SEO Blog - Marcus Westberg

Another one of those SEO contests is soon about to end, actually the CPayscom2 Online Casino contest ends february 1st. In the carcasher contest (which I won) I got help from my friend Dondor who also recently got married so congrats Dondor Dondor is participating in the CPayscom2 Online Casino contest and he is currently ranked as number 2 on MSN. The leader in Google.com is another friend of mine (Ofir) which I worked together with in the carcasher contest.
Visit Dondor´s CPayscom2 Online Casino site and check the actual rankings for all search engines. It seems to me that they give prizes for ranking in the french version of MSN as well. Kind of strange but hey! not if you are french I Will be back later with one final post on those SEO contests and then I will give it a rest because I have to do real SEO work for all the swedish clients. Once again just to clarify! The work you do on a SEO contest site is absolutely not the same kind of work as you do on a client´s site. When it comes to real business SEO you always have to put the website visitor as a first priority because they are actually trying to sell products and services so you can´t play with the site as a little kid
See you later!

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Only month left in the carcasherdotcom seocontest and the leader is still the canadian domain but will the webmaster of that domain be the winner of carcasherdotcom seocontest ?. Only time can tell I guess and right now some of my friends sites are ranking very good for the selected keyphrase carcasherdotcom seocontest… One of them is Ofir with his domain www.the-carcasherdotcom-seocontest.com and you can visit his site here at carcasherdotcom seocontest. I also found out that I am ranked as number 3 in Yahoo with this carcasherdotcom seocontest site which is actually located on this domain and it used to be my old contest domain for the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest. In MSN I currently rank as number 4 when making a search for carcasherdotcom seocontest so you can check that site over at this carcasherdotcom seocontest URL.
I hope that my main domain which is carcasherdotcomseocontest.cc will jump up to a first place soon because it would so nice to win at least one Seo contest.
All I can do now is just hang around and wait, I problably will not be winning the December checkpoint but I am optimistic, oh and my competitor Gary just installed a Wordpress blog on his carcasherdotcomseocontest dot n-e-t in hope to rank higher…. lol! what a guy!
He also wrote that if it works he will do the same on his canadian site.

Other links to related carcasherdotcom seocontest resouces are:

Carcasherdotcom Seocontest - Thanks for the link!

This is small guide you would need to read if you are thinking about participtating in an SEO contest.

Lately there has been many search engine optimization contests going on in every corner of the
internet, to name a few you might recognize we have V7ndotcom Elursrebmem, Carcasherdotcom SEOcontest and ambatchdotcom seocontest etc etc.
As you know the purpose of all these contests is to rank as high as possible in specific search engines
such as Google, Yahoo and MSN which are also the three most popular ones.

Before you get started

Make sure your contest entry has the keyword or the keywords in the URL:
For example if you want to join the Carcasherdotcom Seocontest your URL should look something like this:

Domain: http://www.carcasherdotcomseocontest.cc/
Subpage: http://www.marcuswestberg.com/carcasherdotcom-seocontest/
Subdomain: http://carcasherdotcomseocontest.yoursite.com

In case you are wondering if you need to include a hyphen or not the answer is that it doesn´t
really matter, normally at the start of SEO contest all good domain are gone fast like the .com
.net etc… so take whatever you can get.
You dont need to register an entire domain just to win an seo contest, a subpage is just fine
and has already got the benfit of beeing located at your regular domain that already has some
Google trustrank so dont worry about that. The third option is the subdomain which should be avoided
unless you already have an old subdomain with the specific keyword in it.

Consider this

Make sure you join the contest at the time the keywords are beeing anounced so that your contest site
gets indexed as fast as possible. The age factor of a site does matter when it comes to ranking high.

Structure your contest site/page

You need to make sure that the contest keyword is repeated over and over again on your site and
it needs to be written in these places:

TITLE: The most important factor, this tells the visitor what your site is about
HEADER TAGS: Make sure you have the keyword in at least one of your header tags.
(dont over do it by spamming H1 - H6 with the exact same keyword phrase.)
IN THE CONTENT: Repeat the keyword every now and then in the text.
META DESC: keyword here
META KEYWORDS: keyword here

Final step and also the hardest part

Now you are ready to rank! But berfore you can do that you need inbound links to your site.
It is very important that you get links that are related to your keywords, rather get one related link
then 5 unrelated links. You need to show the search engines that your site´s URL is repeated everywhere
there is text written about your desired keyword.

