreCard from my other website but I'll make another one --okay, this is to grab the Freebie 5000 credits from EC - it is actually a contest but they claimed that everyone is a winner just by making a review. But this doesn't mean that it'll affect my review.

The Adwords Adventure

At last I am using the Adwords and using the voucher I got from Google, I draw my first few keywords. It wasn't an easy task. The reason I have not started before is I wanted the landing page to my advertisements clear and presentable and as much as possible --very clear.

The Claiming Post!

The unbalanced discovery boosts the unseen blast.

You might be wondering, what the hell that phrase is? Before you do something unbalance let me tell you about that phrase.... 

Well, to tell you the truth I don't have the slightest idea what that means and I know it is unrelated to this blog. However, I think some people here may have heard of PayPerPost --yes it is a claiming phrase to claim this blog.

How to Insert Google Adsense in a Single Post

Even wonder how you can put your adsense ads on your post? Okay, here are the instructions on how you can make an Google Adsense Ad in your post. First thing you will do is:

1. Back-up your blog's theme. Backup and Restore Blog Theme. Do this just in case you make some mistakes and you accidentally deleted some codes in your blog's theme.

Blogger Spot: The Miscellaneous Me

I'd like to add a new featured article in my blog dedicated to all the blogs I found really interesting. I'd give a few words about their blog/site and make them shine in my Blogger Spot. This is part of the contest I made before about my wife's birthday and since Chris won the first prize, I'd like her to be the first to be on the Blogger Spot.

Adgitize 4th Payment

Okay, here is another payout from Adgitize. In case you are wondering what Adgitize is. Adgitize is an Ad Network that delivers traffic to your website. You may also have the possibility of having your investment back by clicking Adgitize's widget on publisher's or advertiser's website or blog. You may also use their forum to interact with their users to gain friends, gain points and more income just by being friendly to others. One great thing about Adgitize is --the dramatic amount of visitors on your website will not negatively affect your Google Adsense.

I Love ClxSense Toolbar!

I remember I used to login to Clixsense just to be disappointed to see no available advertisement or Clix. But hey, there is  a fun, informative and very easy way of monitoring new Clix. After I have installed the ClixSense toolbar, I was able to click 5-10 clix a day. I remember not receiving any for a day --and I have to login first before I could see if there is none or atleast a few to click.

CSS Menu Integration - Successful!

At last, I was able to integrate my menu. While doing the customized menu I have realized that I still have lots of things to do to all my previous articles and that includes re-tagging. I've seen some scattered categories which would be helpful if I have made a proper tag for them.

Ever Dreamt of This?

I remembered a friend who showed me a video of a laptop being thrown, dropped, run-down by a jeep, spilled water and coffee but when they opened the laptop -it was still intact. That was almost 13 years and the laptop is a heavy duty made by Dell. It is not just an advertising --it is full of truth. I told myself, I am going to have a laptop just like that someday and up to now I still don't have that laptop.

But what really made me remember DELL was this advertisement. I can't believe that this is trully a laptop --I still don't believe it by the way. I think this is just a joke or something but if it is true then it is one hell of a laptop.

This is one tough laptop. I wish they make laptops like this. Dunno if this is true or just a commercial joke but it would be great if this was true. Ever dreamt of having this laptop?

Means of Payment

Make Money Online programs use different payment types -sometimes they support almost all respectable payment processors. Before, one of the leading payment processor was Paypal -it is still one of the leaders but because of the issues regarding the abuse of the payment system -many accounts were hold / instigated and some were closed. Currently, the leading payment system for most PTC (Paid to Click) programs is AlertPay and because of the issues regarding account closure, account investigations -most online businesses shifted to AlertPay. 

When involved with online marketing or online businesses like PTCs, Affiliate Marketing, Online MLMs, Matrix, Ad Networks, etc... You will need one of these two payment system or you could have both. Let's see their promising features:

• Send / Request Money
• Multi-Currency
• E-Wallet / Credit Card Instant Payments
• Mass Pay
• Deposit and Withdraw (to Bank)
• International
• Easy Payment Cart Creation

Warning: Don't try and cheat on both payment system or your money will be lost.

Get AlertPay

Get Paypal

The Winners!

Before anything else I would like to thank all those who have joined, sponsored and at least tried to join. This contest I assure you guys is just a start, there will be more exciting events coming soon and more bigger and great prizes. First of all let me tell you about the birthday celebrant's gift and how she celebrated her special day.

By the way, her birthday isn't actually at the end of the month -it is on Sept. 10, I just made it up to end of the month so people can prepare more and I can gather more sponsors. I was actually very busy this past September because of my offline responsibilities.

Sadly, her birthday didn't quite went well because she was very sick before and after her birthday. It took about 3 weeks before she fully recovered but I am glad to say she is doing great now. The day of her birthday we were in a ward and she was on IV (it is forbidden for her to take injections so she took her medicine through dextrose but it wasn't very serious). She is happy now and doing the regular things she does and she's even back on her job. So here is her birthday gift.

Official Entries to XLEONTIPS Contest

Here are the list of people who joined "Simply The Best Birthday Gift Contest!"


IAmJennyholic - Referred by Eidra (of One Proud Mama / Make Money Online)
Refs: 0

EidraG (Make Money Online) - Referred by Jules (of www.theLink22.com)
Refs: 2

Mys (Written by Mys)
Refs: 1

Sherry (Shopping... plus more...)
Refs: 0

Chris (The Miscellaneous Me) - Reffered by Mys
Refs: 0

Here are the people who wasn't able to complete the requirements. I am sorry guys but I have to disqualify you. I know all of you will also like contestants to your contests to complete their requirements. I want you all to qualify but it would be unfair to all who completed the contest requirements.

