Who is webplumbr?
Webplumbr is a Zend Certified Professional [ClientCandidateID: ZEND001260] with expertise on PHP, MySQL, Apache and Shell Scripts. In short these technologies are dubbed together as LAMP.
What is Zend Certification?
Zend is like _the_ holy grail of PHP promotion and development. Although it will be ridiculous to say that Zend is the _only_ Company behind PHP, since PHP has largely been a community effort. [History]
What do I offer in a market flooded with PHP programmers?
Consider this way; PHP is a tool that requires skillful utilization. Any tool is designed for an intended purpose and it can also address out-of-box requirements based on the creativity of the implementor. If you are looking for reliable Freelance Professional that can work independently and/or co-ordinate with a remote team, then you are in the right place. Webplumbr is a maintainable code writer that understands business requirements.
Do I have experience in large scale web application development?
Sure I do. I've worked as a Contract Consultant for Yahoo! in one of their major social networking project. Apart from that I have had the opportunity to work alongside PHP core library contributors.
Have I done anything with regards to search engine based optimization and/or faster data retrieval?
Yes. I have experience on search engine based optimization. For a starter, I would recommend you to analyze how the open-source blogging application (Wordpress) works. For a little more info, refer to the help pages of google bot or yahoo search bot. There are some useful hints. Apart from that it requires experience and skill to optimize the markup in a way it is deemed important to the search engine bot.
Improving data retrieval (application search) is a totally different deal. Yes, there are fantastic open source search engines written in pure C. They provide APIs that can help us integrate with Business needs. Professionally, I have tested open source alternatives on million records table with sizeable number of columns and text fields and the response time has been fantastic!
Do I offer design and testing services as well?
I'm trained to be an Engineer. Engineering mind is different from a Graphic Artist's mind. I can certainly extend my support to other areas but it takes a committed QA tester and a Designer to offer the much needed support for a Software Engineer. This is the case - if you are serious in building an application that faces General Audience.
Do I offer any other service apart from LAMP based development?
Yes. I have an inclination for teaching and would like to offer training programs based on LAMP structure or general Web development.
How to contact me?
I can be reached by e-mail at webplumbr [at] gmail [dot] com. My Skype ID is pra_sub.