(Mods: Posting here because I think more germane to COOP forum) So I looked at the Yahoo backlinks for this V-E contest entry (which currently ranks #1) and the vast, vast majority appear to be COOP links - not hard to tell if you know what to look for. Based on the almost 1,000 backlinks (over 1,200 in MSN), my guess is a fair amount of weight ... any DP'er want to 'fess up as the person(s) behind the site and how much weight they are putting into it? It's definately an interesting test of COOP "power" to see how much it can influence rankings for what promises to be a fairly competitive keyphrase ... plus v7ndotcomelursrebmem.co.uk is an ideal domain name ... so whoever is doing this is a serious competitor, but is laying low for now since private whois registration and no identifying information on the page. I initially thought it might be Shoemoney since he commented in this thread: "i'm going to lay low then about may 1st ill put 5 million coop weight on it and kill you all!!!!" ... but he later posted "I'm seriously not even planing to reg a domain for this until april... I just have no patience" ... but then again, shoemoney is known as a crafty poker player! ;-) BTW, this same site is running some hilarious Adwords for Google V-E so they got a good sense of humor - one example is "$4000 buys a lot of clicks. Link to me so I don't have to sell my car.
That search has lots of good ads: You Have No Life That's Why You're Here Reading My Blog Will Prove It Save Matt Cutts Matt Cutts needs your help! If I win, I'm donating to Matt.
Yes, I've noticed that site about a bit - someone is certainly getting into it.. I think the ads are a great idea and bloody hilarious ! Cheers, JL