Friday marked the last day for submissions to our "Ode to SEO" contest. We had many great entries, but our esteemed judges (randomly selected Vertical Measures staff members) narrowed them down to five. You’ll find the entries below in no particular order. Please vote for your favorite, and check back to our blog on Wednesday to see who won! Up for grabs: 1st Place- $1,000 Scholarship OR iPad (winners choice), 2nd Place- $250 Scholarship. Voting ends at 11:59 P.M. on February 23rd.
1)
Name: Adam Courtney
School: Arizona State University
Submission: "Facebook Breakup"
I went to login to Facebook on Valentines Day morning,
Completely unaware that I was about to receive a warning.
It seemed that my girlfriend had decided to unfriend me,
Leaving me to ponder if things really weren’t meant to be?
After checking her profile to see she was now “single,”
It was obvious to me that she no longer wanted to mingle.
Oh well, it’s not my fault she couldn’t ever take a joke,
But it was obvious that this was one girl I was no longer going to poke.
2)
Name: Abby Gilmore
School: Arizona State University
Submission: "Social Media Overload"
Got into bed to go to sleep tonight,
But wait, I forgot to update my social media sites!
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and more,
What can I update that my friends and followers will adore?
Maybe post a photo or write something sweet,
It has to be something to guarantee a re-tweet!
A link to an article or a blog post will do,
It definitely has to boost SEO too.
So many options, so much to consider,
I think I’ll start by searching keywords on Twitter.
Great! There’s a Tweetup in my town next week,
That’s surely something to share with my tweeps.
But what about Facebook? It’s a whole different crowd,
A clever song lyric or quote will make my friends proud.
Ugh, I can’t think of anything, I’ll have to admit,
Oh wait, I can just Google-it!
LinkedIn is last and a very different site to manage,
But it offers great tools to use to my advantage.
I’ll request a recommendation and call it a night,
And now it’s finally time to turn off the lights.
Phew, so glad I’m done with social media today,
So I crawl under the covers to hit the hay.
But now I can’t sleep, so many thoughts racing through my head,
I guess I’ll check UberTwitter right from my bed…
3)
Name: Benjamin Bell
School: Bradshaw Mountain Highschool
Submission: "To Friend or not to Friend"
I log onto Facebook as I would normally. Except this time is different For there is a Friend request I see.
I accept, as I know them from school, Oh man, bad mistake! Wasn’t I made a fool?
Spam everyday! Comment, Tag and Poke! I should not have added this person! Ah gee, they’re a joke!
I send them a message "Hey friend, SLOW DOWN!" They reply with a smiley then write on my wall, Using every verb and noun.
So I log in the next day Should I be surprised Fifteen new comments, all random and improvised!
I can’t take it anymore! Game over, THE END! So I look for that button Oh there it is! And I click "Unfriend".
4)
Name: Greg Fitzgerald
School: Arizona State University
Submission: "44 Tweets About 22 Women"
I followed @Lauren on Twitter In hopes she’d tweet me back
I told @Anna that I wanted love She said “There’s an app for that”
I met @Kelly on Facebook And poked her for a while
@Debbie found me using Google I found her on Dogpile
@Sarah had a YouTube hit Lip-dubbing Miley Cyrus
@Ellie sent me Farmville gifts That turned out to be a virus
@Alyssa ran a music blog And hipsters loved to comment
I subscribed to @Lindsey’s RSS And somehow wound up on it
@Tess was a Mayor on Foursquare When I unseated her
@Ally posted links to Digg So I retweeted her
@Jen worked in social media And search engine optimization
A friend request from lovely @Britt Once caused me great elation
@Elizabeth untagged our pics She said I was a jerk
@BritneyVids was just a tease But still Not Safe For Work
@Mandy mentioned me in posts And said our love was classic
And though @Megan linked to my content She just wanted to drive traffic
With 140 characters I won the heart of @Jan
But @Katie’s online mailing list Filled my inbox up with spam
@Trisha at the agency Worked with contextual ads
@Sandra loved to write new Wikis On the latest sexual fads
@Christina knew my login codes She hacked my accounts, I bet
But I met @Maria in real life Somehow without the Internet
5)
Name: Hal Wendlinger
School: Bradshaw Mountain High School
Submission: "Twitterhood"
A normal day in a twitterhood, Something easily understood,
A way to share your daily thoughts, Information so obsessively sought,
Before no way of knowing, That right now Shaq is out mowing, or that in DC its still snowing,
Follow your closest peers, Or even follow Brittney Spears,
World news in just one click, Info in a Tic,
Spread your buisness worldwide, Voice your opinions with pride
How could we go a day without a tweet? It seems a twitterhood is the perfect place to meet.
Tags: Ode to SEO, poetry contest, seo poetry
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February 22nd, 2010 at 11:51 pm
Abby Gilmore
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Abby Gilmore
February 22nd, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Thanks Hannah! If you vote in the above poll for Abby your vote will be counted. Thank you!
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Thanks Hannah! If you vote in the above poll for Abby your vote will be counted. Thank you!
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:28 am
Kudos to Vertical Measures for coming up with this contest, weeding through the plethora of submissions and coming up with some great nominees! It was a tough call, but personally, I totally agree that Abby’s is the best and voted accordingly
February 22nd, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Kudos to Vertical Measures for coming up with this contest, weeding through the plethora of submissions and coming up with some great nominees! It was a tough call, but personally, I totally agree that Abby’s is the best and voted accordingly
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Greg’s entry number 4….44 Tweets about 22 Women…pretty funny.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:16 am
Greg’s entry number 4….44 Tweets about 22 Women…pretty funny.
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
I have voted for Facebook breakup
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:52 am
I have voted for Facebook breakup
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Thanks Alan! We had so much fun with this contest!!
February 23rd, 2010 at 8:25 am
Thanks Alan! We had so much fun with this contest!!
February 23rd, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Great poem Abby
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:24 am
Great poem Abby
February 24th, 2010 at 12:50 am
My Fave: #4- 44 Tweets About 22 Women by Greg Fitzgerald!
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:50 pm
My Fave: #4- 44 Tweets About 22 Women by Greg Fitzgerald!
February 24th, 2010 at 4:45 am
its a shame this is a popularity contest, the best poems arent getting the votes.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:45 pm
its a shame this is a popularity contest, the best poems arent getting the votes.
February 24th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
That is subjective Rex, I personally think the best poems ARE getting the votes! Well done, Abby Gilmore.
February 24th, 2010 at 10:14 am
That is subjective Rex, I personally think the best poems ARE getting the votes! Well done, Abby Gilmore.
February 25th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Nice poems. Especially Abby’s.
February 25th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Nice poems. Especially Abby’s.