First, a big thank you to each of the participants of the “YOUmoz – Win a free SEOmoz Premium Membership contest” that later got amended to the "Win a One Year Premium SEOmoz Membership" contest.  I think it’s fair to say the contest was a success and both the contributors and readers came out winners.  This is one fantastic community. 

Most of you are aware that the one year membership was generously offered up by Paul @ Crediblecopy.org.  Paul specializes in credible copywriting marketing and advertising.  Thank you again, Paul.  There is also a one month membership that I offered for second prize. The winners were selected by the total number of thumbs up votes for each entry.  Thumbs down were not included.  The votes were tallied as of Tuesday, January 29th at 5:00pm (PST).  While I do not know the typical volume of YOUmoz posts that are submitted, I believe it is safe to say that the contest elicited several contributions from members that had not previously submitted and total number of submissions were up. (Poor Rebecca may attest).  Thank you for the extra effort, Rebecca!  There were a total of 21 posts and a combined 297 Thumbs Up and 628 Comments!

While there are only two memberships as prizes, Rebecca agreed that each of the participants deserves a coveted “SEOmoz link” to each contributor’s respective websites.  (Yes, they follow).  I've done my best to link with appropriate anchor text.

With that said, the winners and participants are as follows (thumbs and comments reported at the time this entry was written):

1ST PRIZE: "SEO Contract Template: A Verbal Contract Isn't Worth the Paper it's Written On." 35 thumbs up, 54 comments. Written by Crash ( Media Production Company Edmonton Alberta Canada).

2ND PRIZE: "Yes Dear, There is Porn SEO, and We Can Learn a Lot from It." 34 thumbs up, 29 comments. Written by XMCP, aka SlightlyShadySEO (Making Money Online Scripts). 

Honorable Mention - Promoted to Main Blog: "Robots Exclusion Protocol 101." 26 thumbs up, 42 comments. Written by Sebastian (Sebastian’s Pamphlets).

Honorable Mention - Most Commented: "Kids, Plug Your Ears! I Am Going to Talk About SEO P_rn!" 22 thumbs up, 146 comments. Written by Brent D. Payne (Brent David Payne – SEO Specialist).

Other entries:

• "Why a Link from a Powerful Blog May Not Be a Powerful Link." Written by Duncan Morris (SEO, PPC and Internet Marketing Company In London). 
• "How Can SEs and SEOs Work Together to Improve Understanding and Fight Spam?" Written by Bookworm-SEO, aka Gab Goldenberg (Expert SEO Consulting Services Montreal Canada).
  
• "Google Sucks at Adwords." Written by Carfeu (Search Marketing, SEO, PPC, Portugal).
• “Why Initial Rankings Following Quick Reporting Are Key.” Written by Luke (no website available).
• “Wordpress vs. Joomla: A Handy Guide.”  Written by Enemy News (America’s Top Enemies). 
• "Can Rand's Backlink Analysis Tool Be Gamed?” Written by RichardBaxterSEO (Recruitment Website Design, Search Engine Optimisation).
• "Bait and Switch - with FAST FOOD?" Written by justFred (Just Fred's SEM and Web Consulting).
• “Updating Site = Lost Rankings.” Written by Agco (no website available).
• "Track Your Keyword Ranking Results.” Written by Fdep (IT Support, Network Security, Computer Services Melbourne, Sydney Australia).
• “The 'Link Monster' Lives Inside All SEOs.” Written by carfeu (already linked).
• "Using Subdomains Ad-Nauseum Still Works?! Surely Not..." Written by richardbaxterseo (already linked).
• "Who Loves Ya, Baby?" Written by lorisa (Quality Montessori Materials). 
• "Humour - Does it Help or Hinder SEOmoz?" Written by SiteMost (Brisbane Search Engine Optimisation).
  
• "How to Write for the Web." Written by Nabha (California Spiritual Retreat Center).
  
• "6 Strategies that Will Take Your Business into the Future!" Written by Joseph Stein (New York Search Engine Optimization Company).
  
• "Join an SEO Test and Get Free Inlinks Using Your Specified Anchor Text!" Written by Brent D. Payne (already linked).
  
• "How to Make a Spider Crawl Backwards." Written by Identity (Madison WI SEO Web Design Professional Website Marketing).  
• "Purple Cows in SEO." Written by Hortur (Internet Marketing and Branding Consultant Reykjavik Iceland).
  

Congratulations to everyone for a fine effort!