SEO Competition Fun And Games

SEO (search engine optimisation) competitions, where the entrants have to get their site to rank for a random keyphrase, are a bit of fun. They also allow people to show off their SEO skills.

Damien Mulley posted earlier today about an SEO competition he’s running, but as he hadn’t mentioned any prizes I thought we should step in.

If you’re expecting to win a Ferrari or anything extravagant I’m sorry, but that’s not going to happen.

The Prize:

What we’ve offered (and Damien accepted) was to give the winner the following:

1 year’s hosting on our Medius plan (choice of Windows or Linux)
1 domain registration period for a choice of com/net/org/info/biz/mobi/ie/eu/co.uk (period as co.uk domains are registered for 2 years not 1 year)

The Rules:

The rules etc., are over on Damien’s blog, so I won’t repeat them here.

Disclosure

I will be “entering” but my entry is not to be taken seriously ie. I have absolutely no interest in winning a hosting plan from my own company, as I already have plenty of hosting to play with. I’m entering “for a laugh”.

About the Author: Michele Neylon

Known for his outspoken opinions on technology and the Internet, Michele Neylon is the award winning author of several blogs and co-host of the Technology.ie podcast. A thought leader in the Internet community, Neylon is active within ICANN and an expert on policy, security, domains, ICANN, Nominet and Internet Governance. You can stalk him on various social media networks including Twitter and Instagram

11 Comments

Eire-WebDesign.ie October 29, 2008 at 09:44

Very nice of you to step in and good luck with the competition as well…
Roger October 29, 2008 at 18:55

Part of me thinks these competitions are daft, but then the other part of me likes a challenge and a bit of craic – so here’s my Geansai Gorm site. Don’t know if I’ll have the time to compete with the pros.
Michele Neylon October 29, 2008 at 19:15

Louie – Thanks, but I misread the rules last night and ended up registering domains that breach the rules!
Michele
Michele Neylon October 29, 2008 at 19:17

Roger
Unless you’re trying to sell SEO services I’d see this kind of competition as being a bit of harmless fun 🙂
Michele
Roger October 29, 2008 at 20:26

Well if my Geansai Gorm website wins I might just start a business…
BTW I only spotted it late this afternoon – and I’m at no. 2. Google works in weird ways. It will take a lot of effort to stay there and I don’t know if I’ll have the time.
(feel free to delete this if you reckon I’m milking the google juice out of this page).
Michele Neylon October 29, 2008 at 23:50

Roger
Our comment policy is quite clear 🙂 I won’t delete comments unless you’re being abusive etc., which you aren’t
Best of luck to you!
Michele – who still hasn’t got around to putting together a site for this yoke
me? October 30, 2008 at 05:11

That’s so nice of you Michele to put up this prizes.
I always dreamed to afford hosting on Blacknight when I grow up ( money wise speaking ) so here’s my chance… 🙂
Thank you !
Eire-WebDesign.ie October 30, 2008 at 09:53

@Michele – What a pity – I nearly made the same mistake myself, then I realize and registered “bluejumper.net”
Geansai Gorm
David Quaid November 10, 2008 at 16:53

We’re in it, just for the free hosting :).
http://www.MSBCentral.com
Ivan | Irish Blogger November 26, 2008 at 18:52

Well done Michelle for the sponsorship! The contest started making sense now! 🙂
Blacknight Blog - Hosting - Domains December 2, 2008 at 11:41

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