Written on July 12th, 2007 at 11:07 pm by Darren Rowse
Guess the Search Term and Win a Blog Mentoring Prize
update - this competition is now closed. The winner has been announced. Comments are now closed
OK - it’s time for a little ProBlogger reader competition.
It’s called - “Guess the Top Search Term Competition” (or GTTSTC for short)…. catchy isn’t it!
Here’s how it will run. I’m going to offer a prize for the first person to submit the search term (via comments below) that brought in the most traffic to ProBlogger from Google in the month of June.
ONE ENTRY PER PERSON (I’ll check IP addresses to make sure). Your first entry will be taken as your only entry - so be quick but make your entry count by reading what others have already said (first in best dressed).
Note - By search term - it could be a combination of more than one word.
The Prize - A month’s free access to the Blog Mastermind Mentoring Program. It’s a good way to check out Yaro’s great new mentoring program for free - you can unsubscribe at any time to avoid ongoing payments.
Judging - The Winner will be the first person to get the exact term right.
Do note - that my comments are filtered and some comments go to moderation and don’t appear on the post until I’ve given them the go ahead. As a result you might think you’re first for a term but someone else might actually be.
I’ll announce the winner in 24 hours so we can get a nice array of search terms submitted for a little fun. If no one’s got it in 24 hours I’ll start giving a few hints.
update - this competition is now closed. The winner has been announced. Comments are now closed


159 Responses to “Guess the Search Term and Win a Blog Mentoring Prize”
Mike Mahon
July 12th, 2007 11:33 pm
Make Money Blogging
urbanmike
July 12th, 2007 11:34 pm
Darren, I reckon it’s “blog tips”.
Great idea for a competition, making people think about the site content and how other people might get to it from Google.
Jonathan Street
July 12th, 2007 11:37 pm
I’ll go for - “earn money online”
Ian Stewart
July 12th, 2007 11:37 pm
Blogging Tips
Tobsy
July 12th, 2007 11:40 pm
blogging tips
Okay, I was gonna say “blog tips” too, but Mike was faster *g*.
alam
July 12th, 2007 11:41 pm
professional blogging
Rhys
July 12th, 2007 11:43 pm
make money tips
Darren Rowse
July 12th, 2007 11:43 pm
i can see we’ll have some double ups here due to moderation (eg ‘blogging tips’ was submitted twice - so will allow people who submit one that someone else submits before them to have a second go. For example - Tobsy - you can have another shot at it because Ian beat you by 3 minutes but his comment was moderated - hope that made sense.
Melissa
July 12th, 2007 11:43 pm
Blog Promotion- promote my blog
The Forechecker
July 12th, 2007 11:47 pm
I’m gonna go with “blog money”, Darren.
gaman
July 12th, 2007 11:49 pm
I know, it’s “darren”
Luciano Passuello
July 12th, 2007 11:50 pm
blog money
Dave Davis
July 12th, 2007 11:51 pm
I’ll go with “Make Money Online”
zool
July 12th, 2007 11:56 pm
let’s blog for money
Aaron Cooke
July 12th, 2007 11:57 pm
How to make money by blogging
robert
July 12th, 2007 11:57 pm
problogger
Sharon
July 12th, 2007 11:58 pm
blog job(s)
DazzlinDonna
July 12th, 2007 11:58 pm
problogger
brian
July 13th, 2007 12:01 am
Google Adsense
Wulfen (Lobo Feroz)
July 13th, 2007 12:01 am
Cool contest! My guess would be:
“earn money blogging”
Brian
July 13th, 2007 12:01 am
I’ll go with - make money blogging
Markus Jung
July 13th, 2007 12:02 am
money by blogging
Simonne
July 13th, 2007 12:05 am
blogging
Rob Witham
July 13th, 2007 12:05 am
Six Figure Blogging
Niranjan
July 13th, 2007 12:05 am
I guess: “money blogging”
Eivind
July 13th, 2007 12:06 am
blog for money
Dave Lahn
July 13th, 2007 12:07 am
How to blog
AmeyJah
July 13th, 2007 12:09 am
problogger
TheOzz
July 13th, 2007 12:13 am
Pro Blogger
Marguerite Jasmin
July 13th, 2007 12:15 am
blogging for money
آمنة
July 13th, 2007 12:18 am
Monetize blog
Kolin
July 13th, 2007 12:23 am
online money making
sarah
July 13th, 2007 12:25 am
“how to make money from blogging”, maybe? ^_^
B10G
July 13th, 2007 12:26 am
Darren, clearly its ‘Win a Blog Mentoring Prize’
Anke
July 13th, 2007 12:28 am
“promote my blog”
Patrick
July 13th, 2007 12:31 am
blog money
CristianR
July 13th, 2007 12:33 am
help bloggers earn money
markus941
July 13th, 2007 12:34 am
blog money
Joseph Arnone
July 13th, 2007 12:35 am
“See more at the job board”
—Perhaps the most searched out topic was your blog bulletin board—
Elizabeth
July 13th, 2007 12:43 am
What is a blog?
