Benj Arriola

Benj Arriola

Search Engine Optimization Engineer at Business OnLine

Greater San Diego Area

Current
  • SEO Engineer at BusinessOnLine
  • President/CEO at YDS Web Solution, Inc. (Self-employed)
Past
  • Search Engine Optimization Specialist at Interactivate, Inc.
  • Web Production Designer at Geary Interactive
  • Web Production Designer/Developer at Einstein Industries, Inc.
  • Faculty and Head of Sales/Marketing at Informatics Computer Institute - Commonwealth
  • Part-Owner and President at Action Online Co. Ltd.
  • Part-Owner and President at Click Me! Computer Sales and Rental Service
  • College Chemistry Instructor at De La Salle University
  • Part-Time Web Designer at Designet Philippines, Inc.
  • Part-Time Web Designer at Web Philippines, Inc.
  • Chemist / Quality Analyst at SGS Philippines
Education
  • De La Salle University
  • De La Salle University
  • Sacred Heart Academy of Novaliches
Connections
357 connections
Industry
Marketing and Advertising
Websites

Benj Arriola’s Summary

SEO - Since 2004

2008 UK Webmaster World SEOContest2008 - 2nd Place
2007 SEO World Championship - 1st Place
2006 Vogermilten SEO Contest - 1st Place
2006 Ituloy Angsulong SEO Contest - 10th Google
2005 Isulong SEOph SEO Contest - 11th Google

Web Designer/Web Developer - Since 1997

2005, 2002, 2001 Philippine Web Awards - Pre-finals Judge
2000, 1999 Philippine Web Awards - Winner, People's choice award

Tableless CSS designs, W3C compliant, validating website with strong background on PHP/MySQL.

Benj Arriola’s Specialties:

Search Engine Optimization - Organic Search.
Good understanding of all technical matters of web design and development.
Strong Marketing Experience.


Benj Arriola’s Experience

  • SEO Engineer

    BusinessOnLine

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    April 2007Present (1 year 4 months)

    Search Engine Optimization Engineer - New Position.

  • President/CEO

    YDS Web Solution, Inc. (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 2003Present (5 years)

    Micro-business Small-Office Home-Office (SOHO) operations targeting small to medium businesses offering web design and development, web hosting, domain name registration and Internet marketing services. Has clients from several countries but predominantly in the Philippines and United States.

  • Search Engine Optimization Specialist

    Interactivate, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    November 2006April 2007 (6 months)

    Analyzed, implemented and monitored search engine optimization strategies for client websites. Did regular research and development for the further improvement of the ever evolving science of SEO

  • Web Production Designer

    Geary Interactive

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

    March 2006November 2006 (9 months)

    Created SEO-friendly, CSS tableless, W3C Compliant websites.

  • Web Production Designer/Developer

    Einstein Industries, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

    August 2004March 2006 (1 year 8 months)

    Created SEO-friendly, CSS tableless, W3C Compliant websites.

  • Faculty and Head of Sales/Marketing

    Informatics Computer Institute - Commonwealth

    (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

    June 2003March 2004 (10 months)

    As part of the school's faculty, taught several graphic softwares and web related technologies as well as PC networks and troubleshooting.

    As head of sales/marketing, developed marketing strategies and lead sales teams to reach the monthly sales quota on student enrollees in long-term and short-term I.T. courses.

  • Part-Owner and President

    Action Online Co. Ltd.

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1999August 2003 (4 years 8 months)

    Micro-business Small-Office Home-Office (SOHO) operations targeting small to medium businesses offering web design/development and web hosting.

  • Part-Owner and President

    Click Me! Computer Sales and Rental Service

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

    January 1997December 1998 (2 years)

    Assembled and sold clone personal computers. Did repairs and maintenance work and also offer PC rental services along with some desktop publishing, large format sign printing and small web design projects.

  • College Chemistry Instructor

    De La Salle University

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)

    September 1994March 1998 (3 years 7 months)

    Taught basic chemistry subjects, inorganic, organic and analytical chemistry.

  • Part-Time Web Designer

    Designet Philippines, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 1997January 1998 (8 months)

    Did part-time web design services for Design Philippines, Inc.

  • Part-Time Web Designer

    Web Philippines, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 1997December 1997 (1 year)

    Did part-time web design services for Web Philippines, Inc.

