The SEM Challenge - Part II
A few weeks back I posted an entry regarding an SEO challenge / bet that I am involved with and if any of you have been following along... today is the day that bet comes to an end. Let me refresh your memories (or inform you if your hearing this for the first time) of what that bet was.
Back in early September, the GM of All Web and I made a bet as to which of our personal websites would rank higher for the term "Search Engine Marketing Consultant" in Yahoo!, Google, and MSN. The rules at that time were simple... who ever is ahead of the other on the 23rd of November (which just happens to be today) - meaning whatever website was first in a particular search engine would win that engine, and 2 out of 3 engines would win the bet. For more information on this please refer to my initial entry here: http://blog.karlribas.com/2005/09/sem-challenge.htm
Since then the bet has been changed to include a stipulation where if our website does not rank in the top 30 than it doesn't count for that engine. I am not sure as to where this addition came from, but some how it was worked in.
In either case, I did the research and found that I can't loose this bet (that is as long as the search engine positions don't start dancing around within the next few hours). In the first scenario I would win as I am placed before him in 2 of the 3 engines and in the second we'd tie because we'd both have 1 engine a piece.
I've been tracking my positions each day for the past week and a half and it's been a real roller coaster ride. I've seen my website in the top 30 positions one day and not in the top 200 the next. I was even at one point above my opponent in all 3 engines while attaining top 30 positioning.
My positions are as follows:
#1 in MSN
#74 and #80 in Yahoo!
#100+ in Google
Michael's positions are as follows:
#11 in MSN
#100+ in Yahoo!
#28 in Google
I went toe to toe with the GM and held my ground. We'll decide a bit later which method we are going to use for determining the winner, but as I mentioned before.. I didn't loose... and it's a real relief. You'd understand why if you new the aspects of our bet! All in all, it was a great fight and one that I've enjoyed participating in.
Back in early September, the GM of All Web and I made a bet as to which of our personal websites would rank higher for the term "Search Engine Marketing Consultant" in Yahoo!, Google, and MSN. The rules at that time were simple... who ever is ahead of the other on the 23rd of November (which just happens to be today) - meaning whatever website was first in a particular search engine would win that engine, and 2 out of 3 engines would win the bet. For more information on this please refer to my initial entry here: http://blog.karlribas.com/2005/09/sem-challenge.htm
Since then the bet has been changed to include a stipulation where if our website does not rank in the top 30 than it doesn't count for that engine. I am not sure as to where this addition came from, but some how it was worked in.
In either case, I did the research and found that I can't loose this bet (that is as long as the search engine positions don't start dancing around within the next few hours). In the first scenario I would win as I am placed before him in 2 of the 3 engines and in the second we'd tie because we'd both have 1 engine a piece.
I've been tracking my positions each day for the past week and a half and it's been a real roller coaster ride. I've seen my website in the top 30 positions one day and not in the top 200 the next. I was even at one point above my opponent in all 3 engines while attaining top 30 positioning.
My positions are as follows:
#1 in MSN
#74 and #80 in Yahoo!
#100+ in Google
Michael's positions are as follows:
#11 in MSN
#100+ in Yahoo!
#28 in Google
I went toe to toe with the GM and held my ground. We'll decide a bit later which method we are going to use for determining the winner, but as I mentioned before.. I didn't loose... and it's a real relief. You'd understand why if you new the aspects of our bet! All in all, it was a great fight and one that I've enjoyed participating in.
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