Should I or Should not I participate in SEO Competitions
It is true that every year a lot of SEO competitions take place at different parts of the world. There is usually a company that administers them. It comes up with a made-up word that has not existed before. This is done for two reasons. Firstly-it guarantees that there would have no results in the search engines (Google in particular) for this word and that the plaing field will be even.
After a predetermined amount of time - usually six months after the beginning of the competition on a particular day at a particular time the made up word is being looked up pin Google and the website that comes up first wins. Simple as that. In addition the the fame the winner also gets a big cash prize. However more people to do for the fame and not for the money
Most of the times the SEO contests are country specific. It means that the made up word is in that particular language. For instance for the SEO competition going on now in Bulgaria the made up word is which is (laptops) read backwards. So in the end of March whoever is first in Google.bg upon typing the word in Google wins.
Sometimes when the word is in English it means that almost the whole world takes place in the competition. To increase their chances of winning people compete in groups and the winners divide the prize among them.
As I mentioned before even though the cash prize is big people do it mostly because of the fame that comes with it. However both things are inter related. The members of the winning team are contacted by companies that need that type of service.
Most of the people feel that they can’t win such a competitive contest and don’t even participate. Opposite to them I think that no matter how good they are in the art of SEO everyone needs to participate. There are so many tricks that can be leanrned in such a competition for a relatively short amount of time.
For instance I am taking part in such a competition right now. It has been a month since it started and I learn things that otherwise would have taken me moths to learn. I don’t know if I will win (I hope so) but even if I don’t I won’t regret I participated
If you wish to participate in SEO competitions but don’t feel like you don’t have the knowledge - don’t despair. Read my ipotpal blog. This is the website I use in the third annual ipotpal competition in Bulgaria
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