Blog Attacks

Someone's been attacking Pinoy bloggers.

I was wondering how long it would take Cathy to catch wind of it, but she finally did and found it amusing (See Hahaha [Tagalog entry]).

Apparently, some "journalist" has been panning several blogs, while praising his own network of blogs.

This journalist-turned-blogger's strategy: critique various Pinoy bloggers and subject them to ad hominem attacks. Enjoy the additional web site traffic as these bloggers rally their fans against the ex-journalist.

The only problem is, the higher traffic bloggers did not link to his site. He, however, linked to their sites. (The links have been removed.)

Here's a traffic-boosting tip: Publish articles that solve a problem or help people online.

Before you know it, there'll be tons of visitors at your site. And, you won't have to post comments there yourself.

Related Reads

The Sassy Laywer: When frustration kills the spirit -- "Sometime in 2004, I received an invitation from a webmaster asking me to join a community for Filipino bloggers. I obliged, knowing how hard it was to launch a new site."

Yuga: The dark side of blogging... -- "I really don’t know how to start this. I am a bit amused and a little irritated. Irritated that a person would dedicate a blog just to insinuate, harangue and trash on fellow Filipino bloggers without cause or reason."

The Ca T: Spy, Splogger, Spammer, Scum of the Earth -- "The theory that it is only the poor people who employ get-rich-quick schemes is baloney."

[ First posted on 02/09/2006 by Manuel Viloria ]