Well what you know, the rumors are actually true. Last night, April 28, 2008, google has updated their measuring tool Pagerank (PR). As you know Balkhis was a PR 0 which means no green, but now Google has decided to give us a mere PR 3 for the first update. I have nothing to complain about because I am not a big fan of Pagerank. But alot of people are because I see numerous topics being created about this in Digitalpoint Google Section, so I have decided to make a list of sites that I visit daily for the most part and put down their pagerank update.

Title – Was > Now (This is the legend for the list below)

Balkhis – 0 > 3
Uzzz Productions – 0 > 3 (Some pages are PR 4)
Word Scrawl – 0 > 4
Shoemoney – 5 > 6
John Chow – 3 > 4
Problogger – 6 > 6
Aviva Directory – 0 > 4
Zorg-Directory – 4 > 5
Zac Johnson – 3 > 5
Brian Gardner – 7 > 8
Digital Point Forums – 6 > 7
TheWWWBlog – Unknown > 3

How do I know that this update is actually happening, and How can I get so many queries right now. Well I actually heard it from a friend of mine over the IM, and then started checking the Live Pagerank Websites. Most of them didn’t work, but here is the one that still works. I am not using any websites because I can see the updated datacenters on my toolbar.

Do you want to see live google pr update on your toolbar also? Follow the tutorial below: (Windows)

Open the Start Menu and click Run

Copy and Paste this into the Run box: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

Open the file Hosts in there with a notepad

Copy and paste the line below at the end of the page

209.85.139.101 toolbarqueries.google.com

Above is the IP that I am using to see the updates, Claims are that this IP is also working:209.85.139.104.

Well I have been seeing alot of increases in Pagerank, so I hope it went well for all of you. Feel free to share how the update went for you in the comments.

Well it is not long after the last Wordpress (2.5) release which was on March 29th. Not even a month after Wordpress has announced the release of the newer version Wordpress 2.5.1. This is a must upgrade version. Find out Why?

Wordpress has announced a very important security fix in this release. The vulnerability of the older version is not out in the public yet, but it will be shorty. According to the wordpress website everyone should upgrade to this release, particularly those who have open registration on their blog, so I am assuming this is a registration bug which is quiet major.

Aside from the security fix, there were number of other bugs that were fixed and several improvements were made in regards to performance enhancement. If you download this Wordpress 2.5.1, you will be getting over 70 bug fixes as well as improved perfomance. Just an overview of the update:

• – Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
• – Better performance for those who have many categories
• – Media Uploader fixes
• – An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
• – Widget Administration fixes
• – Various usability improvements
• – Layout fixes for IE

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Well what the heck are you waiting for? Upgrade your blogs…. I just upgraded mine because I CARE. Do you care?? You are still reading go on and upgrade.

OIOPublisher version 1.60 has been released, and It comes with a great discount. I have been recommending this software to everyone since the day I got it when it was $37. With the new version of this release, there were two coupons that were released, and sent over to all the existing members so they can share it with more people.

I have always been supporting OIOPublisher because I love the product, and I know Simon Emery, developer, for quiet some time. This script is hands down the best way to sell ads on your website.

Forget adtoll, reviewme and all the other places that keeps their own comission. Eliminate the middle man and keep all your profit. OIOPublisher for Wordpress actually make your life easy for the future in placing ads. You can use the plugin to actually track all your affiliate ads, and much more. If you are having issues selling ads. To cover up the blank spots, put adsense there. Once someone buys the spot, the adsense will go away and their banner will work. Very user-friendly interface in the admin panel. This plugin is a no brainer. After using the discount this product will only be $20.

I made my $37 within the first few days of the product installed on Balkhis. I don’t think anyone should have an issue with recovering their $20. If you can’t make this $20 back then you should quit this industry.

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Ah well, I expected this to happen. For those of you who don’t know I am not a big fan of twitter. I tried it and never really liked it a whole lot. Twitter gained quiet fame among the bloggers like Myspace once did among everyone. I remember people selling myspace accounts for money and then those accounts were used for spammy advertisement. One of the reasons why I deleted my myspace account.

So let me announce the innovator of this idea, Andrew Baron with a PR 5 twitter page, is selling his twitter account on ebay. O yeah, the current bid of $1,125.

Apparently one of the funny things I found in the auction

The winner of this auction gets my account with all of my followers. The account is in my name now, but the winner of the auction can pick any other name that’s available on Twitter for the transfer. For example, you could have http://www.twitter.com/x where x=any name thats not already taken. You can change it yourself at anytime too, one of the cool features about Twitter settings.

Heck atleast myspace was a little better than this. They atleast prevented changing that last name. I should start a few twitter accounts, and start following 2000 people, and I am sure 1500 will atleast come back and follow me. Great way to make some quick cash.

Another funny bullshit I found in the auction was

I really love my Twitter account but I feel like I haven’t been using it the way I want to. Quite honestly, I feel sorry for all of my followers because they wind up with my tweets in their timelines and I haven’t been able to utilize the medium the way I want to. I also participate in another Twitter account over on Rocketboom so I’m thinking I’ll post more over there and start up a new account to do what I want to do next.

Umm, and the next account you will use it the way You want to. I wonder what is the real deal there. You are sure utilizing now. Work hard and find people you want to follow. Utitlize and make more money. Props to you.

Wait a minute, He gives props to his followers

Finally, I’d just like to give props to all of you out there who are following me on Twitter. No offense what so ever – we can easily find each other again.

You best believe if I was in that list, I would never follow you again. I wonder who would … Selling your profile page is a great way to build reputation. If it was a website I would understand, but a profile page.

Beginning to the end of the quality era of twitter. I am sure many will follow this leader to get some quick cash. Considering $1,125 is alot of money in some other countries.

1,125.00 USD = 77,175.00 BDT (Bangladeshi Taka)

1,125.00 USD = 552,768.75 CRC (Costa Rica Colones)

1,125.00 USD = 71,066.25 PKR (Pakistani Rupees)

I am going to hire someone in Costa Rica to add followers for me and have 60 – 40 partnership. I get 60% and they get 40% … Heck they’ll still be pretty rich.

Once again the person who is working on bringing all the bloggers together with his past Video Challenge, Darren Rowse has declared April 14th to be the Unofficial Blogger’s Appreciation Day.

I read multiple blogs online, but I find a few that are just superb where I have learnt alot from. I will be honoring these blogs for their great work and hope they keep it up. Balkhis honorary mentions are:

Darren Rowse of ProBlogger – Thanks Darren for thinking about all of us and sharing your experience.

Sven Lennartz and Vitaly Friedman of Smashing Magazine – You guys are just the best resource for all the web designers. I always like going to this blog and finding the creative work. (Inspiration)

Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney – Thanks Jeremy for inspiring me to make this blog. I always love reading his blog. Not just because of the tips, but because I like his personality and the way he writes and talks.

Zac Johnson of ZacJohnson.com – I discovered Zac not too long ago, but I love reading his blog.

Alan LeStourgeon of Affiliate Confession – Alan’s post are very interesting. Not to mention his comments on other blogs are even more fun to read.

If you notice, I might not be the top commentator on these blogs, but I love reading each of the top ones the most. I am a top commentator on many other blogs, and I read those daily as well, but these are the ones that make it in my top list.

You guys are doing a great job, and I am glad that your blogs exist. Here is the certificate of honor autographed by yours truly, ME :p