Evoire.com $500 SEO Contest 2010

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    Evoire.com SEO Contest August – October 2010

    At Evoire.com, your experience is of utmost important. We want you to earn money and promote your website here, while meeting new friends and having fun in the process.
    Hereby we would like to invite you, all Evoire.com authors, as well as bloggers, webmasters and search engine optimization specialists to join latest search engine optimization (SEO) contest for the year 2010. Test and hone your SEO skills, learn and improve your SEO techniques while stand a chance to earn the prize. Master your SEO expertise and get extra cash in the process.
    Please note this is unlike any SEO contest you have joined or seen before. It is a totally new concept, so read the rules carefully. It’s going to be both very challenging and exciting at the same time. You’d most likely earn some money and make some friends along the competition.
    Here are the details of Evoire.com Search Engine Optimization contest 2010, please read the rules carefully.
    Starting date:
    Sunday, 1st August 2010
    12:00 noon Singapore Time / GMT+8
    End date:
    Sunday, 31st October 2010
    12:00 noon Singapore Time / GMT+8
    Rules and Mechanics for the Evoire.com SEO Contest 2010 (August – October 2010)

    1. This SEO Contest will revolve around Evoire.com. To join the contest, you need to create an account at Evoire.com. All members of Evoire.com are automatically enrolled. No further registration step is necessary.
    2. Your entry page will be your Evoire profile page http://evoire.com/members/username/ (replace username with your own Evoire.com username). That will be the only format of acceptable entry page.
    3. For the purpose of this competition, any listings other than http://evoire.com/members/username/ in the search engine results will not be counted.
    4. In order to win the contest, your profile page need to place first on Google for a particular search term. The search term for this SEO competition will be announced at the Starting date.
    5. Winner will be determined at the contest End date. In order to win the first prize, your entry must place first in Google (organic rankings) for the search term at the End date
    6. Prizes for 2nd place and 3rd place will be awarded based on entry placing in the corresponding positions in Google at the End date
    7. This is an international search engine optimization competition. Anyone can join as long as it doesn’t break the law in your country.
    8. Each contestant is allowed to register for only one account. If you have more than one account at Evoire.com, all your accounts will be disqualified from competition. This will be determined solely at Evoire.com team discretion.
    9. You are not allowed to use any words from the search term in your username. Exception will be made for accounts registered before the search term is announced.
    10. No pornography, no discrimination and no illegal behavior are permitted.
    11. Participants using black hat techniques such as spamming, hidden text, page cloaking, etc will be disqualified.
    12. We reserve the sole and final words on determining valid entries and winning entries.
    13. We reserve the right to add, amend, or remove any of these rules as we see fit to do so.
    14. The official URL for this SEO Contest is at http://evoire.com/page/seo-contest-2010-august-october-2010/ . If there is any unclear information, refer here.
    15. More details will be announced as we are moving closer to the contest Starting date. Bookmark this page and check back frequently.
    16. Evoire.com Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Content Guidelines applies.
    Evoire.com SEO Contest 2010 Prizes
    The prizes for the SEO competition are as follows:

    • 1st – Prize = US$350 (Rank #1)
    • 2nd – Prize = US$100 (Rank #2)
    • 3rd – Prize = US$50 (Rank #3)
    (More prizes will be added if there are more participants)
    Prizes will be sent via Paypal.
    For Indonesian participants, if you are one of the winners, you will have the option of either Paypal payment or we can sent the prize money via local bank transfer (BCA or Bank Mandiri) at US$1 = Rp 9000.
    We welcome volunteers to provide bank transfer as alternative payment method for these countries: Philippines, Malaysia, India. How it works: If there is any winner from your country, I would provide you with the winner’s banking information so you can help to transfer prize money in local currency to the winner. I will transfer the fund to you via Paypal once the winner confirmed received the money in his/her bank account. Exchange rate to the winner should be based on your country’s leading bank website. Your name will be mentioned on this page with a link to your website/blog. If you are keen, please contact us.
    Search Engine Optimization Tips For Contestants

    • Understand the difference of this contest with other SEO contests. This SEO contest poses a relatively higher difficulty and challenge.
    • Due to the entry page being the profile page, you have less control on the on-page optimization. Be creative.
    • As a profile page, there is also less avenue for you to build your inbound link. Contrast this with a blog post where there is almost limitless number of social bookmarking sites that you can utilize to build link. Again, you need to be creative and think outside the box.
    • Black hat techniques such as spamming, hidden text, page cloaking, etc are strictly not allowed.
    Contest Discussions
    We welcome participants discussions here (via comments below) and our promojunkie thread (registration required).
     
    Gniuz, Jul 29, 2010 IP
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    anupviews Member

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    #2
    Hello there,

    Please tell me in summary what is this about?

    Thanks.
     
    anupviews, Jul 30, 2010 IP
  3. Laceygirl

    Laceygirl Notable Member

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    #3
    And on to the most important question that you need to really answer right here is........"What particular search term must the users page be in 1st rank for?"
     
    Laceygirl, Jul 30, 2010 IP
  4. Gniuz

    Gniuz Peon

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    #4
    This is a SEO contest

    It will be announced tomorrow, which is the starting date of the contest.
     
    Gniuz, Jul 30, 2010 IP
  5. Gniuz

    Gniuz Peon

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    #5
    Hi,

    Search term has been announced. It is "my blogpost".
    Prize has been increased. Total prize is $800.

    * 1st – Prize = US$450 (Rank #1)
    * 2nd – Prize = US$150 (Rank #2)
    * 3rd – Prize = US$100 (Rank #3)
    * 4th – Prize = US$50 (Rank #4)
    * 5th – Prize = US$50 (Rank #5)
     
    Gniuz, Aug 1, 2010 IP
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    digitalduke Notable Member

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    #6
    I am in. One question though, how about putting the search name in the domain? will that be okay? another question, can I explain about the SEO competition in the blog?
    I am planning to use a free blog domain for this?

    Let me know..
    Thanks mate :)
     
    digitalduke, Aug 1, 2010 IP
  7. Gniuz

    Gniuz Peon

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    #7
    Hi,

    Kindly read the rules again. You will be optimizing your profile page at Evoire.com. So, no, domain name must be evoire.com, nothing else.

    Yes, you spread the information. That is much appreciated.

    Thanks
     
    Gniuz, Aug 11, 2010 IP
  8. Lalucochin

    Lalucochin Active Member

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    #8
    I am a participant in evoire.com SEO contest. The contest is nearing its end. I am now on the first page in 7th position. Hope I can finish in top 5. If you would like to support me you can always link to my blog using the following
    . Hope to see your continuous support to my entry.
     
    Lalucochin, Oct 24, 2010 IP