Suspending Pinoy Top Blogs

I’m suspending the Pinoy Top Blogs project indefinitely. The total number of blogs (2,283) it currently tracks is already too high that it crashes the server almost everyday. That’s the reason I also stopped approving additional registrations there.

I’m already spending $200PHP 11,737INR 16,950EUR 190CNY 1,456 a month for the dedicated (with almost no income, well if you consider $6PHP 352INR 508EUR 6CNY 44/month from Adsense an income) server. The rig is an AMD Opteron 246 (2×2.0GHz) with 2GB of RAM. An additional 2GB of memory will cost me a $600PHP 35,211INR 50,850EUR 571CNY 4,367 (one-time) and hopefully that would solve the current server crisis. So, unless I could get a sponsor or an advertiser for that site which will cover the amount for the upgrade, I’m shutting it down indefinitely.

If you think you have a spare server that can carry the load (preferrably dual Xeon or Dual Opteron with 4GB of RAM) and would like to help out continue the project, I’ll be glad to offload the site to you. :)

P.S.
And no, I don’t think DH or MT will host this site for spare change.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

56 Comments

jhay says:

18 years ago

Whoah! No wonder the button has not been appearing on my blog for a couple of days now.

On the bright side though, it shows just how the growth of the Philippine blogosphere has been, which is great of course!

I hope the project resumes again, or maybe we could organize a drive, campaign or something to find funds or to find sponsors for the project.

Oh snap! *puts on thinking cap* :)
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the jester-in-exile says:

18 years ago

hm. pity if you do. i hope you do get a sponsor.

(i wonder if the CICT would?)
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JP Loh says:

18 years ago

Hi Yuga,

I think I can help. Please contact me via email. :)
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noemi says:

18 years ago

I also had the same script running in my server and I had to disable the rankings. It’s just way too much load.
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wyzemoro says:

18 years ago

if ganyan lang server ko… i’m willing to share resources. kaso.. indi eh. mahal tlga ang dedicated na dual xeon with 4GB ram.

share naman ng script gamit mo sa PTB… sa wordpress ba yan no? indi naba kayang i optimized ang script?
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j4s0n says:

18 years ago

@wyzemoro: it’s using evoTopSites http://www.evotopsites.com

:( too bad it stopped.
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Mita says:

18 years ago

May I suggest self-sufficiency? Bloggers know very well it’s a great way to promote Pinoy blogging in general, as well as individual blogs so …. why not pay to register your blog and pay an annual subscription fee going forward?
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Leo says:

18 years ago

If we can donate $1 each for all registered blogs that would be $2,283, more than enough to help Abe shoulder the cost for additional server memory. I’ll start with $20.

Master Yuga, please email me your account#.
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Leo says:

18 years ago

..bank account#, i mean.
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Andrew says:

18 years ago

I’m sure you’ll find a sponsor soon Abe. Let’s all help out!
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