geansai gorm

Geansai Gorm News

You know that SEO contest i was talking about a couple of days ago? Well i’ve been busy working on a new site for it called Geansai Gorm News (bluejumpernews.com).

I’ve found a nice theme, stripped it down a bit and i’m slowly beginning to optimize it for google. Unlike a lot of the sites that i suspect will be taking part in this, i’m hoping to keep this one going and turn it in to a novelty / WTF? type blog.

Geansai Gorm News will feature random news about anyone wearing a ‘geansai gorm‘ (blue jumper). Check out the about Geansai Gorm page for more I’ve got all of November to play with this one and hopefully i’ll be able to turn it in to a top 3 site by the deadline.

I’m not sure who else is entering this, but i’ve seen plenty of buzz around forums and blogs so i’m sure there’ll be plenty of interest. I’ll be happy with a top 3 finish as this is my first ever SEO competition, but then again, there’s no reason why i can’t fend off the rest for no.1 spot

It will be a lot of work - that’s the problem, but i’ll do my best to keep it going for as long as possible!

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Am I the the greatest SEO in Ireland?

Maybe but that’s a question i’ll be able to answer shortly. I’ve just heard about an SEO competition which i’m definitely entering - i let far too many of these competitions pass me by and it’s about time i got stuck in.

I have until December 1st at 3pm to rank no.1 on google.ie for the phrase: geansai gorm. To all my international readers, that translates as ‘blue jumper’.

Here are the rules (taken from mulley.net);

• Entries open to all Irish individuals and Irish businesses.
• Search is to be performed on google.ie. Without Pages From Ireland selected, with personalisation off and from an Irish IP address.
• The domain to rank must be a new domain. Must not contain the keywords in the domain name at all and no ccTLD domains are to be used.
• Only want the homepage to rank, not other non-useful pages.
• 301 redirects are not permitted.
• Keywords as gaeilge instead of english but copy can be in English

Fair enough, it means we’re all on a level playing field. I’ve just over 5 weeks until D Day so i’ll have to act quickly and get the thinking cap on. As the rules state, this has to be a brand new site. The reward at the end of it all, will be to see where i’m at against the rest in terms of SEO.

I have managed to topple wikipedia & government sites with theleavingcert.com in the past without any real ‘deliberate’ SEO work so it’ll be interesting to see how i get on with this. 5 weeks isn’t much time though for me… i guess the good thing about that is that everyone else is in the same boat.

Let the games begin