PEP.PH all geared up

PEP PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) has formally launched last night together with the 7th anniversary of Yes! Magazine. The showbiz portal looks really promising and has the basic features (forums, gallery, commenting) engaging enough to keep avid fans glued on their monitors. The operator of the site, GMA New Media, is really proud of this site (based on what Ms. Malou Mangahas relayed to me) and though they were not able to snag pep.com.ph (by Philippines Equity Partners Inc.), I’m sure there won’t be any type-in problems there (I see they already got pep.net.ph too).

What is more interesting is that several big time showbiz bloggers have mentioned that PEP could pose as a huge competition in their market. It’s possible PEP could take away their readership in a short time. Talk about pageviews and unique hits huh?

IMO, it could go both ways. With PEP, they (showbiz bloggers) might have competition growing their reader community (thru forums) but they now have a more centralized source for entertainment news.

(To PEP: Nice work on the watermark, huh!? You know you can’t stop people from grabbing your images, but at least they got your brand along with them. ;)

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

15 Comments

jun says:

18 years ago

Non-PEP bloggers can outscoop PEP.

And don’t forget SEO.

There is more than one way to skin a cat…
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Jocie says:

18 years ago

www.pep.ph aims to be a one-stop shop for entertainment. Showbiz bloggers will now have to contend with entertainment journalists who maintain a blog in PEP as well as celebrities who are willing to write for Philippine Entertainment Portal.
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elmer says:

18 years ago

PEP is right on the money!! specially for OFWs who I think want more showbiz than current events or politics news.. i guess inquirer just missed this opportunity.
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Jazzy says:

18 years ago

Including a url of the site in the watermark may help marketing the site.
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Botzok says:

18 years ago

pep comments section contains the gravest slurs you can find in a philippine blog… is the operator (GMA New Media) of the blog vulnerable to libel cases? Just read the comments sectionsâ€¦
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Micaela Rodriguez says:

18 years ago

i love this site!
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rhone says:

18 years ago

hi i’m just new here
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reydel says:

17 years ago

iloveyou,my friends….
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nathan says:

17 years ago

i want to see what more have pep to share to the people regarding showbiz personalities
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hiro says:

17 years ago

about willie of wowowee..and joey of eat bulaga.. what happened?
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Komachi says:

17 years ago

what happened to pep.ph? offline sila since yesterday.
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anthony says:

17 years ago

to end the war between GMA & ABS-CBN? a movie project for the hottest young star of today ”MS. KC CONCEPCION & MR. RICHARD GUTIEREZ asap! STRIKE while the IRON IS HOT!!!! MA2NOG na MA2NOG ang KC- RICHARD.
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anthony says:

17 years ago

sana buhayin uli ang SHARON-GABBY MOVIE kase BUHAY NA BUHAY PA RIN AMG MGA SUPPORTERS NG MGA I2. AT KUNG TAPAT C GABBY SA KANYANG MGA CINASB AY GAWAN NYA NG PARAAN NA KHIT MAN LNG C KC ANG MAGAWAN NYA MUNA NG PARAAN PARA LAGKASAMA CLA SA ISANG PELIKULA.
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Q says:

16 years ago

di naman sexy si marian eh, skinny lang sya and malaki boobs but not sexy. mas sexy pa si angel locsin and, ann curtis and katrina halili. they have boobs, may maliit na bewang, may pwet and they’re not pamabait effect.
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rukaiya says:

14 years ago

http://mmayou.com/?p=64
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