UPDATE 12/05/2006 - New Link Generator Tool Uploaded - all contestants should use the link generator tool for their text links. Each generated link set has a unique tagging code which will be used for contest verification purposes.
UPDATE 10/31/2006 - Required Confirmation.html File Upload - all contestants are required to upload this HTML file (right click then Save Link As in FireFox or right click then Save Target As in Internet Explorer). Please replace name and contact details with your own, then save as confirmation.html. Please upload this file to your host. Please follow the examples below:
- Sample Contest Entry 1: www.isulongseoph.com.ph
file should be uploaded and accessible via http://www.isulongseoph.com.ph/confirmation.html (WWW or non-WWW) - Sample Contest Entry 2: www.isulongseophil.com/category/ituloy-angsulong/
file should be uploaded and accessible via http://www.isulongseophil.com/category/ituloy-angsulong/confirmation.html OR http://www.isulongseophil.com/confirmation.html (WWW or non-WWW) - Sample Contest Entry 3: news.ituloy-angsulong.info
file should be uploaded and accessible via http://news.ituloy-angsulong.info/confirmation.html (WWW or non-WWW)
Free blogs (Blogger, Wordpress, etc.) are exempted from this rule, BUT they must have the same information (full name and contact details) on their contest entry pages.
NO CONFIRMATION.HTML FILE - Disqualified!
NO FULL NAME/CONTACT DETAILS (for free blogs) - Disqualified!
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Right on the heels of the very successful Isulong SEOPH keyword ranking contest, I’m pleased to announce the launch of the second Philippine keyword ranking contest. This is a pet project of SEO Philippines, a local organization dedicated to the growth of the search marketing industry in the Philippines.
While this is first and foremost a keyword ranking contest, we’ve added a special twist. It’s called the Triple Jackpot Prize. With PHP 300,000 in cash to be given away to the best of the best, this is without any doubt the biggest search engine optimization contest this side of the globe.
Contest Prizes
Triple Jackpot Prize
- 60,000.00 PHP for the contest entry with the highest cumulative rank
- 35,000.00 PHP for the contest entry with the second highest cumulative rank
- 15,000.00 PHP for the contest entry with the third highest cumulative rank
Main Contest Prizes
| Rank | Yahoo! | MSN | |
| 1 | 10,000.00 PHP | 10,000.00 PHP | 10,000.00 PHP |
| 2 | 9,000.00 PHP | 9,000.00 PHP | 9,000.00 PHP |
| 3 | 8,000.00 PHP | 8,000.00 PHP | 8,000.00 PHP |
| 4 | 7,000.00 PHP | 7,000.00 PHP | 7,000.00 PHP |
| 5 | 6,000.00 PHP | 6,000.00 PHP | 6,000.00 PHP |
| 6 | 5,000.00 PHP | 5,000.00 PHP | |
| 7 | 4,000.00 PHP | 4,000.00 PHP | |
| 8 | 3,000.00 PHP | 3,000.00 PHP | |
| 9 | 2,000.00 PHP | 2,000.00 PHP | |
| 10 | 1,000.00 PHP | 1,000.00 PHP |
Consolation Prizes
In addition, we have the following prizes to be given away:
- Best in Design Award - the contest organizers will select three finalists. The final winner will be selected via an on-the-spot poll during the awarding ceremonies and will receive 10,000.00 PHP.
- Google Bonus Prize - 1,000.00 PHP each for sites Rank 11th to 40th in Google (sponsored by Boris Kerbikov)
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)
- Andrew dela Serna of Dota Allstars Strategy (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)
Contest Mechanics
- 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 Contest Links - Go to the Ituloy Angsulong Link Generator tool for the required contest links.
- 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).