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michael_gersitz
04-13-2004, 11:15 AM
We should have monthly competitions, only WP members should be able to compete....


Any thoughts?

incka
04-13-2004, 11:38 AM
I like the idea, but if it was revenue Chris would always win unless we got Mr. iDownload.com posting...

Mike
04-13-2004, 12:14 PM
And if it was posts incka would always win. Just imagine what lengths he would go to to post more :D

incka
04-13-2004, 12:17 PM
I just enjoy posting...

Michael Gersitz suggests: Member referrals, seo quiz.

I suggest: Fastclick earnings, articles got onto WP in that month.

michael_gersitz
04-13-2004, 12:21 PM
Any type of competition that we can talk about and will improve our skills, stuff we can learn from, stuff that build up a better forum.

i.e.
Like a competition on writing the best review of Azoogle, A template contest (I would give free advertising to the winner and display the templates on my sites),
the winner would get his article on WP, or whatever we pick out as a prize.

Stuff like that. Other forums do it...

thebillionaire
04-13-2004, 01:14 PM
I actualy would enjoy a competition to see who improves the most in a month page impressions, that way it is fair for every one. And we can post out webalizer or any stat programs pic to see who improves the most.

incka
04-13-2004, 01:47 PM
Only in percent though...

r2d2
04-13-2004, 02:07 PM
Yeah monthly percentage increase in earnings too?

incka
04-13-2004, 02:18 PM
How about most annoying member - I would win that...

Member most want to get rid of - me...

r2d2
04-13-2004, 03:33 PM
Toughest member? :D

michael_gersitz
04-13-2004, 05:17 PM
Smartest Member...

Someone could set up a web quiz...

Yoda
04-14-2004, 07:43 AM
The best premise for a contest I could think of would have Chris issuing contestants topics and challenging them to build the best-looking, most-fuctional, best-optimized site they can on them, then deciding which is best overall.

incka
04-14-2004, 08:08 AM
I like Yodas idea.

If we did best sites overall Yoda would win :)

michael_gersitz
04-14-2004, 09:34 AM
A competition would not be of past things. We would all have to build new sites on certain topics... But that would be to hard, and if you lost, you would be pretty mad..

r2d2
04-14-2004, 09:37 AM
I dont think we should go out of our normal way of web building for a competition.

I certainly wouldnt bother - dont have enough time to do all the sites I have now :rolleyes:

I think just percentage increase in a few things.

incka
04-14-2004, 11:21 AM
Michael - Perhaps us all making a site on a certain area, lets say advice (health advice, debt advice, business advice) but not on specific topics (call conferences, poker tips, house buying, mesothelomia, etc)

Mike
04-14-2004, 12:07 PM
I don't think making a site for a topic is a good idea at all. You will have to give a lot of time, and pay for a domain.

The time spent would do much better on your own sites.

michael_gersitz
04-14-2004, 02:24 PM
Making a whole new site would be to much work for any of us.

Writing an article or making a logo wouldn't be much of a strain, yet still have some diffulculty.

Mike
04-15-2004, 12:22 AM
Perhaps a logo would be ok.

incka
04-15-2004, 12:42 AM
I wouldn't do logos or articles as I've got too much with my sites to do. I would however do sites if they could be on a broad category (advice, entertainment, AWS)...

Mike
04-15-2004, 05:20 AM
So you wouldn't do a single article or logo, but you would do a whole site? Right.

Yoda
04-15-2004, 07:14 AM
Originally posted by Mike
I don't think making a site for a topic is a good idea at all. You will have to give a lot of time, and pay for a domain.

The time spent would do much better on your own sites.
But this WOULD be our own site. We could be given a topic that's suitable for SEO optimization and profit. It wouldn't be "make a site about how pretty daffodils are."

incka
04-15-2004, 07:49 AM
Yoda - That's what I meant, but we should do not one topic for all as 10 competiting sites amoung friends will cause fall outs...

BTW: If yoda and mike were compeiting on conference calls sites Yoda would win on design & SEO, but mike would win on domain.

Mike
04-15-2004, 08:02 AM
Originally posted by Yoda
But this WOULD be our own site. We could be given a topic that's suitable for SEO optimization and profit. It wouldn't be "make a site about how pretty daffodils are."

That wouldn't be so bad. You'd have to be allocated a load of topics though, because as Sean says, it just wouldn't work otherwise.

r2d2
04-15-2004, 10:48 AM
Wouldnt work full stop.

I'm not gonna make a website to win a competition. Im gonna make a website because I want to, and to make profit.

I've gotta say that anything other than percentage increase in some stuff etc is kinda sad. Think about it. Making a good website takes hours and hours. Doing all that for a competition with a few people over the internet??

Any competitions should be to motivate people etc to do better.