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This is the post where I start a contest

May 18, 2008 at 6:32 pm

Hey, everyone. I was just reading a bunch of successful blogs today, and noticed almost every one has run a contest at some time. I would like this blog to be very successful, as well, and it seems I can’t do that without running a contest, if these blogs are anything to go by.

So, here’s my contest. It’s actually pretty cheap, but whatever.

The Contest

Between now and July 6, 2008, 01:00:00 GMT (my birthday) leave a comment on this post with some sort of intelligent comment so I can tell you’re not a spammer. Your name and email address must be filled in. One commenter will be selected randomly (see Selection of Winners at the end) to receive one free domain name.

The domain will be hosted at my registrar of choice, and I will set the name servers to whatever you’d like. If you don’t have your own name servers and don’t want to use any of the services out there, I can also add some records for you on my own name servers.

But wait! That’s not all!

If you fill in the Website field of the comment, you’ll also be entered to win a free link in my Blogroll for one year. TylerM.info is a PR3 / PR4 site (it seems to go back and forth a lot) with somewhere between 50-500 unique views daily, which - at the least - will help your ranking in Google a little bit. It can either be a text or image link. (Image must not be much bigger than the IconBuffet image I have there now.)

You cannot win this prize if:

You’re blacklisted by Google
Your site contains content unsuitable for all ages
Your site uses “black-hat” SEO techniques
You provide information on helping people spam blogs

If your site later violates these conditions, the link will be removed, though it can be replaced or changed for another one later at your request.

Selection of Winners

Winners will be selected on July 8, 2008. Beforehand, all comments will be reduced manually to one-per-commenter, so multiple comments will not improve your chances.

The winner of the first contest for the domain name will be selected with the following SQL query:

SELECT * FROM `tyler`.`wp_comments` WHERE `comment_post_ID` = ‘1047′ AND `comment_author` IS NOT NULL AND `comment_author_email` IS NOT NULL AND `comment_content` IS NOT NULL AND `comment_approved` = ‘1′ AND `comment_date_gmt` <= '2008-07-06 01:00:00' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1;

The winner of the second contest for the link will be selected with the following SQL query:

SELECT * FROM `tyler`.`wp_comments` WHERE `comment_post_ID` = ‘1047′ AND `comment_author` IS NOT NULL AND `comment_author_email` IS NOT NULL AND `comment_author_url` IS NOT NULL AND `comment_content` IS NOT NULL AND `comment_approved` = ‘1′ AND `comment_date_gmt` <= '2008-07-06 01:00:00' ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1;

Note that this makes it possible to win both contests. If you see any problems with these statements, let me know beforehand.

Notification of Winners

Winners will be notified by the provided email address. Upon notification, you will be given 5 days to respond. If no response is received, your prize will be revoked and given to someone else, selected by the same statements. Emails will be sent from my Gmail address, as my mail server for this domain rejects emails from improperly configured mail servers and that should not be a reason to loose.

5 Responses:

Comment by Travis O.	I am not a spammer. What else could I say?
Comment by Adam R.	Hello. I want to enter the contest. I like cake. Even if it’s a lie.
Comment by PD	AHHH!! the contest is over (i think).. Can I still enter? I love my brother, or at least I have A theory about this..mmmm.
Comment by Tyler	Sorry, PD, you are too late. I may hold a similar contest in the future.
Comment by PD	Ok thanks anyway. Its not everyday a blogger actually replies your comments

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