UPDATE!
It appears as though a leading contender in the contest withdrew from the contest on February 13th calling it a
“spam fest”. While he is no longer officially in the contest his entry page continues to climb in the Google SERPS.
Justin Smith says;
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The whole contest is really kind of silly anyway. Once I thought it over, I should have realized the kind of techniques that would be brought out. With such a short time frame, you almost have to use some short term “run and gun” seo in order to get ahead. I highly doubt that we’re going to see any revolutionary new seo methods being used by the participants anyway. One of the purposes of the contest was to share ideas, but I have a really hard time believing that is going to happen. My prediction is that it’s going to turn into a “spam fest” and only lend further to the growing opinion in the real estate blogosphere that all seo is spam. This could have been a really great contest… but I just can’t see it benefiting the real estate community. It is however a great link bait idea (wish I would have thought of it), even if that wasn’t the original intention.
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Good for you Justin and well done for throwing your support to
Ardell.
This is not just a smart move for SEO it is also an excellent lesson in reputation management.
For the whole story go to
“Spam Fest”.
~Mack