A third of the traffic going to social networking site Multiply, or approximately 300 million page views, is coming from Filipino users worldwide, top Multiply executives said Wednesday.
Multiply president and founder Peter Pezaris said Multiply gets about a billion page views a month, a third of which comes from Filipinos in different parts of the globe. This makes Filipinos the number one users of Multiply, ranking higher than users in the United States where the site is based.
Pezaris said the Filipino culture's emphasis on family and relationships is the main reason why the social networking site is so popular in the Philippines.
"The reason why we are popular here, I think, relates to that notion of friends and family, the fact that our service is much more focused on connecting you with people that you know in real life rather than introducing you to people that you don’t know. It’s a site that really plays into the cultural phenomenon that’s here in the Philippines," he told abs-cbnNEWS.com.
David Hersh, Multiply vice-president for business development, also said the integration of unlimited photosharing in Multiply is very attractive to Filipino Internet users. Most Filipino Multiply users are female, in the 18-25 age bracket, and average about 160 Multiply page views a month.
"Filipinos are just rabid consumers of content. It’s amazing. Those 160 page views aren’t just fluff page views of people bouncing from profile to profile. It’s people consuming photos, videos and blogs from the people in their world. It’s meaningful activity. It reflects the deep level of engagement that we have with our user base especially here in the Philippines," Pezaris said.
Local partner
For the Philippine market, Multiply recently partnered with ABS-CBN Interactive to tap local advertisers and launch mobile services for Filipino Multiply users. (Disclosure: Abs-cbnNEWS.com is run by ABS-CBN Interactive.)
Paolo Pineda, ABS-CBN Interactive managing director, said the company is the exclusive reseller of advertising on Multiply for the Philippines. He said ABS-CBN Interactive will also be actively campaigning to build Multiply's user base in the country.
One of the successful Multiply communities launched by ABS-CBN Interactive centered on the Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus show. The show now has two sites - the official one where profiles and schedules are posted and a Multiply site where PBB fans can go online.
Pineda said one local call center that advertised on Multiply was able to attract recruits through its Multiply community site.
"It’s more of these community building efforts online for Filipinos worldwide. We want to really try to populate the brand and get more people to understand it and work on the advertising and get the brands to see that this is really a safe place to put your brand in," he said.
Real-world relationships
Hersh said Multiply currently has nine million registered users worldwide, of which 2.2 million are Filipinos. He said that while the growth of Multiply has been slower compared to other social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, it is the real-world relationships in Multiply that sets it apart and ensures its longevity.
"If your online social network is full of people that you have no real world connection to, there’s very little reason to keep you there and it’s very easy for you to switch. But on Multiply, it’s your real-world social network online and your content and it’s the discussion that goes on around that content that’s going to keep you coming back," he said.
Adds Pezaris: "It’s closer, deeper relationships which enables the sharing of personal, meaningful content to you and the continuing sharing of that is the personal documentation of your life online. Over a period of time, you build up this history like a living scrapbook of what’s happening in your life and it’s a collaborative effort because while you add to it, all your friends and family add to it also and that’s what really develops the long-term value."
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I just returned from a 2 ½ week trip to the Philippines visiting family and seeking adventure. To celebrate my experiences and life growth, I have put together this dynamic blog entry filled with links, video, photos, and music. The DaCocoS website, bolg, and videos are an artistic expression of my experience in the Philippines and the love I have for my family. To see still images that appears in the videos see: PhotoBen750:Picasa I will progressively post more details about my Philippine experiences as I put them together, but for now I will briefly introduce the story that changed my life and a few videos and pictures of special moments from my recent trip.
In May of 2004 I was blessed with a very unique experience of being able to reconnect with my family in the Philippines after about a 20 year break in communication and lack of current contact information. I took what information I had and located the residence of the last address I had for my Father in the Philippines. When I arrived at the address there was family of renters that were staying at the address. I explained my story and said, I was
looking for my father and grandmother that had lived there about 20 before. The man that was living there did not know my family, but did know some in the neighborhood that might. I left my contact information and I went back to my hotel.
That evening I got message from the man I met earlier that a lady that when to school with my Dad was going to give me a call and she might have information to help me. By the next day I got a call form the classmate of my father and she had the phone number to the house where my Father and his family lived. She had called them and made sure it was okay to give me their number and she had given them my information.
