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Monday, May 15, 2006

how "the four required words" became retsambew dash klat for charity

I started out with "the four required words" and wound up with retsambew dash klat for charity, haha. Sounds kinda like a bad case of the flu. Anyway a secondary objective with "the four required words" blog was to test pixel ad seo. What i have noticed is that pixel ads do help in seo if the ad counts as a backlink. So advertising on pixel sites that count as a back link will help. How much? I really cant say but it is of my opinion that it would be beneficial but not only in seo but also for just advertising to get visitors.

Like with any advertising you might not sell something on the first visit but if you offer something that interests the visitor that visitor could bookmark your page and return later and very possibly buy something or join your program or whatever. For example if joe schmoe is here looking for information on seo contests but in the back of his mind is also looking for a new web hosting provider, and he sees an ad for web hosting, he could visit and then bookmark the page for when hes ready to purchase hosting. On the same note say his wife told him to buy a gift for someone, and if he saw an ad for candles he might visit that site because he needs a gift. Now this isnt going to be true everytime but it very well could and does happen. The reason i advertise with pixel ads myself is for extra exposure and traffic to my site. Just like any other form of advertising, if you offer a product but no one sees it than your guaranteed not to sell any. But putting your product in view has a better chance of generating sales. Some people are concerned with targeted traffic only, and i dont agree with this. Peoples interests change all the time and they definatley have more than 1 interest, i mean the same person looking to earn money online is also interested in clothes, gifts, and other things because sometimes people buy clothes and sometimes they need to buy a gift. My point here is dont sell something short, especially if its free advertising for your website.

The reason for the little tidbit is this, pixel ads and the entire concept is very versatile. And thats why "the four required words" became retsambew dash klat for charity. To show versatility, and the positve effects of both seo contests and pixel ads. The concept of the retsambew dash klat for charity contest is simple, in order to qualify for a prize you have to link to a charity from give.org. Give.org lists charities and non-profit organizations to help people. And the retsambew dash klat for charity seo contest is driving people to those organizations, which will drive traffic, hopefully donations and awarness of those charities.

Now where does pixel ads to in to play in all of this? Well pixel ads can be used for many things, like making money, generating traffic, helping in seo, and now as im about to show you they can be used for fundraisers for charities and non-profits. I really think this a great idea, and i made a donation of what i could afford, wasnt much cause im broke.

PixelsforChange.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting other non-profit organizations by helping them to raise both funds and awarness by providing and managing pixel ad pages. This is a great idea, in addition to having regular fundraisers now online fundraisers creates another income stream that all charities and non-profits need.

The first site i have been lucky enough to see do this is HurricaneChoir.com. A non-profit whos mission is to join together as many voices as they can from the communities of southern Louisiana who were devastated by last summers hurricanes. Through coming together to sing, they will raise funds for Volunteers of America, build social networks, raise awareness of singing as an instrument for healing, and conduct a world first research project to measure the effects of choral singing on mental health. One of the ways they are raising funds if for people to purchase pixels and
be added to their collage of supporters. Their pixel page is http://www.hurricanechoir.com/pixel/ and was built and being maintained by PixelsforChange.org.

Like any website an extra income stream is always great to have and thats what we all look for, and really who could use it more than a non-profit doing a good thing to help people. So thats why "the four required words" became retsambew dash klat for charity, to show our support in charities and help them get educated about a new option for them to generate funds.

The moral of this story is dont knock it until you try it, and show support to a charity and non-profit because they all need our help.

"the four required words" contest winners

First off i just want to thank Guillaume of The MillionDollarScreenshot.com for running a successful and unique seo contest. I would also like to congratulate all of the participants and winners.

To see the final results visit http://www.milliondollarscreenshot.com/seo-contest/.

Well we wound up finishing #1 in Yahoo, and on the first page in A9, MSN and #3 in google.
So that was cool, im happy about our standings and what i accomplished. It was fun and i learned a few things and thats whats important.

Heres a screenshot of the results page in yahoo, i would list the others but not being first is ugly, lol, jk.

Now that the four required words seo contests is over its time to get ready for the next one, and my next post will explain that so check back soon.

Thanks for everyone who linked to this blog and all that have visited and have been following.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

In four days the four words will no longer be required

Thats it four days left in "the four required words" seo contest. So i made have made a silly little mistake, i changed the title a few days ago and took out a "the" and put in a how i already noticed MSN and Google both catching the change but Yahoo hasnt yet and thats what im afraid of. I did change it back to the-four-required-words instead of four-required-words and left the How in there. The reason this worries me is until now i didn't see "the four required words" blog as number 1 in Yahoo, although on the toplist page it was 1 for a week or two, so im hoping Yahoo doesnt update it because i really dont want to lose the #1 spot in Yahoo for a silly mistake.

Although i would have really liked the #1 spot in Google for the icon on The Million Dollar ScreenShot, not even the money just the icon. Arg, anyway "the four required words" blog is #1 in Yahoo, four in Goggle, and like four teenth in MSN. Take a guess whos my least favorite search engine right now, LOL. Any way im not sure if im going to make a post again until May 15th, and just pray and ride these four days out. The amount of results is changing almost daily fluctuating up and down a little, the only real difference was when MSN dropped like 200,000 results. Out went "the four required words" and thats why i changed the title and added the How. Any how, we just have to see what happens. Man im sweating.

