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How To Get Googled, By Hook Or By Crook

Posted by timothy on from the googleburg-uncertainty-principle dept.

Mr. Christmas Lights writes "There is a Search Engine Optimization contest that just started up. For those that don't know about SEO, it's basically the process of optimizing a web page and links to insure a high ranking on search engine, with Google being the main search engine of interest. There are countless debates on the best approach. Note that there are 'white hat' and definitely 'black hat' methods (using the later can get you banned by Google - a risk some people seem willing to take! ;-)" Read more on this contest below.

Mr. Christmas Lights continues: "So some folks in the SEO community decided to have a 2 month contest where they made up a nonsense keyword phrase (nigritude ultramarine), and they will award a iPod and a 17" LCD (big spenders, eh?) to whoever ends up #1 in Google a month and two months from now - read more contest details at Dark Blue's SEOChallenge and follow the progress at www.seochallenge.com.

As you can imagine, there will be all sorts of wild web pages out there - for example, take a look at this "optimized" URL for nigritude ultramarine : www.nigritude-ultramarine.com/nigritude-ultramarin e/nigritude-ultramarine.asp and I'm sure there will be plenty of other entertaining entries - you can do a Google Search yourself to see who's currently on top.

Note to Slashdot Editors: I have NOT entered the contest - buncha SEO pro's are involved and a hobbiest (at best) like me (who doesn't stray over to the dark side - I like Google! ;-) would get spanked."

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  1. Hmm. by Quasar1999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about posting an article on slashdot? That will get you on google in no time flat!

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    1. Re:Hmm. by tanguyr · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, Slashdot stuff usually winds up in the news section (this article is already there) rather than the web section of google. Guess they bought that "news for nerds" baloney.

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  2. Must.. optimize... froogle by aenters · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nobody cares about the rankings on froogle. Poor google.

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  3. The Fighting Force by bigben7187 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The current 3rd result showcases the "Nigritude Ultramarine Fighting Force" who are "doing our part for the department of homeland security." Actually, I suspect they might be even more capable than said department...

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  4. We have a winner! by Eponymous+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wouldn't it be just hilarious if this Slashdot article actually made it to #1 on Google for nigritude ultramarine and stuck there?

    Who gets the prize money then? :-D

    Everybody, link back here!

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    1. Re:We have a winner! by Vann_v2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      When discussing nigritude ultramarine it is important to understand the impact of nigritude ultramarine on nigritude ultramarine.

      If slashdot wins, does that mean we all get to share an iPod and a 17" LCD monitor?

    2. Re:We have a winner! by danila · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yep. That would mean about 3 seconds of MP3 music and 1.5 pixels per account.

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  5. Re:Typo in story: Latter by frisket · · Score: 4, Funny
    #! /bin/sh
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    # Main Google search script
    # Copyright © 2004 Google, almost-Inc

    grep http://*.*.*/* $1 |\
    # mod #42 2004-05-09
    grep -Ev '(nigritude|ultramarine)'
  6. Phew... by Hobbex · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is a good thing that no google engineers read slashdot.org, and that even if they did, they would never want to mess up a competition between people who professionally abuse their service regarding who is best at it...

    If I were google, I would wait until the day before the deadline and then link the top hit for nigritude ultramarine to google.com.

    In fact, to help them, I suggest that everybody who thinks that "SEO pros" are a life form somewhere below pond-scum and above spammers, ought to help them. nigritude ultramarine.

  7. Reminds me of by rduke15 · · Score: 4, Funny

    the famous Weapons of Mass Destruction.

    1. Re:Reminds me of by zcat_NZ · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or French Military Victories

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  8. Re:i'll be curious to see what they come up with by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amiga Lover: Yahoo still contains a page of mine that's 18 months gone as the main link to my page. Talk about out of date.

    Perhaps they saw your login name and assumed you wouldn't mind?

  9. Re:How they do it. by caluml · · Score: 3, Funny
    That is a load of nonsense.

    Is it? My Slashdot ID is lower than yours, so I am right. Take that, Windows-using infidel.

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  10. Spelling errors by Felinoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    One easy way to grab attention is to intentionally inject commen spelling errors into your webpage.
    I don't recomend this. As easy and as tempting as it is Google feeds the correct spelling.

    On that note I do get the highest ranking for "Linux Destro" A mispelling of Linux Distro (Not for long.. Noticed the error and plan to fix it.)

    Now for a funny.. Take a look at the winner for the correct spelling.
    It's not RedHat.

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