US-based Filipino wins world search engine optimization tilt

[cc81352]

MANILA , Philippines -- A Filipino Internet marketing specialist based in San Diego, California has won a global search engine optimization (SEO) contest.
Benj Arriola, who has been designing websites, received the top award in a contest that required participants to use every possible web design style, strategic content and Internet marketing skills to make a certain key phrase rank high in search engines like Google.
Arriola's winning
href="http://www.globalwarmingawarenessblog.com/">blog, which focused on the global warming awareness issue, ranked number one as the contest ended.
Arriola later wrote in his
href="http://blog.benjarriola.com/2007/05/02/seo-world-championship-is-over/
">personal blogthat his victory was possible with the help of Filipino search engine marketing specialists who have organized themselves as SEOPhilippines.
"This win is not completely my win. It is a win of the SEOPhilippines," Arriola said, adding that the SEO skills of Filipinos have increasingly becoming more recognized by the global industry.
Aileen Apolo, Google country consultant for the Philippines, wrote in her personal personal blog that Arriola's win is recognition of the growing pool of SEO specialists in the country.
"Filipinos be proud! Benj Arriola, a Filipino based in the US won the SEO World Championship for his GlobalWarming Awareness entry. Aside from the accolade of being the winner for the first ever SEO World Championship, Benj is going to receive a brand new Citroen C2 car. Woohoo!" she said.
"The recent win of Benj Arriola in the SEO World Championships has definitely put the Philippines in the search engine optimization/marketing outsourcing map," she added.
Apolo revealed that Arriola is actually a chemist by education, and has taught at the De La Sale University.
"The SEO contest is a test of one's skill on ranking a certain key phrase in search engines. But the real SEO work is much more than that. I [am] happy I was able to showcase my skills in this contest and was victorious, but I have high respect for all the other competitors since it was not an easy win. I was still worried and nervous up to the last minute of a come-from-behind win from the other competitors. I would like to add that 20 percent of my efforts in getting the top spot in this contest were through the help of the many SEO professionals in the Philippines," Arriola explained.

[boybi]

I tried to search Google using the keywords "global warming", hindi naman lumabas sa first page yung website/blog nya.

[mazdamazda]

I tried to search Google using the keywords "global warming", hindi naman lumabas sa first page yung website/blog nya.

ang keyword search yata ay "global warming awareness blog"

[BlueBimmer]

hmm medyo specific at haba na ata if kelangan complete phrase..

[russpogi]

Uy! Diba Tsikoteer si Benj? I think magkakilala sila ni TsikotBabe.

Conrgrats po Benj!

[BenjArriola]

...Benj is going to receive a brand new Citroen C2 car. Woohoo!...

Yup, I asked tsikoteers before ano gagawin ko sa car and the result sa decision ko, my SEO World Championship Car is now a Honda Odyssey.

I tried to search Google using the keywords "global warming", hindi naman lumabas sa first page yung website/blog nya.

ang keyword search yata ay "global warming awareness blog"

Contest keyword is: globalwarming awareness2007.

- SEO World Championship Rules
- Contest Ranking Result on May 1
- Top 5 winners and respective prizes

And even if the contest keywords are: globalwarming awareness2007, I will really not be on top of the results anymore either since after the contest, I changed my site name and domain name as well as how I write the content since I want to concentrate on keeping the current audience the site has than keeping it ranking for the contest keywords.

hmm medyo specific at haba na ata if kelangan complete phrase..

Yup mahaba but it was considered as 2 words lang since isa lang space sa gitna. Contest started Jan 15, 2007 with zero search results on Google, contest ended May 1 with 2M+ results.

Uy! Diba Tsikoteer si Benj? I think magkakilala sila ni TsikotBabe.

Conrgrats po Benj!

Thanks, and yes, kilala ko si TsikotBabe, in fact sa photo ng babae dito, malabo sya but it is actually her photo. :D TsikotBabe is a friend of SEO people in the Philippines. :D

[CVT]

Congratulations BenjArriola!

You make us all proud to be a Pinoy!

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[cc81352]

congrats po!

[russpogi]

Thanks, and yes, kilala ko si TsikotBabe, in fact sa photo ng babae dito, malabo sya but it is actually her photo. :D TsikotBabe is a friend of SEO people in the Philippines. :D

Ah! hehehe! Actually, nakita ko na pic nya sa Friendster.

Nga pala, congrats ule!

[funkngruvn]