V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

This is a white hat V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO Contest page,
managed by Jim Westergren of SEO Fusion.

(Swedish: För svenskar se min nya sida angående SEO-tjänster på: SEO-konsult.se)

No black hat, no charity card, no link bait - just SEO.

Latest news in the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Contest

  • This contest has now ended on the May 15. I came to the second place - unbelievable, but ok. Here are the results. The winner gives 50% of the prize money to charity so that’s a good thing.

    I was holding the number 1 spot for weeks and weeks but then Alek (WPD) boosted the site of Chris ( V7ndotcomElursrebmem.net ) with PR8 and PR7 links that shot his site to the #1 spot. I was at that time on vacation and when I came back home I was surprized. My counter actions was executed right away after coming home last friday but sadly the SERP update did not reach all the datacenters in time, only to 6 of them. When John Scott checked the standing in Google.com a non-updated DC was served which displayed Chris site as #1.

    15 minutes later he checks again and this time I am #1, see here. Google is serving a datacenter that is most freed up at the moment of search and at that exact moment it happened to be a non-updated one. So this was quite some luck in the end, to say the least.

    Well, life continues!

But what is V7ndotcom Elursrebmem?

V7ndotcom Elursrebmem is a term used for a SEO contest started by John Scott from v7n Networks.

V7ndotcom stands for V7N.com and Elursrebmem is backwards for members rule.

The winner of this contest will be the one that rank as number one on Google when searching for v7ndotcom elursrebmem on May 15, 2006, 12 PM pacific time.

The total prices are over $9,000, hundreds are competing and this is the biggest SEO contest ever!

V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Contest rules clarified

Link back is no longer needed but you have some other choices to make. Read the keyword announcement post for full details.

Strategy for this page to win the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO Contest

  • Take my domain that ranks best with Google (domain age, TrustRank, PageRank) and before the start of contest increase the link popularity gradually by placing permanent links using my link building team. Done
  • Prepare the blog post with a valuable resource of the contest as a link bait and make it all ready so I just have to replace the KWs.Done
  • Right after KW announcement, blog the post and submit to digg.com. Done
  • Put an internal link in the footer so that PR from all posts flows to this page. Done
  • Get enough diggs to get on the front page and ignite the big increase of natural backlinks.
    Failure, non-SEO diggers reported the submission even though I got 56 diggs.
  • Follow up the increase of backlinks by simulating a natural gradual increase using:
    • (This data was deleted, sorry)

V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Contest Timeline

December 20, 2005

December 28, 2005

  • I was searching on Google for a webmaster forums in which I could look to buy a site and somehow or another I stumbled on the SEO contest thread.

    I had had been waiting for such a contest ever since I read about the Nigritude Ultramarine and so I decided to promote it. I made this thread on DP forums, asked dazzlindonna to put it on SEO Scoop and also posted about it on a swedish webmaster forum.

December 29, 2005

  • WebGuerrilla (Greg Boser), got wind of the contest but didn’t like the fact that the contest pages had to link to V7N. The thread from John Scott that announced the contest was vague about this but in fact you were not required to pass pagerank.

    Greg didn’t see that and so he posted on his blog that he was giving the same price money for the winners if you did NOT link to V7N but instead linked to Matt Cutts blog with the non-www version (try to create a canonical url problem - a joke they play on Matt Cutts.)

  • graywolf posts about it at threadwatch

December 30, 2005

  • John Scott locks the SEO Contest thread and starts a new thread in member only private forum section.
  • One of the friend of WebGuerrilla, Oilman, blogs that he will support WebGuerrilla by donating $1000 for his part of the rules.
  • Another friend of WebGuerrilla, Mike Grehan, puts another $1000 for the non-v7n link rules.

January 2, 2006

  • G00gl3r.com decides to donate a 30GB iPod to the winner that follows John Scotts rules.
  • WoW and Skaffe.com Directory pitch in another $1,000 to the 1st place winner of the V7 network competition compliant with the V7 guidelines.

January 3, 2006

  • John makes the rather funny note:

    “And here I was thinking it was going to be a little friendly SEO contest with 10 or 12 people involved.”

January 9th, 2006

January 14th, 2006

  • John Scott now fully clarifies that a link back is now NOT required.
  • Nintendo tries to confuse people that V7N supporters get’s the keywords one day earlier.

January 15th, 2006

  • John Scott starts a thread here to track the contest:
  • WoW Directory will not be sponsoring the SEO Contest due to management changes. It will be instead be sponsored by Skaffe.com Directory and Sporge Directory for the $1,000
  • At exactly 12 PM pacific time, John Scott released the keyword to be v7ndotcom elursrebmem and with an update of all rules. The thread is here.
  • All domain names were taken within seconds. Several people including me registered V7ndotcom-Elursrebmem.com on Godaddy only a few seconds after the KWs came out but got an e-mail back that the domain was already taken and we will get a refund.
  • According to the Google Blog Search there was 99 blogs with the word V7ndotcom Elursrebmem within the first 12 hours.

January 16th, 2006

  • Yahoo! has now indexed 130 pages with V7ndotcom Elursrebmem and is the first search engine to list sites.

January 17th, 2006

January 19th, 2006

  • 246,000 results from Google when searching on v7ndotcom elursrebmem! More than Nigritude Ultramarine - and not even 100 hours into the contest.
  • A black hat SEO team (Taggle Team) from france has entered the scene with about 25 people competing. I have already seen software spam coming from them.
  • New domains are in the top 5. I am 90% sure this is the fresh filter that I have observered before. Usually new domains ranks very well for the first about 2 weeks and then they hit the sandbox ….
  • Wikipedia have written a V7ndotcom Elursrebmem page but they are discussing wether they should delete it or not. As they have a link on it to V7N, it qualifies for the contest and might be a major player …

January 22, 2006

  • In some language specific Google, the results for V7ndotcom Elursrebmem has shown 2,390,000!
  • Google now shows 607,000 results for V7ndotcom Elursrebmem on this DC which I have found is the most up to date DC. This is more results then what showed for Nigritude Ultramarine at the end of that contest which officially means that this contest is already the beiggest contest ever.

