Try This SEO Contest.

Here is a contest for anyone interested. Money is being given away. I will let him introduce himself to you. This is from his blog. All the rules and everything are in it. Take a look for your self. You have to leave a message on his blog if you are interested in doing this. Here is the information.

Hi everyone, I am Rusty Squire, a former nationally ranked cyclist, triathlete, and a World Record holder for the most vertical feet ever skied in 12 hours. I run real estate development and diet program companies. I’m sure most of you Internet enthusiasts are familiar with Search Engine Optimization competitions, so I am going to run one for $700 U.S.D. in total prize money.

The rules and the mechanics of this competition are very common but I want to enumerate them for better understanding and would suggest that all competitors read them carefully:

1. Simply create an article and post it on your site or blog. Optimize the key phrase so that it becomes the top position in a Google search result for the contest key phrase target.

2. The contest will start on 12:00 noon April 14, 2009 Philippine Time.

3. It will end on 12:00 noon of May 29, 2009 Philippine Time.

4. Your website or Blog’s DOMAIN or SUB-DOMAIN used for the entries should not contain any part of the key phrase.

5. The entries should have a visible link back to Spires at Red Lodge http://www.spiresatredlodge.com and Heart Rate Watch Company http://www.heartratewatchcompany.com You can use the code below if you want.
<a title="Heart Rate Watch | Heart Rate Monitor" href="http://heartratewatchcompany.com">Heart Rate Watch Company</a> and <a title="Montana Real Estate | Red Lodge Real Estate" href="http://www.spiresatredlodge.com">Spires at Red Lodge</a>

Heart Rate Watch Company and Spires at Red Lodge

6. There is NO LIMIT to the numbers of entries and posts you may create but only articles created on, or after 12:00 noon April 14, 2009 are valid. Remember that the post must contain the link code specified in the rules.

7. Please, no pornography, no discrimination and no illegal behavior are permitted.

8. Required links should be on the entry post all through out the competition and should not be removed. The organizer and the host of the competition have the rights to disqualify a participant if they find the links removed or tagged by the entrants as NO FOLLOW during the competition.

9. Checking of current ranking can be verified in this data center. http://72.14.221.99/search?hl=en&q=eriuqs+spires+healthy+recreation

10. There is no registration, we will check the validity of the winners according to our contest rules. The validity of your entries will be verified at the end of the competition. If Top 1 is invalid then Top 2 will receive the first prize same thing applied to 2nd and 3rd prizes. So please check your site validity seriously.

11. Prizes will be sent via PAYPAL to the winners. We will talk to the winners via SKYPE individual to ensure they receive their prize properly. Screen shots of PAYPAL payments will be posted here and winners will do the same thing individually.

12. The prizes for the said competition are as follows:

1st Prize = $400

2nd Prize = $200

3rd Prize = $100

The Key Phrase is:

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ATTENTION: The competition article will focus on the activities done on Spires at Red Lodge (i.e. mountain biking, skiing, fishing and etc.). Please be informed that only email addresses gathered through your comments here will receive our email regarding the keyword phrase and start date. We will also post the details here so please be guided accordingly. Good Luck!!!

These are the rules and things from his blog. This is a link to his blog if you are interested in doing this: http://heartratewatchcompany.com/blog/ this is his website: http://spiresatredlodge.com/ go to the blog and add a comments so that they have your email address.

Dan and Deanna Finlinson "Marketing Unscrambled"