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Google's Website Optimizer works, and the company really, really wants you to know it.  The winners of the Google Website Workout contest - which challenged businesses to use the tool and improve their conversion rates - have been announced in just about every place possible, giving both them and Website Optimizer all sorts of publicity.

Do you think you are a Search Engine Marketing expert? If so, you will now have a chance to prove it.Marin Software along with Search Marketing Expo-SMX West has launched the Biggest Search Geek Contest. 

The U.S. Department of State has launched a global video contest on YouTube that coincides with the United Nations' first International Day of Democracy.

Poor video quality, the pointlessness of many clips, and the fact that the site isn't profitable have all kept YouTube from earning much respect.  But a new contest called Project: Report may go a ways towards changing that.

MySpace and NBC have announced the winners of the Decsion08 Convention contest for citizen journalists.Close to 50,000 MySpace users cast votes and selected Matt Britten and Sara Pat Badgley to act as citizen journalists at the 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions.

According to the Google Press Center, Google has announced the launch of the 'Website Workout Contest' at the SMX Advanced Conference in Seattle, Washington. This contest has been devised to help Webmasters who are looking to make their websites more efficient and thereby give a boost to their businesses. This contest is confined to the United States only.

First off: this contest is for kids.  But if you're an adult with a kid, keep reading, because the winning child will receive a $10,000 college scholarship.  Now, pray that you've done enough to encourage the kid's artistic abilities, because the contest involves creating a Google Doodle.

The result of a legal spat between Subway and Quiznos could have an impact on how much immunity advertisers have in regard to user-generated content.