January 24, 2006

  • Google Blog Search shows 1,498 results for v7ndotcom elursrebmem. Blog spam? Or is there really so many blog posts already on those two words v7ndotcom elursrebmem?

January 26-29, 2006

  • New $14,000++ SEO Contest by Car Casher just released.

    “… main objective is to find the best SEO expert on the Internet”.

    Ok we know it is a V7ndotcom Elursrebmem copycat and they do it in order to promote their own site, but what the hell - I will join this one as well!

    Most probably they got inspired from Mike as can be seen here.

February 1-4, 2006

  • This page took the number 1 position.
  • Matt Cutts spoke at WebmasterRadio about the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest and that part of the show can be heard on this link.
  • In the 3,28 M update we see V7N.com ranking number 6 for V7ndotcom Elursrebmem however the only place that term is on the page is in the form of a link - nothing else. John Scott has admitted in his forum that it is because of Google Bombing � (as per this post) but his entry will not count in the contest.

February 5-8, 2006

February 8-15, 2006

  • A reported from Wall Street Journal called me up and interviewed me. There will be an article coming soon, more info later.
  • Forum Battle: Taggle Team vs Netsearch - full attack. The conspiracy revealed, placing competitors links in the worst areas they can find - or? Was it a wrong assumption? Lol.

February 15-20, 2006

February 27 - April 5, 2006

  • I had a rest from the contest and was working with clients instead. My rankings also dropped down to 8 or something and I was not updating this site.

April 5-10, 2006

  • I am back in the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Contest!
  • On April third a new SEO Contest started from Webmaster-Talk.com, release thread here.
  • On April first there was a site up in the #5 position that could impossible be, I assume it was a joke by Google. See here for more info on that.

April 10 - May 15, 2006

  • National Swedish Radio session scheduled for monday, 4 minutes on air.
  • New article all about me in Swedish newspaper, here.
  • New article about SEO, the contest and me in Washington Post, here.
  • I am helping my friend Marcus Westberg to arrive to the #2 spot and it is going very well. He has also teamed up with other contestants that are doing 301 redirect to his contest page.

Other sites that follows the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO contest

Tactics used in the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO Contest

  • The first 8 hours we see about 5 digg.com submissions. 10 hours later about 10 more. None made it to the front page - not even mine that had over 50 diggs. Reason? The non-SEO digg users reports all of them.
  • Charity as link bait?
    Yes, that is popular and I have seen 4 of those so far I think. Links will come later on.
  • Sites such as V7ndotcom Elursrebmem.com that was leading the contest for a long time was also using a postal adress on the page to add the trust and even had the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem in it, I quote:

    The Grand V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Hotel
    London
    England
    United Kingdom
    N1 5SJ

Strong players in the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Contest

  • Alek made an contest page on a PR6 domain for charity and is getting friends from DP to team up with him. His site can be seen here. He also submitted to digg and is using various incentives to get people to link to him.
  • Oilman who is one of the top SEOs and sponsors the contest.
  • Michael Gray’s Wolf-Howl website. A top SEO guy, contest page on a strong established domain, charity as link bait and top SEOs such as Randfish is supporting him.
  • Taggle Team. Black hat SEO team from france with many players cooperating and spamming.
  • John Loch with his V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Movers & Shakers, and badges that worked as an excellent related link bait and boosted him in the SERPs.

Useful/interesting V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Contest links

Black hatters in the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest

  • French Taggle SEO Team

V7ndotcom Elursrebmem resources

Link exchanges with other V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest pages

V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest SERPs as of 05-15-2006, 12:15 PM

  1. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem
    This is a white hat V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO Contest page, … V7ndotcom Elursrebmem is a term used for a SEO contest started by John Scott from v7n …
    www.jimwestergren.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/ - 129k - 14 May 2006 - Cached - Similar pages
  2. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem news, reviews comparisons and v7ndotcom …
    Things you should know about v7ndotcom elursrebmem, v7ndotcom have launched an SEO competition based on the keyword v7ndotcom elursrebmem.
    www.v7ndotcomelursrebmem.net/ - 15k - 14 May 2006 - Cached - Similar pages
  3. V7NDOTCOM ELURSREBMEM
    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem for Celiac Charity , V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO Contest.
    www.watching-paint-dry.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/ - 40k - 14 May 2006 - Cached - Similar pages
  4. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem by Marcus Westberg v7ndotcom elursrebmem info
    This V7ndotcom Elursrebmem page is supported by Jim Westergren 2 weeks to go! and still lot of v7ndotcom Elursrebmem Excitment! …
    www.marcuswestberg.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/ - 67k - 14 May 2006 - Cached - Similar pages
  5. Web-Marketing.pl - V7ndotcom Elursrebmem - Nawigator
    The V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO contest, organized by V7N.com. Finish: May 15, 2006.
    www.web-marketing.pl/ - 12k - 14 May 2006 - Cached - Similar pages
  6. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem
    Welcome to The Grand V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Hotel web site, offering appartments in … Ensuring all guests are logged in at both Elursrebmem and V7ndotcom! …
    www.v7ndotcomelursrebmem.com/ - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
  7. v7ndotcom elursrebmem - Link Exchange - Add Url To v7ndotcom …
    MaxLinks - Web directory - v7ndotcom elursrebmem | Seo Friendly Web Directory - quality links on the internet.
    www.maxlinks.org/internet/seo_competitions/v7ndotcom_elursrebmem/ - 33k - Cached - Similar pages
  8. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem - Transformers Robots in Disguise …
    Transformers resource site with downloadable multimedia including video, sounds and images. Chat, info, web links and Transformers - Robots in Disguise!
    www.thetransformers.net/ - 47k - 14 May 2006 - Cached - Similar pages
  9. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem is V7ndotcom Elursrebmem
    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem ► V7ndotcom Elursrebmem by Eclipsis.
    v7ndotcom-elursrebmem.brutalwoods.com/ - 33k - Cached - Similar pages
  10. v7n - The Ultimate Internet Marketing Resource
    John Scott’s Internet Marketing Resource. Learn about branding, marketing and search engine optimization.
    www.v7n.com/ - 23k - Cached - Similar pages

V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Contest statement: We support v7n.com
New site: 50 Text Links
See also: Online poker, Wake on lan (WOL)
Swedish: Fotbolls-VM, casino, 121.nu – transporter, frakt, spedition and Webbdesign.

