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Author: Stephanie "Honey" Caragos

Team Spirit and Loads of Fun Shared at Syntactics Annual Summer Camp!

April 2009. This year, the team-spirit concept was added to the various events being held by Syntactics. The whole company was divided into 3 teams, each having a distinct color namely red, blue and yellow. Each color had a representative from all the main divisions from the company and these were the administrative, web, software, analysis, OJT and SEO divisions. As a rule, each activity and event will have a corresponding point and at the end of the year, the scores will be tallied and the overall champions will be announced. This new concept made this year’s company summer...

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Google releases new snippet feature

Google just added the search snippet feature to their current search algorithm. When you type in a specific keyword into google, it will give you a list of results or suggested pages. With the snippet, google will further recommend an even more detailed information that relates to your keyword by placing it under the search results main link. This will allow you to click directly to the link where you want to find the information or topic. This makes our search faster and we don’t have to go through a lot of pages and sub-links just to get to the main information we want to read. This also goes to show that content and the right use of anchor texts and hyperlinks is really important. For those who are working on Search Engine Optimization in the Philippines, take time to read and learn this. Visit the official google blog to learn...

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Syntactics and letIThelp Updates:

A lot of activities and events have happened since the start of this year for our dear Syntactics family and I’m so happy to say that everybody’s been having a great learning experience as well as having a lot of fun with their fellow team-mates. Our very first activity was our summer camp that was held last May and it was our second team-building summer camp activity. We stayed overnight at the Mapawa Nature park where everybody had a blast singing, playing games, zip-lining and everybody participated in our team building activities. The second activity was our retreat where this time, everybody were given the chance to recollect and found solace and peace in prayers and silence. After the retreat, it was heartwarming when I heard (as I was in Manila working in our Makati office – so sad that I was not able to join everyone) about how each and everyone said thank you to the people that have touched their lives. Just recently, we had our very first annual sportsfest at Victoria Beach wherein the Red team was announced as the very first overall sportsfest champion for the two organizations. Yesterday, we had a mini-lecture on “good grooming,” as this is part of our series of self-improvement for everybody (not that it’s really needed, but any additional learning is always appreciated). I will be writing more about...

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Incorporating Branding in Web Design

Brand strategy is the how, where, when, what, and to whom you plan on communicating and delivering on your brand messages. With the advent of technology and the ease access of the internet for a lot of consumers, websites are now considered as one of the known distribution channels for a company’s branding strategy. When a business organization decides to have a website developed, much thought in its marketing and its branding approach must be given. The reason for having a website should not be because the company has to ride the technological bandwagon but it should be because the company wants to reach out to their target market more and would want to establish their branding online, one that is consistent with their current marketing strategies. When you decide to have a website developed for your company, always remember that your website becomes your online target market’s first impression of your company, who you are and what you offer. It is important then to find a web developing company then that would understand the importance of branding and would inculcate your marketing strategies to your website and at the same time follow the standards in web development. Sit down with your web consultants and inform them of your approach, your target market, how you want your target market to feel when they see your brand. Bear in mind,...

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We made it for the second year in a row!!

I would like to thank the members of digitalfilipino.com for nominating and voting for our company website www.syntacticsinc.com in the 2008 digitalfilipino web awards! We’re happy to announce that our site has once again bagged the national award under the corporate category for the second consecutive year. This time, Jun, our COO, went to Manila to receive the award. Too bad I wasn’t there to cheer out loud and to listen to his “thank you speech” but I’m sure he prepared one just like what I made last year. wehehehehe. Most importantly, I would like to thank our web...

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