Gee - (Internet Treasures)
(Blog Review pending)
Refs: 0

Luckyfinds - (Earn Extra Money ONLINE)
(Blog Review pending)
Ref: 1

Cornelio03 - (Life's A Journey)
(Blog Review pending)
Ref: 0

Pinay Expat Blogger - Referred by Eidra (of One Proud Mama / Make Money Online)
(Blog Review pending)
Refs: 0

Jules67 (My Mind, Thoughts and Feelings)
(Blog Review pending)
Refs: 1

I'll post the winners tomorrow so please standby. Although it is already clear that the winner of the 7-day Adgitize Gift Card is EidraG so Congratulations!. Nobody won the Special Prize for most Entre drops.

This Is The Day! Our Day!

Finally, the end of my contest. Later I will be finalizing everything. Purchasing the Adgitize 2-weeks Gift Card and checking submission of each entries, links, feed subscription, blog reviews, etc... This is the day! And tomorrow, I will declare the winners --of course that is after I draw them. I don't know if I told you guys how I'll be doing it but I'll tell it anyway.

I'll take a piece of paper and place names of all the contestants and let my son draw the winners in order of 3rd, 2nd and the 1st. You are all winners for me.

Once again, I would like to thank all who have joined my contest and to all the sponsors who have made this possible. I remember I was reading an article about how you may achieve a good PR (PageRank) for your blog and one of them is by making friends with others and having a contest. To prove it, I decided to do it and I am really thankful I did it.

I Got a PR1.

Okay, it is a victory for me and a proven knowledge which is called wisdom. Well, actually the PR1 is for my xleontips.blogspot.com and not xleontips.com so which means the new domain hasn't earned reputation yet. But I'll continue to do what I have learned and continue to explore the vastness of SEO and PR world.

Why am I doing this? It's a preparation for the coming invasion lol! Like I said before, I am currently a student and studying about PR blogging and SEO blogging --whatever nonsense terminologies they have invented. But hey! PR and SEO/SEM actually is not a non-sense when you greatly benefit from it (income, traffic, etc). Of course my first step was to improve my sites performance and it is a good start and I think my goal was achieved. I can't believe it! With one try! I thought since only a few have joined and sponsored this contest it may not be enough to ring Google's PR. I think PR1 is quite easy to be achieved unlike the PR2 or any of its older sisters or I may just be doing a great job and I am on the right track or it is because I am so awesome! --whatever works is good for me (lol!).

It is not the end of the world for everyone who hasn't completed their requirements. The time is 9am and I'll be doing the validation later at 6pm so you still have time.

Blogger Compatible Codes

When designing your own blogger theme, it might frustrate you to see the codes you are placing on the XML Blogger theme you are editing doesn't make sense at all when you start viewing it --it sometimes make an error and may ruin your blog's layout. The reason to this is that Blogger XML doesn't recognize your codes at all.

This tool will be very useful to all webmasters and web designers out there -it is actually one of their secrets. So what I am going to reveal will be useful for everyone. But before you make modifications with your current them make sure to back it up before you make use of the codes you converted here. So, where can I use this tool?

• Designing your blogger theme.
• Placing Google Adsense code to your desired position.
• Placing Javascipt codes.
• You can almost do everything here with regards to designing your blog template.

So here it is. Once again, a reminder - backup your theme first.before you place this in your current blog theme.

Got a $100 Google Adsense Coupon for FREE!

This is great news for me. I just got a $100 Google Adsense coupon from Google. I am so excited --I don't know what to do. Now, I really have to make my place presentable for my visitors. I have to make this place neat and of course make a wise decision in choosing the right keywords. I have to think of powerful keywords to make good use of this coupon and it would be exciting if I can come up with income from this like in Adgitize.

Thinking back, this SEO blogging, PR blogging adventure of mine is all about preparing myself for this. I know I may not get back the amount I want but hopefully and I think it would be the nicest way for me to earn experience in Adwords and Adsense.

Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are

I treat myself on something cool after a painful yet successful Adsense integration on this blog's header and the juices God gave me to create my new header - I just hope Adgitize has some great sets of 486x60 banners. I also found this great MTV entitled "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars. It is so amazing that it made me share it here. Check it out and enjoy!

4 Days to Go!

Okay, there is 4 more days to go before I draw the winners. I'll be moving the draw on October 1 since it is Friday and that is my free time to review all entries and links.(DoFollow) Please remember all the requirements and make sure you have all of the details included there.

I'll be preparing all the prizes for all the winners soon, so to all major sponsors, kindly prepare them as well. Again, I am very thankful of the people who've joined and most specially to all the major sponsors --if you ever have conducted an online contest and wish to have more sponsors, don't hesitate to drop by and ask for my help as well.

Once again, reminder to all who have joined and still don't have blog reviews of the major sponsors, you still have time to make them. Tik Tak!

BTW, in case you don't know. On the Navigation sidebar, there is a category "Folow Us" which you can find the link to follow our feeds.

Making More Sense with ClixSense!

At last Clixsense really made more sense to me now. It has been years since I've joined Clixsense but the potential to earn with them seems to be quite slow. If you must ask, I haven't cashed out from them ever since I joined them. Referrals are quite hard to find. But with Clixsense Team Philippines referrals keep coming.

The team was officially founded August 15, 2010 with 8 full time leaders (all Pinoys). Now they are 301 members and they keep growing everyday. The concept is to share the earnings and keeping the people's premium membership by sharing referrals. How? In order to join them you must follow a few steps before you get the referral link you are going to use in order to join. The team is monitored very well and each member is allowed to have 3 OFFICIAL referrals which means if you make more referrals it is okay but the unofficial referrals will not have the benefit of having spillover referrals. Okay, to summarize that (I know what I said was quite more confusing) --each member will only have 3 official referrals (premium) and if you want to refer more people you can share it to your referrals in order to keep their membership and gain more income from them. Don't worry, as premium member you are eligible to gain from income up to level 8 of your downlines. 

What's Up?

I know what you are thinking. "What kind of messed-up theme do I have here?"
Well, I am trying to re-design my site as part of my SEM (Search Engine Marketing) which is having a nice blog layout.

