If you’ve been paying attention to the messages on your Client Center’s opening screen, you’ll know that Google’s currently looking for Philippine companies interested in securing ‘Qualified Company’ status in the Google Advertising Professionals program.

To become a Qualified Company in the Google Advertising Professionals program, a company must:

• Have a billing and mailing address in a country where company qualification is available.
• Employ at least two Qualified Individuals in the program. Individuals must be qualified under the main company-registered My Client Center account and not their own account. See the requirements for becoming a Qualified Individual.
• Build and maintain the minimum 90-day required total client spend (spend requirements vary by country) for the company’s My Client Center account.

It’s a great way for a search marketing company to differentiate itself in the marketplace, just as it is important for a search marketing consultant to get certified by Google. But the requirements, most notable of which is the $50,000 minimum 90-day total client spend, is just too high for most companies. Nevermind that I know of only 1 other GAP-certified individual in the Philippines. So you’d probably need to hire us both :) or grow your own GAP certified people (contact me for test tips).

If you’re GAP certified, consider getting listed in this directory.