High Stake SEO Gambling

(Photo shot at DigitalFilipino.com Club and Bloggers Cebu Eyeball at Casino Filipino, October 23, 2008)

In my column yesterday, I talked about the benefits and some lessons learned in joining an SEO competition. As this blog is where I got the chance to put my initial SEO knowledge to the test, I will be using this to chronicle some of the highlights in this journey.

On day 15, our entry entered page 1 for the first time with the site having no less than 200 visits a day. I'm quite happy about this as it took me 75 days before I was able to hit 100 visits in ituloy angsulong and never got around to reach 200.

I'll be writing more about our lessons learned in this area and will share it with our club members this February once this whole competition is over.

My view of an SEO competition, at least when joining, is like entering a high-stake do-or-die gambling game. If you want to conquer or outperform yourself, what you've done in the past, you have to give everything. This also includes putting everything aside, including emotion or biases, just to hit that big goal. And with the right leader, worthy of such support, the journey is just beginning for us.

Tracking Entries in Paradise Philippines SEO Competition

I just realized yesterday that the contest links for BayanihanSEO competition is now available and can be posted by entries in their blog. One of the things I noticed in the ItuloyAngSulong contest the last time was some fellow entries don't put up the contest sponsor links right from the start. As I'm coming in as a sponsor this time, what I'd like to do in this blog post is update this regularly as I see more entries. Note that the site listed here is based on those appearing in Technorati search results for my sites. Hopefully, it can also give some link love to participants.

Software Process Improvement

• http://www.kontrapelo.com/ (1)
• http://philippineadventureracing.blogspot.com/ (6)
• http://breakingnewsworld.blogspot.com/ (7)
• http://my-paradisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (8)
• http://elmersparadise.blogspot.com/ (9)
• http://philippineparadises.blogspot.com/ (10)
• http://a-paradisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (11)
• http://about-paradisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (12)
• http://paradisephilippines-city.blogspot.com/ (13)
• http://paradise-philippines-manila.blogspot.com/ (14)
• http://paradisephilippines-winner.blogspot.com/ (15)
• http://design.prepys.com/ (20)
• http://shineparadisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (23)
• http://www.ajviloria.com/ (24)
• http://paradisephilippines-manila.blogspot.com/ (28)
• http://capiz.i.ph/ (31)
• http://alaeh-paradisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (32)
• http://paradisephilippines.wellwhatever.com/ (33)
• http://paradise-phil.blogspot.com/ (34)
• http://ghc.ibaan.net/ (35)
• http://paradisephilippinesguide.blogspot.com/ (37)
• http://paradisewowphilippines.blogsome.com/ (40)
• http://the-philippines-paradise.blogspot.com/ (41)
• http://seo.pinoyweblisting.com/ (42)
  

E-Commerce

• http://www.kontrapelo.com/ (1)
• http://www.maranan.us/ (17)
• http://www.ruelbermudez.com/ (18)
• http://www.ajviloria.com/ (24)
• http://paradisephilippines.pinoyventures.com/ (27)
• http://bleuken.i.ph/ (29)
• http://gl3nnx.blogspot.com/ (30)
• http://paradisephilippines.wellwhatever.com/ (33)
• http://paradise-phil.blogspot.com/ (34)
• http://www.retzwerx.com/ (36)
• http://paradisephilippinesguide.blogspot.com/ (37)
• http://paradisephilippines.orgz.ph/ (38)
  

Write at home

• http://ituloy-ang-sulong.blogspot.com/ (2)
  
• http://paradise-phil.blogspot.com/ (3)
• http://www.cherylestorgio.com/ (19)
• http://www.philippinesparadise.org/ (25)
• http://www.pinoyventures.com/ (26)
• http://paradisephilippines.pinoyventures.com/ (27)
• http://capiz.i.ph/ (31)
• http://www.philippinesparadise.net/ (39)
  

Advertising Income

• http://ituloy-ang-sulong.blogspot.com/ (2)
• http://ourparadisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (16)
• http://design.prepys.com/ (20)
• http://shineparadisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (23)
• http://www.philippinesparadise.org/ (25)
• http://www.pinoyventures.com/ (26)
• http://paradisewowphilippines.blogsome.com/ (40)
  

E-Commerce Community

• http://paradise-phil.blogspot.com/ (3)
• http://codamon.com/ (4)
• http://www.wowparadisephilippines.com/ (5)
• http://philippineadventureracing.blogspot.com/ (6)
• http://breakingnewsworld.blogspot.com/ (7)
• http://my-paradisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (8)
• http://elmersparadise.blogspot.com/ (9)
• http://philippineparadises.blogspot.com/ (10)
• http://a-paradisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (11)
• http://about-paradisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (12)
• http://paradisephilippines-city.blogspot.com/ (13)
• http://paradise-philippines-manila.blogspot.com/ (14)
• http://paradisephilippines-winner.blogspot.com/ (15)
• http://paradisephilippines123.blogspot.com/ (21)
• http://www.paradise-philippines.biz/ (22)
• http://paradisephilippines-manila.blogspot.com/ (28)
• http://bleuken.i.ph/ (29)
• http://alaeh-paradisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (32)
• http://ghc.ibaan.net/ (35)
• http://www.retzwerx.com/ (36)
• http://www.philippinesparadise.net/ (39)
• http://the-philippines-paradise.blogspot.com/ (41)
• http://seo.pinoyweblisting.com/ (42)
• http://www.isphilippines.com/paradisereviews/ (43)

Filipina

• http://codamon.com/ (4)
• http://www.wowparadisephilippines.com/ (5)
  
• http://ourparadisephilippines.blogspot.com/ (16)
• http://www.maranan.us/ (17)
• http://www.ruelbermudez.com/ (18)
• http://www.cherylestorgio.com/ (19)
• http://paradisephilippines123.blogspot.com/ (21)
• http://www.paradise-philippines.biz/ (22)
• http://gl3nnx.blogspot.com/ (30)
• http://paradisephilippines.orgz.ph/ (38)
• http://www.isphilippines.com/paradisereviews/ (43)
  

I also hope that the participants can take advantage of other contests that can also generate link love to their site and possibly win too such as the Filipina Writing Project and You Got Blogged.