Owner of Global CTO Jon Earnshaw (left) and Special Ops from Yoast Jono Alderson (right) during the SEACON 2020. (Documentation of SEACON 2020) (ANTARA)

Jakarta - The SEOCON Conference 2020 event that presented a plethora of global and local experts of search engine optimization (SEO) was officially held at the Kasablanka Hall, Kasablanka City, Jakarta.

The event, held on February 26-27, is a place to share SEO-related knowledge that can be applied to build and develop a website.

The first day of the event entailed a conference or explanation on SEO, while a workshop was held on the second day.

The experts included Neil Patel (CrazyEgg, UberSuggest, KISSmetrics, Neil Patel Digital), Jon Earnshaw (Owner, Global CTO, and Co-Founder of Pi Datametrics & Intelligent Positioning), and Jono Alderson (Special Ops from Yoast).

"Now, Indonesia will have millions of sites as a result of technological developments that generate millions of traffic. I hope this conference would help in learning everything related to SEO," ToffeeDev Founder Ryan Krsto Muljono stated.

Muljono expounded that the SEACON 2020 is different as compared to the earlier SEOCON event.

"The SEACON 2020 features over 12 free workshops," he revealed.
SEOCON 2020 turned out to be the ideal event to define company policies, particularly in the digital ecosystem, which certainly required planning in accordance with up-to-date market trends and forecasting.

Apart from experienced speakers, attendees at this event also comprised several businesspersons from various business backgrounds.

"This will be a good opportunity to increase your business connection," he pointed out.

The conference also featured JS Carlos, Global SEO of Traveloka, who delivered lessons on how to use SEO followed by Fabian Lim from the Asia Search Engine Academy, and several other practitioners.

Carlos offered several suggestions, one of which pertained to strengthening the SEO signal. He opined that the SEO was the strongest when coalesced with other factors and aids.

Hence, companies need to apply a combination of aspects to ensure that SEO is able to generate high traffic and encourage companies to not depend on Google. (ANTARA)

Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Pradeep Kumar Rawat. (ANTARA)

Jakarta - India is currently in a safe and peaceful condition, Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Pradeep Kumar Rawat has said. "Everything is peaceful. And as it is known, the situation in India is under control. What I will convey to you, is a press release from our home minister for your reference," Rawat said following a meeting with Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD in Jakarta, Friday.

He also asked to not trust the news developing outside because it was being done for certain vested interests.

"And of course, we advise our friends to not believe false news that is being brought out by personal interests to mislead and by those trying to disrupt our country's diversity," he added.

As Indonesia has the spirit of Unity in Diversity, India also believes in the same principles, according to him.

"And there are a lot of personal and group interests that want to destroy it," he said.

Because, if one link is lost, then there is no India, there is no Indonesia, he continued.

"So, my friends, I tell you to be very careful and not believe fake news, thank you," he remarked.

The ambassador and Mahfud discussed bilateral relations between Indonesia and India during the meeting.

"We also discussed the security issues of Indonesia and India," he said.

On social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp in Indonesia, videos of a mosque being set on fire during Delhi's recent violence are going viral. (ANTARA)

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. (ANTARA_

Jakarta - The Indonesian Government dispatched an evacuation team to Yokohama, Japan, to repatriate 68 Indonesians employed as cabin crew members of the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi bore witness to the departure of 23 evacuation team members at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten Province, on Friday.

“The health condition of all of our citizens working as cabin crew at the Diamond Princess has thoroughly been examined. They have tested negative for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Hence, we send an evacuation team to pick them up," she remarked.

The evacuation team members boarded a Garuda Indonesia aircraft scheduled to take off on Friday at 4 p.m. Western Indonesia Time (WIB). It was scheduled to arrive at the Haneda International Airport on Saturday at 1 a.m. local time.

Shortly after their arrival at the Haneda International Airport, they would then pick up the 68 Indonesians to be airlifted. Their aircraft would arrive in Indonesia on March 1 at around 6 p.m. local time.

However, Marsudi steered clear from speaking about the city where the aircraft would land and disembark the evacuees.

The minister confirmed that two Indonesians had opted to stay at the Diamond Princess to continue working as the cruise ship's crew members. Thus, only 68 Indonesians will be airlifted from Japan.

The evacuation team members comprise representatives of related ministries and agencies, including the Indonesian Defence Force and National Police, Social Affairs Ministry, Transportation Ministry, and Legal and Human Rights Ministry.

The Indonesian government continues to claim that Indonesia remains free from confirmed COVID-19 cases.

However, a report released by the United Nations' World Health Organization as of February 25, 2020, noted that globally, there are 81,109 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with the addition of 871 new cases, including 459 new cases in 37 countries outside China and 412 new cases in China.

Among the countries reporting confirmed COVID-19 cases are nations with Muslim-majority populations, including the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Oman, Egypt, and India.

On Feb 2, the Government of Indonesia had airlifted 238 Indonesians from Wuhan, China, which is believed to be the epicenter of this deadly virus since the end of 2019. They were then quarantined for 14 days in Natuna District, Riau Islands Province.

An Indonesian naval ship has also sent 188 Indonesians, the World Dream liner's crew, who were repatriated from the international waters near the Indonesian islands of Bintan on Sunday to a small island of Jakarta's Thousand Islands District for quarantine. (ANTARA)

Jakarta - Secretary General of Rabithah Al Alam Al Islami or Muslim World League (MWL) Syekh Muhamad bin Abdul Karim Al Issa has thrown his weight behind Indonesian Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)'s peace and harmonization mission at local and global levels.

"God willing, Rabithah Al Alam Al Islami will support NU's steps to harmonize the world, not only at a national level but also at an international level," .Syekh Muhammad said while visiting the NU Central Executive Board in Jakarta on Thursday. .

Syekh Muhammad said he was impressed by the development of Islam in Indonesia which is very peaceful because it is able to harmonize between religion and nationalism.

Indonesia is able to set an example for other Muslim countries to keep the balance between religion and nationalism in a harmonious way, he said.

"This is thanks to the foundations of the Indonesian state, the Indonesian government and the Indonesian community that have good conduct and culture particularly thanks to NU which always struggles to disseminate Islam with peace, regards, brotherhood, far from radicalism, extremism, and far from all of these. Let us continue these all," he said.

NU General Chairman KH Said Aqil Siroj warmly welcomed Syekh Muhamad's visit to the NU Central Executive Board.

During the visit, KH Said Aqil Siroj and Syekh Muhamad discussed the latest dynamics of Islam.

"We discussed what is true Islam. Islam is a religion of mercy and peace. It is not a religion which teaches radicalism and hatred," he said.

MWL is an international non-governmental Islamic organization based in Makkah. Its goal is to clarify the true message of Islam. (ANTARA)