Written on July 13th, 2007 at 01:07 pm by Darren Rowse
Guess the Search Term Competition Update - Keep Guessing!
update - this competition is now closed. The winner has been announced. Comments are now closed
It has been a little over 12 hours since I started the Guess the Search Competition so I thought it was time for an update.
The winner is…. no one…. yet
The search term has not been guessed to this point. In fact out of the top 5 search terms that bring traffic to ProBlogger only
- 1st Most Frequently used search term - yet to be guessed
- 2nd Most Frequently used search term - ‘ProBlogger‘ - Comment #16 (Robert) was first to get this
- 3rd Most Frequently used search term - yet to be guessed
- 4th Most Frequently used search term - ‘how to make money‘ - Comment #68 (Florchakh) was first to guess - quite a few others suggested similar variations on this
- 5th Most Frequently used search term - yet to be guessed
OK - so it looks like this game is a little harder than some thought it would be (including me).
So I’m going to give everyone a second guess here in this comment thread
I said I’d give a hint after 24 hours - but I think I’ll start doing so now because it could take a while!
I’ll start with a fairly general hint or two:
- The term we are after has two words in it
- It does not contain the word blog (or any variation of it - ie, not ‘blogging, blogs, blogger etc)
If there’s still not a winner in another 12 or so hours I’ll give some more hints that will hopefully be a little more obvious.
Remember there’s a month’s free enrollment in the Blog Mastermind Mentoring Program for the Winner - so get guessing!
update - this competition is now closed. The winner has been announced. Comments are now closed


134 Responses to “Guess the Search Term Competition Update - Keep Guessing!”
Miracle
July 13th, 2007 1:18 pm
make money
pedro
July 13th, 2007 1:33 pm
adsense tips
Hinching
July 13th, 2007 1:36 pm
darren rowse
Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com
July 13th, 2007 1:43 pm
group writing
Anne
July 13th, 2007 1:46 pm
blogging
Deaf Musician
July 13th, 2007 1:53 pm
money online OR online money
sara
July 13th, 2007 1:54 pm
money online
Wyatt
July 13th, 2007 1:57 pm
Writing content?
Patric
July 13th, 2007 1:58 pm
Hey Darren,
I am going to go with “writing content”.
Ankur
July 13th, 2007 2:00 pm
‘Make Money Online’
Kelvin
July 13th, 2007 2:01 pm
earn money
Jim
July 13th, 2007 2:04 pm
writing content
Terra Andersen
July 13th, 2007 2:07 pm
money blogging
Glenn Wolsey
July 13th, 2007 2:10 pm
Darren Rowse
Shane
July 13th, 2007 2:17 pm
“ad sense”
Dave Starr
July 13th, 2007 2:21 pm
online income?
My first two choices have alread been taken … Darren Rowse and make money.
Dave
July 13th, 2007 2:23 pm
“money online” or “online money”
John Bennett
July 13th, 2007 2:25 pm
Ew…. a 2nd chance. How about “Online Tips”.
cafedave
July 13th, 2007 2:28 pm
earn money
Ron Myers
July 13th, 2007 2:28 pm
‘Affiliate Programs’
Dave
July 13th, 2007 2:32 pm
“money tips”
Niranjan
July 13th, 2007 2:35 pm
blogging for dollars
Dave
July 13th, 2007 2:35 pm
“The best blog in the world by my favorite person in the world who is also the greatest living American who is not American”?
affzan
July 13th, 2007 2:36 pm
darren rowse
kathryn
July 13th, 2007 2:36 pm
Advertising tips?
Zen Zoomie
July 13th, 2007 2:36 pm
make money
feve
July 13th, 2007 2:38 pm
advertising tips
Dave Davis
July 13th, 2007 2:41 pm
My second guess: “Earning Online”
Michelle Gartner
July 13th, 2007 2:41 pm
SIX FIGURE
Ramesh
July 13th, 2007 2:42 pm
affiliate program
Andre Santos
July 13th, 2007 2:43 pm
Advertising tips
Cameron
July 13th, 2007 2:50 pm
Job Board
Nathania Johnson - Guest-Blogger.com
July 13th, 2007 2:51 pm
job board
Karen (misc mum)
July 13th, 2007 2:53 pm
writing online
or
online writing
Trollhattan Saab
July 13th, 2007 2:58 pm
Chitika review
Jeremy
July 13th, 2007 3:03 pm
**** - the moment I saw this I knew the answer was make money - but that was the first reply way above.
Ah well.
Juggling Frogs
July 13th, 2007 3:06 pm
This is a great contest! I’m stumped.
How about, “Adsense Traffic”?
Good luck everyone!
Russ
July 13th, 2007 3:08 pm
What about ‘increase revenue’ or something similar?
Jim
July 13th, 2007 3:12 pm
I still think it’s “writing content” but how about:
“Yahoo Publishing” for a second try.
Lifesperspective
July 13th, 2007 3:13 pm
six figure??
Melissa
July 13th, 2007 3:14 pm
writing online?