If you have any news or other useful information about the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest for me to update please comment here, thanks!

I see you in the SERPs!

306 responses » Leave a comment
  1. Sarah said on January 16, 2006 at 5:41 am

    I’ve got a v7ndotcom elursrebmem page - this should be fun!

    You’re welcome to submit to my v7ndotcom elursrebmem contestants directory

    Good Luck

    Sarah

  2. Jim Westergren said on January 16, 2006 at 5:44 am

    Thanks a yeah - this will be fun!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  3. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on January 16, 2006 at 6:26 am

    V7ndotcom-Elursrebmem is your father… This and more on the next Grombles with V7ndotcom-Elursrebmem

  4. richard said on January 16, 2006 at 7:48 am

    I thought this was a very awesome idea but i have a feeling that alot of people will be losing more money then they will make. But I think that everyone will learn alot on how to make a site SEO. though once everyone knows the same tricks we will all have to figure new tricks out.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  5. Paul Middleton said on January 16, 2006 at 12:17 pm

    I’ve never heard of this before it’ll be interesting… even more interesting if the winner reveals their secrets :-)

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  6. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on January 16, 2006 at 2:39 pm

    Hello and good luck from France for the v7ndotcom elursrebmem.

  7. Praveen said on January 16, 2006 at 4:21 pm

    even though i wont be taking part i shall do my bit to spread the word :)

    Good luck to all those taking part

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  8. Greenguy said on January 17, 2006 at 12:21 am

    Thanks fot the link to my v7ndotcom elursrebmem blogspot site Jim. I will be throwing a link (nofollow of course, gotta pass all the love to Alek, no offense meant) back to you here.

  9. Jim Westergren said on January 17, 2006 at 12:42 am

    Richard,

    Yeah, I am also going to loose some money but it’s fun! Also it’s valuable learning.

    Paul,

    Yeah, true. I will post different tactics in this blog post.

    Praveen,

    Thanks a lot - this is going to be huge!

    Greenguy,

    You are welcome. Mine are also nofollow - only for these content pages :) - otherwise not on the rest of the blog.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  10. dave487 said on January 17, 2006 at 1:12 am

    I have a charity entry with a leaderboard script if anyone wants to use it on their site.

    http://www.v7ndotcom-elursrebmem-contest.com

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  11. Nikke said on January 17, 2006 at 1:55 am

    You have to give it to Sarah… She’s been busy spamming every single blog post on the subject. I only wonder how she managed to get in first everywhere?

    Lycka till Jim!

    Nikke
    http://www.lindqvist.com

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  12. V-E for charity said on January 17, 2006 at 7:07 am

    Jim,

    I just bookmarked your site cause you got some good stuff and you are someone to keep an eye on - good luck!

  13. Steven Hargrove v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on January 17, 2006 at 11:10 pm

    No bones about it, here’s my contest link: v7ndotcom elursrebmem

  14. Greenguy said on January 17, 2006 at 11:48 pm

    You have to wonder if Sarah realizes that anyone who is going to perfrom well will have locked down their bog with nofollows. Makes me scritch my head. Oh well it may work you never know! Thats what this is all about.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  15. Corey said on January 18, 2006 at 3:31 am

    good luck with it!
    sounds like a cool contest

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  16. Cheryl said on January 18, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    Hi V7ndotcom Elursrebmem, Best of luck in the contest.
    Cheryl

  17. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on January 18, 2006 at 8:42 pm

    Hello Jim

    How do I exchange links with you, Please give details mailt to catherine.toprankingcompany@gmail.com

    http://www.toprankingcompany.com

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  18. gamehouse said on January 19, 2006 at 4:57 pm

    Best of wishes from me Jim,

    Gamehouse

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  19. Bjorn Solstad aka basicus said on January 20, 2006 at 7:26 pm

    Well. I think your tactic will work Jim. I have also seen the fresh-filter very clearly now, and I suspected it to be there as well, but could not pinpoint it before now. I have blogged about it at http://basicus.com/blog/serp-results-fluctuates-for-competition-pages/

    Have a look, and see if you see it the same way as I have done.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  20. catherine said on January 22, 2006 at 5:02 pm

    Jim,

    I recommend you remove comment on your blog about my site,

    It might be an accident where 3 members are sending request through searching in google results, I personally aplogize for that,

    thank you,
    catherine,

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  21. Jim Westergren said on January 23, 2006 at 10:57 am

    Thank you all for comments.

    And Catherine, I have removed my comment due to your apology.

    Good luck to you all.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  22. Karl said on January 23, 2006 at 12:21 pm

    Looks like a great site and your doing very well mate well done good luck and all the best to you and every one

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  23. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on January 24, 2006 at 3:36 am

    good luck in the

    v7ndotcom elursrebmem

    Pete

  24. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on January 24, 2006 at 3:37 am

    great luck mate

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  25. Darren Jamieson said on January 25, 2006 at 7:32 pm

    Great tactics here, I only hope I can perform as well as this with some catching up to do.

