Masdigbord
2020 contest aimed at students.
2020Recent contests (2020–2025) : 7 SEO contests
Students, Discord communities, absurd keywords and multi-platform scope (Google, TikTok, ChatGPT): recent contests pave the way for the GEO era.
Contests of the period
Branding Astral
Organised by Neurchi SEO in 2024: 30 participants, structured phases, massive backlinks and narrative strategy.
2024Stratégie de citrouilles algorithmiques
Multi-platform contest (Google, TikTok, ChatGPT) organised by FepSem: over 1,000 participants and an absurd keyword that became a cult.
2024–2025Keywordkönig
SEO contest 2025 · Recent contests
2025Flumberico
SEO contest 2025 · Recent contests
2025Linkavista Giveaway
SEO contest 2025 · Recent contests
2025Concours étudiants SEO (SUPINFO, Excelia, INSEEC)
WordPress and SEO challenges run by SUPINFO Lille, Excelia and INSEEC to build a portfolio and a network.
2025Algorithmic context
2020
- Google announces Core Web Vitals (May 2020).
- Passage ranking is announced (October 2020).
2024
- March 2024 core update and new spam policies (scaled content, site reputation abuse, expired domains).
- AI Overviews launch in the US (May 2024); the llms.txt standard is proposed (September 2024).
2025
- March 2025 core update; Google rolls out AI Mode in Search.
- Generative answers (AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) become a visibility channel in their own right.
Lessons
- Measurement extends to generative answers and social platforms, beyond the ten blue links.
- Community (Discord, LinkedIn) becomes as important as the ranking.