Paradise Philippines SEO Contest

Contest rules

SEO Philippines is proud to announce the launch of the most ambitious SEO contest ever: the P600,000 Bayanihan SEO Contest.

SEO Philippines takes the bayanihan spirit to the SEO world with the first ever social SEO contest. After two highly successful keyword ranking contests (Isulong SEOPH and Ituloy AngSulong) that saw individual SEOs fight for the top spot in all three major search engines (Google, Yahoo! and MSN), we’re breaking new grounds by introducing a team-based point system that will revolutionize the way all future SEO contests are run.

The Concept

Here’s how the Bayanihan Point System (BPS) works:

Points are awarded to sites that appear in the first 100 results for the contest keyword. The contestant that has the highest point total at the end of the contest is declared the overall winner.

To illustrate, Site A is ranked 25th in Google, 78th in Yahoo! and 17th in MSN. Based on the Bayanihan Point System (see chart below), that site has a total of 46 points (19 + 6 + 21). If that same contestant has another contest entry (Site B) and Site B ranks 11th in Google, his second entry is good for 23 points. The BPS will add up all the points earned by all the sites that the contestant owns. In this case, his total point count is 69 (46 + 23).

To determine which sites belong to which contestant, a unique tracking ID will be used throughout the contest. This tracking ID will be embedded in the contest code that you will put on your site as part of the contest requirements. You can put your contest code on your friends’ sites; if those sites are in the top 100 of any of the three search engines, the points they earn will be credited to you. The more sites you can put your contest code on, the more chances you have of breaking the top 100 which means more BPS points for you.

The Bayanihan Point System

Rank	Points
1 to 4	25 points
5 to 8	24 points
9 to 12	23 points
13 to 16	22 points
17 to 20	21 points
21 to 24	20 points
25 to 28	19 points
29 to 32	18 points
33 to 36	17 points
37 to 40	16 points
41 to 44	15 points
45 to 48	14 points
49 to 52	13 points
53 to 56	12 points
57 to 60	11 points
61 to 64	10 points
65 to 68	9 points
69 to 72	8 points
73 to 76	7 points
77 to 80	6 points
81 to 84	5 points
85 to 88	4 points
89 to 92	3 points
93 to 96	2 points
97 to 100	1 point

Additional Contest Mechanics

1. Contest starts July 1, 2007 and ends January 25, 2008 at 8:00 PM.
2. Checkpoint dates are as follows: September 14 and November 23, 2007 at 8:00 PM.
3. 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.
4. There is no domain age requirement. All domains are in.
5. The contestant that has the highest combined points (as computed by the BPS software) will be declared the overall champion. The contest entries that have the second and third highest combined points will receive the second and third overall prizes, respectively.
6. The decision of the contest organizers is final.

Contest Keyword

Lastly, the contest keyword for the Bayanihan SEO keyword ranking contest is paradise philippines, a testament to the beauty and splendor of our 7,000+ islands and the strong character and bayanihan spirit of Filipinos all over the world.