Prize Raffled to Eco Preservation Society

The prize valued at $5,000 is being raffled, with the proceeds to benefit the Eco Preservation Society in Costa Rica.
You can buy raffle tickets starting at $35 a ticket on Eric’s Website.

We Have A Winner

It’s official, the winner is (drum roll please) the Eric Blackwell Team. The contest originator, Eric Bramlett, announced it after doing a quick check of the Google datacenters.

The Last Day Of The Contest

Less than 24 hours to go, and it looks like Google shows Eric Blackwell is still in the lead. More than anything, I am happy Eric has taken the high road with this contest and has used this contest as an opportunity to educate people, build relationships, and raise money for a good cause.
They are [...]

The Quiet Before The Storm

There are only a few weeks left in the contest, and things have gotten pretty quiet. At this point, it would be extremely difficult to break into the ranks of the top 10 and have a serious chance at winning the prize. Only someone with some seriously high powered websites would be able to do [...]

Another Charitable Contestant

I am very happy to learn that the current contest leader, Eric Blackwell’s Team, has also announced that they will donate the contest proceeds to charity, which could be in the thousands of dollars, to the ECO PRESERVATION SOCIETY in Costa Rica. Considering that they are currently #1 on Google as of today, that is [...]

February Roundup of The Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World Contest

Some time in early February, Eric Bramlett had the idea for an seo contest. He suggested the idea to Morgan Carey, aka SEO Guy, and owner of Real Estate Webmasters, who generously offered to sponsor the contest. With a prize of web services valued at over 4k, this generated a fair bit of excitement among [...]

What does it mean to be the greatest real estate agent in the world?

Well, since real estate is an intensely local business, I think that precludes there being one greatest agent in the world. That aside, I have certainly pondered the question as part of the process of choosing this profession. A number of the contestants in this contest, which is presumably about SEO, have provided some great [...]

Prize Donated to Charity

Pending approval from REW, myself and others have proposed auctioning the prize and donating the proceeds to charity. I think this is a fabulous way to give back to the community, and is the best way to show the world that we are competing in this contest with good intentions.

Top X Greatest Real Estate Agents in the World

Update 2/23/08 My New Entry:
Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World
How To Win the Contest
As you’ve probably noticed, the contest to be the “greatest real estate agent in the world” has become quite competitive. Since the rules allow you to form a team, I think it’s almost a sure thing that a team will [...]