Announcing the 2nd Annual Bad Ass SEO Guest Blogging Contest Winners

Wow! I have to say that this year’s Bad Ass SEO Guest Blogging Contest REALLY lived up to its name. Not only was the sponsorship level greater this year (a whopping $2700 in cash), but the talent level took a big leap forward as well. I am honored to have so much talent on my blog!

Now, without further ado, the moment you have all been waiting for. The winners are:

1st Place – $1000 + a Lifetime Premium Membership to MyBlogGuest.com:

How to Optimize 7 Popular Social Media Profiles for SEO by Kristi Hines

2nd Place – $500 + 1 Year Membership to The SEO Training Dojo:

Come on People, Your Attitude to Guest Blogging Is Killing Me! by James Cave

3rd Place – $350 + Link-Assistant.Com SEO PowerSuite Enterprise License:

But I Don’t Have Enough Klout: How To Be Good At Social Media By Not Being A Jerk by Colette Bennett

4th Place – $250 + 3 Month Subscription to SEMRush.com:

Have You Claimed Your Local Business Listing on These 21 Sites? by Kaila Strong

5th Place – $225:

Using JavaScript to Hide Content: Advanced White Hat SEO? by Darren Slatten

6th Place – $125:

The Seven Secret Steps to Irresistible Blog Posts by Andrew Nattan

7th Place – $100:

Panda, Panda, Panda by Amanda King $100

8th Place – $75

Secret 4 Step Affiliate System by Ben Jackson

9th Place – $75

Social Media Suffocation: Why I’ve Had Enough Of Networking Online by Lewis Austin

Now for a brief explanation of how we can up with our winners:

We had 4 independent judges who scored each post on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being the worst and 10 being the best). The judging factors included style, creativity and usefulness. We then averaged the scores from all 4 judges. You can click here to see the Excel spreadsheet with the scoring.

This year, Kristi absolutely dominated the top spot! Not only was her guest post published on Sphinn and mentioned in SEOMoz’s newsletter, but it has received:

20,892 Views
1000 Facebook Likes
1498 Tweets
224 Google Pluses
Over 200 Comments

Places 2 and 3 were also clear winners. However, places 4 through 8 all tied with each other. As a result, we had to use social engagement factors to determine those winners.

The way our social engagement scoring works is 1 point for each tweet, +1, Facebook Like, Stumble or comment. Also, we looked at social engagement on blokube and blogengage. Additionally, we didn’t count meaningless or ambiguous comments like “Great post thanks.” By calculating these totals, we were able to determine who won spots 4 through 8.

Everyone who won, please email me your Paypal email at gweber at sem-group dot net so I can hook you up with your cashola and non-cash prizes!

Once again, I want to thank all the sponsors, contestants and judges who donated their time. Without all of your help, this contest wouldn’t be possible. You all rock!

We’ll see you all next year when the donkey starts misbehaving again!

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Gerald Weber

I founded Search Engine Marketing Group in December 2005. More recently I co-founded viralcontentbuzz.com. which is the free platform that helps bloggers generate REAL "social buzz" on their best content.

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  Rick November 3, 2011 at 2:02 pm

  Kristi Hines has a well written winner article, so congrats and keep up the good work! By the way, her winner article is very useful and i recommend everyone who’s into social media to read it carefully.
  Rick recently posted..Increase Website Visitors To Your Blog, Website, Sales Page, Affiliate Offer or CPA

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    Kristi Hines November 8, 2011 at 10:21 pm

    Thanks Rick! I’m glad you found the article useful!
    Kristi Hines recently posted..Blog World LA 2011 Recap – Session Notes and Experiences from #BWELA (dofollow)

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  David November 3, 2011 at 2:20 pm

  Congratulations Kristi – it was a great post and well worth winning. Congrats to the other winners, too.
  David recently posted..SocialFloat – social sharing widget (dofollow)

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    Kristi Hines November 8, 2011 at 10:21 pm

    Thanks David!
    Kristi Hines recently posted..Blog World LA 2011 Recap – Session Notes and Experiences from #BWELA (dofollow)

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  bbrian017 November 3, 2011 at 3:00 pm

  Hey congrats to all the participants and Kristi for winning the content. Good for her she deserves it and always produces top quality content. I agree she blew the competition out of the water and in fact when Kristi is in a content you better bring you’re a game of your going down!
  bbrian017 recently posted..$1000 Blog Engage Best Guest Blogging Contest

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    Gerald Weber November 4, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    Brian,

    I really appreciate your support in this contest buddy.

