Last night’s blogger and SEO get-together at 51 Coffee Shop with Aileen Apolo (Google country consultant) gave us a chance to meet up with a few new faces in the Davao blogosphere. We were hoping to get more people to show up, but I guess the rain was one culprit why many didn’t make it. Hmmm… why is it that each time we hold a bloggers’ meet-up here, it rains…. But Andrew, Jun, Marc, Migs and Ria were present, of course — The Usual Suspects are always where the action is, come hell or high water. 
The SEOs present were from BHIPro, formerly known as Hubport Interactive. BHIPro, basically a software development house, has recently created a department to handle search engine optimization services. The only other SEO practitioner who was there during the eyeball was Andrew dela Serna.
Although it was really just an informal gathering, it would’ve been more interesting and intellectually stimulating if there had been more bloggers and SEOs guys who attended. For one, we could’ve discussed in detail Marc Macalua’s Bayanihan SEO Contest. We might’ve been able to form a team that could join this P600,000-award contest.
Oh well, there’ll be more chances to get more people in the loop in the coming weeks. The Usual Suspects are cooking up more eyeballs and more serious meetings for July.
On the other hand, it was a good chance for us to touch base again with Aileen. I’m delighted to find out from her that Google’s Blogger now forms part of her purview, which most probably means she’ll be able to provide more support for activities that involve promoting blogspot.com blogs here in the South. Most bloggers here make use of blogspot.com as their blogging platform. (I know, I know… most of my blogs are on WordPress, but I have one on Blogger.)
Here are some photos of the eyeball (and the karaoke gig after), courtesy of Aileen.
9:04 pm on 1 Jul 2007
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2:34 pm on 2 Jul 2007
more power to you guys! =) Blogie, what were you singing? hehehe
(btw, is there something wrong with davaoblogs? it hasn’t moved for two days now)
3:28 pm on 2 Jul 2007
hey Jap. emote ba ako sa photo ko? hahaha!
btw, sorry about davaoblogs.com — we’re experiencing unanticipated server loads, so the updates were turned off… i’m currently trying to fix the problem. it’ll be up and running normally again soon, i assure you.
5:07 pm on 2 Jul 2007
It looked like fun! Had to work on some urgent projects that night. Oh well, theres always next time. Go go go bloggerz!
5:21 pm on 2 Jul 2007
@Eric — we’ve been missing you in blogger events lately, dude! paramdam ka naman dyan…
6:25 pm on 2 Jul 2007
ARGH! Why is it I always look sabog in blogger/web gatherings?
5:46 am on 3 Jul 2007
Ang tahimik ko talaga sa gathering… Mahiyain kasi ako. Gusto ko sana sumabay sa karaoke gig ninyo pero naghihintay barkada ko sakin sa bahay. Birthday ko kasi yung araw na yun. hehehe! Memorable birhtday ko yun. ^_^
7:43 am on 3 Jul 2007
Never too late to join the contest!
I’m sure Team Davao will be a force to reckon with in coming weeks.
9:51 am on 3 Jul 2007
@Ria — Think of it instead as being way too happy..
@Ranz — Birthday mo that day?? Di ka man lang nagsabi! Belated happy birthday, bai!!!
@Marc — Well, I hope there’ll be a Team Davao in the Bayanihan SEO Contest.
5:42 pm on 5 Jul 2007
Sayang! I wish I was there.
Next time talaga, I’ll make sure my stay in Davao is more than a day lang. Super thanks again for making us feel at home there. Can’t wait to be back, and yes, definitely for more knowledge exchange. 