    Good luck!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  26. Marcus "v7ndotcom elursrebmem " Westberg said on February 2, 2006 at 12:46 pm

    Jim! You can win this contest.
    This sure is hard work but what the hey!! u got a good chance I know you can go all the way.
    Allright Mr I see you around! :)

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  27. or hillel said on February 2, 2006 at 12:47 pm

    good luck Jim!
    i want to be the first :0
    http://www.v7ndotcom-elursrebmem.wc4u.net

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

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  29. John Andrews said on February 4, 2006 at 10:06 pm

    Nice work, but you’re now at #3. One has to wonder if Google will “insist” that v7n stay at #1, in order to maintain a public image of “Google is relevant and can’t be scammed”. Anyway, #3 is worthy.

    I decided that I would donate the proceeds to FREE BEER if my page ranks. http://www.v7n.com.dotcom-elursrebmem.us/beer

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  30. Harry said on February 5, 2006 at 8:27 am

    I have taken part in the other contest here my link http://www.carcasherdotcomseocontest.us

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  31. Limk said on February 5, 2006 at 1:53 pm

    I think you are a SEO guru man!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  32. howto said on February 5, 2006 at 8:39 pm

    Hi sit,

    Good job. It seems that blog is very attractive google.
    Nice thing

    http://v7ndotcomelursrebmem.e-howto.com/

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  33. sert said on February 6, 2006 at 11:32 am

    good job so far, but theres still a long way to go though. how come noone else talks about the carcasher one?

  34. v7ndotcom builders said on February 6, 2006 at 6:19 pm

    how can you possibly say “no link bait”

    see your http://www.addurl-free.com site or better yet, navigate deep inside that site.

    sorry but that sites nothing but link farms and rotating footer links with a nice dose of links to this page.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  35. Marcus Westberg said on February 6, 2006 at 11:19 pm

    To: v7ndotcom builders

    I think you are missing out of what a linkbait is here.
    A linkbait is a reason for visitors to link to your site by providing them with a service, charity or any other reason for them to link to your page.

    Here are a few examples of linkbaits in the v7ndotcom elursrebmem contest:

    1: (The scorecard guy) He provides scorecards for contestants,webmasters who link to he´s page will get a very functional scorecard.

    2: (The guy who watches paint dry) In the form of charity

    3: (Me) I have a stupid v7ndotcom elursrebmem cartoon on one of my sites, hopefuly someone like it and will link to it.

  36. sagbee said on February 7, 2006 at 1:49 pm

    I want to link Exchange with your site or may be Good one way link exchange if u are intersted. Plz let me know.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  37. V7ndotcom GapBridge said on February 9, 2006 at 1:14 pm

    not sure Google needs to keep v7n in the number 1 spot to prove relevancy, I believe that as long as the most relevant results are somewhere in the top, the overall results are good.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  38. v7ndotcom elursrebmem peteinoz said on February 9, 2006 at 6:37 pm

    A blog dedicated to the New SEO competition about to take over the internet for the next 3 months.

    These competitions are great to be a part of, they bring lots of previously not known people together,
    many long lasting personal and business relationships are formed in these competitions.

    Its funny, no friends or wifes can understand, when they see you and your friends jumping up and
    down in glee, when your site raises one spot in the competition. They cannot understand, that,
    first thing in the morning upon waking, first thing you do when returning home from dinner, during all television
    commericals, all you ever do is go and check your rankings in the competition.

    And this goes on for 3 months.

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  39. David Ogletree said on February 14, 2006 at 8:01 am

    Submitting this page to http://www.digg.com and getting all your buds to digg it is SPAM in my book and most digg users books. So you can’t say this is a spam free attempt.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  40. Jim Westergren said on February 14, 2006 at 1:54 pm

    Kai,
    not needed to correct that as that URL is never used.

    David Ogletree,
    The digg submission was almost useless as it did not get front page coverage and additionally I told my buds to only digg it if they found it to be cool, I don’t consider that spam.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  41. Emil said on February 15, 2006 at 7:30 am

    Way to go Jim,

    Glad to see my links help ;)

    Good Luck,
    Emil

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  42. Mike said on February 15, 2006 at 8:45 am

    It’s no longer about white hat or black it, rather what shade of grey you are.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  43. Marcus Westberg said on February 15, 2006 at 12:45 pm

    Congrats Jim!
    You are now mentioned in the (WSJ) Wall Street Journal.
    Amazing! Read the article here for those who have not done this yet.

    http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB113995925243274011-lMyQjAxMDE2MzE5NDkxNTQ5Wj.html

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  44. intruth said on February 15, 2006 at 9:50 pm

    I was right about everyone watching you Jim your have gotten so big with all these post. As far as finding your site I believe all I have to do is search googlew using the key phrase for the seo contest.. Was wondering have you kumped in to the carcrasher one?

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  45. Jim Westergren said on February 16, 2006 at 12:20 am

    intruth,

    I didn’t have time for that one yet. I get a lot of clients now so there is no need for that really. I just made a post about it, no idea on how it ranks.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  46. Carlos said on February 16, 2006 at 10:28 pm

    I read the WSJ article and I was wondering why you see buying links as a “grey hat” tactic? It seems more like an intentional scam of the system, i.e. a black hat tactic.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  47. Jim Westergren said on February 17, 2006 at 2:40 am

    Carlos,
    Is it breaking any Google guideline? No. If I want to pay for a few links - and btw I told him “about 100 bucks” not “hundreds of dollars” - as a promotion for my site I have all rights to do that. Out of many hundred links only maybe 6 are paid. All right.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  48. Tagliaerbe said on February 18, 2006 at 4:20 pm

    In this days, in Italy we have a similar “SEO Contest”, called “fattori arcani” :-)
    Good luck to all american SEO for “V7ndotcom Elursrebmem” contest!

