how about capping the amount of money spent on the link building.. I guess there is a bit of honesty needed for this but rather than allowing someone with plenty of money to win, cap the amount to allow for clever link building rather than throwing everything at it?
END OF THE WORLD - SEO CONTEST 2012
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Prize: I will remove one of your competitors sites from existence ( low to medium profile only and only 1 week ( effects might last longer ( NO WF USERS will be targeted* period))
If this is not allowed as a prize then I offer a token 250usd BST money ( I will buy your choice BST services for you up to 250usd total) : )
Suggesting "real term" with money making potential
If this is not allowed as a prize then I offer a token 250usd BST money ( I will buy your choice BST services for you up to 250usd total) : )
Suggesting "real term" with money making potential
I wish I could play but if you guys pick a real term that has some value I probably already have the #1 spot so I'd have yet another unfair advantage.
I'm totally in... Voting for a real term to make it more challenging!
I will offer my body as a prize to the winner. (hopefully Ly 2 wins)
I will offer my body as a prize to the winner. (hopefully Ly 2 wins)
Even a bullshit term becomes extremely competitive with everybody here using their best shit to get to the top spot.
Might as well make it something that will produce a little money after it hits #1.
Might as well make it something that will produce a little money after it hits #1.
Here's my pitch for why I think a bullshit term makes more sense for this contest then a real term:
Its a WF SEO contest; if we use a term that is already out there, it dilutes the effect of the actual SEO skillz that members can put to use. Someone like me doesn't have to know anything about how to rank for the term "blue widget", I'll just go out and make an offer to whomever owns a site that already is Top 10 for it, that doesnt demonstrate any SEO skill at all, just the ability to negotiate a domain buy. A bullshit term levels the playing field and puts everybody at the same starting point. Also, there are no "non-competitors" in the mix/SERPS
With a bullshit term, the contest can be shorter, everyone that actually ends up ranking in the SERPs for it is going to be doing so because they are participating in the contest, not because they have owned a somewhat-related domain for years and have a headstart that new contest participants can't match, Age and aged backlinks.
Also, with a bullshit term, we have less geniuses yapping about "no way I'd rank a site for XYZ term for these weak prizes, that is worth $94.38 CPC according to [obscure keyword tool], durr". If you win, its a pure win, you demonstrated that you could beat your WF brothers in a fair fight, winner take all. This is a contest between WFers for some cool prizes and bragging rights, not your actual day job.
There is a reason that all the big SEO contests (Nigritude, elursrebmem n7v, etc) used bullshit terms instead of real one, its the only way to truly compare who is the best when dealing with a limited timeframe and tracking actual results.
Its a WF SEO contest; if we use a term that is already out there, it dilutes the effect of the actual SEO skillz that members can put to use. Someone like me doesn't have to know anything about how to rank for the term "blue widget", I'll just go out and make an offer to whomever owns a site that already is Top 10 for it, that doesnt demonstrate any SEO skill at all, just the ability to negotiate a domain buy. A bullshit term levels the playing field and puts everybody at the same starting point. Also, there are no "non-competitors" in the mix/SERPS
With a bullshit term, the contest can be shorter, everyone that actually ends up ranking in the SERPs for it is going to be doing so because they are participating in the contest, not because they have owned a somewhat-related domain for years and have a headstart that new contest participants can't match, Age and aged backlinks.
Also, with a bullshit term, we have less geniuses yapping about "no way I'd rank a site for XYZ term for these weak prizes, that is worth $94.38 CPC according to [obscure keyword tool], durr". If you win, its a pure win, you demonstrated that you could beat your WF brothers in a fair fight, winner take all. This is a contest between WFers for some cool prizes and bragging rights, not your actual day job.
There is a reason that all the big SEO contests (Nigritude, elursrebmem n7v, etc) used bullshit terms instead of real one, its the only way to truly compare who is the best when dealing with a limited timeframe and tracking actual results.
Interesting if you do this do it for a real term, who gives a shit about a bs term, it's not motivational at all, especially if the prize is shitty.
it would be pretty funny if the wf members owned all google results for mayan 2012 bullshit
lol...we could make up our own conspiracies and sell tshirts that guarantee you a ride on the spaceship on dec 21. "you must be wearing your shirt when the apocalypse happens to board"
it would be an interesting social experiment. (i watched this crazy German movie last night on Netflix, The Wave, check it out. this school teacher turns his students into nazis) maybe we go that route.
lol...we could make up our own conspiracies and sell tshirts that guarantee you a ride on the spaceship on dec 21. "you must be wearing your shirt when the apocalypse happens to board"
it would be an interesting social experiment. (i watched this crazy German movie last night on Netflix, The Wave, check it out. this school teacher turns his students into nazis) maybe we go that route.
I like this idea. We could sell survival kits, freeze dried food, shelters, and like you said - the T shirt.
Do some press releases...get on 60 minutes....this would be fun.
