OK, so the content may have changed a bit but my old mangeur de cigogne competition page is still up.
mangeur de cigogne was one of the early search engine optimization competitions where the object was to rank highest for a made up phrase.
The phrase mangeur de cigogne (Stork eater in English) was chosen and the timeframe was 2 months and ended on 15th June 2004
My memory is a little rusty but I seem to remember the finishing order was;
- Jan – Actulab
- Jerome - NoName
- Laurent - Thickparasite
Image courtesy of NoName
As the name suggests, Mangeur de Cigogne was a French Search engine optimisation competition organised by promoweb
List of participants here: http://concours.promo-web.org/participants.htm
The others I remember;
- Sid – Siddartha
- Apocalx – http://www.apocalx.com/mangeur-de-cigogne/
- Marie – http://www.altitude-referencement.com/mangeur-de-cigogne.php
- Jean-Michel De Sousa – http://le-mangeur-de-cigogne.com/
- Stephane – http://www.le-mangeur-de-cigogne.net/
apologies to anyone I have missed.
How do I remember the day so well? I missed the last few hours because I was in the maternity ward holding my wifes hand as little TJ was born 
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Hope all competitors are well and still doing battles with Google ;o)
TJ Sim64 Serps