… that was the rather innocent question I asked the SEO Philippines group. I was really just venting out a frustration. It triggered quite a hot discussion from the local bloggers. Apparently, it is a long standing issue. A domain name on dotPH costs US$35 a year.? A domain name in GoDaddy can go as low as US$10. DotPH, for those who don’t know, controls all those websites that end with? com.ph on it.
See what Angelo Racoma and Abe Olandres says about it.

The answer, is really simple. DotPH is a monopoly. Monopolies get to DO this because can.

Markku suggests that we all should do something about it. Harness our SEO skill to help drive DotPH prices down. Make ICANN, the Internet registrar guys, notice what’s happening.

Don’t you just love it when you can make SEO an advocacy?

I’m up to it. Want to target the keywords “Philippine Domain Registration”?
.. that leads to website that says “DotPH is a monopoly. ICANN do something!”

Is there a pun there somewhere?

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