Wix $50K SEO Hero Contest
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Wix has just announced a SEO hero contest with $50K for the winner. They are competing against the world, and want to prove that Wix is great for SEO. They probably know what they’re doing by offering this amount of money 😉
How to enter the contest ?
Here are the main rules for this SEO HERO contest :
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The domain name of the Hero Website is to be registered by the Participant on or after November 16, 2016.
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The Domain name must be new and may not be obtained by way of resale or transfer of an already registered domain name.
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The Hero Websites must be created, maintained and promoted in compliance with the Google Guidelines for SEO (no black hat techniques should be used, otherwise you will be disqualified).
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The content of the website is constrained by the rules (it should be in English, should not contain ‘border-line’ content like adult explicit or religious, it should not denigrates Wix and should abide by the Facebook guidelines too).
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Google Analytics and Google Search Console accounts might be shared with the organization team for verification purposes.
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You can enter the contest until December 16th on http://www.wix.com/wix-lp/seo-heroes
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You cannot take part if you reside in a US-embargoed country.
Basically, only white hat techniques can be used, your content should be in English, about one or several SEO heroes of yours, the domain name should be purchased for this occasion, and you should be able to share your google analytics and search console to the organizers to prove you have not been using black hat techniques.
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How is the winner determined
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The winning SEO Hero website will be determined according to the following :
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During the period between March 13, 2017 and March 15, 2017, each day at 12:00 PM ET (noon), and 08:00 PM ET, the moderator will search the term “SEO HERO” via Google Search. Overall, there will be 6 events of search.
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The moderator will take note of domain names that will rank first on Google’s organic Search (excluding local search results) out of all the Hero Websites participating in this Contest (who have not been disqualified).
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The Hero Website that will win the highest number of Search Events shall be determined to be the winning Hero Website of the Contest and the Participant who owns such website shall be considered to be the winner of the Contest.
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In case of draw, the moderator will conduct an additional 7th search on March 16, 2017, at 12:00 PM ET (noon). The website which shall rank first out of the Final Websites shall be determined to be the winning Hero Website.
So, you need to rank first most of the time between March 13th and March 15th to win the contest.
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the winner is...
If you win, well, you’ll get a $50K price. Otherwise, if Wix wins, it will offer $25K to charity, and will split the remaining $25K to the 3 Alternate Winners (those who rank 1st, 2nd and 3rd after Wix website).
Therefore :
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If you win over Wix you get $50K in prize money
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If Wix wins but you are among the 3 Alternate winners, then you’ll get $8333 in prize money
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