I must confess two things. My name is an alias, and I have nothing to do with the following blog post, which I must admit is only a few hours old so my posting this already will appear dubious. I have subscribed to google's blog alerts for years for the term "Seraphim Proudleduck" though, so the fact I am one of the first to see this is to me not hard to believe.

http://salmonbones.co.uk/blog/2009/03/04/a-public-apology-to-anyone-who-was-involved-in-seraphim-proudleduck/

Seraphim Proudleduck has been playing on the mind of one person more then the post I link to above would have you believe. I also regret Seraphim Proudleduck as much as Shaun does, I am NOT the mysterious American though. I also live in England and have nothing to do with the prize money never being issued.

I am not Shaun, however I do share his regrets.

Please accept his apology. I understand it to be an honest one.

Thanks for the pointer. For some context, here's the post from 2005:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2005_01_01_index.html

It was and will continue to be the last time I've ever participated in a search engine optimization context.

So Shaun is trying to make amends by running another SEO competition, this time with no prize. The rules are that you must behave ethically, and link back to a charity.

How could I not take up a challenge like that?

"What’s the connection between Seraphim Proudleduck and Bowel Cancer UK?"
http://quezi.com/4505

I don't know what the link is Roger but I like your blog.

I thought about this and as not many entrants I thought I would give it a go also. I don't own a website so I've used

[seraphimproudleduck.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/seraphim-proudleduck/]

I will have to think about a charity, though I've never given it much thought.