I am still trying out styles which is kinda difficult. But hey! Atleast after I am finished with the redesigning I'll be able to come-up with a better idea on my next theme for my other blog. I know there is a big space on top but it is part of the plan -don't worry guys.

The new blog will feature a new CSS styled menu plus banners on the cool places. The upgraded header will optimize my site and to remove some other widgets to make the loading much faster and of course to attract more people (I hope).

I think I'm gonna call it a night. Good night guys!

Hooray! Buxiz Payout!

Okay, here is the payment proof from Buxiz that I've been waiting for. It's just a proof that it is not one of those scams. If you don't know what Buxiz is check my previous article here. Thank God for another blessing.

$3 Payout is now on Pending!

Buxiz 3 Dollars Home Business Program is forced 3 X 15 matrix, so if your upline has more than 3 referrals, you will got referral (spillover) from your upline.

Site's Spillover
When someone joined the program without any referral URL, he of she will be placed under an active member whose Level 1 referrals is less than 2.

Multiple Accounts
All members can create as many accounts as they like using the same ALERTPAY or LIBERTY RESERVE account. The system just requires different usernames.

Too many People are spending $50 to $500 in HYIP's
Only to risk it for 110% to 300% returns assuming they will get paid, that will not happen in Buxiz 3 Dollars Home Business Program Here you get paid!

Okay, I've got 2 first level referrals that gives me $2 dollars + $1 bonus commission ($0.50/each). So right now I have a pending $3 dollars as payment. Will post it soon as another one of my payment proofs.

International Offers LR Payment Proof

I was about to post the ?th time on the title but the problem is - I forgot how many times this GPT (Get Paid To) have paid me already. I also thought they have closed already because when I went on their site it is not working --it seems I have misspelled it.

By the way, International Offers is a Get Paid To program where you are paid to do stuffs like Click, Signup on some free stuffs, etc... You can withdraw at $0.10 but only at Liberty Reserve.

Thanks International Offers.

The $4 Matrix Home-Business

Last time, I was talking about a network marketing program which cost about $100 as investment. I set it aside for the mean time but up to now I haven't found any scam report about it. Now here I am promoting a new investment program which is very much affordable.

Eversince I've joined matrix programs I became a fan of it. I remember getting a lot of payouts from it. I have been in almost 5 matrix programs before and all were successful but my time won't allow me to promote that time, I still had payouts after I went inactive but it stopped after a few months.

BUXIS
I have joined in this program along with a group of other Pinoys who share the same aim --to make money online. If you have no idea about Matrix. It is like a Network Marketing program but have a wider range of earning capacity. The matrix program is called BUXIZ. With Buxiz, you can earn from just referring 3 people and the rest will be spillovers till the next in line member gets full 3 referrals. Yes, it is a forced-3 referral program and you can earn from them 15 levels deep. And since I am not new to this game, I decided to go for it once again --I have time and even if I don't have time my sponsors which is a group of Pinoy will eventually fill me will love .... eherm I mean with spillover referrals.

You can download tons of cool e-books available at their download section. You can also have a multiple account to gain much more income.

Here is how your earnings could go:

Level	Amount	People	Income
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	$1.00 $0.12 $0.12 $0.10 $0.10 $0.10 $0.10 $0.10 $0.10 $0.10 $0.10 $0.10 $0.12 $0.12 $0.12	3 9 27 81 243 729 2,187 6,561 19,683 59,049 177,147 531,441 1,594,323 4,782,969 14,348,907	$3.00 $1.08 $3.24 $8.10 $24.30 $72.90 $218.70 $656.10 $1,968.30 $5,904.90 $17,714.70 $53,144.10 $191,318.76 $573,956.28 $1,721,868.84

It would probably an overkill if you can really earn that much. Maybe you can, if the program continues to gain members. I'm quite sure I'll earn with this again. First reason is, I'm not new to this game. Second, I have very active sponsors and I can be active too. If you are interested you can join on the link below. You might need to have an Alertpay or LibertyReserve in order to join since that is their means of payment.

 

Just click the banner to join.

Priorities!

These past few months I have been so very disoriented in terms of priorities. All I could think of is to learn a lot of things, but to learn which one first is the question. Which is next? and what I should to in order to learn those things on my list. 

I also want to earn more income from online businesses but it has been years and I still don't have a very solid online business where I can get a residual income. I have a great idea however but it will take more than an idea - my skills as a programmer will be tested and will eventually be of use for my personal gain.

I have already made primary actions, layout and design and database structure but I am still studying the market. I may have made initial designs but a lot of ideas keep coming and it sometimes hurt my initial implementations. Just right now an idea came to my mind again - it is difficult but it is all possible. This program I am planning requires me to satisfy both publishers and advertisers (no, it is not an advertising agent or ad network like Adgitize). I can't tell - it is a secret project.

Okay, I am quite tired now. I just want to let out things in my head while it is still there. I have a diary right here with me with 4 pages full already - no it's not like your daily diaries (it's my project diary).

Ideas funneled and documented - thanks for your time Blogger! (I really need to organize things) I'll read this again tomorrow and probably laugh at myself. Let's see - I won't even re-read this so forgive me. 

Signing out!

How NOT to Attract Readers!

This is the type of article that I really am very good at "NOT attracting" readers (lol!).

It is true that articles or contents with interesting topics attract a lot of readers but what others fail to realize is that even if you have a very good content but you have a very slow blog - your potential readers could be one of the addition to your bounce rates. Bounce Rate is a terminology found in Google Analytics wherein it shows the rate of people "bouncing" at your site - which means once they set foot on your landing page they immediately look for the "X" button or wait for the Adgitize buttons to appear and hop on to other sites as fast as they can. They literally want to bounce out of your site as fast as they can.

It is a common mistake for bloggers, specially newbies - and I had my share too. Others over-decorate their site and forgot about how their readers feel. Instead of attracting readers - they're actually frightening them. Would you like to wait for five minutes in order for a page to fully load all its initial contents?

