Wix is Giving Away $50K in an SEO Hero Competition

Millions of people have created a stunning website with Wix, complete with SEO tools, platform, analytics & much more. Today, over 90 million registered users in more than 190 countries choose Wix to create their websites.

What is this challenge?

The simple challenge is to create a Wix website optimized for the keyword "SEO Hero". Everyone is invited to create their own website (on any platform) and if it ranks the highest for that search term in 4 months' time, Wix will give them $50,000.

The purpose of the campaign is to reopen the conversation about Wix SEO and give the Wix platform a more positive narrative.

How do I enter?

Create a website in English (using any platform) about the SEO expert/s you'd consider to be heroes. Optimize it with the search term "SEO Hero". The website that ranks the highest at the end of the challenge period will win its owner $50,000.

When does the challenge run?

You can enter your site in the competition by submitting a link from (and including) November 16 to December 16, 2016 (submissions are now closed). Every day from March 13 to March 15, 2017 at 12:00pm ET (noon) and 20:00pm ET, the moderator will search for the term "SEO Hero" on Google.

The site to rank the highest on average over this period will be the winner. In the event of a draw, a seventh search will be run on March 16, 2017 at 12:00pm ET (noon) to determine the winner. The winner will be announced within 2 weeks of the challenge end date.

What's the Hero stuff all about?

Wix wants to celebrate the unsung heroes of SEO and honor the day-to-day life of SEO experts around the world. The ones protecting the Internet on a daily basis. But we all know, a true SEO hero doesn't leap to the top of a SERP in a single bound.

It takes continuous hard work writing compelling content, optimizing heading tags, targeting high traffic keywords and checking rankings hour after hour, and day after day for weeks on end. So all you SEO heroes already out there, Wix wants to give you a big ol' Wix ShoutOut and virtual hug. Especially, Rand Fishkin.

Rand Fishkin Who?

After launching the SEO Hero contest, The Wix SEO team put their heads together to brainstorm the concept of the SEO Hero website. It didn't take long to choose their featured hero as the one and only Wizard of Moz, Rand Fishkin, AKA Professor F. So they sent him a friendly email asking if he's cool with it.

With his blessing, the Wix SEO team set forth their mission to dominate the ranks of Google for the search term "SEO Hero." Their SEO superhero inspired website, SEO Hero School, is constantly being updated with new content about SEO, professional blog posts, tips and tricks for SEO's and more.

For the SEO team at Wix, Rand is truly the embodiment of an SEO Hero. Like Wix, he has spent his career trying to make tough, techy concepts accessible to everyone. His company, Moz, has helped countless people learn about SEO and understand how they, too, can optimize their website. In fact, on any given day you can hear our SEO team quoting lines from their favorite Whiteboard Friday or trying to twist their facial hair to match Rand's.

Discover the ultimate SEO Hero on March 17, 2017!

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