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Author: J. Angelo Racoma Category: Announcements, Blogs and blogging, Domains, The Web Tags: .com.ph, Announcements, blogging, blogs, Blogs and blogging, ccTLD, Domains, Filipino, Free, Pinoy, The Web Views: 18027

Wednesday
May 10, 2006

I’ve been making teasers and pitches on our offer for free .com.ph domains for Filipino bloggers. Well, it’s all about establishing our own Philippine ccTLD as an ideal place to be for Pinoys, and we would be shelling out our own funds just for this.

What’s the catch, you say? Well, nothing much, really–we just ask you to be active at blogging. We don’t even intend to monetize the domains, at least in the short term. Let’s just put it this way. Domains (and TLDs) are like real estate. You develop them and the value grows over time–not only the value of the specific xxx.com.ph domain, but of the com.ph namespace itself. I think you’d be pretty tech-savvy enough to understand these concepts (especially since you’re reading my blog!) by now.

Recently, I’ve been explaining that the .com.ph domain and web hosting would be free for at least a year. People have been picking up on the idea (i.e., Manuel, Yuga, Erwin, Raymond) and some are quite concerned about sustainability and continuum, in that a user might be expected to pay up in the second year. Let me clarify that it would be for at least a year, and the deal will not necessarily end there.

So actually there is a small catch, but it’s not really a condition wherein we will be asking for you to give us something in return. The only condition is that the recipient would be using the domain actively–that is, you would continue to actively blog on the com.ph domain given to you (say, a couple of times a week would be great, but there’s really no set frequency or number of postings). In that case, we will continue to provide domain and hosting for free, for as long as the sites are active (I’m going on record on this)!

I’ve already got a handful of inquiries. If you are interested, please do send me an email at jangelo (at) racoma (dot) net (yes, .com.ph will work, too) with your blog URL and a few summary stats, such as how long you’ve been blogging, and your uniques, visits, and pageviews for the past couple of months–we’re interested in knowing a bit more about your blogs and blogging activity, of course.

Update: Check out this post for further details. We’re just about to set up the initial set of bloggers. If you’re interested, again, do send me an email.

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Manuel Viloria

May 10th, 2006 at 6:46 pm

Hi J,

Will you allow the blogger to monetize her free .com.ph site? :-)
Also, who will own the .com.ph domain name?

All the best,
Manuel

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J. Angelo Racoma

May 10th, 2006 at 7:05 pm

Hi Manuel,

The domains will be owned by the bloggers! :) And as such, I don’t think there will be any problem with monetization.

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J. Angelo Racoma

May 11th, 2006 at 4:59 am

Here’s an update.

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jong

May 12th, 2006 at 7:35 pm

pwde ba kami dito? hehe cool pinoy na pinoy dot ph.

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hardwyrd

May 26th, 2006 at 1:24 pm

It’s about time that the .com.ph be widely used by Filipino Bloggers. I’ve read Raymond’s post in his blog, and I totally agree.

I’d be happy and proud to use .com.ph (with hosting) for my blog.

Now, how do I apply? hmm..

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J. Angelo Racoma

May 26th, 2006 at 2:03 pm

Hardwyrd,

Just send me email, please. Here are some details. Of course, the terms are here.

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hardwyrd

May 26th, 2006 at 3:11 pm

Thank you very much Angelo. I’ll email you shortly.

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sheila

June 8th, 2006 at 7:46 am

just keep up the news.send mo more. from washmgton dc.u.s.a

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siena

July 28th, 2006 at 7:32 am

Fantastic idea Sir!

Maganda ang tunog ng com.ph, I like it so much!Hope I could join too..

Keep up the good work!

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siena

July 28th, 2006 at 7:50 am

I saw your creation sa new site ni Sir Sonnie Santos, ang ganda! :0) well done!

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isabel

July 29th, 2006 at 11:34 am

how do i get my blog started and have my own name.com.ph ?

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tariq antonia

November 29th, 2006 at 1:09 pm

I think this is an excellent post. I was referred by ProBlogger.

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floramay

April 8th, 2007 at 11:39 pm

wow, this is great! Finally! But why is there an error? I mean, to where I suppose to register. :)

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david turner

November 25th, 2007 at 6:33 am

I must thankyou for your response to my plea but must be honest with you, I’ve no idea as to what is meant when you say blogging and such. I dont know what URI means, I know it sounds incredible.I am 60.y.o. and have had Parkinsons disease for fifteen of those years,as you can imagine Its torn what little brain I did have to shreds. so I thankyou for your generous offer I hope that you have a good rest of your life. yours sincerely
Dave T.

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