Isn't it frustrating that an article of your interest takes a lot of time to load and almost take all the bandwidth? As for me, when googling around for a research and found an interesting article on the search - I click on it. But once it took a lot of time to load the information, I click the "X" and look for another topic on the indexed search - and I've done it a lot of times. 

Blogging is fun and adding a few bits and pieces of widgets to decorate your blog could be taking too much of your time and will probably make it look like it was designed haphazardly. Having a very nice layout and design for your site attracts a lot of readers but too much is always harmful.

Just the Right Layout

Okay, I have finally found the best layout for this blog. Now, customization comes next. This will probably take time since I also have lots of responsibilities in the real world.

Just want to remind all of you all about my contest, you all still have a chance to win those prizes and also have a chance to win the most referred entrants. If you don't know about the contest, just click the banner on the right - yes, the one with the beautiful black and white photo of my beautiful wife or click here.

To all who have joined already, please don't forget about blogging about our major sponsors. And to all sponsors, I really am thankful guys for your support.

Found a Very Promising Home-Business: What Say You?

I have found a great Home-business and a Network Marketing program which is really something. In this business (like they told people), taking risk is important and that risk is called investing. But the great thing about it is, you need only 1 person in order to have your investment back plus you’ll have a monthly residual income from that downline which is a break even already. Take note, you will be receiving your ROI in your account in Paypal, Alertpay, etc.. and not in the account of the program.

Their products are wide variety of high-quality e-books and you can download it. No, it is not GDI (Global Domains International) but they also offer an Residual Income for Life. More e-books are added every month for all their subscribers.

I am researching more details if they are scam or not and so far I haven’t found a single article which pertains that they are scam - all are testimonies. I haven’t join yet because the cost of initial investment is $100 – call me cheap but $100 is not an easy money earned in online businesses. But $100 is actually cheaper than the amount of investment I did for my PTC which scammed me eventually. Anyways, once I get my first downline I am at ROI already and all the investments will be my time --unlike PTCs I’ve joined which I remembered to be a painful clicking every day. Neobux may not be a scam but it is hard finding refs right now so investing their would be more than risky than this new business I found.

How about you? Are you willing to invest/risk $100 to a business which you think has a very good marketing scheme? By the way it is not a ponzi scheme since there is a product that is being sold. I will reveal their marketing scheme and the company once I am convinced that they are not scam. I have already searched first 4 pages of the Google and no scam reports yet.

By the way, their system is designed even for no brainers or no knowledge in selling at all. Up to now, all I’ve seen in the Youtube videos were payment-proof and no scams. Let’s see, I’ll try to investigate further . I am thinking of building a Filipino team for this  - but I'll do that once I've proven their system works or if there are some who are willing to take the risk out there.

Only thing I could promise you is if you see their Marketing Scheme - you'll wet your pants lol!

Firefox 4 Beta: A Quick Glance

To all Firefox lovers out there Firefox 4 is out and is currently on its Beta version. I am a Firefox lover but I am not into it for now, I have lots of plugin for my current version that I am using right now which would probably not work on the new version. Okay let's take a few glance on its new features:

• The new Firefox comes with a new Mac / Win7 interface which is quite dazzling. Click the image below to enlarge it.

 

• As you can see,the TAB placement has been changed as well which is for me - looks great.

• They're also bragging about its new key features like the Stay in Sync where you can customize your browsers settings and save it in a USB device so you can have the same settings where ever you go. By the way, this includes your passwords (quite scary if you are careless).

• You can even organize your tabs. I don\t usually have a use for this since I don't like browsing so many sites at the same time. I'll probably use this once I upgrade the speed of my internet.
• Manage you add-ons is still in there, but the put a small icon on one of Firefox's tab for easy access.

Here are some of the features under the hood:

WebM and HD Video
New JS Values
Audio API
XPCOM
HTML5 Support
Multi-touch Support (for Windows 7)
CSS3
Web Console
Direct2D Hardware Graphics Acceleration (for Windows only) - this looks promising
HSTS better privacy

Download it here. (redirects to Mozilla)

CMF Ads First Payment

Here is my first payout from CMFAds. At last, if ever someone asked me if CMFAds is a scam or not - I know what to tell them. You can view all the money-making and honest paying programs that pay here. Now I am waiting for Adgitize payment which seems to be delayed for now. I know I have reached the minimum payout amount. Let's just see.

The Keyword is?

As I venture into the world of SEO blogging, another way of optimizing your blog/site for search engine visibility is to choose atleast 5 keywords that has a lot of traffic everyday. This 5 keywords should always be found in every article you have.

Okay, wait - how do I know if there is a lot of traffic for that keyword?

By using the Google Traffic Estimator Sandbox. When you use this tool, you will see how many people use that keyword everyday and how many people click on that very keyword. If you don't use Adwords then there won't be much use for the Estimated Cost / day item that you'll see there. I think, what's more useful to publishers would only be the Local Monthly Searches - I'll try to find a solid theory about this matter but roughly my theory for this is that the more people are looking for this keyword, and the more chances of you using those keywords - the more chances of your site to be on top of the search engines. Of course, you still have to compete with a lot of websites if you don't use Adwords (which will cost you).

So, that's it for now. A simple tip I learned today is - choose atleast 5 keywords and always use it in my articles. So if your blog is already up and running, choose the most useful keyword you can find in your articles and re-use those keywords. Who knows, the keyword you use may probably lead your blog/site at the top.

PR-anking!

I am trying to get noticed here people! No, not by you - okay, you noticing me would be greatly appreciated (thank you) but I am all for Google right now and all of its cousins like Yahoo, Bing, etc.. Yes! they are all search engines. 

