Christmas Gathering And A Call For Action
It was a great night. Everything was overflowing, the beer, money making ideas, search engine optimization techniques and real guys to treasure in my heart.
It was around 6pm when I arrived at the Pier One Bar in San Miguel by the Bay, SM Mall of Asia. As usual, I came first. I sat near the bar, ordered beer, chicken sisig and had some chat with the bartender while waiting for them. A few minutes later, Carol Sinel aka icezorg came in followed by Almer Viloria then my long time blog pal Ricky Refuerzo. We then ordered food and had 2 buckets of beer to start the night.
Around 7pm or so, I saw a familiar face outside, it’s the country’s top domainer and online money maker – Rustom Hernandez aka netPH with his wife. Then came Eric Marantan, GurlAlien, Rosette aka Maldita, Arnold Alvarez, Gary Viray, Neil Maranan and his sister, kid money maker Kenneth Mendoza, Rev. Jeffrey Aspacio and his wife.
The discussions were truly healthy, guys were talking alot about their online ventures. Neil Maranan’s sister (I wasn’t able to get the name), made an interview of us one by one, for a school project I think.
The best part of the night was the discussion about the current status of the seo community in the Philippines. I felt really comfortable discussing things with these guys as I can really see how much they support the group’s aim of spreading seo awareness in the country. I have known these guys for such a time already as we have something in common – we are search engine optimizers and we love it.
The serious discussion started after one of the guys divulged (no, that’s not me) that someone approached Marc Macalua inquiring to buy seo.ph and Marc priced it at around Php5,000,000.00 (something near $100,000.00). I know it’s a great name, and Marc has the right to sell it because he owns it, though we’re not sure if he’s really selling it. The source is reliable but I’m open to what Marc will say. The issue raised by the guys last night was – where will the local seo guys go if it will be sold? And being the so-called founder of the group, why will Marc sell it? Doesn’t he care about the group anymore? Is that the reason why he don’t visit the forum nowadays? Many questions and suggestions came in. Even the SEMCON 2008 issue was opened.
I love this group. My life was changed by the knowledge I gained from it and the friends I’ve met thru it. Marc is my friend, and I know he’s a good guy but the rest of the seoph peeps are now calling for an action. They are looking for a new non-profitable publicly owned forum community. Decisions have been made, let’s see what will be the turn out.
Going back to the party, It was a really rocking night. I went home past 3am.
Btw, you can view last night’s pics in here: SEOPh Christmas Gathering 2008
Update: Thanks to other members showing their support via this thread: http://forums.seo.ph/showthread.php?t=4937
December 21st, 2008 at 7:20 am
For our motherland! hehe…
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December 21st, 2008 at 8:43 am
All for one and one for All…. !!!!
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December 21st, 2008 at 10:27 am
zaldy,
Maybe it is about time to take it from here. Let’s move on.
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admin reply on December 22nd, 2008 12:43 am:
usap tau pre…
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gary viray reply on December 22nd, 2008 12:51 am:
kelan?bukas pwede ako.
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December 21st, 2008 at 12:10 pm
faye yata yung name nung sister ni kb. and i thank her kasi nalaman ko kung magkano kinikita mo… lol…
anyway, bakit di ko alam yung pagbebenta ng seo.ph? nakaalis na ba ako nung na open yung issue na yun? hurt naman ako dun. pero sana hindi totoo… SEOPH is not just a forum for me anymore… its a community… community that i learned to love… naks… *group hug*
pero seriously… i so super love my SEOPH family. will i be spending my time with you guys if you don’t matter to me?
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admin reply on December 22nd, 2008 12:44 am:
di ka kasi nakikinig nung time na un…lol, nagpipicture-picture ka sa gilid!
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December 21st, 2008 at 2:33 pm
uy meron palang tsimis na ganon at reliable pa…
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December 21st, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Sayang malayo ako
Anyway next time siguro
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admin reply on December 22nd, 2008 12:46 am:
see you next time…
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December 21st, 2008 at 4:23 pm
sana naman hindi matuloy yun.
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December 21st, 2008 at 4:45 pm
if he named a price, cguro may intention to sell it na. He can sell it and we will all have to move to seophilippines.com
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admin reply on December 22nd, 2008 12:45 am:
you own it?
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Alfredo reply on December 22nd, 2008 2:12 am:
seophilippines.org pala
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December 21st, 2008 at 7:07 pm
naks..akala ko ba krisis? e bakit overflowing? lol!
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admin reply on December 22nd, 2008 12:45 am:
kapag beer, walang krisis…hehe
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manilenya reply on December 22nd, 2008 1:14 am:
sabi ko nga e
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December 21st, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Now that is called a great night… all in one night!! lucky yup yup.
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December 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 am
and what will happen with SEO.ph now? hmm… by the way ganda ng mga kuha nyo, inggit talaga ako at least kita ko na ang mga sa likod ng mga astig ng mga nick ng SEOph. Excep for Eli parang hindi ko yata sya nakita don.
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December 22nd, 2008 at 2:28 am
Nice meeting you guys! Woohooo!
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December 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 am
Saya! Inumaga na naman ako ng uwi but it was fun with you guys.
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December 22nd, 2008 at 8:11 am
AHA.. sabi na nga ba.. anu yang bentahan mode nayan… baka ikaw yan zaldy…. maski ako pag papalit ko ung pagiging “FOUNDER” sa pera… lol… kasi ganun ako e… hehehe…
goodluck sa seo.ph
mas sakit pko nga 1 week na… pag balik ko.. titira tayo ulit…hehehe
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December 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
sad but true, everybody have a price!if i am marc benta ko narin yan wahhehehe..100k USD is not a bad price for seo.ph.
re: wala na syang pakialam sa seo.ph …
hmmm i think marc is just busy lang sa USautoparts.
life in a corporate world is not easy, he is a VP something there so malamang gulpi sya sa work at my crisis pa ang US ngyn.
zaldy create your own forum for filipino webmasters not just seo, syempre i will support you!probably create a seomoz.org type yun nga lang libre dapat.
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December 22nd, 2008 at 5:41 pm
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December 23rd, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Sounds like a good night
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December 24th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Hi Zaldy! Merry Christmas!!!
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December 24th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Sounds like a great night indeed. It is often a fun time getting around with friends and associates over a few drinks and discussing what is important.
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