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Mini Seo Contest(s) End Today

Posted June 2nd, 2006 by Jeremy Schoemaker

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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18 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    eddy adams

    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!

  2. Good Comment?
    Isulong SEOph

    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.

  3. Good Comment?
    Deadrobot

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

  4. Good Comment?
    Thomas

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

  5. Good Comment?
    Download Firefox

    Maybe you could donate the prze money to a charity?

  6. Good Comment?
    Matt Martin

    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?

  7. Good Comment?
    Jenny

    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.

  8. Good Comment?
    Adam Barrington

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

  9. Good Comment?
    J-Weezy

    oh well… it was fun while it lasted

  10. Good Comment?
    Edd

    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 ,,,,

  11. Good Comment?
    J.P

    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 :)

  12. Good Comment?
    TheRick

    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.

  13. Good Comment?
    Raymond

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

  14. Good Comment?
    MotorsBlog

    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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