Here’s a late one: Yahoo! launches the Y!SM blog. But it’s been 5 days and only 1 post? They might want to recheck their blog launch checklist.

Google’s going overboard with this. Here’s Ask.com’s spoof. Well done Ask, well done indeed :)

Q: Can I Ask on Google?
A: No, no, and no. You are welcome to ask on Google, however.

Q: Can I ask on Ask?
A: You can ask on Ask.com, but remember that you can also search on Ask.com.

Q: Do people Google on Ask?
A: Looking at our logs, people do seem to google on Ask.com. They type in “google” and go to Google. They also do this with Yahoo, eBay, Amazon etc. So you may find that you Yahoo on Google, eBay on Yahoo, and even Amazon on Amazon (if you were looking for books about the rainforest on that wonderful shopping site). Just this morning I Microsoft’d on the Ask.com Blog Search. Felt good.

Was checking out the PLDT myDSL audio fiasco over at YouTube and happened to see Putanginamo.com’s Dumb Pinoy Call Center video. Good enough to go viral? You be the judge.

That timeshare spiel sounds awfully familiar….

Congratulations to Jay-Arth A. Lorbes from 1406AA2 Wack-Wack Twin Towers, Greenhills East, Mandaluyong City. He’s the owner of isulong-seoph.mylucena.com, October’s lucky winner of the Isulong SEOPH Raffle draw (site #43).

He has already uploaded the confirmation file I emailed him. Will be giving him the 80 GB iPod Video (white) within the week.

IMPORTANT: Participants, please make sure you leave your full name and contact details on your contest entries.

UPDATE 12/05/2006 - New Link Generator Tool Uploaded - all contestants should use the link generator tool for their text links. Each generated link set has a unique tagging code which will be used for contest verification purposes.

UPDATE 10/31/2006 - Required Confirmation.html File Upload - all contestants are required to upload this HTML file (right click then Save Link As in FireFox or right click then Save Target As in Internet Explorer). Please replace name and contact details with your own, then save as confirmation.html. Please upload this file to your host. Please follow the examples below:

• Sample Contest Entry 1: www.isulongseoph.com.ph
  file should be uploaded and accessible via http://www.isulongseoph.com.ph/confirmation.html (WWW or non-WWW)
• Sample Contest Entry 2: www.isulongseophil.com/category/ituloy-angsulong/
  file should be uploaded and accessible via http://www.isulongseophil.com/category/ituloy-angsulong/confirmation.html OR http://www.isulongseophil.com/confirmation.html (WWW or non-WWW)
• Sample Contest Entry 3: news.ituloy-angsulong.info
  file should be uploaded and accessible via http://news.ituloy-angsulong.info/confirmation.html (WWW or non-WWW)

Free blogs (Blogger, Wordpress, etc.) are exempted from this rule, BUT they must have the same information (full name and contact details) on their contest entry pages.

NO CONFIRMATION.HTML FILE - Disqualified!
NO FULL NAME/CONTACT DETAILS (for free blogs) - Disqualified!
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Right on the heels of the very successful Isulong SEOPH keyword ranking contest, I’m pleased to announce the launch of the second Philippine keyword ranking contest. This is a pet project of SEO Philippines, a local organization dedicated to the growth of the search marketing industry in the Philippines.

While this is first and foremost a keyword ranking contest, we’ve added a special twist. It’s called the Triple Jackpot Prize. With PHP 300,000 in cash to be given away to the best of the best, this is without any doubt the biggest search engine optimization contest this side of the globe.
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The dream is now a reality. I got the go-signal from the US Embassy yesterday. I’m going to Vegas baby!
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After helping Google reach new heights, is Googlebot on vacation? According to Michael, Digg, Netscape and even CNN all show ’stale’ copies in the Google index.

I’m sure there are pages in the indexed that are more up to date, but if a big heavily trafficked site dripping with PageRank and oozing with trustworthiness and authority is 4 days old does seem like somethings not quite right doesn’t it?

Locally, I’m seeing the same thing for some high traffic, trustworthy sites in the Philippines:

Probably just a hiccup.

Here are 21 easy tips for newbie bloggers who have Ad$ense visions. Perhaps the best tip is this:

20. Go ‘Real-World’ with other bloggers. If you live in a major city (or visit one occasionally), invite other bloggers to join you for a drink or dinner. While friendships can be developed in cyberspace, the most fruitful business relationships, even in the world of blogging, tend to flourish only after face-to-face interaction. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, just send a few individualized emails to some specific bloggers in your city asking them to meet up. You can frame it as an opportunity to learn from their wisdom (bloggers love to consider themselves experts), or simply a meeting of the minds. Either way, having a relationship bolstered by face-to-face contact can provide countless benefits over one maintained entirely online.

Not because you’re after their links. Well ok, maybe :) But that’s not your main reason for going out with them.
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I went to probably the newest Starbucks branch in the metro with Berch boy Glen yesterday. It’s the one on the ground floor of Lee Gardens along Shaw. I was showing off the Visibility, he was showing off his tablet PC (what good is that without net access? I still win biatch!). The discussion went to search and he was asking for tips on how to be found in Google for the keywords that are relevant to him, i.e. his trophy keywords.
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Get Ready for the Grandest Internet Party in 2006

What: SEO Philippines BeerCon 2006 & 2nd SEO Contest Launch Party
When: Saturday, October 28, 2006, 7:00 PM onwards
Where: Jill’s at The Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
Main Sponsor: Lakeside SQL

Keynote Speaker: Aileen Apolo, Google Philippines Country Consultant

Calling all Philippine-based search engine marketers, affiliate marketers, email marketers and other like-minded souls :) Here’s your chance to network with the best and the brightest minds in the Philippine Internet marketing scene.
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