At first I was a little scared to call. I did not want to cause and trouble and I was not sure what the situation was like. My only hope was to just be the person I am and all will turn out
okay. So I gave them a call… I believe it was my sister Madel who answered the phone first. I could tell there was a hesitation of first mixed feelings for a stranger only known through passed stories. She let me know that I had 3 sisters and a brother. She also informed me that Lola was there and she wanted to see me.
With in the next two days I was checked out of my hotel and living with them at there house. By then I had talked to my Father on the phone twice with in that time since he was away from home working on a ship. Life was moving fast and a lot of changes were taking place in all our lives. The next week flew by and I would only have a chance to start a bond with my brother and sisters that would have to continue over the internet if it had any chance of growing over the great distance. Over the next two years I would occasionally exchange message over email or yahoo instant messenger. We also kept in
contact through Friendster as well. I was even able to recieve a bunch of phone calls and texts from my father when he was in port or close by a country where he could connect to sent text. In May of 2006 I would have my next opportunity to return to the Philippines. This time my Father would be home and I would see him for the first time. From the first moment I met him, it was like every thing just fell into place were it was supposed to be. See More at: http://dacocos.blogspot.com
Wikang Filipino Pagyamanin Wikang Vernacular Waglimutin Wikang Ingles Pagbutihin
Ang mga sumusunod ay ang mga nanalo sa paligsahan ng malikhaing pagsulat noong nakaraang Buwan ng Wika: Unang gantimpala ni Madaline Dacoco 2nd Yr. - St. Nichole
Ano ang kahalagahan ng wika sa atin? Gaano kahalaga ang pagkakaroon ng wika?
Maraming klase ng wika ang maaari nating gamitin. Nandiyan ang wikang Vernacular o iba’t ibang linguwahe, wikang Ingles na lagi o kadalasang ginagamit ng mga propesyonal na tao at higit sa lahat, ang wikang Filipino na sarili nating wika.
Ang wika ay napakahalaga sa atin, dahil ito ang nagsisilbing buhay ng ating komunikasyon. Tayo’y nagkakaintindihan sa pamamagitan ng ating wika.
Sinasabing pagyamanin ang wikang Filipino, o ang ating sariling wika o paunlarin natin ang ating sariling wika dahil ito ang dahilan kung bakit tayo nagkakaintindihan o nagkakaunawaan. Kaya’t sana ay gamitin natin ang ating sariling wika o atin itong mahalin.
Hindi sinasabing sa paggamit ng wikang Ingles ay dapat baliwalain. Ito’y mahalaga rin kaya’t dapat nating pagbutihin o pag-igihin ang paggamit nito lalong lalo na ang mga taong propesyonal. Dahil ginagamit nila ito sa parereprisinta sa kanilang gawain o propesyon. Tulad sa malalaking kompanya na ang kadalasang ginagamit ay wikang Ingles. Kaya’t dapat nating pagbutihin ang wikang ito.
Ngunit hindi pa riyan nagtatapos ang paggamit ng wika. Kailangan din nating malaman o matutuhan ang wikang Vernacular o iba’t ibang linguwahe dahil maraming tao ang maaari nating makilala, at di lamang mga Pilipino o Amerikano na makakausap mo sa wikang Filipino o Ingles. Maaari rin tayong makasalamuha ng ibang tao na ang gamit ay ibang linguwahe. Kaya’t kailangan din nating matutuhan ang pagsasalita o pag-intindi ng wikang Vernacular.
Para sa akin, napakahalaga ng bawat wika dahil kung wala ito o kung hindi natin alam gamitin, tayo ay mahihirapang makipag-usap o makipag-unawaan sa iba’t ibang klase ng tao. Kaya’t ating mahalin ang bawat wika natin lalong lalo na ang sariling wika.
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Manny Pacquiao Statistics Real name Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Nickname(s) PacMan The Destroyer Rated at Super Featherweight Height 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) Nationality Filipino Birth date December 17, 1978 (1978-12-17) (age 29) Birth place Kibawe, Bukidnon[1] (Resides in General Santos City) Stance Southpaw Boxing record Total fights 51 Wins 46 (90%) Wins by KO 35 (76%) Losses 3 Draws 2 No contests 0
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Pezaris said the Filipino culture's emphasis on family and relationships is the main reason why the social networking site is so popular in the Philippines. 
David Hersh, Multiply vice-president for business development, also said the integration of unlimited photosharing in Multiply is very attractive to Filipino Internet users. Most Filipino Multiply users are female, in the 18-25 age bracket, and average about 160 Multiply page views a month. 
Real-world relationships
