The Terms and Condition of the contest that the SEO Philippines Organize...

Contest Terms and Conditions:

1. Contest starts June 1, 2006 12:00 noon and ends September 29, 2006 8:00 PM.
2. The domain where your contest entry page is hosted should have a 2006 registration date. If your domain was registered before January 1, 2006, your entry page is disqualified.
3. The contest is open to all Filipinos. It’s also open to non-Filipinos who can be present at the awarding ceremonies. If a non-Filipino should win and he’s not physically present at the event, he is disqualified from the contest.
4. To win the top prize, you must be #1 for the keyword phrase isulong seoph (without quotation marks) in Google.com.ph on Friday September 29, 2006 at 8:00 PM. During the awarding ceremonies, there’ll be a public viewing of the Google.com.ph SERPs to determine the winners. Only organic search results are accepted and not sponsored listings.
5. For the purpose of this competition, indented listings in the SERPs will not be counted.
6. To qualify for the Bonus Prize, you should have at least one of the following text links on your entry page. Should you qualify for any of the awards, a Google cache: search will be performed on your entry page during the awarding ceremonies. If the cached version of your entry page does not have at least one of the required text links, your entry will be disqualified.
• SQL Server (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
• SQL Performance (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
• SQL Database (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
• SQL Performance Tuning (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
• SQL Performance Monitoring (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
• Database Performance (link to http://www.lakesidesql.com)
7. Contest updates will be posted on the SEO Philippines discussion group and blog:
• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seo-philippines/
• http://www.seophilippines.org/
8. In order to win, contestants must register, read and acknowledge the full contest terms and conditions by posting a “I have read the contest mechanics and I agree” comment on the contest terms and conditions page. Contestants who do not comply are not eligible to win.
9. All the results of the Isulong SEOPH contest as determined by SEO Philippines, are uncontestable, and cannot be discussed.
10. SEO Philippines and all other parties on behalf of SEO Philippines cannot be held responsible for content misprints and/or errors.
11. SEO Philippines and/or any party on its behalf don’t have any responsibilities towards the contestants concerning any kind of human and/or technical error. Therefore, the contestants give up any future claims towards SEO Philippines and/or any party on its behalf when they participate in this contest.
12. The contestant hereby declares that the contest and all parts of it rely on computers and therefore are not a 100% invulnerable to faults or errors.
13. The contestant hereby declares that he/she and/or any party on his/her behalf does not have any claim to anything that is directly or indirectly related to the tournament.
14. Despite any enclosed condition, it is hereby made absolutely clear that this contest is for the purpose of amusement only. There might be errors in the contest, but contestants cannot create any cause or claim directly or indirectly to the contest, the contest process, the management, the results or anything else related to the contest.
15. Hereby the contestants give up all claims regarding the modification or termination of the tournament.
16. SEO Philippines has the right to instantly stop and/or change the terms and conditions of the contest, without posting a reason. SEO Philippines has to post a message of such notification on the cpayscom.com website. The notification has to be sufficient.
17. Search results in google.com.ph may vary in different datacenters and therefore only SEO Philippines will decide the final results of the contest. To ensure fair play and keep the contestants updated, a screenshot of the results will be frequently posted on the SEO Philippines blog and discussion group.

Regardless any of the terms mentioned above:

1. SEO Philippines is authorized to terminate the contest at any time and/or modify the start, end and check-up dates, prizes and contest rules as long as SEO Philippines posts a message on their website. The contestants agree that any messages about change or termination of the contest will be sufficient.
2. The contestants shall not have any claims concerning changes or termination of the contest.
3. SEO Philippines is not responsible for any damages, including physical damages of the contestants, related to the contest. Participating in the contest and all the stages is the sole responsibility of the contestants of the contest.
4. If in any case a contestant has been prevented from participating in the contest and/or win a prize by malfunction, damage or negligence, SEO Philippines cannot be held responsible.
5. SEO Philippines is authorized at its own discretion to add, deduct and modify all prizes or offer alternative prizes.
6. It is hereby made clear that when a contestant wins a prize, he or she might be televised and advertised in a range of media, including printed press, websites and television.
7. By participating in the contest, the winners agree to be photographed and have their name and photograph advertised in a range of media, mentioned in point 6.
8. SEO Philippines is authorized to not grant the prizes, when contestant participated in any form of deceit, misbehavior, counterfeit, etc.
9. The contestant hereby states and agrees that the results of the winners are final, unquestionable and binding for there may be errors/mistakes in managing the contest. In any case, participation or non-participation cannot provide cause of any claims.
10. The terms and conditions on this page settle the rules for participating in the contestant and are officially contractually binding.
11. By entering the contest, the contestant hereby agrees to all of the participation rules mentioned above and thus put aside any claims towards SEO Philippines, related to the contest.
12. These contest terms and conditions will be advertised on the SEO Philippines website.
13. These terms and conditions completely cover the rights and duties of all parties of the contest and by participating in the contest, you fully accept all the mentioned terms and conditions.