From here on, all the developments you'll be seeing in this blog which one of them is trying to remove most of my paid ads is to get their attention. I just removed the Ask2Link and SocialSpark since I suspect those two would greatly affect my PR in a negative way. Why? Both of them are for selling ads. Adgitize, CMFAds and EntreCard however will stay since they are Social Networks and I call them my Traffic Boosters because technically, I am the one paying them for traffic. Adgitize just compensate me by returning my investment. EntreCards maybe selling ads but the usage is mainly for traffic and while I earn at CMFAds - I use it for traffic as well. So those three are mostly for getting attention - Yes, I like attention - kill me if you have a blog that don't need attention. Adsense will also stay, since it's Google's son or daughter so they won't mind.

If you still wonder what I am doing, you can read my previous article here. Since Google's PR is trying to ignore those site/blogs who they sensed is/are selling advertisements, I decided to fully optimize my site for that purpose or atleast try to optimize it for Google's attention. I wish to have a more visible blog where atleast Google can sense me. 

Why Google is my primary objective search engine?

Because they have almost dominated the search engines, even I can't stop googling. Bing is currently the second and Yahoo is the third.

How about you? You like Google to notice your site/blog?

Blogging Break

There are times that you just simply need to have a break. From now on, I'll be including one post about entertainment category every week in which people may see something fun or awesome to look at. 

A friend shared this to me at Facebook and I think girls would love this. Take those worries away and watch this amazing artist make his statement about fashion. Oh, did I say he's awesome - he is.

Backlinks, Blogrolls, etc...

The links going back to your site or leading to your site has a major and important role in your PR (PageRank). It simply means your site is important. 

One good example is the ever famous Blogroll. It is very seldom for a blog to not have a blogroll probably new ones but they'll have one in no time as they find new friends to add on that blogroll. Blogroll is like a shake hands and "Hey! I like you! Can we be friends?" and without even asking permission others put those links because they like to, because they are important. Most bloggers add their friends in their blogrolls, it is normal. So, does it help? Yes! It not only builds relationship but like I said it is the basis of how important your site is. 

Have you read an article that really inspired you? Sometimes it inspires you a lot that you make the same post or copy the most inspiring part of that article and then you make a link to it - that link is just a normal link or a url. Did you know that there is a better way of telling that blogger that inspired you that his link is inspiring that helps his blog and yours as well? Well, not all bloggers use this feature called Backlinks. It is by the way available at Blogger, I think all blogs have this but you must activate it. If you don't know what it looks like, do the following:

1. First, this topic must be selected exclusively which means you are not reading from the main page. You must select this topic first.
2. If you are already reading this article exclusively, check below this article - even below the comments and look for "Blog About This Post" and you will find a link there "Create a Link". That is where the backlink is created. Of course if you click that and if you are logged-in to Blogger, it will open a new window where you can create a new post for your blog that contains the link to this article. I don't know what happens if you don't have a blogger account, I'll probably try it later to confirm.

If you did make an article, you will find the url of the post that you made on that area thus making a temporary link to your website. I said temporary because the blogger can remove this if they wanted to. I used to think this is a bad thing for my blog so I deleted those backlinks. Now, I am not expert on this matter but I believe the link can be permanent as long as the blogger did not remove it. So how does this help you? It will not just add PR to your site but it will also make you more visible in search engines. The more backlinks you have in your blog, the more visible you are in search engines and it is called SEO or Search Engine Optimization, but if you are marketing your site for money it will be called SEM or Search Engine Marketing.

A Quick Info: Backlink creates two links, one to your site which contains the link to that article and the article's backlink area. The ones you find in the article is the inbound link and the ones found in your article is outbound link.

Warning: Don't overdo it or abuse this feature because Google has many serious people who makes sure you are not spamming. So try to monitor the backlinks in your site, if it is not related to the article that you made then remove that backlink. You'll lose your PR if you abuse this.

Hey! Did you know by dropping as often as possible in my EntreCard will promote your site for free. Yes it is true and while the Top Droppers at Entre is on my widgets sidebar the top droppers will remain sponsored for free and they can't delete your link since it is a widget. So what does this say? OPPORTUNITY! Yes, if you find a PR rated website with Top Droppers at Entre widget, try to drop there as often as possible - it will leave a mark eventually.

So enjoy backlinking.

XLEONTIPS has its own dot.COM

Congratulations to me! I have upgraded XLEONTIPS and it is now under it's own domain name - www.xleontips.com. More exciting things will happen soon as I optimize this blog for better traffic and better tips.

I would also like to remind all those who joined my contest and have already made their blog reviews, there is a total of 5 Major Sponsors now so if you only made 4 blog reviews then please make a new one for the last major sponsor.

I will be updating the links so the links may not be working well for now since it is still under transition as per Blogger's warning to me awhile ago. 

So let's check the important things that you should do:

• Update your links from xleontips.blogspot.com to www.xleontips.com
• Check your major sponsor reviews if it is complete (5 reviews). If it is - Thank you.

SEO and PR Studies Blog

As you can see, there are previous articles that I have written about PR (PageRank) and I've been also studying about SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Not to confuse myself and at the same time to test the knowledge that I've learned, I have setup a new blog which deals mainly only in these keywords - SEO / PR / Monetizing / Money Making Online. I am going to experiment on that blog whatever I've learned and if it works I'll be doing the same thing to all my blogs.

My other blogs name is "SEO and PR Studies: Yearn, Learn and Earn is the Goal!". You can visit it if you are very interested in optimizing your website for search engine and higher pagerank.

New Major Sponsor

To all the my contest followers, there is a new Major Sponsor that has been added and I have now closed the major sponsors. The reason I closed it is because I don't want to strain entrees on making a lot of blog/site review. Minor sponsors are still welcome though.

Just a reminder to all who joined, make a review composed of atleast 100 words to all our major sponsors to complete the requirements. Another thing please tell your readers to put the name of your blog as their referral, this way you'll get more referrals which can earn you a special prize (Check the updated prizes here).

A New Home
I have decided to get a new home for xleontips - a .COM of my own. I'll probably do that during holidays so I can dedicate time and effort coz I am also planning to re-design my site or probably get someone to make it for me.

