Free Google Adwords advertising credits
November 6, 2009
Earlier I saw a Google Adsense banner ad here on our site announcing the free use of Php2,000 ($42) worth of Google AdWords advertising credit.
The free advertising credits program is dubbed as the “Philippine Business Stimulus Package,” a program by Google and local partners STI, GoNegosyo, and the Philippine Marketing Association aimed at helping Filipino businesses put up and build an online presence.
List of Philippines’ best blogs – 2nd Quarter 2009
August 13, 2009
It’s time once again to bring you the quarterly report on the performance of Philippine blogs. Our latest update was in April 2009 where we gave you the list of the Philippines’ Top Blogs of 2008.
The list for this quarter is quite interesting because a variety of new blogs are entering the Top 50. Nine out of the Top 50 blogs are new, meaning they were either established during the quarter or were previously unknown but are starting to be popular.
PRC.gov.ph blocked, reported as attack site
July 20, 2009
Two weeks ago, we reported that Filipino online portal site Yehey.com was blocked by Google and Firefox for being an “attack site.”
Yesterday, I visited the Philippine’s Professional Regulatory Commission’s (PRC) website at www.prc.gov.ph and was greeted by the same warning.
Yehey.com blocked by Firefox and Google
July 7, 2009
Philippine online portal Yehey.com has been reported as an “attack site” by the browser Mozilla Firefox and Google and access has thus been blocked to some users.
When I visited a news article at Yehey.com earlier today, I was greeted with the following warning from Firefox.
‘Sex pervs’ download, watch Katrina Halili, Maricar Reyes sex video
May 23, 2009
We are a nation of sex perverts.
That’s how my friend described the current frenzy in the Philippines over the sex videos of Katrina Halili, Hayden Kho, Maricar Reyes, that Brazilian model, and yes even Dr. Vicki Belo.
Millions of Filipinos are Googling and searching the net how they can download and watch the (in)famous sex scandal videos.
Timeline: Mark Verzo and the BoyBastos.com scandal
May 13, 2009
Read from the GMANews.tv site yesterday that the Court of Appeals upheld the search warrant issued against Mark Verzo, owner and administrator of the (in)famous BoyBastos.com site.
Apparently, it’s been almost two years since this “scandal” started.
We are not here to pass judgment on Mark or to dissect whether the Boy Bastos site was indeed pornographic or if it peddled prostitution or human trafficking. That is the job of the court.
We simply want to monitor updates on the issue, so as to see how this landmark case will end. At the same time, we hope this post will serve as a reminder to other bloggers and site owners that, even though our power as an internet community increases, the government is still there watching us.
The Philippines’ Top Blogs of 2008
April 17, 2009
The year 2008 was a turbulent year not just for the Philippine stock market but for the Philippine blogosphere as well. For one, several bloggers were directly involved in a variety of issues, both good and bad. Last year also saw the rise of a lot of up-and-coming bloggers but, at the same time, a few previously popular bloggers simply stopped writing or just faded into oblivion.
In this article, we recognize Filipino blogs which made a huge jump in their Alexa rankings from the time we started monitoring blogs during the 1st quarter of 2008. A jump in the ranking most likely means the blog is getting more popular, translating to more visitors and perhaps more online income.
We also present here the quarterly change in the ranking of blogs from the 3rd quarter of 2008 to the 1st quarter of 2009.
The results below.
Alex Laguilles, Sulit.com.ph and the hacking incident
March 2, 2009
Back in November 2008, popular local classified ads site Sulit.com.ph was hacked. Members accessing the site then were surprised that they were instead seeing a parked domain. Rumors abound that whoever owns that Sedo account must have earned a lot because the thousands of visitors of Sulit were redirected to that Sedo-parked site.
Last week, the company in charge of .ph domains in the country — aptly named DotPH — published on their site the results of their investigation about the Sulit.com.ph hacking incident.
In that juicy article reminiscent of ABS-CBN’s show SOCO: Scene of the Crime Operatives, DotPH identified the culprit as Alex Laguilles, a Legaspi City, Albay resident.
Philippine Blog Awards 2008 to honor best Filipino blogs
September 15, 2008
Now on its second year, the Philippine Blog Awards (PBA) seeks to honor Filipino blogs that stand out among the millions of Pinoy blogs now populating the blogosphere.
Last month, we wrote about how you can nominate your favorite blog. Now the time has come to actually recognize the bloggers behind the best and most popular Pinoy blogs. The Awards Night of the 2008 PBA is slated on September 21, Sunday, 6 p.m. at One Esplanade located at Seaside cor. Bay Boulevard in Pasay City.
Top 50 Philippine blogs (August 2008)
August 22, 2008
Read also: Top 50 Philippine blogs in 4Q 2008
The August 2008 update to the list of Top Philippine Blogs which we have been tracking for five months now is here.
The rankings are primarily based on Alexa.com’s 3-month traffic rank.
