The D Spot

2008 has started with one good news after another.

WikiPilipinas took a look at the more than ordinary newsmakers of 2007 in politics, entertainment, travel, science, sports and culture but also included a website category among the newsmakers of 2007. WikiPilipinas has recognized FilipinaImages.com as WikiPilipinas: Newsmakers of 2007 (Website category) and as one of of four sites listed under Proudly Pinoy Websites of 2007.

Here’s an excerpt from The Manila Bulletin, Students & Campuses, J-2- J3, January 6, 2008. FilipinaImages.com is also one of four sites listed under Proudly Pinoy Websites of 2007.

The category says that:

In an age of globalization where boundaries of culture and language are overcome by the seemingly limitless expanse of the Internet, websites by Filipinos that take pride in the Philippines and in our culture are rare. WikiPilipinas salutes Pinoys who use the power of the web to keep the spirit of Filipino nationalism alive and who help uplift the image of the Philippines to the rest of the whole wide world.

The timeless Filipina campaign is brought about by the efforts of Noemi Dado, her sister Lorna Lardizabal-Dietz, myself and the other countless bloggers who started this SEO campaign many years ago.

Today, FilipinaImages.com ranks no. 1 in the keyword “filipina” of Google’s Search Engine Results (SERPS) in the Philippines and no. 3 in the USA Google SERPs. Let’s continue to support FilipinaImages.com by posting Filipina entries in your blogs or posting them in the website, at FilipinaImages.com.

On the other hand, the Filipino Blogger has been awarded as the WikiPinoy of the Year—and this includes you, me, and the many other Filipino bloggers across the world. Congratulations to all of us. Here’s the excerpt:

WikiPilipinas honors the Filipino Blogger in 2007. From their rudimentary beginnings, Filipino blogs have evolved to become important sources of information, and are now dubbed as the “new media.” Currently, an extremely wide variety of blogs can be read and accessed online, offering everything from travel tips, restaurant guides, technology updates, and the latest news and events. Blogs are also liberating platforms for personal expression – they are one’s opinion column to the world. Through them, bloggers look out of themselves and give their readers a view of what they think and feel about issues as diverse as politics, environment, family and the state of their love lives. Blogs can also be used to further important social advocacies and to attract people to causes which appeal to their own interests and commitments. WikiPilipinas believes that Filipino bloggers are models for WikiPinoys: wired, technologically savvy, and informed knowledge workers who—through their blogs—help raise awareness about the Philippines to an international audience and uplift the image of the Filipino worldwide.

Thanks Gus Vibal and team at WikiPilipinas, for the recognitions!

Related articles:

Lorna-Lardizabal Dietz’s FilipinaImages.com, advocacy blog & news portal, wins WikiPilipinas’ Newsmakers of 2007, website category at RadiantView.com

Noemi Dado’s WikiPinoys of the Year: Bloggers at AboutMyRecovery.com

FilipinaImages.com is Newsmakers of 2007 in Website Category at FilipinaImages.com

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