`The Four Required Words` SEO Contest

I don't if the number of results is meaningfull but Google claims 56,700 results, 14 times more than MSN and 21 times more than Yahoo.

After 16 days, Google (BigDaddy) returns more than 10,000 results. MSN is behind but even worse MSN returns the main contest page (that should not been indexed). This is not the first time that Microsoft doesn't respect standards. The page is returned without a description.

The forum subcontest is now running. It has no prize but the fame. Each forum must hold a maximum of positions among the 50 first results on Google. Let's see where the best SEO'ers belong.

The obvious domain names thefourrequiredwords.com and the-four-required-words.com have been bought. We will see if domain names have any influence (and on which search engine).

Every day, I discover new competitors. This is great! That just increases the fun. I have also noticed some didn't put an image. Don't miss that part of the competition. Image SEO is hot and we have a lot to learn.

The first competitor I'm aware of is a blog hosted at Blogger. I have added a new price: first result for Ask.com Images. There is also two results on MSN and Yahoo that don't participate. Strange, they weren't there two days before. Not really important.

The contest has been announced on some major fora and a few usenet groups. However the post has been refused/deleted on a few fora.

Good fora (lexical order):

• AOSEP (en)
• Digital Point (en)
• Great Nexus (en)
• Optymalizacja (pl)
• Ranking Konzept (de)
• SEOContest.net (en)
• SEO Ireland (en)
• Seosphere (fr)
• TIP (en)
• Top25Web (en)
• V7N (en)
• WebProWorld (en)
• WebRankInfo (fr)
• WildBilly (de)

Bad fora (lekical order):

• Abakus (de)
• HighRankings (en)
• Searchen (en)
• SearchGuild (en)
• Sitedeals (nl)
• Webmaster-talk (en)

The worst (lexical order):

• GeeksOnSteroids (en)
• AnthonyParsons (en)
• WebWorkshop (en)

If your SEO forum is not listed, let me know.