    I’ve been a tad busy this week but I’m going to hit you up regarding your upcoming contest.

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    Kristi Hines November 8, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    Thanks Brian! I bring my A game to every contest, from content to promotion!
    Kristi Hines recently posted..Blog World LA 2011 Recap – Session Notes and Experiences from #BWELA (dofollow)

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  Sandy November 3, 2011 at 3:01 pm

  Congratulations for all the Winners of this contest.

  I like this Site very well. Its great.

  best wishes from germany
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  Dev November 3, 2011 at 3:24 pm

  Hey Gerald,

  It was a great contest and congrats to all the participation. Agree – Kristi dominated the top spot, she did fantastic work.
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    Kristi Hines November 8, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    Thanks Dev!
    Kristi Hines recently posted..Blog World LA 2011 Recap – Session Notes and Experiences from #BWELA (dofollow)

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  Ana November 3, 2011 at 4:19 pm

  Kristi won? There’s a huge surprise… LOL Well-deserved!

  SEMrush is my favorite prize though; congrats to Kaila on that one.
  Ana recently posted..SEMRush: My Answer to Google Blocking Keywords (dofollow)

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    Gerald Weber November 4, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    Yes Ana I read your recent post about SEMRush

    SEMRush is indeed very cool.

    We really did have some very cool non-cash SEO prizes this year as well.

    Also thanks for going out of your way to help promote the contest.

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  Justin Germino November 3, 2011 at 5:28 pm

  What an impressive contest and statistics reached by the winners, congrats to Kristi and I also read she recently quit the 9-5 and is now a full time entrepreneur.
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    Kristi Hines November 8, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    Thanks Justin! Definitely the best news for my first week in the self-employed world!
    Kristi Hines recently posted..Blog World LA 2011 Recap – Session Notes and Experiences from #BWELA (dofollow)

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  Ileane November 3, 2011 at 11:12 pm

  Fantastic contest, Congrats Kristi! Great job everyone, including all contestants, judges, sponsors and you too Gerald
  Ileane recently posted..CrowdBooster Analytics for Facebook and Twitter (dofollow)

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    Gerald Weber November 4, 2011 at 1:15 pm

    Ileane,

    I appreciate your support in the contest as well. People like you are what helps make this happen!

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    Kristi Hines November 8, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    Thanks Ileane!
    Kristi Hines recently posted..Blog World LA 2011 Recap – Session Notes and Experiences from #BWELA (dofollow)

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  Melvin November 4, 2011 at 2:51 am

  Great contest, I didn’t win this time but I guess I’ll just try my luck next time. Congrats to everyone especially to Kristi. By the time I learned she joined the contest, I knew she’s going to dominate.
  Melvin recently posted..Competitive Local Searching. GeoEdge Review (dofollow)

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    Kristi Hines November 8, 2011 at 10:24 pm

    Thanks Melvin!
    Kristi Hines recently posted..Blog World LA 2011 Recap – Session Notes and Experiences from #BWELA (dofollow)

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  James November 6, 2011 at 12:51 pm

  Wow, I really wasn’t expecting that! This is really cool. Thanks to everyone that organised this – I’ve really, really enjoyed it!

  James

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  Whitney Segura January 27, 2012 at 11:33 pm

  Congrats Kristi, and all of the other winners! I wish I could have submitted a post myself, but I sponsored so I couldn’t, next time I am coming for you!!!

  - Whitney Segura
  Whitney Segura recently posted..Optimizing your Business with WordPress (dofollow)

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