Anil Dash wins the SEO link challenge.

July 9, 2004 2:45 PM

Anil Dash wins the SEO link challenge.
posted by the fire you left me to MetaFilter-Related at 2:45 PM (7 comments total)

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posted by the fire you left me at 2:46 PM on July 9, 2004

Is Google screwing with us, or did 495,000 different people really enter that contest?
posted by PrinceValium at 3:47 PM on July 9, 2004

Actually, he only won the second part of the contest (the "stayer" round), but that's because he didn't enter until the first round was very nearly over. It's neat, but another scary indication of how much power bloggers have over Google.

And, uh, why didn't you post this to mefi proper?
posted by reklaw at 5:18 PM on July 9, 2004

No, it's an indication of how much power popular sites have over Google. Weblogs or not. I'm a blogger but I couldn't have won the contest the way Anil did.
posted by mmoncur at 4:06 AM on July 10, 2004

From what I hear, Anil is a winner left and right these days. Congrats friendly friend!
posted by thirteen at 6:13 AM on July 10, 2004

I'm a blogger but I couldn't have won the contest the way Anil did.

Ah, but see, that's the point .... Anil couldn't have won the contest alone ... he won because of all the other mmoncur's out there who say "I'm a blogger and I'll l link to Anil's site for this contest".

So yes, it has to do with how popular his site is, but it also has to do with how web-connected his readership is.
posted by anastasiav at 8:37 AM on July 10, 2004

*snigger*
posted by quonsar at 11:46 AM on July 10, 2004