  49. 3tailer said on February 21, 2006 at 6:00 am

    hey, it is to bad that I just found out about this competition, I have read up on it and I found the information very useful and interesting. I will be using some of the techniques and keeping my eye out for others. Thanks Jim

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  50. pagerank-prediction.com/v7ndotcom_elursrebmem.html said on February 21, 2006 at 10:51 am

    Jim,

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  51. Bill said on February 22, 2006 at 7:10 am

    Hey Jim, great job. This site got a pr 6 in the update! :). Shows you are really working hard towards this contest.

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  52. Yamin Malik said on February 23, 2006 at 10:10 am

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  53. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on February 23, 2006 at 10:14 am

    This is good idea to promote the site of the contest host as well the contestent, I hope I will be there along you guys..hehehe

  54. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on February 24, 2006 at 12:46 pm

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  55. Jim Westergren said on February 24, 2006 at 1:30 pm

    “I realy appreciate your efforts for v7ndotcom elursrebmem contest”
    Thank you for adding the keywords :)

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  57. Charlotte Search Engine Optimization said on February 25, 2006 at 6:42 am

    Too bad the contest isn’t for Charlotte Search Engine Optimization (Charlotte SEO) or Charlotte Search Engine Marketing (Charlotte SEM) because that link would be a money-maker.

    :)

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  58. john_loch said on March 2, 2006 at 3:22 am

    Jim,

    Good to hear you have too much business, not so good your decision to temporarily abandon the contest. I hope you return in May, a last minute coup would be quite spectacular (and from what I’ve seen so far, quite acheivable).

    Thanks too for your support. It was much appreciated. :)

    Cheers,

    John Loch

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

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  61. intruth said on March 4, 2006 at 11:29 pm

    I’m still pullin for ya Jim, But I guess with all the work coming in your may have not been able to keep up with the seo contest. Your sitll in ninth I’ll move your V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Seo Contest page on my links page to my main page… Good Luck.

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  62. socks said on March 6, 2006 at 9:07 pm

    Yeah, good job Jim.

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  64. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem - Kirk said on March 15, 2006 at 4:07 pm

    I am letting this contest rest due to overload of clients. No active participation will be done by me and this page will no longer be updated.

    Hey Jim hope to see you back before the comp is done we need some white hat to win.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  65. Movie said on March 19, 2006 at 4:45 am

    Been following this v7ndotcom elursrebmem contest after seing it in Nintendo’s sig at Site Point Forums. Great v7ndotcom stuff and good elursrebmem luck to all. Personaly, I am throwing some linkage towards the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem for Celiac Charity site from a few of my sites. Seems i like watching paint dry.

  66. Web Design Genova said on March 20, 2006 at 12:33 pm

    Very nice blog man
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  67. Fattore Arcano Anto said on March 20, 2006 at 12:34 pm

    We also are doing something like that in italy: the mame of the contest is Fattori arcani

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  68. Mong said on March 24, 2006 at 4:16 pm

    Jim why you have enabled auto post moderation :?

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  69. Jim Westergren said on March 24, 2006 at 5:41 pm

    79 comments, OMG.

    Well, frankly I don’t have time to edit them. I have spam karma and all spam get filtered.

    But perhaps I win anyways? :D

    Just want to say something more:

    v7ndotcom elursrebmem is the contest I play, v7ndotcom elursrebmem is fun, v7ndotcom elursrebmem is started from my friend John, v7ndotcom elursrebmem SEO contest is too long.

  70. Marcus Westberg said on March 27, 2006 at 4:04 am

    Uh oh! I better hold on to my hat now. I sense you are adding more link juice to this site.
    So are you back in the game? Or is your recent nr 4 place just a BD glitch…. or something.. ;)
    See ya!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  71. Jim Westergren said on March 27, 2006 at 2:20 pm

    Marcus,

    I whisper the plan to you. Don’t tell anyone …

    We will take the #1, #2 and #3 - thus we take all the prizes.

    Now we have 2,4 and 7 but I have a lot of more link juice to add. It can be done.

    v7ndotcom elursrebmem!

  72. corey said on April 4, 2006 at 2:17 pm

    good job jim!
    thats an achievment in itself!
    hope you can make it back up there tho!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  73. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on April 7, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    Being number 1 so close the end of this thing is mightily impressive. Of course, things are hotting up now and some major movement is happening on Google’s front page. My Transformers website has slipped into the top 10 craftily, maybe I’ll win.

    Who knows?

  74. Marcus "V7ndotcom" Westberg said on April 7, 2006 at 9:30 pm

    I am beginning to believe that our “used to be” fantasy scenario is no longer impossible.
    Top 3 on may-15 might in fact be 3 swedish sites.
    I also want to take the time and wish you good luck for the final month in this contest.

    / Marcus

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  75. Jim Westergren said on April 7, 2006 at 10:41 pm

    Thanks for wishes and thanks Marcus.

    We are kicking ass!

    v7ndotcom elursrebmem!

  76. NetWeb said on April 8, 2006 at 12:16 am

    You can do it!

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  77. Mong said on April 8, 2006 at 9:53 am

    JW congratulations for rank #1.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  78. Jigar Shah said on April 8, 2006 at 12:49 pm

    Hi Jim Congrats for the 1st rank !!

    Good work !

    Watch out for me - Started late but climbing up !

    I am at 180 … lol.
    http://www.v7ndotcomelursrebmemv7ndotcomelursrebmem.com/

  79. Jim Westergren said on April 8, 2006 at 7:17 pm

    Thanks Mong and good luck Jigar!

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  80. Tom said on April 9, 2006 at 3:39 am

    Great page of information about the SEO contest! I am actually going to use a lot of the same strategies in a similar SEO contest at Webmaster-Talk.com for the keywords retsambew dash klat for charity. More information at: http://www.webmaster-talk.com/seo-talk-forum/44465-webmaster-talk-com-seo-contest.html

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  81. Zboruri said on April 9, 2006 at 1:44 pm

    very good blog! congratulation!

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  82. James Jenkins said on April 9, 2006 at 7:14 pm

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  85. Cina said on April 12, 2006 at 7:57 pm

    I cheer for ya. Hope you can win.

