SEOContest2008

• Did the laundry yesterday and I didn’t know there were done already by my wife. Thus they were washed twice. #
• 2am. Time to sleep and wake up after a few hours. #
• RT @bloggersblog Lots of Twitter clones - 250 in this list http://twurl.nl/wvzjyb #
• Super sleepy at the airport.So I play http://www.toomuchsudoku.com #

• @briancarter He appears on “Challenge of the Super Friends” where the Justice League and Legion of doom are super large. And no Wonder Twins #

• @seocracy not a browser plug, but a standalone software, I use http://www.jingproject.com/ that can capture any part of screen and upload. #
• @oilman - the zi.ma/chrome message was yesterday, but I just checked it out. Same with @TheMadHat, I see no problems on my end. #
• Wierd, pictures look normal on Twitter, but when using the Digsby client, @cshel’s picture is amazingly double in size compared to everyone #

• Yes! Was just able to configure my remote VNC. #

• Go out and vote if you haven’t yet. #
• Obama wins? http://ping.fm/ZrQBy #
• Obama has the best moves. McCain is no match. Palin is hot! http://ping.fm/ZrQBy #
• Was about to learn about TinyVNC but started reading more positive feedback on UltraVNC. So I will learn UltraVNC instead. #

• raining.driving to work.love it.opportunity to drift a little bit without wasting the tires that much. #
• @HappySlip in other words… @gbatuyong thinks your hot. *LOL* Peace Glenn. #

• Cheapest ways to call the Philippines from abroad: http://ping.fm/5cYlq #
• @MikeLopez - Have you tried ping.fm or hellotxt.com ? #
• Finally completed this presentation I have been working on. 2am. #

• Chasing deadline for work on a weekend. #
• Still need a lot to do but is now sleepy. Now going to sleep at 2:49am. #

I joined the SEO World Championship by Get Updated last year. This so called annual SEO contest that started in January 15, 2007 and I was waiting for this annual event in 2008 which just did not seem to come. With my best effort to look for the next best SEO Contest, I ended up joining UK Webmaster World’s SEO Contest.

I won the SEO World Championship and won my SEO contest car, but for the UK Webmaster World contest, we still don’t know yet who really wins. This contest ends on April 1 and as much as I try to maintain my lead, I know Paul Sanches and Martin Svilenov, current number 2 and number 3 respectively are not stopping in trying to get the top spot.

But even if I won the SEO World Championship, my whole SEO strategy was completely different in these two contest.

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I have heard this over and over by various bloggers and present day SEO experts. Although many oldschool SEO practitioners have a strong affinity in the belief that W3C validating, compliant HTML or XHTML and CSS helps a lot in the ranking algorithm. Now is there any truth to this?

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