Benj Arriola

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

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Education

• De La Salle University
• De La Salle University
• Sacred Heart Academy of Novaliches

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Recommended

22 people have recommended Benj

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Benj Arriola’s Summary

SEO - Since 2004

SEO Contest Winnings
2009 Sulumits Retsambew SEO Contest by NetBuilders.org - 4th Place
2008 Promote Your Business SEO Contest by Branders.com - 2nd Place
2008 SEOContest2008 by UK Webmaster World - 2nd Place
2007 SEO World Championship by GetUpdated - 1st Place
2006 Vogermilten SEO Contest - 1st Place
2006 Ituloy Angsulong SEO Contest by SEO Philippines - 10th Google
2005 Isulong SEOph SEO Contest by SEO Philippines - 11th Google

SEO Conference Speaker
2009 Search Marketing Expo (SMX) East
2009 SEMCon Philippines
2009 O'Reilly Found (Cancelled Event)
2007 SEMCon Philippines

Web Designer/Web Developer - Since 1997

Web Design/Development Awards and Distinctions
2008 Philippine Blog Awards Judge
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; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)

  Search Engine Optimization Engineer
  Full End-to-End SEO Solutions for Medium to Large Fortune 500 Enterprise Clients

• President/CEO

  YDS Web Solution, Inc. (Self-employed)

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

  August 2003 — Present (6 years 4 months)

  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 2006 — April 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 2006 — November 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 2004 — March 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 2003 — March 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 1999 — August 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 1997 — December 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 1994 — March 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 1997 — January 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 1997 — December 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 1994 — August 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 , 1994 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Undergraduate Chemistry Department Faculty, Taekwondo Varsity Training Team

• De La Salle University

  Bachelor of Science in Chemistry , Chemistry , 1990 — 1993

  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 , 1986 — 1990

Additional Information

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
•    LinkedSEO
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Online Marketing, Web Analytics, and E-commerce Group -- WebAnalysts.Info
•    LInked Business Strategists
•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    Filipino Professionals
•    Advertising Professional
•    Business Development
•    International Network of Social-Eco Entrepreneurs
•    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
•    Online Business Owners
•    Marketing Executives Group
•    Web Analytics Association
•    Strategic Business and Competitive Intelligence Professionals
•    Virtual Networker Society
•    SMO professionals
•    Internet Technology Hub
•    PhilWeavers
•    Project Manager Networking Group
•    SMX - Search Marketing Expo
•    Search Engine Strategies Conference & Expo
•    Market Research
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    The Internet Marketing Conference (IMC) Group
•    Internet Affiliate Marketers Association (IAMA)
•    Technology Marketing Community
•    Online Advertising Professionals
•    Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
•    Web Analytics Professionals (+5000 web analytics members) Join now!
•    SEO Philippines
•    Search Marketing Salon
•    Search Engine Land
•    Online Lead Generation
•    CenterNetworks Business Links
•    San Diego SEO
•    Startup Specialists Forum
•    Online Lead Generation Community
•    Online Marketing Network
•    SEO SEM (Search Engine Optimization & Internet Marketing)
•    PPC Marketing
•    SEO Secrets
•    SEO Expert
•    RP
•    LinkedCSEO
•    PubCon
•    Einstein Industries

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/Live

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

December 2008
Branders.com SEO Contest
Promotional Items Corporate Gifts Srednarb - 2nd Overall Winner
5th on Google, 3rd on Yahoo, 1st on MSN/Live

August 2009
NetBuilders.org SEO Contest
Sulumits Retsambew - 4th Place/Honorable Mention

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