Use your imagination

It is hard getting related links at a high rate unless you have a smart idea, some kind of linkbait
that will make webmasters link to your site just because they like it and not because they have to.

Final words

If I ever would win an SEO contest then I am going to write a more extensive article with some more things explained in detail but right now you have to settle with this

A new seo contest!

I was reading my friend Estebans blog and I noticed he was writing a post about a seo contest called precharge projectnet.

Apperently many good seos will enter this contest (well let´s wait a minute to see) and the prize pot is $1000….

When I make the search on google.com I only get 420 results (2006-09-04) but I guess that in a few days we will see plenty of results…
I´m not going to participate in this contest because I have already got a hard time battling with my canadian friend Gary to rank high for carcasherdotcom seocontest in google.com so I´ll lay low.
Speaking of the carcasherdotcom seocontest I just started creating a blog on carcasherdotcomseocontest.ws click the link to see the site for yourself:
carcasherdotcom seocontest

However I might get involved somehow in this contest since Esteban is in it and he has already made a site dedicated just for that contest: Precharge Projectnet

This contests main purpose is to as they say it: Save the internet by telling surfers how they can help out and stop all the madness that goes on out there on the Internet.
I´m not sure exactly how they are going to do this…. I guess I have to study that more…
So far I dont know all details but I guess they are doing a good thing, we will see in a while.

Ok! so far you don´t really see a winner yet when making a search for the keyword Precharge Projectnet but here is the top 10 right now:

#1
Precharge Projectnet | Feat.Precharge Projectnet. I am helping save the internet, one link at a time. Information about the preCharge Freedom project can be found at preCharge Freedom …
www.befeat.com/precharge-projectnet/ - 13k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#2
precharge projectnetThis page is a contest entry to the precharge projectnet contest.
www.seocontestentry.com/ - 7k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#3
Discover the best precharge projectnet, precharge projectnet seo …List of the best precharge projectnet, precharge projectnet seo, and precharge projectnet contest sites on the web.
www.blinklist.com/tag/precharge%20projectnet/ - 36k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#4
diddy1’s BlinkList page on BlinklistRecent. all about google adsense - Aug 30, 2006 precharge projectnet - Aug 30, 2006 seo - Aug 30, 2006 contest - Aug 30, 2006 $1000 - Aug 30, 2006 …
www.blinklist.com/diddy1/ - 63k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#5
preCharge ProjectnetPreCharge Projectnet -Saving the Internet one Link and a Time.
www.seoproject.co.uk/ - 3k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#6
Precharge ProjectnetWebsite designed for the precharge projectnet contest.
www.seoprojectentry.com/ - 6k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#7
[Selling] Designer Top Sites!The bidding will end at exactly August 7, 12:00 AM. Thank You. __________________ All About Google Adsense · precharge projectnet …
forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=119794 - 59k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#8
Gmail InvitesSo if you want one just post the email you wan tme to send it to and I will. Thank You. __________________ All About Google Adsense · precharge projectnet …
forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=1267223 - 67k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#9
Produced using http://www.straight2web.net FREE website content …The precharge projectnet campaign is trying to protect the freedom of the Internet - see below for details.
www.myblogserver.co.uk/ - 8k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

#10
Mega SEO contest - preCharge Community ForumThe URL who ranks highest on Google with a domain registered on or after August 19, 2006 wins for the phrase “precharge projectnet”. …
forums.precharge.net/forum-contests-events/10526-mega-search-engine-optimization-contest.html - 217k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

I did not expect this…. but after reading a comment from Kiviniar on DP here I found out that my Carcasherdotcom Seocontest site was ranked nr 1
But there are a few days to go and the competition is very tough as usual… so all I can do is hope

The site that currently ranks as number one is this site: Carcasherdotcom Seocontest.

