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Go Sacha

24. August 2006

The next big Alex Tew idea. Hurry coz damn that’s a small laptop :)

Why haven’t I joined the text link selling bandwagon? I got asked that question again yesterday and saw it fit to answer after reading this excellent SEW Forum thread. The reason why I don’t sell links on my blog is simple: FUD. Would you really risk your site’s link popularity profile over a few hundred dollars [...]

Treating Bloggers Right

23. August 2006

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Just spreading the buzz….I’m not sure if it’s open or closed to the public. Best you confirm with the man. What: Globe Innove Blogger Junket When: August 31 2006, 8:00 PM Where: Temple Bar, Greenbelt 2 Hey Globe, I still have that DSL application form with me. I’ll bring it to the event and hopefully get a sweet deal [...]

Adotas Nod

15. August 2006

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Abe and K2ia on Adotas. Onwards Pinoy 2.0! (hat tip to Benj)

SEO Philippines Forum Live!

15. August 2006

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Get your forum hats on. The SEO Philippines Forum is now up. Hope to move some of the more interesting day to day discussions from the mailing list to the forum. Aside from the mailing list and the blog, the SEO Philippines messageboard aims to be the most authoritative site for finding Filipino SEOs for [...]

Traffic Bait

14. August 2006

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Most of the successful site authors out there don’t have a textbook SEO bone in their body, yet get traffic that can only make us weep. How do the big boys (and girls and everyone in between) do it? What does PostSecret promise? Voyeurism and vanity. How cool is it to read through these secrets and [...]

Goodbye Lola Sophing

13. August 2006

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Yesterday I received word that my dear Lola Sophing passed away. I remember her as one of the classiest and most loving grandmothers around, a true rock for my dad’s family. It’s the first time I’m losing someone very close. All I can say for now is that the Macalua matriarch will be missed. We [...]

Monetizing INQ7

13. August 2006

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This is Part 1 of the Monetizing INQ7 series Does INQ7.net, the number one content site in the Philippines need monetization help? With over 41million unique page views per month and a plethora of advertising clients at its disposal, this joint venture between Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA7 seems to be doing everything right as far [...]

The Golden Link

12. August 2006

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How valuable is a Google homepage link? You can either ask Froogle or Google Video.

Scrape Something Else

12. August 2006

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Interesting take on keyword list freebies. Are you using wordcatcher, overture, the google keyword suggestor or any data directly from the search engines? It seems there’s a good chance that it could be a trap. If you’re using poisoned data, that could certainly explain why your sites are only lasting 6-9 weeks in the SERPs. Understanding this [...]