Pandora Jaramillo
July 13th, 2007 12:43 am
blog support
calvin
July 13th, 2007 12:43 am
it’s “helping bloggers earn money”
Niranjan
July 13th, 2007 12:48 am
The term i wud like to guess is
“blogger”
n PS: im nt the niranjan who guessed above :p
the site i ran previously was [ gadgerworlds.phpnet.us ] til may that is.
just assuring you that its another niranjan :)
Daniel Scocco
July 13th, 2007 12:48 am
People said “blog money”, I would say “money blog”
Chee Kui
July 13th, 2007 12:51 am
Problogger
OneYearGoal.com
July 13th, 2007 12:51 am
Make Money Blogging
One Man. One Year. $100,000 online.
http://www.oneyeargoal.com
Jaypee
July 13th, 2007 12:51 am
My guess would be: “Making money online” :D
Maricar
July 13th, 2007 12:51 am
My guess would be:
how to monetize blogging
The Reviewer
July 13th, 2007 12:52 am
Blogging as a job
lolzorz
July 13th, 2007 12:56 am
anal bumsex
Krista
July 13th, 2007 12:57 am
I guess “increase web site traffic”
Fred Black
July 13th, 2007 1:01 am
make money
MarkBlogger
July 13th, 2007 1:03 am
I’ll go with,
professional blogging tips
Ding, ding.
Tony
July 13th, 2007 1:03 am
make money online
Juggling Frogs
July 13th, 2007 1:05 am
My guess is “Darren Rowse” as the search term.
I guess this, because I’m expecting a lesson/post on personal branding and the importance of a keeping a reputation’s authority. This, perhaps, in response to the recent flux of paid prewritten ads and comments-spam services being debuted elsewhere.
Hafiz
July 13th, 2007 1:06 am
six figure blogging?
Silver Monthly
July 13th, 2007 1:06 am
Make Money Online Blogging
Steve
July 13th, 2007 1:07 am
“Making money online”
Tonda
July 13th, 2007 1:16 am
I don’n know, everything has been mentioned.
So “how to stop blogging” then ? :o)
Binny V A
July 13th, 2007 1:22 am
I am going to go with ‘problogger’.
Nathania Johnson - Guest Blogger
July 13th, 2007 1:23 am
my guess is one word: blog
it gets a large number of searches each year and problogger is on the fist page of results.
other highly searched terms were already submitted - “make money online” and “blogging” - these are terms you rank on the first page for and are searched thousands of times. plus “make money online” is in your title tag.
you’re not on the first page for “blogger” so i doubt it’s that.
MichelleVan
July 13th, 2007 1:23 am
Nah, I’m gonna go with “blogger face-off” l. BTW. I’m already in Yaros class. Could I still win a free month?
Turner
July 13th, 2007 1:32 am
Since all the good ones are taken, I will guess:
“I overheard the captain saying it would be jolly-jack splendid to spend a fortnight or two in Hawaii ”
Good luck to those who already guessed “make money blogging”
Martin Neumann
July 13th, 2007 1:34 am
blog make money
Todd Austin
July 13th, 2007 1:36 am
make money online
Rich Minx
July 13th, 2007 1:43 am
‘problogger blog’
I had better guesses but they’re already taken.
Nick
July 13th, 2007 1:43 am
start your own blog
Florchakh
July 13th, 2007 1:48 am
“how to make money”, I guess.
Conner Downey
July 13th, 2007 1:50 am
“blog”
Chris
July 13th, 2007 1:52 am
blogging money
Jon
July 13th, 2007 1:53 am
Someone has already said it, but my guess is “blogging”
Problogger.net ranks #13 on Google for that very popular term.