James
July 13th, 2007 3:16 pm
online money
drew
July 13th, 2007 3:26 pm
chitika ads
Niranjan
July 13th, 2007 3:32 pm
hmm….. my guess.. is “money making”
but ii knw that the answer is either “make money” or “money online”
so sad…. :(.
hoping for the best anyway :p
Dan
July 13th, 2007 3:38 pm
Chitika eMiniMalls
Sean
July 13th, 2007 3:43 pm
make money blogging
Phillip Molly Malone
July 13th, 2007 3:44 pm
“About me”
Simonne
July 13th, 2007 3:51 pm
make money
CNC Venture
July 13th, 2007 3:59 pm
I’m going with “seo tips” not because I think it’s it but because it hasn’t been mentioned - I think the answer is “About me”, though “earn money” and “make money” I would have thought would be up there.
Eric
July 13th, 2007 4:01 pm
Sorry but i just have to comment.
People! Darren said in his other post that he’s looking for the
“search term (via comments below) _that brought in the most traffic to_ ProBlogger” in June.
Not the most popular search term that returned with Problogger in the top results of a Google Search.
In other words “earn money” and “money online” were the most popular search results in June. However, people who entered these keywords into google most probably didnt click on Problogger in search results.
He said above that “problogger” was number two yet it was searched much less than “make money” and “money online”. This means that its most probably a term related to blogging entered by bloggers.
So look for a term thats related to blogging and something bloggers were really searching for in June.
I havent come up with anything yet. I have no clue what the answer is.
Daniel Harsant
July 13th, 2007 4:07 pm
Earn Money.
Navin Kabra
July 13th, 2007 4:11 pm
Since the obvious ones are all taken, and seeing as you are the #2 hit on google for this search term, I am going with “chitika eminimalls”.
Lizzie
July 13th, 2007 4:11 pm
Online money…
Looks like it was taken. Shoot. Number one in the search.
Lizzie
July 13th, 2007 4:16 pm
Does “money making ideas” fit in there anywhere?
lifuchi
July 13th, 2007 4:25 pm
Make Money Tips
Rhys
July 13th, 2007 4:34 pm
I’m going to go for “writing project”
Sharon
July 13th, 2007 4:38 pm
digg bait
Mike Ramm
July 13th, 2007 4:42 pm
original content
Sammie
July 13th, 2007 4:45 pm
“chitika tips” ?
Nitin Pulyani
July 13th, 2007 4:55 pm
“adsense tips” ?
tejvan
July 13th, 2007 4:58 pm
darren rowse
Olga
July 13th, 2007 5:02 pm
I’m pretty sure it’s “about me”
gaman
July 13th, 2007 5:07 pm
“blog templates”
Lovedeep Wadhwa
July 13th, 2007 5:09 pm
Blogging
Samuel Wells
July 13th, 2007 5:10 pm
I’d say it’s either “money making ideas” or “money making tips”
elizabeth ramer
July 13th, 2007 5:11 pm
top 5
Hub Observer
July 13th, 2007 5:14 pm
Get paid
alamster
July 13th, 2007 5:20 pm
affiliate link
Jon
July 13th, 2007 5:22 pm
dating tips
Aaron Cooke
July 13th, 2007 5:31 pm
Amazon Affiliate
Caitlin
July 13th, 2007 5:41 pm
I would have guessed ‘Darren Rowse’ but that’s taken.
I would have guessed ‘Australian blogger’ but you said it didn’t have the word ‘blog’ in it.
Let’s see… ‘writing content’? You are the top hit on Google for ‘writing content’. You score pretty well for ‘good content’ as well.
Alfa
July 13th, 2007 6:00 pm
chitika ads
Davinian
July 13th, 2007 6:02 pm
I’ll give “mango sauce” a try?
JBagley
July 13th, 2007 6:03 pm
comments bookmark
Davinian
July 13th, 2007 6:14 pm
ok, I have just had a thought - what about “AdSense referrals”, or, are we allowed 3 guesses? If so I would like to also suggest “About Me”…
Florchakh
July 13th, 2007 6:17 pm
Damn time zones. “Online money”, no other ideas ]:->
Wulfen (Lobo Feroz)
July 13th, 2007 6:33 pm
Well, I’d guess it’s not a common keyword combo! I’d daresay it’s a kind of funny search, and thus the contest.
I’m voting for the “links that don’t mention the iPhone” post, which was rather fun :). So my guess is:
“iphone speedlinking”
Assam
July 13th, 2007 6:37 pm
earn money from blogs
Anuj Seth
July 13th, 2007 6:43 pm
Is it “Amazon Affiliate” or “Google AdSense” ?
Tim
July 13th, 2007 6:49 pm
darren rowse OR money faq
Darren, this post is going to get you SO many relevant keywords.
