Looks like romow is making a comeback, it's nail biting time now for some. There may be a shocker by this time tommorrow.
Just checked using this tool on several datacenters: http://www.webrankinfo.com/english/tools/google-data-centers.php 1º Ask Directory 2º Gii.in 3º Romow
That's the same tool I use when checking rankings on the data centers. They should all have the same results in a few hours.
Yahoo Backlinks for top 10 entries: ask-dir.com/detail/link-516.html - 17487 www.gii.in/detail/link-116.html - 35523 www.romow.com/Web-Directories/ - 13438 directories.global-weblinks.com/blogs/detailpage.asp?site=9788 - 7865 www.ewebpages.org/detail/link-2832.html - 24693 www.index-it.net/blogs/blogs41.html - 20598 www.biz-dir.co.uk/Directories/ - 1102 www.linksarena.com/webmasters/ - 388 www.stuffdaily.com/directory/relat/related73_6087.html - 379 I should have put more effort into my link building, I did get off to a late start as my directory was not even up when the contest 1st started, there is a definite pattern there and it is interesting to see, obviously the quality of the links comes into it but a big part of it is about numbers.
link:http://ask-dir.com/detail/link-516.html -site:ask-dir.com Total link count 13,600 for me, any idea why the diference? Probably you are not excluding internal links, "-site:ask-dir.com"
drop from 8th place lol, but if i have found the way to make it display the description and title too early i have made it to the top lol
Lateron today I will give you guys the first 3 pages of Google results as I see them on my end, and then everyone will have a chance to let me know what they believe other sites have done to violate the rules. Crap, this is going to be a day of drama. I will create a thread over here http://www.directorycontest.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/directorycontest-com-directory-20.html? That will be also where the winner is going to be announced once the smoke has cleared. Mike
Thats great - waiting eagerly for results.. F**** - My site was on the 3rd page till tomorrow and since 15 days ( i checked daily)... Damm I see it nowhere today ... Shit, F###
I haven´t even been looking at the results lately, I will just go on at 10 AM and take it from there. heh
Using http://www.webrankinfo.com/english/tools/google-data-centers.php i get on all datacenters: Directory Contest On February 6th 2007, 10 AM P.S.T. we will search Google for directorycontest.com/ and whichever directories are coming up, are going to win the prizes. ... www.directorycontest.com/ - 28k - Cached - Similar pages DirectoryContest.com Ask Directory DirectoryContest.com - Category listings include DirectoryContest.com. ask-dir.com/detail/link-516.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages directorycontest.com - Website Information - Internet Directory A SEO contest which is targetting directory where you need to rank for the keyword directorycontest.com. This DirectoryContest has prizes worth 2100$. www.gii.in/detail/link-116.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages Romow Web Directory - Web Directories The directory contest at directorycontest.com is conceived to identify which directories offer the most benefit and value to their directory listings. ... www.romow.com/Web-Directories/ - 17k - Cached - Similar pages DirectoryContest.com - International Directory Contest | Blogs ... DirectoryContest.com has lanched a cool Directory Contest with the intention of finding the great and strong directories on the internet. directories.global-weblinks.com/blogs/detailpage.asp?site=9788 - 30k - Cached - Similar pages DirectoryContest.com - Listing Details Listing information about the directorycontest.com contest, prizes, rules and how directory owners can participate. www.ewebpages.org/detail/link-2832.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages Web Blogs Directory DirectoryContest.com A blog dedicated to nothing but directory contest. ... Enter your directory at directorycontest.com and win cash prizes. ... www.index-it.net/blogs/blogs41.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages Biz Dir - Directories This is the Biz Dir entry into the directorycontest.com/ contest, on the 6th of February if this page is in the top 3 on Google for the phrase ... www.biz-dir.co.uk/Directories/ - 6k - Cached - Similar pages Links Arena- Webmasters directorycontest.com launched a new type of seo contest to find out the best ... directorycontest.com worth 2100$.Winner will be chosen by searching on ... www.linksarena.com/webmasters/ - 16k - Cached - Similar pages www.stuffdaily.com/directory/relat/related73_6087.html
Hey, Just wanted to say congratulations to ! Ask !, my preliminary results show that his directory has taken the 1st prize, I am glad that a real directory has taken the number one spot rather than one created purely for entering the competition. I know Mike still has to go through and eliminate all of the rule breaking entries, but I am confident that ask-dir.com is a legit entry. Anyway, well done! I finished a shameful 392nd, but this has prompted me to work more on my directories and start building up some better incoming links. So if this contest runs again, I will be back!
PS: Forgot to mention, my blog managed to get up to 58th position, which isn't bad for a brand new site that was only launched Jan 1st.