Don'ts in Words for PR

Image from The Computer Guru Website

Okay, another thing that greatly affects your site or blog's PR (PageRank) is the words you use in some of your widgets or headers. Try to avoid words My Sponsors, Advertisement, Sponsors, Featured Sites (what?) etc... Most of you probably made this common mistake, I too have made this mistake. I never really knew it has something to do with PageRanks.

Anyway, here is the deal. If Google bots think that it is an advertisement or you are trying to sell ads space or whatever - they'll stash out points in your PageRank. So as much as possible, try not to make it look like you are selling ads - you can start being creative at that point.

So there you go. Another pointer from a PR student.

Ask2Link 2nd Quick Payment!

I know! I know! It's not much but atleast I know they are paying and to think I haven't got the a PR yet. In my pursuit to research more about PR (PageRank), I intend to keep all the good and honest paying businesses such us Ask2Link.

Birhtday Contest: Additional Prize and Minor Changes

To all the followers of the contest "Simply The Best Birthday Gift", I have added a new prize for the most number of referred entries to this contest. A 7 day Ad Gift Card from Adgitize will also be given away. So to all those who haven't tried being an advertiser at Adgitize, you may now experience it. If you are not yet a member of Adgitize, then register here.

Last one sponsor for the major sponsors and it will be closed. I have also changed the minimum words in blog/site review from 200 to atleast 100 words.

So what are you waiting for? Start referring to get the sure win prize. Again I wish to thank the current sponsors.

Helping Others Gain PR

On my journey to find how you can gain PR or PageRank, I found an article that is really helpful. It seems being friendly and helping others increase their PR can help you increase PR as well. How? Gaining friends with high PR or not and them linking to your site will gain popularity to your site. Of course you still have to work on your site/blog's content - it will still rely on the quality of the contents of your site.

One thing for sure is that the people you help, mostly will help you as well. A fellow blogger told me (she wishes to be anonymous since in her site she is also anonymous) that her blog started gaining popularity as soon as she started helping others gain their PRs by joining their contests, being a sponsor, making blog reviews for other sites as prizes, etc... In return most of them will return this favor as well.

Now, I am glad I am doing this contest. I found some new contests and I'll probably join them as sponsor as well. But in the meantime, I'll concentrate on my contest.

Tomorrow, I'll be adding a new prize for my contest and probably close the major sponsors. I don't want to make it more harder for the contests entrants by making so many blog/site reviews.

How to Generate an RSS from Label

Do you have a certain topic or label in your blog that you want your users to have an information? This method is very useful specially if your blog is a mixed of articles with different categories. Let's say you want your users to be informed in case a new update has been made on their chosen category like new programs you have joined or new windows tips, new freebie application, new wallpapers, etc...

It is actually very easy.

First, here is what my normal RSS looks like:

http://xleontips.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Now, choose a topic that you like to use. NOTE: It should only be one word, if it is two words, then you have to edit all those labels and make them one word. In my case, I used payment-proofs:

http://xleontips.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/payment-proof?alt=rss

Now you go and try my link - HERE.

More Sponsors for the Contest

I would like to thank all the new sponsors that came to support us on this contest. From the looks of the prizes even I want to join this now (lol). So here is the updated prizes and list of sponsors:

1st Prize (Cash - $25)
$20 Paypal + 3000 EC + Ad Space for 2 months + Blog / Site Review - XLEONTIPS
$5 PayPal + 5000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Pinay Mom
3000 EC + Ad Sponsor 1 month - Blog de Manila
3000 EC + Ad Sponsor 1 month - World Travel and Vacation 

2000 EC + Ad Space for 2 months - Online Mommy's Corner
Ad Space for 2 months - Obstacles and Glories

2nd Prize (Cash $15)
$10 Paypal + 1000 EC (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 2 months + Blog / Site Review )

$5 Paypal + Ad Space for 1 month - Stay at Home Blessings 
3000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Kaya mo Pinoy 

3rd Prize (Cash $5)
$5 PayPal + 500 EC (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 2 weeks + Blog / Site Review )
3000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Philipine USANA


Special Award for Top EC dropper
500 EC + (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 1 month)

Major Sponsors:

• Baul ni Noel (XLEONTIPS' sister site)
• Stay at Home Blessings ($5 + Ad Space)
• Pinay Mom ($5 + 5000 EC + Ad Space) 

List of other Sponsors:

• Obstacles and Glories (Ad Space)
• Kaya Mo Pinoy (sister site Blog de Manila)
• World Travel and Vacation (sister site Blog de Manila)
• Philippine USANA (sister site Blog de Manila)

I would also like to remind all the entrants of this contest not to forget about the last requirement of this contest which is making a review of the major sponsor's website/blog. Make atleast a 200 words review for them. Thank you very much. Click HERE to see details of the contest

We are still open for sponsors to all those who want to promote their sites as well.

Tweaking Adventure for PR!

I am off on a new adventure and it's just right here in my own blog. It will be a tedious job but it will be worth it. I am one of those people who try to make their blogs raise PR. Currently, I am trying to study about it and it has come to my attention that Google raises a blog or site's PR according to the relativity of your posts. Stick to one theme or make your post relative to one another as much as possible. Well actually, it is one of the ways on how you can raise your PR. Why don't we tackle more about PR.

What is PR?

PR stands for PageRank. PageRank is a numeric value that represents how important a page is on the web. Google figures that when one page links to another page, it is effectively casting a vote for the other page. The more votes that are cast for a page, the more important the page must be. Also, the importance of the page that is casting the vote determines how important the vote itself is. Google calculates a page's importance from the votes cast for it. How important each vote is is taken into account when a page's PageRank is calculated.

PageRank is Google's way of deciding a page's importance. It matters because it is one of the factors that determines a page's ranking in the search results. It isn't the only factor that Google uses to rank pages, but it is an important one. (reference: WebWorkShop).

Now I know what PR is, how can I check my site's PR?
The site's name is called Google PageRank Checker.

