Could you please roughly translate the following from Japanese to
English -- I don't need a great translation, just something quick
(maybe 5 minutes for Japanese speaker?) that makes me understand what
is said. If the characters do not correctly display here, please see
the URL below for the article (and for some context as well).

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????? http://blog.outer-court.com/
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http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20040609-00000003-wir-sci

First Part:
Mr. S says:
"A certain specialist(of search engine optimization) contacted me and
offered his assistance. there are many reasons for the win.  However,
I feel his contribution(espcially, the idea of superior back-link) is
the decisive one to win.

Part 2:
Phillip L who authors web-log missed the win of the 1st contest.  He
combined three different search engine optimization methods.  However,
according to Mr. R, as soon as the evaluation started, it became clear
that his proposed was not the best, but second best.

Part 3:
According to Mr. L his strategy also utilizes a huge amount of back-link."

Hope that makes sense!!!

you know you could just use http://world.altavista.com/ to translate.