Talia Mana, Centre for Emotional Well-Being
July 13th, 2007 6:53 pm
My guesses:
- get rich
- google adsense
- affiliate program(s)
Talia Mana, Centre for Emotional Well-Being
July 13th, 2007 6:55 pm
uh oh i just saw we’re only allowed one guess (sorry saw this post before the other one and didn’t realise that was the rule) so i’ll make my guess
affiliate program
Davinian
July 13th, 2007 7:08 pm
damn, well hopefully my first guess was right…
Dave
July 13th, 2007 7:14 pm
I think I will go with “building traffic” :)
SpiKe
July 13th, 2007 7:16 pm
“Blogging jobs”
cecil
July 13th, 2007 7:16 pm
top 5 list
Ali
July 13th, 2007 7:18 pm
generate revenue or Generate Revenue
Krista
July 13th, 2007 7:44 pm
website traffic
Fable
July 13th, 2007 7:44 pm
‘Earn Money’
Steve
Stuart
July 13th, 2007 7:49 pm
‘adsense money’
David Airey :: Creative Design ::
July 13th, 2007 7:53 pm
Digital photography?
Hmmmmm….
G’day mate?
Vinay
July 13th, 2007 7:59 pm
online money or online money
Matt Huggins
July 13th, 2007 8:01 pm
Amazon Affiliate
Erica
July 13th, 2007 8:24 pm
Top Australian Blog
AmeyJah
July 13th, 2007 8:40 pm
i think ” internet money”
Martin Muehl
July 13th, 2007 8:49 pm
“online money”
silvino
July 13th, 2007 8:51 pm
writing good content
Luciano Passuello
July 13th, 2007 9:38 pm
top 5
AuthorMomWithDogs
July 13th, 2007 9:45 pm
seo optimization
Ash Haque
July 13th, 2007 10:02 pm
“ear money blogging”
Tom
July 13th, 2007 10:14 pm
My official guess is “b5 media” Since I didn’t get a chance to submit a guess in the other post, can I submit two here?
Connor Wilson
July 13th, 2007 10:15 pm
MAKE MONEY ONLINE
I believe it hasn’t been mentioned yet.
Lori
July 13th, 2007 10:17 pm
Darren Rowse …..That’s my guess and I’m sticking to it.
Connor Wilson
July 13th, 2007 10:18 pm
Oh, two words. Then I guess it would be “PRO BLOGGING”
Alex Mould
July 13th, 2007 10:22 pm
blog tips?
Michael
July 13th, 2007 10:25 pm
income stream?
Carl
July 13th, 2007 10:36 pm
“blog”
HopeAbounds4Me
July 13th, 2007 10:37 pm
Great quiz, is it sex? I’m new to blogging and I find your site to be very informative. Thanks for the hard work!
HopeAbounds4Me
July 13th, 2007 10:39 pm
Ooops! I posted under the wrong category, I meant to put this under most frequent search “word” Sorry
Carl
July 13th, 2007 10:42 pm
Crap, that one was taken on the other thread…
Business Blogging
pearl
July 13th, 2007 10:43 pm
‘how many posts per week’
Protestant
July 13th, 2007 10:45 pm
making money
Trevor
July 13th, 2007 10:45 pm
content tips
Sandro
July 13th, 2007 10:45 pm
Very nice blog. Congratulations!
I try with “web money”…
Ryan Stewart
July 13th, 2007 10:53 pm
Make Money
Ian Robertson
July 13th, 2007 10:55 pm
Affiliate Advertising
matty
July 13th, 2007 10:58 pm
“monetize website”
Keith
July 13th, 2007 11:00 pm
blog help
Chris
July 13th, 2007 11:06 pm
blog jobs
Mike Goad
July 13th, 2007 11:29 pm
money online
Ashish
July 13th, 2007 11:42 pm
darren adsense?
Jared Schwager
July 13th, 2007 11:56 pm
blog traffic
JHS
July 14th, 2007 12:07 am
I’ll guess “online advertising”.
Karen Lotter
July 14th, 2007 12:12 am
writing content
Julian
July 14th, 2007 1:23 am
Reader Tips
mike
July 14th, 2007 3:13 am
Blogger Templates
K-IntheHouse
July 14th, 2007 3:13 am
professional money
:-) What the heck, right?
mike
July 14th, 2007 3:22 am
Please disregard above….comment. I didn’t see the update when I clicked through on my rss reader.
Umm…
RSS Promotion
Suzanne
July 14th, 2007 3:28 am
I couldn’t think of two words without the term blogging, but possibly for one of the less frequently used search terms would be
blogs about blogging
Can’t wait to read the answer.
Suzanne
July 14th, 2007 3:29 am
I couldn’t think of two words without the term blogging, but possibly one of the less frequently used search terms would be
blogs about blogging
Can’t wait to read the answer.
Joe
July 14th, 2007 3:39 am
adsense help
Cindy Sue Causey
July 14th, 2007 4:05 am
Aaaahhhhh.. Found a good one (in my not-so-humble-O).. With it being Friday, the 13th, no matter which version I give were it to be close, you’d be seeking the other.. :))
Stepping out on that ever-proverbial limb and going to say……..
“Writing Projects”
Good luck to everyone.. :)
Werner
July 14th, 2007 5:23 am
internet marketing
Gary Petersen
July 14th, 2007 6:56 am
“corporate blog” or “corporate weblog”