How to Lose a Seo Contest

10. April 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: SEO Contest · Tags: ,

How to Lose a Seo Contest


Let’s suppose you want to lose a search engine optimization contest such as the retsambew dash klat for charity competition offered by Webmaster-Talk. How would you go about doing it? Rather than offer theories on how to win first place based on personal anecdotes or debates on SEO discussion forums, consider some reliable methods that will ensure you lose the SEO contest you have entered.

Don’t Include Keywords

Assuming the SEO contest is similar to most wherein the entrants try to rise to the top of search engine results pages for an obscure and difficult to pronounce keyword phrase such as retsambew dash klat for charity or isulong seoph or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, you will want to avoid any reference to such keywords in the text, title tags, anchor text, etc. of your competing site. Mentioning these words will put you at a higher risk of not losing.

Don’t Rely on Links

Links from other sites pointing to your contest site may be seen by search engines as a vote for your site. Make sure you avoid such practices at all costs to ensure losing the contest. If you catch a webmaster of another site linking to your site, it may be advisable to send a brief communication asking that the link be promptly removed. If you are faced with a case where someone absolutely must link to your site, insist that it be done without anchor text inlcuding the SEO contest keywords. “Click Here” is a good alternative.

Forget Strategy

To effectively lose a SEO contest, it’s important to avoid any temptation of having a coherent strategy. As the contest moves forward, remember not to observe the activities of your competitors in the search engine results (if you must, look at the losers only and learn what you can from them). Avoid SEO forums, tutorials and blogs belonging to search company engineers. If you feel boxed in by all these rules, just trundle along and do what feels good for your site. Following these guidelines will not guarantee that you finish last, but they should put you in striking distance.



This article is dedicated to all my competitors in the Retsambew Dash Klat for Charity SEO contest by Webmaster-Talk for charity.

http://www.retsambchar.com

Enter the OES Tsetnoc SEO Contest to Be Number One

20. March 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: SEO Contest · Tags: , , ,

Enter the OES Tsetnoc SEO Contest to Be Number One

If you are good at search engine optimizing then this article is just for you. So how would you like to be recognized as the best search engine optimizer on the planet? If this interests you then I suggest you keep on reading. Did you know that on 10th September 2009 a competition was launched to find out who is the best search engine optimizer in the business?

The challenge is an open invitation to all SEO’s from around the globe to take part in the second such tournament known as the “OES TSETNOC” SEO contests. In not too gibberish form “OES TSETNOC” spelled backwards reads SEO Contest. This tournament is being organized by PromoJunkie.com to challenge SEO’s to get themselves ranked among various search engines like Google, Yahoo and other search engines by using the key word OES TSETNOC.

The SEO contest will run through September, October, November and end on 15th December 2009. There will be three prizes at stake for the top three SEO contestants which are as follows:

Position          Prize

1                             00

2                             0

3                             0

As it is open to all SEO’s around the world there has been a limit placed on the number of entries that can take part in the contest. And once that limit has been achieved the organizers will not be in a position to accept any more competitors. In order to take part in the “<a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(‘/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://www.oestsetnocs.com/”>Oes Tsetnoc</a> ” SEO contest, one should fill in the Promo Junkie SEO Contest registration application.

There are certain rules and regulations that have to be followed, so it is advisable to view different websites to be sure of how you can go about in the SEO contest. Below are a few points that are vital in your challenge to the number one spot of ,000;

Entry URL (subject matter) has to be in English only. Domain, sub directory, or sub domain may be utilized. Entry page must present the back link given Contestants are permitted to use white hat SEO tactics, no cloaking, concealed text or any further black hat strategies. Each challenger is permissible only one entry

Oes Tsetnoc is entry of PromoJunkie SEO Contest by Evil Science, The winner of Sulumits Retsambew SEO contest held by Netbuilders Webmasters Forum.

Cuocthiseo – Learn & Earn From This Seo Contest

24. January 2010 · Write a comment · Categories: SEO Contest · Tags: , , , , ,

Cuocthiseo – Learn & Earn From This Seo Contest

Quite busy these days.

But I spend some time playing with first-in-Vietnam SEO Contest for Vietnamese webmaster/emarketers/SEOers to compete with other for ranking no.1 in Google.com with the keyword CuocThiSEO.

The time is going up. And the game will be over next 36 hours. Right now we can see the top 3 candidates.

CuocThiSEO dot com, the winner of February – hmm, this emarketer (I guess) is too clever to grab this domain when the rules are not strict.

CuocThiSEO dot Hostindexvn dot com – this guy (a truly SEOer I beg) has some other good sites to support. This site is linked from CuocThiSEO dot com however. If everything goes on like what I guess, this site will come first! He just changed his site to wordpress within 1 week.

CuocThiSEO hyphen SEO dot CO dot CC, the first month winner – this guy endlessly earns links from social networking sites. He’s wise enough to choose dofollow sites. This Joomla-based site, just like the candidates above, provides good tips a/b SEO (though by just rewriting or modifying some words for better keyword density and cheating Google).

Sphereteam’s Ced and his French SEO mate have their sites on top 15 too. Ced is better with top 10.

Besides, I realize other truly Vietnamese SEO guys such as the owner of Winnerofcuocthiseo dot Blogspot dot com, who possessing other good sites like Vinabet or Vn-SEO (just my guest) and the guy of CuocThiSEO dot US dot TC. These 2 guys specially like web directories.

Well, so what I LEARN from this SEO Contest?

First, Google updates their algorithms all the time.

Second, Sandbox still works and if you don’t have more control on the web server then your site goes lost somewhere elst. Thats the case of the leading site in January hosted by Dreamhosters.

Third, we can cheat Google in a certain period of time, with spamming, copyscaping but in long term, your sites will drop down in Google SERPs.

Next, the key to win any SEO Contest is…patience and cleverness!

Last, SEO Contests like this are in Google consideration (I guess) and the giant would have some policies or penalties later. Simply sites targeting the nonsense keywords bring less value to users.

And huh, what I EARN from this SEO Contest?

Well, to be honest, besides the 5 lessions above, I really earn more than 2.52 US dollars from Adsense (up to now, this may increase next days) with 10 clicks and 1416 impressions.

Actually there’re some other interesting things a/b this SEO Contest. But I like to keep it secret now…

BTW, thanks guys for supporting me with some links for this CuocThiSEO SEO Contest…

VietSEOGuy!

A Vietnamese SEO Guy.