"the four required words" - out

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Where to find seo contests

After joining "the four required words" seo contest i wanted to learn more about seo contests and if any other ones were currently running. This information i found was scattered and also there is no central place that lists seo contests, so i decided to make a website to bring it all together. At SEOcontests.info you can find listings on seo contests, and for contest starters you can list your seo contest for free to gain more participants and if you need sponsors then potential sponsors can contact you. Its a completely free seo contest submission service, with information on past and current seo contests. For more information visit seocontests.info.

Back to "the four required words" seo contest. I may have mentioned before but i gained a good amount of information and knowledge from participating in "the four required words" contest, and its been fun too.

Monday, May 08, 2006

out comes the clown hats theiving "the four required words"

Well the clown hats are out, and they are stealing my content! Gotta love theives, so this clown hat steals my content and creates a blog then links back to his contest page, COOL! I wonder why the current first place competitor in Google would do this? I dont even want to name his url so i wont. 2 can play at this game, but i wont waste my time.

Besides that everything is going great, "the four required words" blog vanished off of MSN, stayed the same in google and dropped to the second page in Yahoo. What a great weekend, LMAO. Anyway "the four required words" contest is ending in a week and ill do another results report in a few soon.

"the four required words" is coming to an end.....that went fast.

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Search results for "the four required words"

Every so often i check out the search results for "the four required words", naturally as i want to see where i stand in the rankings and also where others stand as well as see the quality of their content compared to mine. Needless to say i dont think content and how many words you stuff on your page plays a significant role in where you will stand in the search engine rankings. If it did than "the four required words" blog would be listed first. I just havent seen anyone with the amount of content pertaining to "the four required words" as this blog holds. What i have seen is alot of pages linking to one central contest page. These links come in from old established websites with good backlinks itself, doorway pages from free services like free blog hosts, and alot of free website hosts, and little networks that were built by the seo'er. These little networks can include directories, forums, blogs and linking to eachother and one central contest page. Now the best information for "the four required words" maybe the 5th search engine result down, but the only way you would know it would be to goto the first 4 result pages. This is something people often do when they are looking for anything or researching anything. People are always looking for the best information and often times the best information or what they are looking for isnt within the first few results. The reason for this is competition over the keyword phrase, in this instance its "the four required words", but it can be anything and the same thing applies to everything when your trying to get listed better for specific keywords.

What i tried to do with "the four required words" blog is not to build a little network or have 10 doorway pages to increase backlinks but to have just one page with good content or at least better than whats out their, and to get incoming links but not by creating a bunch of different keyword rich pages for free and linking to my blog. That method while is does to seem to be working will be more short term than long term, and i think the goal is to have your site or blog listed as high as possible for as long as possible. These methods will be weeded out and eventually dropped, and you shouldnt consider using them if your goal is long term. Seeing as how "the four required words" seo contest is short term, and most seo contest run for 1 year max, it might be a good method to use. But not for an e-commerce store whos goal is more long term, and i mean i havent met anyone who just wanted to stay in business for a year, and your approach to search engines should be similar.

"The four required words" blog however will be going and be up for a while after the seo contest finishes. And will carry into the next seo contest i enter, not as a competitor but as a backlink to my competition page. I feel this will be more of a quality relevant link than it would be to just throw up a few doorway pages, and all the time spent on this blog shouldnt and wont be wasted.

It basically comes down to how much you are willing to work and how much others are willing to out work you.

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Current standings in "the four required words" seo contest with 2 weeks left

With only 2 weeks left in "the four required words" contest on seo or search engine optimization, the results have been changing almost daily. Here is the current results for the phrase "the four required words" and the image results for each search engine.

The search will performed using the phrase "the four required words".

Results for "the four required words" -

Google
Search:
current results - 76,900
our rank - 5

Images:
current results - 0

MSN
Search:
current results - 220,527
our rank - 6

Yahoo
Search:
current results - 21,000
our rank - 8

A9
Search:
current results - 220,527
our rank - 7

Images:
current results - i couldnt find any

It looks as though A9 has changed since the start of this contest. If i remember correctly when "the four required words" contest started A9 search was powered by google. Also you could search the web for images from the A9 homepage. It seems as though now you cant search the web for images and the search is now powered by Microsoft Live, so the results of A9 were in the beginning very similar to Googles results are now extremely similar to MSN's results.

Ask
Images:
current results - 0

Thats the current results for "the four required words" with 2 weeks left, and still no one has gotten into the images. Its been over 3 months and the images all have produced 0 results. The search results however have changed every few days and it seems results are balancing out as some positions stay the same while others change.

Monday, May 01, 2006

Its May 1st theres only 15 days left in "the four required words" seo contest

Only 15 days left in "the four required words" contest. Currently "the four required words" blog is in the top 10 of the search engines for the phrase "the four required words". We have mainly used pixel ads for gaining links and we have seen some success with using pixel ads in "the four required words" seo contest.

As a question many people had if whether pixel ads can help in seo, and a question we tried to help answer and give our perspective on. "The four required words" was not only a seo contest to us but a test for pixel ads seo. And from what we have seen pixel ads do help with seo. If they didnt i dont think "the four required words" blog wouldnt have ranked as well as it has. Pixel ads are a relatively cheap way to advertise your website for long periods of time. The longevity and fact that they will help you to rank better in the search engines to me seems like a good enogh reason to continue to purchase and obtain free pixel ads, and not just for "the four required words" blog but for any website.