How To Get Googled, By Hook Or By Crook

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 9, 2004 @07:20AM 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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Re:dear me by cookie_cutter · 2004-05-09 08:20 · Score: 1, Redundant

My guess is that the whole contest is sponsored behind-the-scenes by Google so they can see what methods the black-hats (and to a lesser degree, the white-hats) are using. Makes it a whole lot easier.
Re:Hmm. by Neophytus · 2004-05-09 08:55 · Score: 0, Redundant

nigritude ultramarine should do the trick
Really easy to win by Hershmire · 2004-05-09 09:50 · Score: 0, Redundant

Just be the first for negritude ultramarine, and then you'll technically be the first link with Google's spelling suggestion.

Who said abusing loopholes in contests wasn't fun?

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Nigritude Ultramarine by Ayanami+Rei · 2004-05-09 10:41 · Score: 0, Redundant

You know you want to know all about Nigritude Ultramarine . Come check it out!!! (Hint, this is funny)

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