Ever have one of those silly SEO contests? Well I am in one right now.

My friend from work, Travis Newman, thinks he can rank higher than I can and more quickly for the name Mark Ashworth. Mark is a guy who sits near me and Travis at NextStudent.

Mark Ashworth is a C# developer, Travis is the Software Manager, and I am the Senior Web Developer / SEO. Travis is the "boss" of me and Mark Ashworth. The domain I set up for him is http://mark-ashworth.mcpmedia.com. Travis' Mark Ashworth page was set up 2 weeks ago. I set mine up a day ago. Travis ranks number 3 on google and I rank number 2 for the same phrase.

TAKE THAT TRAVIS!

If you want to help me win the Mark Ashworth SEO battle, please link to my subdomain with the anchor text of Mark Ashworth. Once I get number one rankings I win. The link to my subdomain certainly doesn't need to be permanent. I just need a quick kick to get that top spot before Travis does. He plans on putting his mark ashworth page on an extensive link network that will surely give him the edge, so I need to grab that top spot quick or else I will be persecuted at work from both Travis and Mark Ashworth.

If you want to help me win the Mark Ashworth SEO Battle, please pop this in any spot on any of your websites for a few days - I would love you forever if you did!

Mark Ashworth link text :
<a href="http://mark-ashworth.mcpmedia.com/" target="_blank">Mark Ashworth</a>

Thanks!!

btw- I won this competition - I was the first to #1 so I am taking down my sitewide links. Don't be surprised if Travis' page gets the top slot immediately after I take down my links ;-)

Hehe Congratulations!