EXPERIENCE & PUBLIC RECORD
A timeline built from evidence.
This timeline documents Anton Sheker’s work in photography, search, digital commerce and publishing. Each entry distinguishes official records and independent reporting from Anton’s own professional history.
The strongest proof points
WIPO
2011 · Sulit.ph
Primary administrative decision. Complaint denied. Later analyzed by GMA, Lexology, Asia IP and Philippine IP lawyers.
TESDA
Photography NC II
Official documentation identifies Anton Sheker as Owner / Photographer of Anton Sheker Photography among validation participants.
Dejan Marketing
2013 · Technical SEO
Anton is credited for proposing the EXIF URL discovery test in a Google crawling experiment.
Internet roots
From BBS communities to web publishing.
Anton’s internet experience predates his documented photography and SEO work. The timeline below combines Anton’s own account with surviving public records that establish the surrounding Philippine internet history and later web footprint.
BBS scene
Anton traces his online beginnings to Philippine bulletin board systems. WIRED! Philippines documents the local BBS culture that existed before mainstream internet access.
Portal Inc.
Anton recalls using Portal Inc. in 1994. A Philippine Internet Review history places Portal Inc. in 1994 as an early commercial online service that preceded mainstream ISPs.
Cybernet Live
Anton recalls participating in and later moderating Cybernet Live chat. The historical account independently describes Cybernet Live as one of the early BBS communities that introduced Filipino users to chat and IRC-style communication.
dotPH partner
The current dotPH partner list names Anton Sheker and links the listing to Sulit.ph, providing a present-day public record of his connection to the Philippine domain ecosystem.
photo.net.ph & Blogalicious
Anton identifies photo.net.ph as his first website and Blogalicious as his first blog, focused on photography and travel. Surviving references show photo.net.ph and Blogalicious URLs in use by the late 2000s, including a Department of Tourism acknowledgement and later third-party citations.
Evidence note: the personal participation details for the BBS era, Portal Inc. usage, Cybernet Live moderation, and “first website / first blog” descriptions are Anton’s own account. The linked sources independently support the historical existence and timing of the services, Anton’s dotPH partner listing, and the public footprint of photo.net.ph / Blogalicious.
2006–2008 · Photography, copyright & EXIF evidence
Philstar listed Anton among Philippine photographers participating in PhotoWorld Manila 2006. A separate photography-learning page cites Anton Sheker’s “Color and Emotion in Photography” tutorial, describes him as a professional photographer in the Philippines, and identifies him with Philippine Online Photo Gallery / photo.net.ph and World Photo Directory. View the independent photography reference →
YugaTech documented Anton’s photographs and copyright concerns in 2007. In 2008, GMA News, YugaTech, ePHOTOzine and Market Manila covered Anton’s copyright case against Manila Bulletin over photographs taken from his personal blog. Contemporary GMA coverage described it as the first Philippine copyright case involving the Internet as the medium and the first reported use of camera EXIF data as evidence in the Philippines. ePHOTOzine also reported Anton’s use of EXIF metadata to establish the image trail. These descriptions are presented as contemporary reporting, not as a later court ruling establishing nationwide precedent.
Philstar →
YugaTech 2007 →
GMA News 2008 →
Market Manila →
2011 · Sulit.ph and online identity
In WIPO Case DPH2011-0003, the complaint seeking transfer of sulit.ph was denied. The panel found that Anton appeared to have rights or legitimate interests in the domain in connection with a bona fide online classified-advertising service.
Later commentary: Lexology / Mirandah Asia · Asia IP · Bengzon & Untalan IP Law. A later WIPO decision in 2015 also cites the 2011 Anton Sheker / Seo.Com.Ph Sulit proceeding in its factual background, providing an additional institutional reference to that earlier case. WIPO 2015 reference →
2012–2017 · Digital commerce & football photography
Digital commerce.
A 2012 report on the Digital Commerce Association of the Philippines listed Anton as President of ClassifiedAds.ph and among DCOM’s directors.
DCOM source →
Sports photography.
Azkals United, Our Awesome Planet / Goal.PH, Dugout Philippines, GMA and GhanaSoccernet provide repeated editorial photo credits tied to Philippine football coverage.
Azkals United →
Dugout →
2013–2019 · Search, digital strategy & social intelligence
Technical SEO
Dejan Marketing credited Anton with the EXIF test idea in a Google URL-discovery experiment.
Listen.PH
Philippine Primer listed Anton as Digital Architect of Listen.PH among Grow Social 2019 speakers and panelists.
2021–2026 · Reputation intelligence, publishing & AI visibility
Public profiles and third-party reports show ongoing work around social listening, competitor research, brand monitoring, topical authority, entity-based content planning and AI visibility. Sources include Awario, FeaturedCustomers, BrandMentions, GoIligan and verified AppSumo practitioner reviews.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY FROM ANTON’S CURRENT CV
Operational SEO, business and leadership experience
2022–present
Country Manager / Global SEO Head — Custom8BPO / RENPHO Group
Current professional profile lists responsibility across international SEO and digital operations supporting markets including the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
2013–2014
SEO Manager — Become.com
Managed a Manila SEO team and worked with global search/product teams. The CV also records recovery of four websites affected by earlier algorithmic penalties.
SEO Manager — Vorian Agency / SearchGroup Australia
Managed a 25-person team supporting 77 Australian retail businesses across SEO, local search, PPC, development and content.
1994–2012
Primafil / Prima Mobel Philippines
Business development, finance, local and international sales, and early digital expansion, including use of search to develop export opportunities.
Leadership & civic experience
The current professional profile also lists Founding Member of the Digital Commerce Association Philippines, National Vice President of JCI Philippines (2002), Area Secretary General (2001), and President of JCI Makati (2000).
These employment, leadership and education entries are drawn from Anton’s current professional CV. Where independent public evidence exists elsewhere on this page, it is linked separately.
SELECTED PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHY
Magazines, news and editorial photo credits
Selected publications and media where current public records specifically credit Anton Sheker’s photography. These are presented as publication credits, not as claims that every outlet was a direct commissioned client. View the full publication and media credits compilation →
Lifestyle by Sony
Magazine / custom publication
Issue 1, Volume 1 is documented with a cover photo by Anton Sheker.
AFC Quarterly
Official AFC magazine
A Global FC profile credits photos to World Sport Group / Global FC / Anton Sheker.
SPOT.ph
Editorial photo feature
SPOT.ph’s David Beckham / Azkals feature explicitly credits “Photos by Anton Sheker.”
GMA News Online
News photography
GMA News Online published football images carrying Anton Sheker photo credits in its Global FC coverage.
FourFourTwo
International football media
FourFourTwo credited Rob Gier photographs courtesy of Anton Sheker at Goal PH.
Our Awesome Planet
Travel / editorial photography
An Iligan feature published Anton’s festival photography with an explicit photo credit.
Also documented: Azkals United published multiple photographs credited to Anton Sheker, while SunStar and AFC records identify Anton as an official photographer for the Philippine national football team.
Evidence standard
Sources are linked beside the claims they support. Employment and leadership entries marked “From Anton’s current CV” are self-reported professional history. Photography credits identify published work; the source determines whether a direct commission or another relationship is established.
HISTORICAL PROJECT · TWITELECT
Mapping conversations from Twitter data
Anton’s Twitelect project used Twitter data to explore who was talking about what. It connects early social listening with his later work in search and reputation intelligence. The original service is no longer active.
Topic mapping
Explore the subjects people were discussing.
Conversation mapping
Organize conversations around shared subjects.
Who is talking about what
Connect participants with the topics they discussed.