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A recent internal analysis at oDesk yielded some pretty interesting trends within our own network.

We were looking at the total hours worked by all providers and were segmenting the hours by various different criteria. One of the most startling trends we found was the growth in hours worked by providers from the Philippines.

The number of hours worked in Philippines has grown 4x in just 4 months.

Hours Growth in Philippines

The amazing thing to us is the fully viral expansion of work that’s going on in this country. We have not changed anything about our acquisition strategy in the Philippines so this is true word-of-mouth growth. Kudos to the providers that are driving this rapid expansion.

Here’s a few top providers:



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10 Responses to “Explosive growth in the Philippines”

  1. RP Says:
    June 30th, 2008 at 7:32 am

    Wow, this only means that filipinos can compete on top of the world. Good thing Odesk has brought this scene in the country. I came to knew odesk through some blogs i stumbled upon … this would definitely be the trend in the coming months to come. kudos to the creators and pioneers of ODESK….

  2. RP Says:
    June 30th, 2008 at 7:34 am

    Wow, this only means that filipinos can compete on top of the world. Good thing Odesk has brought this ingenuity into the country. I came to knew odesk through some blogs i stumbled upon … this would definitely bring new trends in the world of outsourcing and business in the coming months to come. kudos to the creators and pioneers of ODESK….

  3. Jinky L Says:
    August 14th, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    though i’m here in the US, i’m proud of you fellas…keep up the good work, magagaling talaga tayo….:-)

  4. carlos Says:
    August 30th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    im a filipino based in luxembourg, and im very happy and impressed!
    keep up the good work there!

  5. Jan Q Says:
    September 4th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

    Thanks God!keep up the good work! astig talaga tayo! God bless! i’m from philippines island ;) Mabuhey!

  6. Don F. Says:
    September 18th, 2008 at 9:05 am

    wow, featured ako… wahahaha!

  7. Shine Says:
    September 19th, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    Hey Don…ikaw ba talaga un? eh bakit picture ni KC Montero gamit mo? feeling? heheh..joke!

  8. diTesco Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 5:29 pm

    Mabuhay. I am also a Filipino who just signed up for oDesk. I am proud of you guys. Keep up the good work. Oh, by the way - I live in Portugal

  9. Outsourcing Tips, Best Practices, and News from oDesk » oDesk Achieves 3X Growth in 12 Months Says:
    September 26th, 2008 at 8:06 am

    […] driving the growth?  We think word-of-mouth has a lot to do with it, so a huge "oThank you" to everyone who has helped to spread the […]

  10. Вячеслав Says:
    October 4th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Автору нужно памятник постаить за такое!:)

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