Contest rules

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

Bayanihan (pronounced buy-uh-nee-hun) is a Filipino tradition wherein neighbors would help a relocating family by gathering under their house, and carrying it to its new location. More generally, the word bayanihan has come to mean a communal spirit that makes seemingly impossible feats possible through the power of unity and cooperation.

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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 Rank 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 October 1, 2007 July 1, 2007and ends May 2, 2008 January 25, 2008 March 28, 2008at 8:00 PM.
2. Checkpoint dates are as follows: November 30, 2007 September 14 November 16 and February 1, 2008 November 23, 2007 January 25, 2008 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.

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