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This is a screen shot taken at 8:45am EST on Feb 6th, 2008 for the search of Yicrosoft Directory. There were just over 400 results.
This is a screen shot taken at 8:45am EST on Feb 6th, 2008 for the search of Yicrosoft Directory. There were just over 270 results.
This is a screen shot taken at 8:45am EST on Feb 6th, 2008 for the search of Yicrosoft Directory. There were just over 2500 results.
To me the strange thing here is that Microsoft (live.com) is reporting more results than any other search engine.
I guess we will just have to wait and see how the contest for "yicrosoft Directory" turns out.
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I just found out about this today the contest started about 24 hours ago and will go for the next month. Till March 4th, 2008. If you would like to enter read about it at the link above.
Yicrosoft Directory was the keyword phrase picked for this as it does seem to have some nice pun to it based on the recent news. But it also had 0 google results when you search for it in quotes. Thats the Important thing when you want to have a contest.
So there you have it - the Yicrosoft Directory challenge has begun. I hope I do well and learn a lot in the process.
Again if you want to enter the contest you can do so here.
Have a great day!
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My friend had called me up last night to discuss it and get some advice. So I thought it was ironic that I found out about it just by reading some of the great blogs I read every day to drop EntreCards.
I'm not sure if I am allowed to participate or not, or if it is a contest for people who are truly new to SEO. But I emailed the owner, perhaps I'll just be a sponsor instead. The Keyword announcement post on SEONoob can be found here.
If you have always wanted to take a stab at SEO - contests like this are a great idea.
Have a good one!
