Some may or may not have heard about the directory contest that is going on right now so allow me to get you up to date. This contest was started by Blogmaster a digital point member of the dp forums. The contest is to find out which direcotires are the most powerful in terms of cateogry listing. In other words, what directories will your site benifit from the most by being listed. The goal is to get your directory category page to rank #1 on google for the keyword directorycontest.com, the directory that is in 1st place on Feb. 6, 2007 will win $2,000. Not a bad pot I must say.
However there seems to be alot of contraverce right now in regards to the rules of the contest. Some do not think it is fair to place a sitewide listing in your directory which points to the page that you entered into the contest. I really do not see a problem with it, after all the sitewide listing in your directory will not have much weight when it comes to the search engines. Those that have alot of inbound links pointing to that page are going to be the ones that get to the top.
But the main question is, is it fair to get 1,000's of inbound links with the anchor text directorycontest.com to point to the page that you have entered? That is a tough call, but keep in mind that there is money on line here so most will do whatever it takes to win.
Overall I think that this contest is great for the directory market, many directories have entered the contest and right now the men are being seperated from the boys in terms of who has the better ranking directory. But does this mean that the winner really has the most powerful directory on the net? I can not be sure of that, but one thing is for sure, the contest is providing alot of exposure to those that are listed in the first few pages.
I'll leave it at that for now, but will keep you updated on the lastest news as I come across it.
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