Dog Snuggies 2.0 - 2013 WickedFire SEO Contest

[Tro Shi]

Dwight, got an update?

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Dwight, got an update?

I'm out of town. I'll update this thread on Monday evening.

 

[illyas]

SEO ranking and revenue generating is 2 totally different things.

This.

IMO if doing a purely seo contest - you should choose a random keyword that has no results and not be allowed to use it anywhere in the domain or in the domain of any parasites ie. asdsadasgdfdf . That way you can't use aged sites or niche related networks etc and it becomes purely an seo contest with a clean slate.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

This.

IMO if doing a purely seo contest - you should choose a random keyword that has no results and not be allowed to use it anywhere in the domain or in the domain of any parasites ie. asdsadasgdfdf . That way you can't use aged sites or niche related networks etc and it becomes purely an seo contest with a clean slate.

There we go.

Straight up SEO contest, rank for a random keyword and whoever is accumulates the most points (per the 1-10 scoring system we discussed earlier) wins.

I found a keyword that Ilya discussed above.

Does anyone want to offer up any prizes for the winner?

- 30 days
- 1 domain
- No using the keyword in your domain, or any parasites
- Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place
- Whoever has the most points after 30 days wins

Thoughts?

 

[thehobbster]

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place can all have a regular CSS Breeze package for a legit money site.

 

[ANOMOANON]

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place can all have a regular CSS Breeze package for a legit money site.

I will throw in a life time subscription for Guerrillas directory for first place as well.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Let me also add that this is a warm-up for the Revenue Contest that will be next... Hopefully sponsored by Above All Offers and Eli

 

[illyas]

I'll give a prize to whoever is still ranking #1 after 6 months.

 

[jeffrey]

1st prize winner gets to do body shots with me at ASE. Wait, am I giving away prizes correctly?

 

[secretagentdad]

There we go.

Straight up SEO contest, rank for a random keyword and whoever is accumulates the most points (per the 1-10 scoring system we discussed earlier) wins.

I found a keyword that Ilya discussed above.

Does anyone want to offer up any prizes for the winner?

- 30 days
- 1 domain
- No using the keyword in your domain, or any parasites
- Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place
- Whoever has the most points after 30 days wins

Thoughts?

I'm fairly certain that using a keyword of that nature means we're playing with a sub algorithm that respond to things differently then more "normally" targeted keywords. I think picking a lightly targeted keyword with at least a a little bit of search volume would offer a better demonstration of real world conditions.

 

[Rusky]

You guys need to target "shake weight reviews"

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYRRE_D2aFg"]Product Review: Shake Weight - YouTube[/ame]


I like to watch.

 

[illyas]

I'm fairly certain that using a keyword of that nature means we're playing with a sub algorithm that respond to things differently then more "normally" targeted keywords. I think picking a lightly targeted keyword with at least a a little bit of search volume would offer a better demonstration of real world conditions.

That's the point - you may/may not hit certain spam/popularity filters that you wouldn't get with aged keywords. Makes it all the more fun .

 

[emp]

meh, so no REAL keyword (with moneys attached?)

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[dchuk]

Somewhat related sidenote: I talked to Rand for about twenty minutes last Friday at a conference down here and brought up the Dog Snuggie incident to him. He laughed and said to high five whoever was responsible for it. So Grindstone, you get a high five from me on behalf of Rand Fishkin whenever I see you in the future.

 

[illyas]

meh, so no REAL keyword (with moneys attached?)

::emp::

You can use a real keyword and monetize it. I just don't think revenue should be a metric for a "seo" contest.

 

[TSEO$]

Lets get ready to rumble! Sign me up. Time to blast the hell out of something.

 

[avatar33]

Does anyone want to offer up any prizes for the winner?

Charge for entry. Problem solved.

 

[dmnEPC]

Charge for entry. Problem solved.

And then we can keep the corporate prestitutes far far away. Im down for upwards of a cnote

 

[secretagentdad]

I like the idea of charging a 100$ for entry and the domain list.

 

[TSEO$]

Scared money doesn't make no money! I'm in either way.