How I Built a Philippine Tech Blog to 1 Million Monthly Readers (And Then Watched Google Destroy It)
Luis Reginaldo Medilo shares his journey of building Tech Pilipinas, a tech blog in the Philippines that reached over a million monthly readers. After years of hard work and local specificity, the blog thrived until a Google algorithm update drastically reduced its traffic. Despite the setback, Medilo is focused on rebuilding and adapting to the new challenges.
- ▪Tech Pilipinas was started in a bedroom in the Philippines without funding or a team.
- ▪The blog peaked at over a million monthly readers before losing 98% of its search traffic due to a Google update.
- ▪Medilo's focus on local context and specific queries helped the blog gain traction in the early years.
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