SEM Scholarship Finalists Announced

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007;
-- Andy Beal |

Thanks to everyone that entered our second SEM Scholarship Contest. We had twenty qualifying entries and each did a great job in constructing a quality article and then promoting their entry.

After 4 weeks of promotion, we’ve analyzed the traffic for each entry and determined the final 5 entries with the most unique visitors.

Congratulations to the following final five (in no particular order):

These five finalists are now at the mercy of our panel of 16 expert judges, who will select the one finalist they believe deserves to win the grand prize package.

So as not to influence our judges, we are not revealing visitor numbers until after the votes have been cast. In fact, if you’re curious about how each entry did, be sure to check back on Monday, when we’ll share the unique visitor count, page views and top 3 referrers for each of the 20 entries and announce the final winner.

Thanks again to everyone who entered and congratulations to our five finalists.

** Are you the next big name in search marketing? Enter our SEM Scholarship Contest & you could win $10,000 in prizes!

18 Responses to “SEM Scholarship Finalists Announced”

  1. Jordan McCollum Says:

    Congratulations, guys! I was really impressed with all of the entries this round (and I have read every single entry from both contests).

  2. pratt Says:

    Congratulations to everyone who made the cut. They are all great entries. Good luck!

  3. » Day 35 Update - AIDS Clickathon is a finalist, interview, and a milestone Says:

    […] AIDS Clickathon is a finalist! Yesterday Marketing Pilgrim announced that the AIDS Clickathon is among the five finalists of the online marketing competition! Woohoo! Now the five articles go before the 16 panelists who will determine the winner. The winner will be announced on Monday. Thanks to everyone who clicked through and read the article we submitted. […]

  4. Final Five for $10,000 SEM Scholarship » Online Marketing Blog Says:

    […] Andy Beal at Marketing Pilgrim has announced the five finalists in the 2007 SEM Scholarship Contest. There were 20 entrants, each tasked with finding ways to attract the most unique visitors to their article hosted at the MP blog using any combination of SEO, PPC, social marketing, word-of-mouth, etc in 4 weeks. Out of those participants, the following articles made the cut: […]

  5. Marketing Pilgrim Announces SEM Finalists - TheVanBlog Says:

    […] By now you know I’m a fan of the SEM Scholarship contests Andy Beal runs over at Marketing Pilgrim. Given all the posts I’ve written like this one on the results fo the first contest or this one about seo contests in general I thought I’d be remiss if I didn’t let you know that the finalists have been announced for the spring contest. […]

  6. Marketing Pilgrim Announces SEM Finalists - TheVanBlog Says:

    […] By now you know I’m a fan of the SEM Scholarship contests Andy Beal runs over at Marketing Pilgrim. Given all the posts I’ve written like this one on the results fo the first contest or this one about seo contests in general I thought I’d be remiss if I didn’t let you know that the finalists have been announced for the spring contest. And the Five finalists are…drum roll please. […]

  7. Tracey Says:

    Well deserved! 5 very good, informative articles all worthy of the winning crown

  8. Roundup Thursday is Good for What Ails Ya-- Search Engine Optimization Says:

    […] Congratulations to the five finalists in Andy Beal’s SEM Scholarship competition, Keri Morgret and Cavan Moon, who took the grand prize and the runner’s up honors in Bruce Clay’s SEO Charity Contest, and Patrick Sexton, who won a free pass to SMX from Aaron Wall. Man, everyone’s having contest nowadays. SEOmoz should have one. How about whoever designs the most kick-ass SEOmoz t-shirt gets to spend a day with our delightful programmers, Matt and Jeff, as they tell you why your design sucks and doesn’t incorporate enough vectors and swirls. […]

  9. Web Articles » Blog Archive » Roundup Thursday is Good for What Ails Ya Says:

    […] Congratulations to the five finalists in Andy Beal’s SEM Scholarship competition, Keri Morgret and Cavan Moon, who took the grand prize and the runner’s up honors in Bruce Clay’s SEO Charity Contest, and Patrick Sexton, who won a free pass to SMX from Aaron Wall. Man, everyone’s having contest nowadays. SEOmoz should have one. How about whoever designs the most kick-ass SEOmoz t-shirt gets to spend a day with our delightful programmers, Matt and Jeff, as they tell you why your design sucks and doesn’t incorporate enough vectors and swirls. […]

  10. Friday Favorites 5/18/07 - Stuntdubl - SEO Consultant Says:

    […] Andy announced the SEM scholarship finalists […]

  11. Chris Says:

    Any news on when the winner will be announced? I thought it was going to be Monday.

  12. Andy Beal Says:

    Later today. :-)

  13. Roundup Thursday is Good for What Ails Ya | My Wordpress Webblog Says:

    […] Congratulations to the five finalists in Andy Beal’s SEM Scholarship competition, Keri Morgret and Cavan Moon, who took the grand prize and the runner’s up honors in Bruce Clay’s SEO Charity Contest, and Patrick Sexton, who won a free pass to SMX from Aaron Wall. Man, everyone’s having contest nowadays. SEOmoz should have one. How about whoever designs the most kick-ass SEOmoz t-shirt gets to spend a day with our delightful programmers, Matt and Jeff, as they tell you why your design sucks and doesn’t incorporate enough vectors and swirls. […]

  14. SEO News Blog » Blog Archive » Roundup Thursday is Good for What Ails Ya Says:

    […] Congratulations to the five finalists in Andy Beal’s SEM Scholarship competition, Keri Morgret and Cavan Moon, who took the grand prize and the runner’s up honors in Bruce Clay’s SEO Charity Contest, and Patrick Sexton, who won a free pass to SMX from Aaron Wall. Man, everyone’s having contest nowadays. SEOmoz should have one. How about whoever designs the most kick-ass SEOmoz t-shirt gets to spend a day with our delightful programmers, Matt and Jeff, as they tell you why your design sucks and doesn’t incorporate enough vectors and swirls. […]

  15. » Final Five for $10,000 SEM Scholarship Says:

    […] Andy Beal at Marketing Pilgrim has announced the five finalists in the 2007 SEM Scholarship Contest. There were 20 entrants, each tasked with finding ways to attract the most unique visitors to their article hosted at the MP blog using any combination of SEO, PPC, social marketing, word-of-mouth, etc in 4 weeks. Out of those participants, the following articles made the cut: […]

  16. Final Five for $10,000 SEM Scholarship | The Internet Marketing RSS Aggregator Says:

    […] June 5, 2007Final Five for $10,000 SEM Scholarship Andy Beal at Marketing Pilgrim has announced the five finalists in the 2007 SEM Scholarship Contest. There were 20 entrants, each tasked with finding ways to attract the most unique visitors to their article hosted at the MP blog using any combination of SEO, PPC, social marketing, word-of-mouth, etc in 4 weeks. Out of those participants, the following articles made the cut: […]

  17. SEO X Blog » Final Five for $10,000 SEM Scholarship Says:

    […] Andy Beal at Marketing Pilgrim has announced the five finalists in the 2007 SEM Scholarship Contest. There were 20 entrants, each tasked with finding ways to attract the most unique visitors to their article hosted at the MP blog using any combination of SEO, PPC, social marketing, word-of-mouth, etc in 4 weeks. Out of those participants, the following articles made the cut: […]

  18. Marketing Pilgrim Announces SEM Finalists | TheVanBlog Says:

    […] about seo contests in general I thought I’d be remiss if I didn’t let you know that the finalists have been announced for the spring contest. And the Five finalists are…drum roll […]

Leave a Reply

Please read our comment policy.