Still there are a few tricks to be done to my Carcasherdotcom Seocontest site when it comes to SEO so I am kind of amazed that it ranked as nr 1 now… I was expecting it to be somewhere in October or November… Anyway I can´t complain about that

Another SEO contest ending now on thursday is the Astromusicologie 101 where my swedish friend Agaton recently ranked as nr 1
I hope he can manage to jump back up to a number one position before thursday…
Check out his site here: Astromusicologie 101

The Astromusicologie 101 contest site is only for registered students so I didn´t participate in it… but still a lot of people has joined the contest! Let´s hope there will be a swedish winner in both the Astromusicologie 101 and the Carcasherdotcom Seocontest

I will soon go for a linkhunt for more links to my Carcasherdotcom Seocontest site, if you want to support me in that contest please link to: http://www.carcasherdotcomseocontest.cc/ with the anchor text: Carcasherdotcom Seocontest

And as usual I am always looking for related link exchanges when it comes to SEO contests so please let me know if you want to exchange some links

More updates about these SEO contests will come soon…. hopefuly I can write that I won the checkpoint for the carcasher contest then

The Ambatchdotcom Seocontest

Ok! Time for a new SEO Contest

This time I wont participate since I´m already in the Carcasherdotcom Seocontest currently….
These SEO contest have been increasing in popularity a lot since John Scott & co arranged the biggest SEO contest so far….

I also want to remind you that if you are participating in any SEO contest you can add your entry at: The Seo Contest directory in exchange for an indexed backlink

Back to the actual contest! As usual you have to rank as high as possible for a certain keyword and this time the keyword is “Ambatchdotcom Seocontest”

My friend Esteban Panzera a.k.a Chupacabra decided to join this SEO adventure and currently his contest entry is ranked at number 5 when making a search for Ambatchdotcom Seocontest on google.com.
Read more about the contest on his contest site: Ambatchdotcom Seocontest

I wish all contestants good luck! and I wish I could have joined but the Carcasherdotcom Seocontest doesn´t end until December so I´ll guess I will lay low for a while…

Update 2006-09-07

I talked to age_magician and he has something to say about the ambatchdotcom seocontest take a look here: Ambatchdotcom Seocontest

New SEO forum!

Recently me and my partner / friend Markus Jalmerot (also a swedish guy) launched a new search engine optimization forum!.
The url is www.seoforum.us and anyone that is interested in discussions about SEO are very welcome to make a few posts….

The registration process is really simple and will only steal a few minutes of your time….
Since the forum is brand new there are of course some minor bugs to take care of, but it is functional for anyone to use so if you ever want to learn/discuss SEO our forum is the right place to ask the questions.

Our SEO forum also contains some interesting categories such as a marketplace where you can buy, sell and trade links, websites etc…

The forum itself is running on a script called PHPBB which is a very common forum script and so far most of the important settings seem to be playing nicely Of course there is still a lot of SEO to be done, for example more URL rewrites and installing various mods etc….
I just got the rss to work so if you have a RSS reader like Feedreader or something simular you can use this RSS URL (http://www.seoforum.us/rss.php) to get the latest news from our SEO Forum

I also want to mention that we are planning to release some very good posts/stickys about linkbuilding etc
Since we want this forum to be succesful we actually are going to release some really juice stuff about SEO that I at least never have talked about before….

Oh! and don´t forget to tell us what you think about the forum here: Suggestions and feedback on seoforum.us We appreciate every little bit of help we can get on how to make this forum better….

Ok so now the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest is over and I landed on a fifth place
Now it is time to take on the challenge of ranking high in the Carcasherdotcom Seocontest…. This will be pretty hard but there aren´t as much competition as it was in the v7n contest but still there are a lot of good sites around that are competing so it wont be easy to get a place in the top 10…

When you make a search on Google.com for the selected keyword “Carcasherdotcom Seocontest” only 405,000 resluts are shown… seems a bit little if you compare it to the V7ndotcom Elursrebmem contest with 4,440,000 results…

Anyway I have two Carcasherdotcom Seocontest sites, one is located in this blog: Carcasherdotcom Seocontest and the other one I registered a whole new domain for! I managed to get the domain carcasherdotcomseocontest.cc you can take a look at that page here: Carcasherdotcom Seocontest

Another nice thing about this particular contest is that they give away cash prizes each month Let´s hope I can win one of those cash prices later on…..