Wait, is PR important?
Well, if you are earning money from online businesses like affiliate marketing, SEO,or making product review through your blog or your website, IT IS IMPORTANT. Why? Of course if you like people to see your product - you'd prefer to advertise it where most people go or you'd prefer to put those ads on important sites.

Okay, that is it for now. I'm off to my adventure.

I Won't Drop!

I noticed how other bloggers try to put their Entrecard buttons and Adgitize buttons almost at the hard places to find. It takes up a lot of time to find so my only solution would be to NOT DROP! Yes, if I can't find it in 2 glances then I won't click on it. Here is what I do during EC dropping and Adgitizing:

1. While Adgitizing or clicking CMFAds spikes, first thing I do is find the EC and Adgitize buttons and then click on it. 
2. And while loading the other pages I clicked - I read their articles. Sometimes it takes me about 5-10 minutes to read the article when it really is interesting coz I click other EC and Adgitize buttons while reading it.
3. I also click CMFAds button when the article I read helps me - it's just my way of thanking the author.

So, how about you? Do you have any habits while Adgitizing?

To All Farmville Fanatics

I used to be a Facebook's Farmville Addict and when I watched this I told myself - this looks cool. Two talented Filipinos playing Farmville's theme song with electric guitar and piano. Very cool! I know you'll all like this. Enjoy!

Simply The Best Birthday Gift Contest!

My beloved wife whom I love so much, is going to have her birthday this coming September and to celebrate it I decided to have a contest. By the way, this is the first time I am conducting an online contest. All I need is to have the best and most simple birthday gift to my beloved wife.

Okay, here are a few pointers for the ideal gift:

• We can't go out of the country.
• We can't go out of town.
• We have a child that is so cute and cuddly - a 4 year old boy named Ize.
• Money is no object - hope I could say that but due to our tight budget and my company crisis, I would like to make it simple yet the best gift ever. Don't worry much about the budget - I already have a budget and I could add a few bucks
• There are no wrong answers here - I just need ideas.
• In case you need to know the age to base the idea, she is turning 33.

How to join:

• Blog about this contest along with your answer. Your answer should be the first thing to see in the entry and then the details of this contest.
• Grab the banner code above and put it on your site's sidebar.
• Follow our XLEONTIPS blog through Google Connect.
• Add XLEONTIPS and our major sponsors to your blogroll. (NOTE: Please don't use a NoFollow link, the link should be a DoFollow link. If you don't know what this means, it's okay because by defaul it is a DoFollow link once you made a link.)
• Subscribe to our Feeds.
• Go back here and inform us of your entry.
• Make a review of our major sponsors (at least 100 words) and post the link of the review here or to the major sponsor's list..
• Please post who referred you to this contest along with the link to your Birtday Gift Idea.

Here are the current prizes (Prize will change as we get more sponsors):

1st Prize (Cash - $25)

• $20 Paypal + 3000 EC + Ad Space for 2 months + Blog / Site Review - XLEONTIPS 
• $5 PayPal + 5000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Pinay Mom 
• 3000 EC + Ad Sponsor 1 month - Blog de Manila 
• 3000 EC + Ad Sponsor 1 month - World Travel and Vacation
• 2000 EC + Ad Space for 2 months - Online Mommy's Corner 
• Ad Space for 2 months - Obstacles and Glories

2nd Prize (Cash $15) 

• $10 Paypal + 1000 EC (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 2 months + Blog / Site Review ) 
• $5 Paypal + Ad Space for 1 month - Stay at Home Blessings  
• 3000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Kaya mo Pinoy 

3rd Prize (Cash $10) 

• $5 PayPal + 500 EC (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 1 month + Blog / Site Review ) 
• $5 PayPal + Ad Space - Make Money Online  
• 3000 EC + Ad Space for 1 month - Philipine USANA
•  Ad Space for 1 month - One Proud Mama

Special Prize for Top EC dropper 

• 500 EC + (XLEONTIPS: Ad Space for 1 month) 

Special  Prize for Top Referrer 

• 7 Day Ad Gift Card at Adgitize

Major Sponsors:

• Baul ni Noel (XLEONTIPS' sister site)
• Stay at Home Blessings ($5 + Ad Space)
• Pinay Mom ($5 + 5000 EC + Ad Space) 
• Blog De Manila (12000 EC + Ad Space)
• Make Money Online ($5 + Ad Space)

List of other Sponsors:

• Online Mommy's Corner (Ad Space)
• Obstacles and Glories (Ad Space)
• Kaya Mo Pinoy (sister site Blog de Manila)
• World Travel and Vacation (sister site Blog de Manila)
• Philippine USANA (sister site Blog de Manila)
• One Proud Mama (Ad Space)

The contest will be running until Sept 30, 2010. On that day, the winners will be drawn randomly. Currently, we are looking for other sponsors. Cash prize / goods / merchandise / domain names sponsors will be added as one of our major sponsor and will get a blog review from joining bloggers.

Revitalizing Adgitize

I haven't Adgitize for a very long time and I think now would be a good time to be active once again since I have an hour to spare per day to Adgitize. AdHitz was also activated and hopefully it turns out great again. Of course this mean that my Entrecard will be up again.

AN UPCOMING CONTEST

There will be an upcoming contest for everyone to enjoy this coming days and it will be a weekly contest. I'll post the details tomorrow so stand by for it.

Got Paid: Again for Clicking

Okay, here is another payout from International Offers. They are my first ever GPT (Get Paid To) and the most honest PTC of all. Yes more honest than Neobux. They pay you to join programs and to click ads.

Join them and earn money online.

Got Paid: For Bloggin'

And here is another fast payout. Actually, I seldom check my other email that is why I was surprised to see another payout. You see I never even withdraw money from them and this is my first time having to receive a payout from them. It seems they pay immediately or as soon as they receive payment from the business who bought ads from your site. ASK2LINK, thank you very much.