Jason
July 13th, 2007 1:56 am
make money online.
Michael
July 13th, 2007 1:59 am
“how to earn money blogging”
My quess!
elizabeth ramer
July 13th, 2007 2:08 am
My first guess was problogger, but I see that’s already been taken so lets try Darren Rowse.
Samer Bazzi
July 13th, 2007 2:09 am
Make money online
George
July 13th, 2007 2:10 am
Damn … I had some good guesses but they’re taken :( . So, here’s my guess:
online money
Samer Bazzi
July 13th, 2007 2:10 am
my above is without the quotes of course :)
Sarat Chandran
July 13th, 2007 2:11 am
What about - “earn money from blog” ?
Matt Jones
July 13th, 2007 2:13 am
I would go for “blogging” but that’s taken… so why not go for “blogger”… even though your not even Page1… fingers crossed.
Matt Jones
July 13th, 2007 2:13 am
I would go for “blogging” but that’s taken… so why not go for “blogger”… even though your not even Page1… fingers crossed.
lifuchi
July 13th, 2007 2:16 am
I would go for iPhone or iPod
April
July 13th, 2007 2:16 am
how make money
Dustin
July 13th, 2007 2:23 am
‘Cat’?
BlogEx
July 13th, 2007 2:25 am
I’m going to go with the obvious one of “blogging”. (The site ranks #4 in Google)
BlogEx
July 13th, 2007 2:29 am
Matt Jones, who took “blogging”?
Darren, we might need a ruling on this one ;) would Matt’s comment count as an entry for “blogging” since he chose a different one hehe.
Matt
July 13th, 2007 2:31 am
“earn money blogging”
Kiwipulse
July 13th, 2007 2:33 am
“Adsense Blog”
Joshua
July 13th, 2007 2:37 am
“Make money online”?
Terra Andersen
July 13th, 2007 2:42 am
make money online
Jacqueline T Lynch
July 13th, 2007 2:43 am
professional blogging
trakin
July 13th, 2007 2:46 am
Most of the words I thought of are covered, However, I’ll go with “pro blogging” .
Mocky
July 13th, 2007 2:47 am
blog
bill
July 13th, 2007 2:50 am
Make Money With my Blog
Deborah
July 13th, 2007 2:56 am
Make money online
Deborah
July 13th, 2007 2:57 am
Work from Home
Lee Odden
July 13th, 2007 3:03 am
According to SEO Digger, it might be “earn money online” but I see that Jonathan Street already grabber that one. :)
derek
July 13th, 2007 3:09 am
how to make money blogging
Julian
July 13th, 2007 3:12 am
Ill go with “how to make money”
I know that it will be something starting with money or adsense but don’t know exactly what .
BenKo
July 13th, 2007 3:22 am
pro blog
PS: I’d vote for “online money” but it’s already taken, so…
Ramesh
July 13th, 2007 3:35 am
what is a blog?
Dan Root
July 13th, 2007 3:41 am
Make Money Blogging
ross
July 13th, 2007 3:45 am
increase Blog RSS sunscriber?
Alfa
July 13th, 2007 3:59 am
blog from make money
bharadwaj
July 13th, 2007 4:15 am
“blog tips” is the magic word i guess.
What if there are more than one person guessing the right word??
Matt
July 13th, 2007 4:19 am
“adsense tips for bloggers”
TheOzz
July 13th, 2007 4:40 am
I already guessed, but I would recommend a guess of “how to make money online” since no one has used it yet.
JohnPlace
July 13th, 2007 4:47 am
web traffic
silvino
July 13th, 2007 4:54 am
good content blog
fatgadget
July 13th, 2007 5:23 am
Hi Darren
Great idea for a competition, my guess is :-
‘Pro Blogger’
Roberta
July 13th, 2007 5:57 am
I’ll bite, my guess is going to be “how to make money online”……I know “fireworks” would be the one for DPS…. ;)
Stephane Dion
July 13th, 2007 5:58 am
What is a blog
prophetsearcher
July 13th, 2007 6:04 am
blogging
Eduardo Maio
July 13th, 2007 6:18 am
I would go with “blog tips” but it’s already covered…
thatedeguy
July 13th, 2007 6:18 am
“Adsense Tips”
John
July 13th, 2007 6:36 am
one word
“blogging”
that is how i found you!
