Asia’h Epperson Contest

As a demo of SEO skills, my pal Grizzly started a SEO contest on his blog that offers $500 to anyone who can beat his American Idol blog about Asia’h Epperson that is currently ranked at #3. Asia’h got kicked off American Idol without reaching the top 12 but she might be surprised to learn that she’s getting a second life on the Internet in the form of this contest. People anxious to win the $500 are creating blogs and other sites talking about her. Hopefully she can take advantage of this free publicity on the Internet to take her singing career to a new level in spite of getting kicked off American Idol way too early in my opinion and the opinion of many others.

I had helped Griz out with his site with a post of my own here: American Idol Top 24 contestant Asia’h Epperson. Grizzly has some great lesssons about how to apply search engine optimization and marketing techniques. Applying such techniques is not only important to search marketers but to wannabe celebs like Asia’h Epperson. It is important for anyone who gets a ‘golden ticket’ to Hollywood, or to be on the cast of any reality show, to go ahead and get WordPress.com, Blogger.com, MySpace, Facebook and other social media accounts setup ahead of time. Otherwise your name, once you gain fame, might be the subject of a SEO contest as what has happened with Asia’h Epperson.

Check out the contest results by doing a Google search for Asia’h Epperson. If you’re participating in the contest, leave me a comment with your site. If it is particularly good or particularly ugly, I may just link to it. The guy who feeds me was slow with the pellets this weekend and didn’t give me a banana so I don’t want him to win.

UPDATE

This contest is getting bananas. Here are some of the contest entries that I’m monitoring:

Terry Didcott: Asia’h Epperson
EJ Cross: Asia’h Epperson

American Idol Top 24 contestant Asia’h Epperson

A good friend of mine recently started a new American Idol blog about American Idol Top 24 contestant Asia’h Epperson. He has included a collection of photos, screen captures and videos of the 18 year old American Idol contestant. He also says that he will be providing additional content about her as her time on the show progresses toward the top 12.

While the site has a simple design it serves to enhance the content about subject for search engines and readers alike. It just goes to show that you don’t have to be fancy to have an effective American Idol fansite.

If you get a chance, check out this site and see what you think about it.