Now I have proven their honest business, and their system really works. And that is just for my blogging. Thanks and here is the proof! I hope more business buys ads on my blog. Here is the proof!

Got Paid: for Clicking!

I clicked withdraw and bam! it's there popping on my mail! I got another payment from Neobux - just for clicking! Here is the payment proof guys!

Okay, I know it's not much - but hey it's 17$ bucks guys, it's something already! I earned it fair and square, thank to all my refs.

NEOBUX is still the most honest paying PTC on the internet.

Streamex - Fast Profit - Both Scams! UPDATED!

BEWARE!
STREAMEX.ORG and FAST-PROFIT.ORG = LIQUIDEX.US and MONEY-KING

They are changing their domain names.

This is the second time I am posting this site as scams. Why? Because they keep on popping on PTCs which means they pay and which means he/she/they are getting money of what they're doing. I checked both sites with Whois Domains registration and found both having the same host. So, who are they?

There is a supposedly someone who is posting that he earned 1000$ a day and the URL is http://fast-profit.org from money exchange called STREAMEX.org. Well, this two sites are owned by the same scam person. Here is the Whois result that I've found.

STREAMEX.ORG

Domain ID:D158368812-LROR
Domain Name:STREAMEX.ORG
Created On:15-Feb-2010 15:13:56 UTC
Last Updated On:17-Apr-2010 03:48:23 UTC
Expiration Date:15-Feb-2011 15:13:56 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (R27-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:PP-SP-001
Registrant Name:Domain Admin
Registrant Organization:PrivacyProtect.org
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 97
Registrant Street2:Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Moergestel
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code:5066 ZH
Registrant Country:NL
Registrant Phone:+45.36946676
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:contact@privacyprotect.org

FAST-PROFIT.ORG

Domain ID:D158368813-LROR
Domain Name:FAST-PROFIT.ORG
Created On:15-Feb-2010 15:13:56 UTC
Last Updated On:17-Apr-2010 03:48:23 UTC
Expiration Date:15-Feb-2011 15:13:56 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (R27-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:PP-SP-001
Registrant Name:Domain Admin
Registrant Organization:PrivacyProtect.org
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 97
Registrant Street2:Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Moergestel
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code:5066 ZH
Registrant Country:NL
Registrant Phone:+45.36946676
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:contact@privacyprotect.org

So what do you think about the results? They both have the same owner isn't it?
Their domain id is a consecutive number Domain ID:D158368812-LROR (Streamex.org) D158368813-LROR (Fast-Profit.org) which is not a coincidence.

BEWARE OF BOTH SITES:
They're both scams.

UPDATE!
A new site has been spotted under the domain LIQUIDEX.US - it looks the same as the STREAMEX.ORG

LIQUIDEX.US - was registered under the name  Phil Helmut - which I think is a fake name since it's derived fromt a famous poker player. It seems the owner of Liquidex and Money-king is a gambler.

ADPTC - Are they going SCAM?

Here is the latest message from the ADPTC Admin. Read it and be the judge if they're going to be SCAM soon. By the way, my withdrawal request has been returned to my balance for how many times already and then this:

I'll be honest I thought everything was over, but you all gave me some hope. Let's not give up and go forward! Here's what's going to happen:

• All Premium Memberships will stay. 
• The price for Premium Membership will be $50/year, $90/2 years. 
• All rented referrals will be removed 
• You will be able to rent again 
• All direct referrals will stay 
• All balances will be zeroed (some of you already converted earned money to ads, you still have some time to do so). 
• There will be free ads. It means that users can click them if they want, but they won't get any money, it's like donating. 
• There will be a Donate button. All donations will be returned if everything is all right. 
• There will be Jackpots, but no referral Jackpot. 

You will be informed regularly about current financial situation with Liberty Reserve/Perfect Money.

This will be done within 24 hours. Tell me what you think, share your ideas and thoughts. 

So even if people try to share their thoughts nothing will be changed. This sucks big time! But it's a good thing I waited for their true colors to come out before I decide to upgrade.

YES, THEY ARE SCUMS AND ONE OF THE SCAMS!

Clixsense is Making Better Sense!

I have just received the most wonderful news ever. ClixSense has just opened there doors to AlertPay. Wait, what is Clixsense? Well, they are the no. 1 ranking Paying PTC. The most honest and paying Pay-To-Click site ever. So here is the email that I've got from them:

Dear ClixSense Member,

We are pleased to announce that we have just completed the integration of Alertpay as a form of payout. You may now select to receive your monthly payout with Alertpay or continue to receive your payout by checks.

If you wish to continue to receive your payout by check, you need to do nothing as your account will default to this setting. If you wish to receive your payout by Alertpay, please do the following:

Login to your ClixSense account and on the left menu click the Details link. Then scroll down to where it says Payment Details and enter your AlertPay email address and you may also set your payment threshold there as well. Your payout threshold ranges from $10 to $500.

Don't have an alertpay account but want to get your funds instantly when we send them? You can signup for Alertpay Here

We want to thank you for your continued support in helping to make ClixSense one of the best PTC sites on the internet. We also want to remind you to promote your affiliate link so that you can earn more. Remember for each person you bring to ClixSense, you earn referral commissions.


Thank you
The ClixSense Team

Now, earning more income is just a click away with ClixSense.

Art Designers: Want to EARN Royalties on your Designs?

A friend of mine has established a business along with his partners and will be launching their company this May 29, 2009.

The company's name is GoFlip (Philippine Based). I don't want to spoil or spill things un-necessary so the only thing I'll be revealing is that your designs could earn you royalties in the near future with their company.

Click THIS for the details of the invitation.

They will have an upcoming contest which involves a big prize for the winner and one of their judges will be Joel Torre (the actor Joel Torre - I think). Details will be given on the said event.

If you think you have what it takes then this is one great opportunity you don't want to miss.

When you go there, please look for Waltz Dacanay. You can tell him that you saw the event invitation here from Noel Ablon (me).

Oh by the way, please think -- WORLDWIDE!