I used to work for Yehey! from 2002 up until the the time that it DID make its turn around in terms of revenue, but have since moved on to a similar career in a different company (so what I’m about to say isn’t the official word, so to speak).

Anyway, I agree with a lot of comments here… at the start Yehey! was a confused brand. Search engine? Portal? Online advertising agency? And with web channels and services coming up and down over the course of the years I was working there, I for one struggled to also find that one thing that would break the barrier and bring Yehey out of its rut.

In truth Yehey WAS a search portal. Localized content was its primary selling point at the time, until niche websites and blogs hit the mainstream. When that happened, (and content IS still king)… Yehey sorely lacked the needed ammunition to fight on.

But then came Donald Lim. And with his impressive background in marketing and advertising, and a new gameplan, Yehey! was no longer just a website, but a corporation… true it’s foundation was the website, Yehey.com, but Yehey! Corp is so much more…

Under its wing there is the very successful online marketing solutions team and the extremely creative geniuses behind a long list of local advertising and client websites (hence the millions in revenue). Yehey! Corp also adapted to the now very successful social media marketing platform which I was fortunate to be a part of in its infancy. Included here are your blog events, social media and viral marketing campaigns, and so on. And let’s not forget their already successful payment gateway, Kaban, resurrected from its former, confused self to a more trustworthy and highly reliable service. PinoyHenyo is also one of Yehey! Corp’s greatest achievements as of late, as well as their other projects now making waves in the webosphere, including Stir.ph and other niche websites.

Anyway, bottomline… Yehey.com–the website–is in trouble and has been for years, hence all the negative feedback from most people which is clearly obvious in the comments here.

But Yehey! Corp., which is the entity being discussed here, has been a highly successful player in the local internet scene and digital marketing landscape over the past few years.

I understand where most of you are coming from and yes I too share the same sentiments: Yehey.com needs a major overhaul to stay in the game.

But I repeat and strongly adhere to with much vigor (grabe na sa over ha? strongly na with much vigor…): YEHEY.COM IS NOT YEHEY! CORP… merely a part of the bigger whole.

And quite frankly, with the direction Donald has taken the company, they’re looking very profitable and could be a very delicious treat for potential investors.

I for one would love to buy, even a small piece if possible.

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It’s just too risky for acquisition. Traffic is dropping fast.

It needs a total site overhaul and some major damage control.

Obviously the site needs a new look / new change since there are no signs of growth.

If only the mp3-codes.com team can run Yehey or even Friendster and some investor funding perhaps we can make it a lot bigger than it is today LOL.

Dale of mp3-codes.com
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Hahaha, it was pretty novel when it was new. A pinoy search engine. But now, what is it?

Hahaha promises of revenue are not revenue I’ll be surprised if someone does buy this even for 10,000 pesos. Hahaha. What a joke.

Not sure about the Yehey for sale part, but what I do know are the following:

– Yehey’s sales have tripled over the past couple of years
– A ratio of 1 million plus pesos per employee in revenue is pretty good
– Yehey has a lot of interesting proprietary projects that have a lot of promise, revenue wise
– Yehey has listed by way of introduction already so their shares are actually listed in the PSE.
– The key executive who left started his own media business (non-digital) so he wasn’t exactly laid off. In fact, he left on pretty good terms with the company.

Anyway, maybe you should ask Donald to make an official statement on this.

Thanks and more power!

Nix

Hopefully they can rebound from this mishap..

What Yehey needs right now? A game-changing deal like what Yahoo just entered into with Microsoft…

JoeyBoy and Yuga – sama ako sa investment…lol!

If they’re a search engine, well they can’t compete with Google. If they’re an information portal, well we have Yahoo Philippines, PEP.ph, Inquirer, GMANews, etc. Community? Probably, but I’ve yet to see a die-hard Yehey fan.

The only way I think Yehey can survive is to become the best local internet marketing and advertising platform. Other than that, they’re doomed.

I guess I’m suffering from a major disconnect with users of Yehey, whoever they are. Proof that millions of Filipinos are indeed not just silent but invisible.