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. 
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Non-PEP bloggers can outscoop PEP.
And don’t forget SEO.
There is more than one way to skin a cat…
http://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.
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.
Including a url of the site in the watermark may help marketing the site.
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 sections…
i love this site!
hi i’m just new here
iloveyou,my friends….
i want to see what more have pep to share to the people regarding showbiz personalities
about willie of wowowee..and joey of eat bulaga.. what happened?
what happened to pep.ph? offline sila since yesterday.
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.
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.
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.