Suspending Pinoy Top Blogs

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief February 1, 2007 · 1 min read

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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 $200 a month for the dedicated (with almost no income, well if you consider $6/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 $600 (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.

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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 is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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112 Comments

PinoyBlogoSphere.com · 19 years ago

Pwede po bang magpa-activate ng blog :) Baka pwede na pong matanggal yung suspension ng PBS simula pa noong December 2006 :D Yun lang po. Maraming salamat! ;)

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RNHalawi · 19 years ago

thanx!!!! im #42 now!!! good work mod!!

vertito · 19 years ago

i dont get it why my blogsite is still suspended at this timeâ€¦ :(
vertito.blogspot.com

vertito · 19 years ago

i dont get it why my blogsite is still suspended at this time… :(

RNHalawi · 19 years ago

http://teampilipinas.blogspot.com – suspended pa din po blog ko about TEAM PILIPINAS BASKETBALL.. siguro dahil nga sa madaming visits ang nagegenerate ng blog ko… this JULY alone naka 60K visitors na ko… and mid-July pa lang.. anyway I hope na ma unSuspended na po blog ko.. thanx and more power!!!

pyth · 19 years ago

Hoping my site will be activated soon, dont see any reason y it is suspended except not yet have the so called “sharing”..but will do later..thanks and Godbless.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 19 years ago

Hi! It was being used to track the PMT forum. PinoyTopBlogs is for blogs only.

iwuzscammed · 19 years ago

i noticed that http://www.pinoymoneytalk.com is not anymore in the list? was it banned? why?

Rex · 19 years ago

My site http://philmoney.blogspot.com is also suspended after many, many months.. I hope it could be unsuspended soon since I noticed it’s inching its way up the ranks.. :)

The Onlooker · 19 years ago

http://onlooker-josh.blogspot.com is still suspended.

penoi · 19 years ago

ei yuga, suspended pa din since 2006 ang aking http://pinoyjoke.blogspot.com site

marhgil · 19 years ago

hi bossing. pa activate naman po ng macuha.com, suspended pa rin eh. thanks! :D

malvin · 19 years ago

is this a porn site? please sir will you review my site. tnx
http://sexsurvey.blogspot.com/

kimoiX · 19 years ago

waaa. i am still suspended… :(

iApple · 19 years ago

i hope you activate my account.. I have nothing to share as of the moment.

joyjoy · 19 years ago

what should i do for my blog to be activated? it’s been a long long time. shall wait for a miracle? ;)

ograbmi · 19 years ago

hey my blog is suspended. i dont know why and will it still activate? when? pls answer asap!!! tnx

billycoy · 19 years ago

hmm… my blogs are still suspended though

ApplesH · 19 years ago

It’s up na? My site is still suspended. :(

fruityoaty · 19 years ago

So, if it’s back up now… does this mean that SOMEONE will finally unsuspend my blog? I signed up on Sep. 22, 2006… and since then, I’ve been suspended. :(

Am I not Filipino enough for the Philippine blogosphere? If thoust prick me, do I not bleed adobo? (Ya, that sounded a lot funnier in my head. And a few seconds later, it just sounds lame now.) :p

I guess my dual-citizenship and eligibility to vote doesn’t count.

benj · 19 years ago

It’s back up! hurray! Does that mean the problem has been solved? :)

Major Tom · 19 years ago

I believe the Pinoy Top Blog project is too good a thing for the local blogosphere to just let go. I think the best solution would be to relaunch it and each registrant shall pay one-year subscription pay like say 1$ or 2$. I hope it could be paid thru bank transfer coz I don’t have credit cards. So I hope Yuga is willing to relaunch it later on.

Gigi · 19 years ago

Hi Yuga – Luddite that I am, I have no technical solution for you alas. But if you decide to accept donations or registration fees from bloggers, count me in. I’d be more than happy to help out.

Miguel · 19 years ago

Now we know why metrics sites like Performancing have trouble…

rexted · 19 years ago

I think among other who measure the Pinoy Top Blogs.. It is in PTB which is very hard to get on Top that only means Pinoy Top Blogs has a community of Bloggers. So How sad it’s going down… Hello calling advertisers why don’t you share..

SELaplana · 19 years ago

siguro maganda ung suggestion na magbabayad na lang ng registration fee good for one year ang registered members.

$1 is much affordable. Pwede ngang $2 or $3.

Blogathlon · 19 years ago

I love PTB! that’s sad

vonjobi · 19 years ago

sayang naman. if the offers of hosting don’t materialize, maybe you can start with a paypal donation button. that will make it easier for foreign-based pinoy bloggers to make contributions…

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 19 years ago

Hi Wilson,

FYI. The stats shown below reflects the total aggregate hits for the tracker.php which everyone copies & pastes in their blogs. It does not reflect the pageviews of the site itself (which gets just below 1,000 a day). As for bandwidth, it’s just 1GB/day.

Pinoy Top Blogs is mySQL intensive, a number cruncher, so it needs a lot of RAM and CPU power. The CPU usage is dependent on the traffic the blogosphere it is measuring so at times it averages 200% (still ok) and on other times up to 5000%, after which it crashes.

Maybe we can do something that you can benefit from it as well, like advertising in exchange for the add’l 2GB sponsorship.

wilson · 19 years ago

Abe,

What is the current bandwidth utilization of Pinoy top blogs? My concern here is that the bandwidth may be too high.

I can offer to host it and sponsor the 2gb ram as well.

Miguel · 19 years ago

Measuring the Pinoy Blogosphere… an interesting problem!

Just when pinoytopblogs got mentioned in Marie Claire magazine… :(

Thoughts In Binary · 19 years ago

Abe, sent you an email @ your gmail.

JP Loh · 19 years ago

Do you have the load average of the server?

Christian · 19 years ago

that really sucks.i guess lauren will forever #1.

jozzua · 19 years ago

Ack, your site is that Popular Abe! LOL. I heard from a certain somebody that setting up forums (with AdSense) can be quite profitable. Maybe you need to add a forum somewhere for your PInoyTopBlogs site.

Anyway, I hope you don’t mind me posting this story on Noypi.com.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 19 years ago

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. The donations might just work if most of the active users there help out. I’m just concerned that if I continue spending for this project, I’ll end up spending a whole lot more later on once it grows much bigger.

@ TIB: not sure which stats you were referring to (mySQL & CPU load) but here’s a screenshot of the Awstats for December (link). That’s an average 68,700 uniques a day with 225,000 pageviews for total of 7 Million pageviews a month.

Thoughts In Binary · 19 years ago

Will you be able to provide stats (maybe screenshots) for those interested?

Gail · 19 years ago

You know what? I think Leo’s idea might just work. Ever heard of Mugglenet.Com? It’s a Harry Potter fan site. The web site had too much load too, like 2,000++ people online at the same time on the average. The guys who ran it asked for the visitor’s help. Ayun. They’re keeping it afloat without any cost at all from their partâ€”yung mga little donations ang bumuhay.

talksmart · 19 years ago

HI Abe. As I suggested before, and as others are suggesting here, each one may donate an amount to keep the site running. :-)

Jaypee · 19 years ago

Sorry to hear this. I wish I could help. If there will be no sponsor or someone who will offer a server, we can do Leo’s suggestion of contributing $1 and I’m some of us can afford more than that, right?

We all benefit from this project so we might as well help. :)

Andrew · 19 years ago

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

Leo · 19 years ago

..bank account#, i mean.

Leo · 19 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#.

Mita · 19 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?