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  86. Cina said on April 13, 2006 at 12:47 am

    OMG, I realize only now that you’re already the winner! So sorry, but my english is so bad!

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  87. v7ndotcom elursrebmem Super SEO said on April 14, 2006 at 6:43 pm

    I am going to win with 1 month old site
    Don’t waste your time on this contest

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  88. v7ndotcom elursrebmem store said on April 15, 2006 at 3:24 am

    Good luck!

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  89. Uncover China said on April 15, 2006 at 11:58 am

    I think Jim will win it, was no 1 on a search on Google. Agree the “charity” theme shouldn’t play a part - just SEO skills only.

    When does this contest finish?

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  90. v7ndotcom-elursrebmem Just Started said on April 15, 2006 at 4:39 pm

    Good Luck

  91. Jim Westergren said on April 16, 2006 at 4:10 am

    The contest will end on May 15, and I will win. :)

    v7ndotcom elursrebmem!

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  93. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on April 16, 2006 at 10:34 pm

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  94. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem said on April 17, 2006 at 4:22 pm

    Looking forward to the 15th of may Jim, Good Luck.

    I like to invite people to contribute to my blog too, may be it will help me to get in to the top 100 — LOL !!

    But please contribute to my blog.

    Thanks.
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  95. Joker said on April 20, 2006 at 11:36 am

    Italy similar Contest. Very good luck for “V7ndotcom Elursrebmem” contest!

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  96. Joker said on April 20, 2006 at 4:05 pm

    Good luck to all SEO’s as me :-)

    HTH

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  97. Elenco Hotl said on April 20, 2006 at 4:08 pm

    Good ranking ;)

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  98. La Famiglia said on April 20, 2006 at 4:10 pm

    Good luck!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  99. Mong said on April 21, 2006 at 6:46 am

    Why you put keywords instead of your “names” :?
    Do you know what is “nofollow” :?
    Why you don’t feel shame :D

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  100. Delicious said on April 21, 2006 at 9:12 pm

    Cool :-) I guess you can win!

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  101. agaton said on April 22, 2006 at 12:30 am

    Trevligt med en svensk i topp! Det verkar ju som du kommer vinna :)!

    Lagt upp ett par sidor för att testa hur högt man kan komma på mindre än en månad. Jaja…

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  102. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Mad Kad said on April 23, 2006 at 11:50 am

    LOL are you still #1 V7ndotcom Elursrebmem I thought yuou might have gone by now but I was wrong well done, its getting close now and people are pulling the strings :D

    anyway good luck, and here I come ;)

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  103. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on April 23, 2006 at 2:28 pm

    You are doing quite well considering that your domain does not contain the keywords. All the other top contenders have them in their domain name. How do you do it?

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  104. Jim said on April 23, 2006 at 2:31 pm

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  106. intelsoft said on April 24, 2006 at 8:40 am

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  107. Dragomir said on April 26, 2006 at 2:39 am

    congrats!

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  108. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem said on April 28, 2006 at 12:38 am

    really good job.
    But I like the second one most (the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem Hotels, which still ranks #2 on google)

    Btw. you are still #1 on google.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  109. V7ndotcom Elursrebmem said on April 28, 2006 at 12:44 am

    and I’m delicious’in it :D

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  110. Patrick said on April 28, 2006 at 1:19 am

    Nicely done, certainly many people will analyze this page to death.

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  111. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on April 28, 2006 at 8:50 am

    Go White Hats!!
    I wonder if the Black Hats have anything up their sleeve??

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  112. eric reyes said on April 29, 2006 at 4:29 am

    goodluck to this page

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  113. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on April 30, 2006 at 1:23 am

    goodluck to all of us

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  114. Marcus said on April 30, 2006 at 11:03 pm

    Jim!
    I have a really good feeling about this! Your the Man! Keep up the good work ;) These 2 last weeks will be exciting!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  115. v7ndotcom elursrebmem fun said on May 2, 2006 at 10:49 am

    Cool Jim,
    all our endorsements to you.
    interactivity and psycometric is power.
    V7ndotcom elursrebmemLY Yours

    KAI

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  116. intelsoft said on May 2, 2006 at 11:06 am

    Nice approach we are appreciating and want to link this with our offshore outsourcing site : http://www.intelsoftsolutions.com

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  117. Ugana Silverhand said on May 2, 2006 at 3:07 pm

    Is placing the contest term in all of these comments artificially boosting rank?

    Otherwise, I am interested to see where this will go.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  118. carcasherdotcom seocontest said on May 2, 2006 at 10:54 pm

    Very good page! Excelent Idea!

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  119. [POTULICE] - carcasherdotcom seocontest said on May 3, 2006 at 1:50 am

    We will be better… :)

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  120. martin said on May 4, 2006 at 11:15 am

    Får jag köpa aktier i ditt företag?

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  121. Jim Westergren said on May 4, 2006 at 11:29 am

    @Marcus - Yeah!
    @Kai - Thanks a lot.
    @intelsoft - Sorry no spam.
    @Ugana Silverhand - Definitely. Will be #1.
    @Potulice - Dream on …
    @martin - Har inte startat aktiebolag ännu så det är inte möjligt.

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  122. THE OC said on May 4, 2006 at 5:34 pm

    really awsome

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  123. Manuel said on May 5, 2006 at 2:17 am

    Keep up with the good job!

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  124. Consumer Reports said on May 5, 2006 at 2:19 am

    We are with you! consumer reports team

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  126. Phil said on May 5, 2006 at 2:43 pm

    Great job, Jim. You’re #1. I am impressed! Keep up the good work.

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  127. Tim said on May 5, 2006 at 3:56 pm

    SPAMMING! Not a genuine representation of an optimized page.

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  128. Backlinks said on May 5, 2006 at 4:37 pm

    This just goes to show that Meta Keywords tags are dead

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  129. Xenoar said on May 5, 2006 at 11:49 pm

    Bin mal gespannt wie das projekt weiter geht, alles Gute!!!

