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 [...]

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 [...]

More Content Less Links

This site was spotted on page six for the search term “Greatest Real Estate Agent In The World” this evening, and it got me thinking… what if I were to write a post about the contest and the SEO strategies that are going on, everyday for the next two months. People say that Google loves [...]

Why Does Google Like REW Better Than This Site?

Well, I can think of a few reasons, so let’s do a comparison:
Real Estate Webmasters
62,100 Pages Indexed of Unique Content
459,217 Inbound Links
Created 04-09-2004
GreatestRealEstateAgentInTheWorld.WordPress.Com
27 Pages Indexed of Unique Content
134 Inbound Links
Created 02-18-2008
I’m not sure, but I think that REW wins… and this also provides evidence that my theory may have some merit. The theory being [...]

Yahoo SEO Versus Google SEO

One of the fascinating things about following a contest such as this, is the opportunity to take a careful look at the search engine results on a day by day basis and see them update. Today this blog is #3 on Yahoo, yet it is nowhere to be found on Google. Of course the question [...]

A Post A Day To Keep The Doctor Away

What a great contest… it has been quite a humbling experience to realize that with all that I have learned about SEO and webmastering… there is still so much to know. The biggest take away so far is the power of teamwork and relationships. This kind of reminds me of a quote I once read, [...]

Off To A Good Start

Well, I wasn’t sure if it could be done, but now that this site has entered the rankings at a very strong #12 in the Google results on it’s first day after being indexed, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. I still think that the team concept is a winner, [...]