The First SEO Philippines BeerCon
Sunday
Oct 29, 2006
Got home this midnight from the “first SEO Philippines BeerCon”:http://www.macalua.com/2006/10/23/seo-philippines-beercon-2006/ (hey, it’s October, after all!). I’m too tired to give a detailed explanation of everything that happened, so let me just use the ol’ trusty bullet points.
* Mr. “SEO Philippines”:http://seophilippines.org “Marc Macalua”:http://www.macalua.com talked on the mission of SEO Philippines as an organization, and as well its plans (and hopes) for the foreseeable future. We want to help professionalize the SEO and search engine marketing industry in the country.
* New Google country consultant Aileen Apolo gave her keynote about Google’s strategies and how the Philippines fits in. She also said (reiterated, actually) that she’s Google’s eyes and ears here in the Philippines. She’s out to feel the market and the environment, particularly on what we need and how Google can best serve (and earn from) us.
* Marc also explained the mechanics of the second SEO Philippines keyword ranking contest. This time, it’s a triple jackpot system–we’ll be fighting for top positions in Google, Yahoo! and MSN.
* *Second contest keywords: ituloy angsulong*
* First monthly raffle of an 80GB iPod was held.
* Buffet dinner, finger-foods and free-flowing beer!
* Great band: *Peppermint Jam*. We had a great serving of ’80s music rendered in acoustic fashion.
Some of whom I met tonight: Anton, Migs, Abe, Jozzua, Erwin, Jayvee, and of course Marc. (Who else?)
Thanks to the sponsors for another great techie meet-up event! In this case, Lakeside SQL was there. Did I miss anyone?
J. Angelo Racoma is a technology journalist and blogger. See more of his blog posts here at racoma.com.ph, commentaries at racoma.net, and Twitter feed at @jangelo.
Comments
ia
October 29th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Bullet points are good.
I think it’s a good move to compete for the MSN and Yahoo rankings as well. Y’know, it’s like studying a new subject in SEO school. Haha.
(There goes the GYM! See?)
J. Angelo Racoma
October 29th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
@Ia, I’ll try bullet points more often.
As for studying SEO, that’s actually one of the things SEO Phils is aiming for–for search optimization and marketing to be part of formal education in the near future.
Andrew
October 30th, 2006 at 12:49 am
Did you leave early? I was looking all over for you. But it was great finally meeting other fellow SEO Philippines members. I’m very pleased with the outcome of the first Beercon.
J. Angelo Racoma
October 30th, 2006 at 1:24 am
Hi Andrew. My wife and I were seated at the ground-floor, along with Migs Paraz and Elymar “Jozzua” Apao. We left just before midnight. I wasn’t able to meet and greet with the people upstairs.
Andrew
October 30th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
I had to leave the mezzanine because the party people were beginning to take over our table (kids…) So I hung out outside and spoke a little bit with Mr. Abe and took pictures like a crazy person. Hehehe.
J. Angelo Racoma
October 30th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
@Andrew, I noticed that, too. Actually I was wondering how much of the group was actually part of SEO-Philippines. There seemed to be quite a number of gate-crashers!
jozzua
October 30th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Hey jay, I got home around 1230am. So just as you left, I got home.
Nice seeing you and your wife man.