Comments on: Why I am not participating in this Seo contest

By: hospitalera

hospitalera — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:06:44 +0000

Oh, the list of participants was clear, at least the ones that reached the top ten positions plus the ones that announced it in their forum. As for ranking without your keywords in your url, have a look at this site itself. It ranks for a lot of keywords that are not in the domain. SY

By: Stanley@Cheap Web Hosting

Stanley@Cheap Web Hosting — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:12:43 +0000

I think it only really makes sense to also release the data about who participated in the contest. Sure, they say keywords in your domain help, but truth is, how many people try to rank a domain and NOT have keywords in them? No one probably. Such a competition could shed better light on subjects like this as it would establish sort of a control set. .-= Stanley@Cheap Web Hosting´s last blog .."Unlimited" Hosting: The Dirty Secret =-.

By: Vi

Vi — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:57:19 +0000

@hospitalera, can you delete above link to my blog, as I changed url of my post and it is bloken now. Thanks

By: hospitalera

hospitalera — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:57:15 +0000

Thank you, Monika! SY

By: hospitalera

hospitalera — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:56:03 +0000

I agree completely with you! SY

By: hospitalera

hospitalera — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:55:05 +0000

Hope you also! SY

By: monika

monika — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:06:08 +0000

You are one of the most logical and nicely explained post blogger on SEO . Most people just iterate what others already know, but this reflects of your experience as an expert. Thanks for the tips.

By: Ned Carey

Ned Carey — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:55:27 +0000

Your earlier posts on the SEO contest made me interested in joining one myself. However I have to agree with you, pushing legitimate sites off the first page of Google for an SEO contest doesn't seem very ethical. .-= Ned Carey´s last blog ..1099s Are Due! Have You Sent Yours Out? =-.

By: Bangaloreloka

Bangaloreloka — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:19 +0000

First I search for seo contest.. did blog search and found PJ forum, then kept reading the thread. Prize was okish but like you said rules were a let down along with deadlines..

Somehow stumbled across your blog and I really like the name hospitalera and your writing

Hope you are having an great year ahead
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By: hospitalera

hospitalera — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:29:30 +0000

Yes, the rules can vary greatly, and some SEO contests can be great fun, others are less. It always pays out to RTFM SY

PS Vesele Vanoce a Hesky Nove Rok!