Wednesday, October 22, 2008

The Traffic

Well my blog has gone for a month or two by now..I'm making this article to conduct the traffic that occur since this blog has been established.
as of October 22, 2008 (7:30 pm time i posted this):
- Number of Visitors : 496
- Articles posted: 8
- Number of Comments on me: 8
- Google Adsense money: $26.95
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization) page on Tayabas: well if you input tayabas only on google search.. further away from civilization i guess lol! but input tayabas.ph and you'll find me front page around number 6 hehehe!

I'll be updating this article by month.. see you then guys! -josh

Friday, October 10, 2008

Tayabas.ph

Within my journey to the world of SEO, I came across a familiar territory residing here in Quezon , Province Philippines. Tayabas City, A municipality of rich arts, culture and industry. Now let me give a brief description of this place, I've been here a few times in my life that i barely even know that tayabas will come into heights and be known as a city proper. So what's fun here? Well, tayabas celebrates every May 7th-15th for an event called "Mayohan sa Tayabas Festival". Event includes the Tiangge sa Mayohan, where Tayabasin craftsmen, artists and entrepreneurs would gather together and showcase the genuine works of Tayabasins. Araw ng Tayabas or Tayabas Day celebrates every August 13 and designated as the day for commemorating heroism of Tayabasins. The event calls for unity, strengthens social bonding and encourages Tayabasins to renew commitment to service. Feast of San Miguel Archangel celebrates on every 29th day of September. Tayabas is also a host to many attractions in all kind.

Fun isnt it?!..I somehow admire tayabas because it is also known for its best lambanogs..and its really good.. Moving on, like what i have said before.. i searched google and found tayabas.ph , a website dedicated for tayabas city with complete and up to date information you can ever need.
special thanks to qtechbpo for the development of this site.

I also picked tayabas.ph as a keyword for SEO testing..lets google it shall we?! Ciao' -joshi

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Me vs Risks: Managing risks over projects

Recently, i've been swimming, running,walking,crawling and most likely lurking around the world of website development. I got a few projects caught up in my hand, One is our thesis project which is the Quezon Online Auction ; A website that offers auction functionalities for consumers, buyers and sellers all over Quezon, Province Philippines (feel free to view :D). The other one is from a client of mine (courtesy of dean vannij) hailing from Atlanta Georgia. This project was known as d & s publishing ; A website that provides publishing or advertising towards its many different section like sports, entertainment, news etc. By the time i was appointed to this client, The client demanded to change the name to affordable advertiser. Requirement changes already strucked on me on my first assignment..That was one of the many risk abiding projects such as website development.
Honestly, im a noob, a newbie, an apprentice, a level 1 good looking guy when it comes to developing and managing websites. I have never imaginged myself working on projects like this and i have never thought that i would also be fond of it. Im making this article to share to you some of my experiences and the "Risks" i have encountered during my early website development era.
When it comes to projects, risks are irritably unavoidable. Nothing is perfect even websites.
Reminiscing over our thesis project, it is nearly done or are we the ones how are done? lol..When i first worked on it, It was all me..I didnt really much involve my groupmates bcus i was in a roll, a momentum that i can handle on my own..but then again, it was a risk. Now im gonna list here the risks bumping us over our thesis project(Quezon Auction) and the ways to get a grip on it so we could get back on the right track.
1.) Uncoordinated groupmates - uncoordinated means bad for both the project and the proponents, It is not just a risk of having a shortfall over an organized progress over the project development but as well a risk on the performance level of the team. What needed is to get my groupmates involve and assign them accordingly to their capacity or talent. Have a meeting from time to time and assign who will do this and that coordinating to time.
2.)Management,Schedule, Budget, Budget, Schedule, Management - Of course, thesis isn't our only subject to deal with so we have to give time over other subjects and especially to our selves and loved ones. Sometimes, we would rather sit on a couch than sit in front of a computer developing the project and then when it comes to our project and other requirement fees we would rather expend the money on foods and complain how expensive the project fees and why. In order to fix these slacking attitude of ours, Using project management tools such as the gantt chart, PERT/CPM, S-curve etc. We can keep track of our schedules,assignments and fees over the project.
3.)Proponents lack business related experience over project - As students, we are learning so as the need to adapt over our project. We need to use a method of prototyping, interview a more experienced users and study some of the existing similar projects.
4.)Wrong project functions and properties - Everything have to be connected and functioning according to its foundation and requirements over the users. We need to conduct thorough analysis of the business flow/procedures and then construct it according to our intended project.


Risks are always around the corner, Consider the accomplishment and success of your project. My advise is be a step ahead, be more precise and coordinated so that you or your team can get through the ups and downs on your projects. Till then! -joshi

Friday, October 3, 2008

Quezon Auction gets no. 1 in Google

For a while, I was having trouble knowing how SEO or Search Engine Optimization really works.. My first google search on Quezon Auction (our thesis project), shows us on page 1, woohoo but at the point where we still havent fixed the meta description and the meta keys..it still lacks the strength to get on the top. So after fixing and modifying our configuration.php script on our site.. Still its not yet showing...why is that?... after a few more days....here it is finally..i guess the google's web crawlers really goes through your meta and get everything accordingly. Now the description got updated and we finally get no. 1...and hopefully it stays on top!
Quezon Auction no. 1 (google search) on october 3, 2008 using keywords quezon auction

our meta key tags are : quezon, auction, Quezon, Auction
Any other tips from you all who specializes on SEO..please do give tips and comments..i would really be grateful!

Please do visit Quezon Online Auction
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