02 Jul 2006
Not really.
But we do run a blog named Isulong SEOPH, as do perhaps hundreds of other people. Yeah, hundreds of other people who want a bite at that prize money, the honor of being number one, or just a chance to bite each other’s heads off in the heat of the competition. But what’s the difference?
And that’s by no means a small feat (remember, big feet = big s____). After all, we’re up against seasoned SEO professionals and enthusiasts. There are, indeed, people who optimize for the good ol’ search engines (Google and what’s-their-names), in order for their pet projects or clients to appear number one, or at least among the search results.
Moreover, Ia, Phillip and I are just enjoying ourselves, basking in the glow of the screens of our spanking new MacBook Pros (or is it MacBooks Pro?) while sipping our favorite cocktails in our respective corner-offices in Makati, which we’ve opened up for our great new startup, Go-Ogle!
Ok, I lie. But not about the page-one part. We rock! We’re about to pwn Isulong SEOPH! And we’re frickin’ n00bs at SEO, for crying out loud!
We do hope our projects would earn us those new MacBooks Pro and those large corner-offices in Makati (while we absolutely shun corporate life, large offices would be cool for frolicking around with expensive equipment in).
Oh, I lied about the alcohol too. No alcohol for you, Ia and Phil. You’re too young!

So now that that nonsensical thinking-aloud thing’s over with, I’d like to solicit your help. You see, our being on page one is by no means easy and comfortable. We now feel the pressure in a way, because we feel that we’re there by chance. Google must love the fact that we’re calling ourselves Go-Ogle. Or perhaps that’s because of early fluctuations in the rankings. Or it could be due to a host of other factors.
Fact is, we really do hope that our page-one status would be sustainable. We’ve tried to optimize as well as we could on-site, but we need help with off-site optimization, too, which would usually consist about 50% of optimization activities (or about 75% of the effort, I’d say).
So if you have hearts of gold, and would like to see your favorite young, struggling artistes win their share of the glory, do link to our Isulong SEOPH site.
The URL is:
http://www.go-ogle.com.ph/isulong-seoph
And the anchor link text should be:
Isulong SEOPH
Here’s a convenient code you can copy and paste onto your blogs or sites, for those who can access their templates/themes (or who prefer hardcoding their posts/entries or blogs).
<a href="http://www.go-ogle.com.ph/isulong-seoph">Isulong SEOPH</a>
Well, aside from our heartfelt thanks, we will link back to you on our Isulong SEOPH site. And you’ll also have first crack at what we’re developing for Go-Ogle!
There are probably a ton of other things we could help you out with in exchange, considering our interest in a ton of things (ranging from web design, basketball, programming, creative writing, cryptography, accupressure, kung fu, Swahili translation, et cetera). Just drop us a line. We’ve set up a mailing address at mail@go-ogle.com.ph . We’ll also be setting up an email group for discussion, soon.
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14 Responses
Mia
July 2nd, 2006 at 5:22 am
1Big feet = big s____? Do go on. ;D
Mm, I can plug you guys in a few places if you like—it’s just that I feel a little awkward about doing it before asking your permission, something about being too forward and eager and meddlesome. That kind of thing.
I like plugging things! Just not my own sites.
jhay
July 2nd, 2006 at 9:16 am
2How could I’ve missed this?! Must be from the stress of migrating and promoting my new site. Which is not that easy, especially for people like Mia and my self who are a bit shy when it comes to putting ourselves in the spotlight.
Anyways, I’m now off to plug the go-Ogle blog.
jong
July 2nd, 2006 at 6:41 pm
3woot.. i’ll support go-Ogle blog / Isulong SEoph Blog. hehe
Corsarius
July 2nd, 2006 at 10:50 pm
4Go Go-Ogle Isulong SEOPH!
Sometimes it’s weird to be called “Phillip”, when most of the Net-world calls me “Corsarius”, hehe.
Mia, Jhay, Jong…thank you so much, guys. Your help won’t be forgotten.
Mia
July 3rd, 2006 at 12:07 am
5AHAHAH. Um. Not exactly shy. Just careful.
J. Angelo Racoma
July 3rd, 2006 at 5:06 am
6@Mia, shoes! Didn’t you ever watch Notting Hill (ack, there goes the Man-Blog pseudo machismo)? Plug away, please!
@Jhay, thanks!
@Jong, thanks also!
@Corsarius, who the heck is Phillip?
@Mia, right. There’s a world of difference between the two.
J. Angelo Racoma
July 3rd, 2006 at 5:06 am
7Wait, did I just reply twice to Mia, separately? Heck, it’s 5 in the morning. My brain’s probably still on first gear (or reverse?).
marhgil
July 3rd, 2006 at 1:53 pm
8i added the isulong seoph link on my blog
good luck!
Mia
July 3rd, 2006 at 2:33 pm
9Yes… yes you did.
The URL (go-ogle) messes up the code for some BB-code based systems.
_If that happens I’ll just link to this page if that’s okay.J. Angelo Racoma
July 4th, 2006 at 12:45 am
10@Marhgil, thanks! We need all the luck (and help) we can get.
@Mia, I did, indeedy! Hmm. It’s best to link to go-ogle.com.ph Doesn’t BBCode also accept some HTML?
Cheers.
Mia
July 4th, 2006 at 2:05 am
11It does, but the thing is:
http://go-ogle.com…; etc
translates to
http (image code for /go) etc
...Oh wait. I can just insert a “www” there right? Doi. I’ll go do that now. Haha. I realized that just now! Sorry, studying makes my brain really slow when it comes to non-physics stuff.
J. Angelo Racoma
July 4th, 2006 at 2:39 am
12http://www.go-ogle.com.ph is preferred. Links to the with-www URL and without-www are sometimes counted separately by google. In fact, it’s common for www and non-www versions of the same URL to have different pageranks. Hence we chose to optimize for one only (the www one).
taorist
July 5th, 2006 at 12:41 pm
13Have you checked out my latest post?
http://taorist.com/2006/07/05/seo-contest-goes-crazier/
navixyz
October 5th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
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