Comments on: Another stupid SEO strategy: the filipino link builder who can’t write

By: cameron

cameron — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:54:37 +0000

I think Alister’s point here is, hire someone who can write English correctly especially if that person will represent another. He said it is not his intention to degrade Filipinos. I think his post is to show us how important marketing is. And how one’s writing skills can affect the image of a company. This is not the first blog I have seen which says something about how Filipinos write. Even some of our countrymen working in the marketing field complain how bad we write in English nowadays.

Basic grammar rules such as parallelism, words without s (ex.information, furniture) and proper tenses are not present in the comment.

I am a Filipino and I have to admit that I, too, was hurt when this was posted. Not because I feel we were humiliated by Alister, but because it takes another foreigner to tell us that we should improve instead of us criticising ourselves and our fellow-men for our betterment.

We are not native English speakers. For some, even learning the language is tough. We are aware of the common mistakes we make when we write in English. The sad thing is, nobody even tries to correct them.

This should be an eye-opener not only for Filipino people in marketing, but also for educators, scholars and intellectual Filipinos that there is something that should be done for us to improve our writing skills in English and Filipino (some of us are not even versed in our own national language).

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By: Roderick - Professional SEO

Roderick - Professional SEO — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:04:00 +0000

Maybe it’s your title that hit us hard. Putting “stupid” and “filipino” in your title is way to much for us Filipinos. You can’t deny the fact that your post is derogatory to us Filipinos. We are a proud race.

I know Australian history by the way.

“Australia was long used as a dumping ground for criminals, bankrupts, and other undesirables from the British Isles. ”
Source: http://www.infoplease.com

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:16:59 +0000

If there’s one piece of advice I would give anyone… it’s do not get involved in any schemes, at all. SEO and mastering search engines rankings is really only about good content. Master that and market it effectively and you will have everything you need. If the chicken is good content and the egg is backlinks, I really do think the chicken comes before the egg!

Great post, I receive about 100 spam comments a day on my blog, I may start checking them out in more detail.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:11:31 +0000

Hmmm well at some point sensitive Filipinos would really be hit hard on this post.

I’m a Filipino myself but I don’t find it hard-hitting. We do have our faults. We just have to understand where the author is coming from in proving a point with blog commenting and outsourcing cheap labor to do it for you.

If we give our services with quality and top-notch skills, they would probably pay us more, don’t you think? Just get the lesson that you can out of this and move on.

By: Carlo Angelo Gonzales

Carlo Angelo Gonzales — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:51:54 +0000

This article should serve as a wake-up call to outsourcing companies in 3rd world companies and to the Philippine Educational System.

As for cheap-ass companies that think that outsourcing is a low-priced way to get what you want, well, you get what you pay for!

LOL

By: Consultant

Consultant — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:43:09 +0000

Google started this whole link as a vote and page rank gold rush. They could end it at any time they wanted. they have semantic technology now that makes our links obsolete anyway. Just waiting for the day.

By: Mae

Mae — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:02:35 +0000

I wonder what really made you write this article when the comment was generally nice?
You said it was written in broken English but so what? As long as people are polite and show respect, does it really matter?
If I were a link builder who can’t write but can get an EXCELLENT job done, would it still matter?

By: SEO Melbourne - Aranez Media

SEO Melbourne - Aranez Media — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:18:40 +0000

Alicam, I’m filipino but I still love you.

Will take more than this post to remove you from my lists

By: mollerise

mollerise — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:10:20 +0000

God. I typed “are writers linkbuilders too?” and look what I found instead…

If you think your grammar is a bit suspect – do what you can to improve it. Reading Alister’s post somehow made me think of other Pinoys who, unfortunately, are too sensitive to even read this kind of post to the point of attempting to raise their deflated egos caused by a fault that IS innate in us Filipinos.

“Another stupid SEO strategy: the filipino link builder who can’t write”

It was clear that Alister did NOT generalize Filipinos on this one. Also, there are loads of things to worry about here in the Philippines than what the title has. Seriously.

Apparently, we Filipinos tend to assume; and assuming can cause a misunderstanding or two, like what happened (and it still is happening!) in here.

Nothing wrong with defending yourselves, but please.

Now, if you can’t stand being nitpicked by foreigners about your grammar – go back to reading your elementary textbooks in Reading and English : ) Or just continue reading the thread until you get to score impossibly high in grammar 101.