Philippine SEO Contest 2.0 Contest Rules and Mechanics

Marc Macalua has finally posted the full contest mechanics for ituloy angsulong:

Contest starts October 28, 2006 8:00 PM and ends February 23, 2007 8:00 PM.

The contest is open to all Filipinos. It’s also open to non-Filipinos who can be present at the awarding ceremonies. If a non-Filipino should win and he’s not physically present at the event, he is disqualified from the contest.

For this contest, we’ll have three sets of winners: forty (40) for Google, ten (10) for Yahoo! and five (5) for MSN.

To win, you have to rank from #1 to #40 in Google (http://www.google.com), #1 to #10 in Yahoo (http://search.yahoo.com) and #1 for MSN (http://search.msn.com) for the contest keyword. Each spot has its corresponding prize (see above)

To qualify for the Triple Jackpot Prize, you must have an entry that’s on the top 40 results of the big three: Google, Yahoo! and MSN. Your entry should also have the required links from LakesideSQL.com, LogoDesignExpress.com and CPays.com. The contest entry page that has the highest cumulative rank on all three search engines will be declared the grand champion. The contest entires that have the second and third highest cumulative ranks on all three search engines will receive the second and third Triple Jackpot prizes, respectively. If you have two or more contest entries (on the same domain) on the top 40, we’ll pick the higher ranking entry for the computations. During the awarding ceremonies, there’ll be a public viewing of all three search engine result pages (SERP) to determine the winners.
To illustrate:

Contest Entry A is #4 in Google, #17 in Yahoo! and #8 in MSN = cumulative rank of 29

Contest Entry B is #3 in Google, #5 in Yahoo! and #11 in MSN = cumulative rank of 19 (this is the winner)

Required Links for LakesideSQL.com

sql tuning (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com/sql-performance-tuning.html)

microsoft sql server (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)

sql profiler (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com/sql-performance/sql-profiler.html)

sql performance (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com/sql-performance-tuning.html)

remote dba (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com/remote-dba.html)

sql server 2005 (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)

sql server (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)

deadlock (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com/sql-performance/deadlocks.html)

Required Links for LogoDesignExpress.com.

logo design (link to http://www.logodesignexpress.com)

custom logo (link to http://www.logodesignexpress.com)

logo designs (link to http://www.logodesignexpress.com)

business logo (link to http://www.logodesignexpress.com)

company logo (link to http://www.logodesignexpress.com)

professional logo design (link to http://www.logodesignexpress.com)

Required Links for CPays.com

I joined the largest <a href="http://www.cpayscom.com">Search Engine Optimization</a> competition on the web! Play in high quality <a href="http://www.mgc.com">online casinos</a> at <a href="http://jeu-casino.themeworld.com">casino en ligne</a>, <a href="http://online-kasino.danworld.com">online kasino</a>, <a href="http://speel-spel.gamegenie.com">speel spel</a> and other great sites!

This will come out as:

I joined the largest Search Engine Optimization competition on the web! Play in high quality online casinos at casino en ligne, online kasino, speel spel and other great sites!

For the purpose of this competition, indented listings in the SERPs will not be counted.

Contest updates will be posted on the following sites: SEO Philippines Mailing List, SEO Philippines Blog, SEO Philippines Forum and Macalua.com.

VERY IMPORTANT: In order to win, contestants must read and acknowledge the full contest terms and conditions outlined above by posting a “I have read the contest mechanics and I agree” comment on this page. Please include in your comment 1) your full name and 2) your contest entry URLs. Contestants who do not comply are not eligible to win.

Last but not the least, the contest keyword is ituloy angsulong (without quotation marks).

Contest Sponsors

I’d like to thank our generous sponsors for supporting this activity:

Boris Kerbikov of Lakeside Technologies

Itay Kaul of CPays.com (2,400.00 USD)

Wilson Chua of Philippine WebHosting (20,000.00 PHP)

Benj Arriola of Action Online Technology and Business Blog (10,000.00 PHP)

Junelle Caravana of Intiendes (5,000.00 PHP)

Rhea Ong Yiu of Photography by Rhea Ong Yiu (3,000.00 PHP)

Carlo Roxas of Tech News & Reviews (3,000.00 PHP)

Giovanni Castro of Free Web Content (2,000.00 PHP)