Easton Ellsworth
July 13th, 2007 7:03 am
money online
tejvan
July 13th, 2007 7:25 am
What is a blog?
Matt
July 13th, 2007 7:57 am
Problogger
Terra
July 13th, 2007 8:55 am
how about “how bloggers make money”?
I don’t think that’s been mentioned…
Grace
July 13th, 2007 8:56 am
Pro Blogging
aag
July 13th, 2007 9:27 am
“problogger contest”
?
Louiss
July 13th, 2007 10:02 am
“How bloggers make money from blogs” , just a competition, how I m right! :)
SmallFuel Marketing Blog
July 13th, 2007 10:06 am
I’ll go in with “earn money”
Jamdo
July 13th, 2007 10:14 am
earn money online
Kathleen
July 13th, 2007 10:28 am
SEO
kishore
July 13th, 2007 10:55 am
I would say
pro.blogger.com
Tech Tools
July 13th, 2007 11:58 am
Very interesting stuff, thanks!!!
For my guess I’ll have to go with “crackface pears+leprechaun” ?
Dave
July 13th, 2007 12:53 pm
“Darren Rowse”
kathryn
July 13th, 2007 1:22 pm
Hi Darren - my guess is “what is a blog”
Ankur
July 13th, 2007 1:58 pm
‘Make Money Online’
John Bennett
July 13th, 2007 2:22 pm
Great contest - My guess is “Money Tips”.
Chris
July 13th, 2007 2:27 pm
Hey Darren. How about a mis spell:
Darren Rose.
feve
July 13th, 2007 2:31 pm
earn money
feve
July 13th, 2007 2:32 pm
affiliate marketing
feve
July 13th, 2007 2:34 pm
advertising tips
J-Ro
July 13th, 2007 2:42 pm
It’s got to be “make money” or “money online” but those have been taken, so I’ll guess “content tips”
Josh
July 13th, 2007 2:43 pm
‘adsense tips’
(2nd choice: ‘advertising tips’ but looks like feve beat me to it)
Briana
July 13th, 2007 2:44 pm
“make money”
Cameron
July 13th, 2007 2:46 pm
Big adsense cheques
Matt
July 13th, 2007 2:52 pm
writing content
Regan
July 13th, 2007 2:57 pm
problogger stats
mbhunter
July 13th, 2007 3:01 pm
chitika review
Mohd ShahNawab
July 13th, 2007 3:04 pm
I think it’s - effective writing
CNC Venture
July 13th, 2007 3:59 pm
about me
laichi
July 13th, 2007 4:58 pm
blogging for beginners
Anuj Seth
July 13th, 2007 6:42 pm
Is it “Amazon Affiliate” or “Google AdSense” ?
Stuart
July 13th, 2007 7:23 pm
‘adsense news’
Hari
July 13th, 2007 7:40 pm
1st Most Frequently used search term - “Make Money”
3rd Most Frequently used search term - “Make Money Online”
Travis
July 13th, 2007 11:03 pm
“money blogger”
Kathy@makinghomework.com
July 13th, 2007 11:08 pm
My votes are either “increase traffic” or “SEO tips”
Fred Joiners
July 13th, 2007 11:54 pm
Based on a strange quirk on my search terms I would guess it is ‘Pro.com’
Jean Lockwood
July 14th, 2007 12:56 am
My guess would be
“making money from websites”
Rukshan Kothwala
July 14th, 2007 2:05 am
I guess it can be “online money bloggers”
Joseph Bernard
July 14th, 2007 2:28 am
first is “blogging”
third is “information about blogging”
Have a good weekend and remember to stop, look and listen to find out what is reallu going on inside and around you.
http://www.explorelifeblog.com/journal/2007/7/13/stop-look-listen.html
Joseph
Niamh
July 14th, 2007 3:36 am
Hi,
My first guess is ‘income stream’ and my second is ‘relevant/engaging content’.
Regards,
Niamh
Niamh
July 14th, 2007 3:39 am
Can I appeal to the Judge for clemency and get another go.
‘original content’.
Niamh
Melissa
July 14th, 2007 6:39 am
My guess is “online pro”
Michael
July 14th, 2007 6:49 am
ad sense ? ?
Ranjith Wijewardene
July 14th, 2007 7:01 am
Google?s Pro.blogger