PUBLIC MARKS from adfunk with tags tech & "page rank"

Every few months we update the PageRank data that we show in the toolbar, and every few months I see a few repeated questions, so let me take a pass at some of them. Note: I wrote this kinda quickly, so I think this is pretty good, but if I spot something incorrect later, I’ll change it.

Search engine optimization contests give beginners and professionals alike the opportunity to test out their own strategies and display their search engine positioning talents. A new search engine optimization (SEO) competition has begun, organized by SEO Philippines egroup over at Isulong SEOPH . The objective of the game is to rank highly for the search terms “Isulong SEOPH” without the quotation marks, in Google. The prize? PHP130,000 in total ( roughly USD2,500 ). The contest signals a new era where achieving first page rankings in search engines is vital to business success, and with website owners forking out thousands of dollars in order to achieve these rankings for competitive terms.

Carcasherdotcom Seocontest launched an seo contest, there is $1000 rewards to the one that will outrank Carcasherdotcom, using the keyword ‘Carcasherdotcom Seocontest’ on google, yahoo and msn. Most SEO Contests will adhere to a few basic rules to try and level the playing field for all contestants; an obligated link back to the organizing website that is required in the Carcasherdotcom Seocontest for instance, while the ‘Redscowl Bluesingsky’ SEO competition that took place in the spring of 2006 only allowed the entry of newly registered domains.