`The Four Required Words` SEO Contest

Hi,

I wanted to inform you about this new SEO contest.
Please find the details here:
http://www.milliondollarscreenshot.com/seo-contest/

Best regards, G.

PS: For the moderators, should I post into the Google, MSN and Yahoo sections?

 

Absolutely not! I'm not even sure it belongs here!

 

I think you mean prizes unless we have to pay you $100 to participate. Best of luck although it seems most heavy hitters won't even consider a contest these days until its in the $1000's

 

You're right, I mean prize and I will fix it immediately. The contest is more for the fun than for the money. However, it is the first contest for images, first contest for a quotation and first contest on four search engines. IMHO, results will be very interesting.

 

Does anyone optimize for image search? I don't really see any advantage to ranking highly and I don't know how to optimize for an image search.

 

Yes some do. Many people search some images and then follow the link to see the image in its context. According to some stats I have seen, Google Images brings a similar traffic than Yahoo or MSN (strongly depends on the kind of website, of course).

Something new to learn
The Google Image Search is IMHO the most interesting part of the contest.

 

I realize that, but most people I talk to are annoyed at the traffic from image searches. I know you can escape from the frame and all that, but even with these tricks conversion rates are very poor for these kinds of searches IME.

RFM

 

I don't understand why they would be annoyed. They receive traffic and their full website is displayed. The difference is the visitor arrives first on an internal page but that can be dealed. IMHO, if the CTR is low, it is because there is no SEO. The visitors find an image that doesn't really fit. This is why it is time to use SEO for images too.

BTW, if they are really annoyed, why don't they disallow indexing of their images?

 

Would you mind sharing what kind of conversions you see on your image searches? For me it's below 1%. I allow Google's image bot in because it hasn't been a substantial drain on my bandwidth and 0.x% is still better than nothing.

RFM

 

I wouldn't mind to share but I don't have significative data yet.
The trackers I use don't make the distinction between google web search and google image search.

 

NEWS: I have set a new sub-contest to "elect" the world best SEO forum.
I hope this forum will participate.
Read this page for details.
Let's see what collective SEO can achieve and proove how good SEO'ers at DP are!

 

Hi,
Serious I have created a directory so anyone competing in the contest can submit their sites:
Here is the link: the four required words directory

thanks

 

@ridedesign Thanks, that should be usefull

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So far, this forum ranks quite well.

 

Hi,

Just to let you know that the top lists are now updated every hour.
So you can see how many points your forum has.
If you have any question, don't hesitate to ask here.

Good luck!
Best regards, S.

 

DP is actualy #2, thanks to the unwilling help of another forum

 

Soon entering the last month.
The individual contests are going well, with the leader changing every second day. Some of the famous SEO'ers have joined, even if they have put limited effort.
OTOH, the forum contest is not a success. Could have been a lot of fun but it seems most SEO'ers prefer to compete individually.

 

grrrr!!! Google wouldn't even touch my little page, even though it's a sub-domain on a domain I registered way back in 1997!!!!

 

Aren't subdomains considered as independant by Google?
I heard a new subdomain and a new domain are more or less the same in terms of indexing.

 

Dont' worry Nintendo, I suppose you'll be in the game soon>

just wait until Google lifts your ban on participating in more competitions

 

The main domain has a PR 5!! I made the page about a month ago!!! Lesson learned, don't make a sub-domain. Try a directory next time.