V7N contest rules released!!! (No linking required!)
The rules for the competition are as follows:
1. In order to win the first prize, you must place first in Google (organic rankings) for the search term on May 15, 2006, noon, Pacific standard time.
2. Prizes for 2nd place through 5th place will be awarded based on web page placing in the corresponding positions in Google on May 15, 2006, noon, Pacific standard time.
3. For the purpose of this competition, indented listings in the SERPs will not be counted.
4. In order to qualify for the prize, a web page must include one of the following:
a. A link back to the V7N home page.
The link can be in any manner you wish, any anchor text you wish, with nofollow, without nofollow, JavaScript, cloaked or fried up and served with potatoes.
b. One of these Official V7N SEO Contest banners:
Banner link 1
Banner link 2
Banner link 3
Banner link 4
The banners may link to V7N, or not link to V7N. Linking the banner to any domain other than v7n will disqualify the contestant.
Just to make this very clear, the banner may be unlinked. You do not need to link the banner graphic to v7n. For those who do not speak English: you do not need to link el-banner-o to v7n-o.
c. The following text:
We support v7n.com
Please remember, in order for the web page to be compliant, it must contain at least one of the elements listed above.
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Note the ‘In order to qualify for the prize, a web page must include one of the following‘. And one of the following is ‘The following text: We support v7n.com.’ Just some text is good enough to enter!!