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  130. Rainer said on May 6, 2006 at 12:04 am

    congrats!

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    you’re winning.

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  132. scandal pinoy said on May 6, 2006 at 3:41 am

    best of luck.

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  133. blog for charity said on May 6, 2006 at 6:46 am

    spend the prize money well.

  134. elursrebmem said on May 6, 2006 at 10:42 pm

    Lycka till nu i slutet Jim! Marcus såg jag hade tyvärr åkt ned till 5:e plats, men hoppas på dig!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  135. it pimpin said on May 7, 2006 at 1:14 am

    hey this is great jim! this your site is awesome and congratulations for the ingenious way for getting to number 1. well my site http://www.1stmanutd.com (not even rated on any engine) is going to get alot of traffic from this your page. thanks. peace 4rom the uk V7ndotcom Elursrebmem . thanks and win the contest 2.

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  136. goetheshop said on May 7, 2006 at 3:04 am

    Wishing the Best!! Cheers and good Luck

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  137. luxurious said on May 7, 2006 at 4:04 am

    Very well done. Good Luck!!!

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  138. GP said on May 7, 2006 at 10:28 pm

    Hejja Jim! En säker vinnare :)

    Sweden Rules!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  139. Tårtdekorationer said on May 7, 2006 at 11:36 pm

    En dryg vecka kvar - nu är det 2 svenskar i topp! Så spännande att jag får ge mig själv 7 dagars surfförbud…

    Lycka till, Jim!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  140. G.K. said on May 7, 2006 at 11:40 pm

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem > 4 million Results today google.com !!!

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  141. Marie said on May 10, 2006 at 8:25 am

    I’m the proudest mamma on earth!! Honesty and hard work always gives rewards. You are my hero! GOOD LUCK DARLING!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  142. buzaza said on May 11, 2006 at 3:18 am

    Way to go! Hope you can share your tactics with us after you win this contest.

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  143. Card Guide said on May 11, 2006 at 2:43 pm

    Hi Jim,

    Thanks for the analysis, some great bits of information in there.

    Oh, and good luck!

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  144. KRYM - wakacje na Krymie, wakacje 2006 said on May 11, 2006 at 3:18 pm

    Good Luck

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  145. Transformers Toys said on May 11, 2006 at 6:45 pm

    Not long left in the competition, its been interesting to see the results changing over the last few months, and that is from someone who’s not taking part. Best of luck to all who are though

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  146. Lucky Draw Transformers said on May 11, 2006 at 6:46 pm

    Best of luck Jim. I actually find this page pretty interesting from a SEO point of view.

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  147. KRYM said on May 11, 2006 at 8:06 pm

    I wish you luck

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  148. v7ndotcom elursrebmem said on May 12, 2006 at 2:04 am

    Do I notice a slip down to #3 ? I can’t believe it. I’m sure you’ll be back on top soon.

    http://www.jimgerke.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/

    V7ndotcom Elursrebmem

  149. brad turvy said on May 12, 2006 at 9:44 am

    uh oh looks like you’re slipping

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  151. KRYM - wczasy said on May 13, 2006 at 11:33 pm

    one day to win

  152. bam romana said on May 14, 2006 at 7:08 am

    too bad you slipped to number 3 the last minute

  153. wakacje 2006 - wczasy, Krym said on May 14, 2006 at 11:16 am

    Nothing to lose

  154. kim quilingingging said on May 14, 2006 at 3:55 pm

    3rd place isn’t so bad.

  155. WALLY said on May 14, 2006 at 11:41 pm

    Hey Jim, you are on the second place now!! Good Luck!!!!!!

  156. Germangirl said on May 14, 2006 at 11:45 pm

    Tommorrow I hope you will win! :)
    Best Luck!

  157. middegirl said on May 15, 2006 at 10:15 am

    good luck!!! du äger dom hårt. kör på :) kram

  158. Sander said on May 15, 2006 at 6:48 pm

    With only a few hours left, I checked this website. http://www.seo-contests.com/cgi-local/google.cgi?search=v7ndotcom+elursrebmem and counted the nr of times of this page on the #1 spot of the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest .. Maby a bit soon, but it’s look good for you jim. Congrats.

  159. KRYM said on May 15, 2006 at 8:39 pm

    congratulation

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  161. Marcus said on May 15, 2006 at 11:47 pm

    Congratulations Jim for placing at rank 2! Good Job! You almost had the nr1 spot!

  162. Photoshopper said on May 16, 2006 at 1:02 am

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
    …very good!

  163. Berliner said on May 16, 2006 at 1:04 am

    Super!
    Sehr gut gemacht. Congratulation!

  164. Dan said on May 16, 2006 at 2:41 am

    Congratulations on the placing Jim. Fate is a cruel mistress and I believe you deserved that #1, but as you said life goes on.

    Thoroughly deserved #2 you should still be proud of that.

  165. luxurious said on May 16, 2006 at 6:57 am

    congratulations! you did a very good job!

  166. Market Timing said on May 16, 2006 at 10:49 am

    Very Well Done! I was suprised by the last minute bump down to #2. Thought you had it in the bag. And thanks to this contest, I am learning a bit more about SEO for my sites, and been seing results with better rankings. Mainly in Yahoo, but improvements in Google as well.

    Cool.

  167. KRYM said on May 16, 2006 at 11:29 am

    good work

  168. Steen Herlevsen said on May 16, 2006 at 2:32 pm

    Congratulations, well done!
    As an individual you were the winner! It was not a group competition or was it?
    Thank you for all the good know-how and tricks you learned me!

  169. Ianagui said on May 17, 2006 at 3:08 pm

    Nice work… ^^

  170. Retsambew dash klat for Charity said on May 19, 2006 at 1:55 pm

    Congrats Jim..

