Archive for October, 2007

SEO Wanted

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Move to beautiful Cagayan de Oro:
Our company prides itself on delivering exceptional results to clients and to our own websites. As a multi-faceted company we embrace versatility in our employees and are looking for innovators.
We are seeking a highly-motivated individual to manage search engine optimization analysis and best-practice implementations, as well as monthly campaigns [...]

Mindanao Olympics 2007, Cagayan de Oro

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

After leaving the morning session of the Rotary Community Corps & Membership Development Seminar on the morning of October 19, 2007, I skipped lunch and proceeded to the Pelaez Sports Center to watch the opening ceremonies parade of amateur athletes of the Mindanao Olympics.

It did not appear to me that the Mindanaod Olympics really represented [...]

American Hero in The Philippines

Monday, October 15th, 2007

I wrote about another U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Boots Thomas, in a previous post, who was from my hometown in Northern Florida.
The past few years before moving to The Philippines, since Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida, in 1992, I have lived mostly in Broward County, in Hollywood, Florida. Miami is just South [...]

The Street Vendors are Back

Monday, October 15th, 2007

I wrote about how Cagayan de Oro Mayor Tinnex Jaraula was clearing out the street vendors, but they’re back.

Just before passing this scene I passed five uniformed PNP officers. Perhaps they were discussing taking some action against the street vendors.

I have noticed that over the past couple of weeks the street vendors have made [...]

Returning to CdO from SEMCON Philippines ‘07

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

SEMCON (Search Engine Marketing Conference) Philippines 2007, came out well. Marc Macalua, the founder of SEO Philippines is now like the Danny Sullivan or the Brett Tabke of The Philippines. Marc told me that three weeks prior to the event, only about 40 people had signed up, and they were really only expecting [...]

A Boy And His Dog

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

One of my favorite moves from way back is a low-budget B film that was originally released in 1975. I did not see it until the early 1980’s when it was re-released with a different marketing campaign, and became a little more successful. It was based on a short story written in 1969 [...]

SEMCON Search Engine Marketing Conference Philippines 2007

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

I am excited about leaving in the morning for Manila to attend SEMCON, the first Philippines, International SEO-SEM conference, and I was proud to be invited to be one of the speakers.
It doesn’t look like Danny Sullivan or Brett Tabke will be there, there are some notable other speakers such as Aaron Wall, Benj Arriola, [...]

Horse Fighting in the Village of Conception

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Maria Teresa Libres is a social worker who works in Conception, and she was our guide to the village. After we arrived, I met the Mayor of Conception, Ben Pilota, and the major’s wife treated us to lunch. I ate some kind of fresh water snail there. Watch the video, below to [...]

Rough Road to Conception

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

After driving the smooth and well-laid asphalt road from Oroquieta to Sampang Dalaga, we turned off onto the road to Conception. The Village of Conception was a forgotten place and only taken under Provencial and National attention about 50 years ago. Teresa tells me the village is about 80% tribal, even though they [...]

Driving from Oroquieta to Sapang Dalaga

Friday, October 5th, 2007

On the way to the village of Conception, after staying the night at Rhovics Beach Resort in Oroquieta, Misamis Occidental, we drove a fine asphault highway for nearly an hour before turning off at Sapang Dalaga, onto the rough-road that would take us 18 kilometers up the moutain to the village of Conception. This [...]