  • Chemist / Quality Analyst

    SGS Philippines

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Import and Export industry)

    June 1994August 1994 (3 months)

    Did quality analysis of products imported and exported in the Philippines. Specifically for products that needed chemical analysis.


Benj Arriola’s Education

  • De La Salle University

    Master of Science in Chemistry, Natural Product Chemistry, 19941998

    Activities and Societies:
    Undergraduate Chemistry Department Faculty, Taekwondo Varsity Training Team
  • De La Salle University

    Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Chemistry, 19901993

    Activities and Societies:
    Philippine Association of Chemistry Students, Chemistry Society, Physic Society, Samahan ng Magaaral para sa Pagpapaunlad ng Pisika, Philippine Aeronautical and Sciences Foundation, Philippine Society of Quality Control Youth Council, Taekwondo Varsity Training Team, Aikido, Jeet Kune Do
  • Sacred Heart Academy of Novaliches

    High School Diploma, 19861990


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Benj Arriola’s Interests:

Martial Arts, BMX and Mountain Biking

Benj Arriola’s Groups:

Philippine Web Weavers (www.philweavers.net)
SEO Philippines (www.seophilippines.org / forums.seo.ph)
LinkedSEO, San Diego SEO Meetup, The Learning Annex, Digital Point Forum (http://forums.digitalpoint.com), Philippine Webmasters YahooGroup, SEMCon Philippines, SEOMoz Online Forum, Sphinn Users, SEOChat Forum, PayPerPost Posties, SERoundtable Community, PhilMusic

  •    eOffice member
  •    TechSoup NetSquared member
  •    LinkedSEO member
  •    Content Management Professionals member
  •    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs member
  •    WebAnalysts.Info Web Analytics, E-business Optimization, and Online Marketing Blog Group member
  •    LInked Business Strategists member
  •    Pro Marketers - For Marketing Professionals member
  •    Filipino Professionals member
  •    Advertising Professional member
  •    Business Development member
  •    International Network of Social Entrepreneurs member
  •    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network member
  •    Facebook.com member
  •    SEOecom - Online Business Users member
  •    Marketing Executives Group member
  •    Web Analytics Association member
  •    Strategic Business and Competitive Intelligence Professionals member
  •    SKYPE user member
  •    Virtual Networker Society member
  •    SMO professionals member
  •    Internet Technology Hub member
  •    PhilWeavers member
  •    Project Manager Networking Group member
  •    SMX - Search Marketing Expo member
  •    Gmail Users member
  •    Wikipedia Users Group member
  •    Google Group member
  •    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo member
  •    Market Research member
  •    eMarketing Association Network member
  •    Green Group member
  •    TopLinked.com member
  •    www.InternetMarketingConference.com member
  •    Internet Affiliate Marketers Association (IAMA) member
  •    Orkut Members member
  •    Technology Marketing Community member
  •    Online Advertising Professionals member
  •    Internet Marketing Tricks member
  •    Leading International Open Networkers (LION) member
  •    Digg member
  •    StumbleUpon member
  •    Web Analytics Professional member
  •    I'm Married member
  •    Search Marketing Salon member
  •    Search Engine Land member
  •    Online Lead Generation member
  •    CenterNetworks Business Links member
  •    Startup Specialists Forum member
  •    Online Lead Generation Community member
  •    Online Marketing Network member
  •    PPC Marketing member
  •    .seo member
  •    SEO Secrets member
  •    SEO Expert member
  •    Plurk member

Benj Arriola’s Honors:

October 1999
Philippine Web Awards
People's Choice Award in the Business Category

November 2000
Philippine Web Awards
People's Choice Award in the Games Category

2001, 2002 and 2005
Philippine Web Awards
Chosen Pre-Finals Judge

September 2006
SEOPhilippines' SEO Contest
Isulong SEOph - 11th on Google

December 2006
SEO Contest
Vorgermilten - 1st on Google, 4th on Yahoo

February 2007
SEOPhilippines' SEO Contest
Ituloy AngSulong - 10th on Google

May 2007
GetUpdated's 1st SEO World Championship
GlobalWarming Awareness2007 - 1st Overall Winner
2nd on Google, 4th on Yahoo, 4th on MSN

April 2008
UK Webmaster World's SEO Contest
SEOContest2008 - 2nd on Google in UK


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