    Dont loose heart with it… you are still better than lot of people out there ;)

  171. lost season 3 said on May 20, 2006 at 12:21 am

    Ja …also by me!

  172. ekim said on May 20, 2006 at 1:46 pm
  173. Consolidate Student Loans said on May 22, 2006 at 5:12 pm

    I just found out about the competition… and what do you know… It’s all over… Anyone know when’s the next one going to happen? Maybe mix up the theme for the next one?

  174. Krym said on May 22, 2006 at 5:21 pm

    i have one qestion:
    what do you think about time spending on the site
    how much does it have influence for posistion ?

  175. Jim Westergren said on May 23, 2006 at 12:14 am

    @Consolidate Student Loans,

    There are already other ones ongoing:
    http://www.jimwestergren.com/category/online-marketing/seo/seo-contest/

    @Krym,
    I got some nice natural links because I had nice content on the page. Other than that, it is not really that important in these contents. If you have the KW in the domain you have a great advantage.

  176. SEO Expert said on May 23, 2006 at 3:32 pm

    Definitely looking forward to the next competition. This has been a very valuable learning experience.

  177. it pimpin said on May 24, 2006 at 7:14 am

    Well it was with mixed feeling that i saw u did not get the first position, but like u said life goes on. I have learnt quite a lot and you are definetly the master of SEO. Any way there is a new virus spreading faster than bird flu. Please let the visitors of your page find the Facts and Figures at http://www.1stmanutd.com. !!!!

  178. Ginny-GPDC said on May 25, 2006 at 12:15 pm

    Hi, Welldone….I am amazed how you did it, I am newcomer, learning this art and feel what you did was really great….luck in the end..as the datacenter did not update in time…Please email me the golden rules to get ones site on top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and ALL THE VERY BEST for the next contest! Many thanks!

  179. Shoemoney said on May 30, 2006 at 10:43 am

    Good job, im suprised yuo ranked so highly.

  180. isulong seoph said on June 1, 2006 at 8:15 pm

    hi guys, another seo contest have just been launched, just for Filipinos though, i’m trying to participate… i wonder if this little post of mine will help my entry. anyhow thanks for the great site Jim!

  181. Jim Westergren said on June 1, 2006 at 9:56 pm

    Good luck isulong seoph,

    “i wonder if this little post of mine will help my entry.”

    Don’t think so as it is rel=”nofollow” on the link.

  182. isulong seoph said on June 1, 2006 at 10:02 pm

    ic, hehe anyway, thanks :)

  183. isulong seoph said on June 7, 2006 at 11:40 am

    how about this one, http://www.isulongseophil.com ? just plain text. or this: isulong seoph does that bypass the rel=”nofollow tag”? hehehe…

    anyways, this is a great site!

    How about we start another contest? it will be a ranking contest for the keyword “jimwestergren is the real winner to the v7ndotcom elursrebmem contest”. :)

  184. Mike said on June 7, 2006 at 3:06 pm

    that’s a good post, contains all the history of the contest, which i missed actually :o

  185. Jim Westergren said on June 7, 2006 at 3:46 pm

    how about this one, http://www.isulongseophil.com ? just plain text. or this: isulong seoph does that bypass the rel=”nofollow tag”? hehehe…

    Sorry. Yahoo shows the nofollow links in their backlink query but I very much doubt that they count.

    anyways, this is a great site!

    Thanks.

    How about we start another contest? it will be a ranking contest for the keyword “jimwestergren is the real winner to the v7ndotcom elursrebmem contest”

    I might start a SEO contest some day but it will be special in that case.

    that’s a good post, contains all the history of the contest, which i missed actually

    Thanks.

  186. isulong seoph said on June 7, 2006 at 5:10 pm

    okay, i think i understand now, by commenting on this thread even though it has a PR of 6, the link to the site doesn’t count at all since wordpress automatically add rel=’nofollow’” to any hyperlink it sees. doesn’t benefit the site linked from PR’s though might get some traffic. though it doesn’t affect ranking. that’s a cool idea. thanks a lot jim. btw, i was reading most of your articles they are great.

  187. jozzua said on June 8, 2006 at 4:40 am

    Hi Jim. It appears that the ‘nofollow’ attribute doesn’t really work. Although you use it here, somehow Google still identifies it as a link. May not be a vote, but probably still has some value. My own Isulong-seoph.net entry used it before. I’m unsure whether it does work.

    RIght now, it appears that the comment spammers are getting top spots for the ISulong SEOPH contest. Gio here has been posting a lot of one-liners on blogs. He’s being recognized by Google and is currently on first page.

  188. gio said on June 8, 2006 at 10:45 am

    “comment spammers”? hey, be careful with your words there buddy.. I dont think comments has anything to do with my site being on top.

    Do you think the rel=”nofollow” doesnt work? Well i think it really does works. Google, Yahoo, MSN, they all agreed on this rel=”nofollow” tag. Thats why site owners, especially bloggers dont need to worry about comment spamming anymore. atleast generally speaking.

    I apologize if i may have appeared to you that way. Commenting is just my way of saying “ive been here” with the understanding that it has no value for me as far as my site is concernd. :)

  189. dhundee said on June 8, 2006 at 11:07 am

    jozzua, the rel=nofollow actually is in effect, and the link to your site doesn’t really count if the attribute exists, although one thing that counts is you might get some traffic, but with regards to ranking i doubt.

  190. jozzua said on June 8, 2006 at 11:27 am

    hey gio,
    My Apologies. No offense intended.

    dhundee,
    Hm.. ok. If you guys says so.

  191. gio said on June 8, 2006 at 11:41 am

    jozzua>>

    no problem.
    good luck to all of us!

    Hakuna Matata! :)

  192. Jim Westergren said on June 8, 2006 at 1:53 pm

    Hi guys and gals!

    You are very welcome to comment!

    I wish you all good luck in the ISulong SEOPH contest !! Perhaps my