Just like the Olympics, the Internet has its’ share of competitions.  Now, I am not talking about something simple like entering your name to win a prize - no, what I am talking about is a competition between webmasters to see who is the best.

I just recently learned of one of those competitions that are going on right now, and it looks like it is going to be a good one.  With over 250 entrants in the Busby SEO Challenge already, there are many SEO experts willing to put their skills to the test.

Is there a prize?

You bet.  The top three listings in Google under the term of "Busby SEO Challenge" as of August 31 at noon will win prizes, with $7,500 up for grabs.  Not only that, but they will be crowned the winner - which also means bragging rights.

Do you have what it takes?  There is still time to signup for the contest - you could be the winner.

I am having a lot of fun learning new things about websites, the Internet and how to make money online. I thought that I was pretty knowledgeable about the web, but it turns out that I have a lot to learn. I guess this is a good thing because I love to learn.

I have been teaching myself a lot about Internet marketing and what it can do for your Internet business. I have not attempted to make money online, as I would love to learn a lot more about it before I try my hand at it. I think that knowledge is power and I would like to be powerful when I put my mind to something.

I know that I will one day attempt to start my own online business, but for now I am happy to be learning and it give me time to decide exactly what I want to do.

When my brother came to me and told me that he was quitting his job to start his own SEO service, I thought that he was crazy and I told him so. He had a great job that had excellent benefits and an excellent pension and I thought he was really stupid to give that all up for something that did not have any guarantees.

I will now admit that he did the right thing, as his company is doing really well. He has put everything he has into that business and the results are fabulous. He is one of the few companies that I know that offers affordable SEO, so he now has many customers that cannot afford to go to other companies.

The great thing is that, even though he is affordable, he offers effective SEO. We find that many of the other affordable SEO companies are not very effective and it really sucks to pay into something, even if it is cheap, and not get any results. My brother’s business is a success and I am now really proud of him for putting his dreams ahead of his security.

I recently joined an affiliate program that would allow me to sell mobile phones and mobile phone plans in the UK.  It was a very lucrative deal and the commission I was earning was far superior to what I would earn in North America.

But, my biggest challenge was to figure out the best way to market only to a UK based audience - people from other countries would be unable to take advantage of the offer I was presenting.

In order to reach only the UK, I contracted an SEO UK company to consult me on the best practices for what I wanted to do.  I figured that they would have the best knowledge on how to market to their own country and could share any tips or tricks that they knew of.

They were able to help me out by using an SEO link building service targeted just for the UK.  Not only did it work wonderfully, but my site hold the top ranking for many keywords when searching for UK search results.  Their service was definitely worth the money.

I am always looking for new ways to promote my website and I try to keep up with the latest technology, but there are so many people out there that know so much more than me. I will admit that I have come a long way in the past year, but there is still so much that I can learn and want to learn.

While looking for ideas to help promote my website, I came across an article about video ads. The article explained that by placing video ads on your website, you can hold the customer’s attention long enough to make the sale and this is exactly what I wanted to be able to do.

I think that the videos will definitely brighten up the site and make it seem more interesting. They also make the site seem like it was created by someone who really knew what they were doing, which is ironic because I am such an amateur. I decided to buy some of these ads and I think they have made a big difference. Now, I must continue on my journey to find out what is new and exciting in the world of website promotion.

I had to register a domain name before I started a new site.  But after I had the name it just took me a couple of days to get all the content setup for the site.  Now I just have one thing left to do: promote it.

Unfortunately for me, I don’t have a lot of time to spend on the website marketing aspect of building a website, and I really don’t know where to start.  I have made a site or two in the past, but in all honesty, they sure didn’t perform very well.

So, I have hired an advertising company as a consultant and contractor for my website marketing strategy.  I figured that I could rely both on their experience and man power to get some traction for my new site quickly.

I also want to avoid the pitfalls of promoting your site too quickly, and I am sure that they will be able to advise me of what I should do.  I can already see visitors coming to my site, and I have made a sale or two, so I am very happy with my decision.

With the number of websites on the Internet, quite often as a webmaster you find yourself competing with hundreds or sometimes thousands of others to get a good search engine ranking.  I don’t know about you, but if you have ever tried to do link building on your own, it is tough.  Not only do you have to make a commitment to work on it every day, but it is a big time commitment as well.  Even with semi-automated tools, you might find yourself spending a lot of time sitting at your computer promoting your sites instead of working on your business.

It took me awhile to realize that my time would be better spent elsewhere: building new content as opposed to doing directory submissions.  It was at that point that I decided to find an SEO firm that would take care of the link building for me - and let me focus on what is important: building the business.

After checking out a number of companies, I found one that I was happy with: SubmitEdge.com.  Not only did they provide outstanding service, their prices were very reasonable - and in my budget.  Now, I can build more sites and be sure that they and edge over my competition - by not having to worry about promoting them anymore.

I was contacted by the website advisor for the company that I own about promoting our company’s website. I listened to what he had to say and thought that the site was not there to make money, but more to draw in potential clients. Then I got to thinking, if there was a way for the site to make money as well, why wouldn’t we take up that opportunity?

He suggested that keyword research was one way to go about getting more traffic. The more keywords we had listed, the more traffic we would get. That made sense and I could think of thousands of keywords to use for our company.

He explained the many SEO services that were available to help get our website onto the top of search engines and it all really made sense when he explained it. I told him that he was a very valuable employee and thanked him profusely for bringing to the table, ideas for the company to make more money.

We also decided that he would look into article sites and see if there was any profit to be gained from these. It is nice to see that some employees are still loyal these days and I hope we never lose him.

In order to better promote my online business, I decided to use some article marketing. That is, I wanted articles about all of the topics pertaining to my business and I wanted them to link to my sites.

Internet marketing is a little bit tricky, as there are so many options available and there are also so many people out there who would love to scam you. It is best to be informed before sending any payments via the Internet.

I find the online media to be a good resource for reviews on who to trust and who not to trust. Reviews are definitely the way to go. Look at the feedback of a person or company before making a decision. Feedback tells you a lot about the person.

I know that there are some wonderful article marketing companies out there. I know this because I have paid the money, got the job done and now enjoy higher search engine rankings. I know that I have made the right choices, but I have not made uniformed ones.

For the longest time, I have been following one method to promote my websites.  Basically, what I have been doing is promoting the main page through forums, blog posts, web directories and social marketing, but I have been neglecting deep links to my site.

A deep link is a link to an inner page of your site.  For example, promoting the page that has this blog post on it, I would be getting deep links.  The benefit here is that search engines can tell that you are obviously promoting your site if all the links point to your main page.  If there are links sprinkled amongst all your pages it looks more natural and can help you with your rankings.

I have found a general directory or two that do accept deep links, but most of these only offer a deep linking option on paid listings, not free ones.  If you have a marketing budget that is okay, but for those of you that do not, it is not an option.

Another option besides using a links directory is blog commenting.  Most blogs allow you to specify a website for your comments, and this is where you should be using a page of your site, not just the main page.  You will find that this method works great, and can give you good targeted traffic if you comment on pages that are related to your site.

Be sure to promote all pages of your site and don’t make the same mistakes I did by neglecting the promotion of my inner pages.  Look for web directories and blogs that allow you to make comments - these are the easiest places to promote the inner pages of your site.