Wow! Someone’s buying links just to win this contest? Isn’t that against the rules in the Busby SEO Test? Nope, the rules didn’t say anything about buying links. I didn’t really check further as to the identity of that buyer. But I’m amazed. The contest’s top prize is $5,000. Even if you invest $2,000 for 10,000 links, it is still not an assurance of winning. If the big G finds out, there would be a bigger problem.

So what if that link-buying is for negative SEO? I mean putting out a competing site in the SERP rankings. Flooding links to a site would alert the big G, and could lead to penalization of that site. But who knows the intention of the buyer.

I am not buying links, and I’m not selling either (unless it is above $50). And because it’s Christmas time, why don’t we just do a little link-giving here. This one’s free.

By the way, my friend Bloggista is also joining Busby SEO Test challenge. The Bizblogger is exhorting us to spend more this Christmas to help ease the global financial crisis. The FatherBlogger is posting some useful food preparation tips for healthier children. My friend Javi is also busy with his promotion of Palawan as one of the best Philippine destinations.

So there. Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Now, let’s see who are the famous people born on Christmas day. Here they are:

1642 – Sir Isaac Newton (English physicist and mathematician)
1821 – Clara Barton (nurse and founder of American Red Cross)
1887 – Conrad Hilton (American hotel magnate)
1899 – Humphrey Bogart (American actor)
1907 – Cab (Cabell) Calloway (American bandleader)
1912 – Tony Martin (Alvin Morris) (American singer and actor)
1915 – Pete Rugolo (Italian-born bandleader, composer)
1918 – Anwar Sadat (Egyptian president; Nobel Peace Prize winner)
1924 – Rod Serling (American TV scriptwriter)
1937 – O’Kelly Isley (American singer: The Isley Brothers)
1945 – Ken Stabler (American football player)
1946 – Jimmy Buffett (American singer and songwriter)
1946 – Larry Csonka (American football player)
1948 – Barbara Mandrell (American singer and actress)
1949 – Sissy (Mary) Spacek (American actress)
1950 – Manny Trillo (Venezuela-born American baseball player)
1953 – Dave Wasick (American football player)
1957 – Shane MacGowan (Irish songwriter and singer)
1958 – Ricky Henderson (American baseball player)

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Surprisingly, no one was named after Jesus or some other biblical name except for Sir Isaac. Of course, we all know that Jesus wasn’t born on December 25. That day was only designated by some religious powers in the early times.

In a Christian country like the Philippines, those born on Christmas day are famous in schools, in workplace and in their communities. They’re mostly named, Jose, Jesus, or anything similar to it. Along with fame, they also carry the burden of living a life worthy of the true celebrant of Christmas.

This Busby SEO Test participant was not born on Christmas day. But he’ll readily accept Christmas gifts if offered in good faith.

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