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Hi everyone and welcome to the 138th edition of the Weekend Roundup! How did your weekend go? Hope you all had fun and enjoyed spending time with loved ones and friends. I’ll be going out to the park later today with my family and some friends so I made sure that I prepared and published this edition of the Weekend Roundup early. Lots of cool and interesting stories and articles so feel free to go over each one and share it if you want. Enjoy!

Blogging

• 12 Ways to Turn Your Old, Dusty Blog Archive into Cold, Hard Cash
• Six Proven Secrets to Blogging Success
• 3 Elements of Your Blog Design That Need Simplifying
• Is it Too Late to Start Blogging?

WordPress

• Best WordCamp Speakers?
• WordPress.com oEmbed Provider API Now Available
• Introduction to Custom Hooks and Pluggable Functions
• How to Set Up Multiple “layouts” in a Post Loop (a la TechCrunch)

SEO

• SEO is More Alive Than Ever
• Is External Linking Good For SEO?
• Google’s Panda Ranking Algorithm Changes SEO Forever
• How To Make Awesome Landing Pages for Local PPC

Social Media

• Google+ Profile Optimization: Branding, SEO and Social Media Marketing
• Cup of Joe: The Biggest Lie In Social Media
• How to Grow Social Media Leads: New Research
• Why Using Social Media to Meet the Status Quo Isn’t Enough

Technology

• DOJ: We Can Force You To Decrypt That Laptop
• 25% of Car Accidents Linked to Gadget Use
• Technology and Moral Panic
• How Investigators Deciphered Stuxnet

Gadgets

• Acer Chromia 700 (AC700) Chromebook
• Miniature GBA-Based Space Invaders Arcade Cabinet
• Zoom H2n Portable Recorder
• Cryptex Flash Drive

Pinoy Blogs

• Why Companies Should ALWAYS Let Bloggers Review Their Products and Services
• TDK WR700 Headphones Review
• Aviiq Portable Laptop Stand review
• MySpace Sold for ‘only’ $35 million; Justin Timberlake Joins As Investor

JaypeeOnline Weekly Recap

• Adobe FlashCamp Manila – 2nd Leg
• Google Launches Photovine – Social Photo Sharing App
• The Benefits of Competition vis-a-vis Market Share in the Philippines [Infographic]
• WordPress 3.2.1 Maintenance Release
• New Android Market for Smartphones
• How Do You Like the New Gmail Interface?
• Top 100 Popular Blogs in the Philippines (June 2011)
• Facebook vs Google+ [Infographic]
• 50 Million Websites & Blogs Powered by WordPress

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or would want to share your article or any interesting story that you found in the Internet and have it featured in the next Weekend Roundup, feel free to leave a comment or send me a message via the contact page.