Mini Seo Contest(s) End Today

by Jeremy Schoemaker on June 2, 2006 · 18 comments

Unfortunatly all “Rank For Shoemoney” contests will end today around 5pm cst. I really wanted to see what would happen but theplanet.com (my hosting company) has said they have recived over 500 complaints for spam and unless I end this contest they will disconect my server.

I really did not forsee the spam problem… What a newb I am.

I totally underestimated what people would do for a few dollars.

Anyway screenshots of results will be posted later today.

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1 MotorsBlog June 2, 2006 at 9:23 am

Found this one (and more) in our comments moderation queue:

-Name: shoemoney | IP: 85.214.59.14
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-shoemoney
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-nice shoemoney site at shoemoney -http://www.imyourhuckleberry.info/ 42

I think it belongs to one of your mini-seo contestant ;DDDD

p.s. did not thought that your contest would touch our site.

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2 Raymond June 2, 2006 at 9:38 am

I think its totally understandable. Don’t sweat it dude.

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3 TheRick June 2, 2006 at 9:41 am

Wow sorry to hear that. I was looking forward to the results.

Everyone knows you to pay up. I mean you were the bigest cash sponsor of most of the seo competitions to date so I am sure its not about the money.

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4 J.P June 2, 2006 at 9:48 am

I suppose people will do anything for money, sounds like some people have gone over the top though and you do right by stopping this.

Maybe next contest (small one) you can pick a different search term :)

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5 Edd June 2, 2006 at 10:20 am

It’s a shame… i just started playing three days ago! (without spam!).

But well the problem is.. that most of ppl use BH for fast results.. you should gave more time ,,,,

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6 J-Weezy June 2, 2006 at 11:59 am

oh well… it was fun while it lasted

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7 Adam Barrington June 2, 2006 at 12:32 pm

I was curious to know what this would do:
http://www.i-newswire.com/pr65207.html

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8 Jenny June 2, 2006 at 12:54 pm

Adam that is a funny article! Are you serious at all though? ShoeMoney has posted several images including
this one
and Markus has shut his mouth fast.

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9 Matt Martin June 2, 2006 at 1:57 pm

I must be missing something… If you wanted to get a competitor’s server at the planet disconnected, all you have to do is spam some blogs with links to the competitors site?

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10 Download Firefox June 2, 2006 at 2:03 pm

Maybe you could donate the prze money to a charity?

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11 Thomas June 2, 2006 at 2:05 pm

Where was this posted? I’d like to read it.

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12 Deadrobot June 5, 2006 at 1:05 pm

FYI Your site has been tagged by Spam Karma 2 and Akismet Spam filters for Wordpress.

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13 Isulong SEOph June 15, 2006 at 7:53 pm

I guess contest like this is a great challenge for SEO enthusiasts. SEO Philippines founder Marc Macalua also launched a contest: The Isulong SEOph Keyword Ranking Contest.

Well I hope it would be as successful as the Shoemoney contest which I myself is an avid fan too.

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14 eddy adams March 2, 2007 at 12:57 pm

Wow. That pic of the bald guy holding the check next to the hummer is pretty amazing! Especially since the giant check casts no shadow on the ground or reflection in the hummer. AMAZING!

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