The Comment Marathon Commenting Contest
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The valentine season is on. On this love season, I am hosting a commenting contest (The Comment Marathon). This contest is being hosted to encourage readers to comment and start a discussion at Blog Godown. I want the readers to engage and learn from this discussion as it is a good medium to meet and make relationships with fellow bloggers.
I have installed a top commenter’s widget at the bottom of the sidebar. I had reset the comment counter to zero yesterday. But the comments will grow eventually. The ones that reach the top of the comment leader board will win the prize.
The Prizes are as follows:
1st Prize :
Amazon Gift Card worth 25$
10$ Cash
2nd Prize:
Amazon Gift Card worth 20$
3rd Prize:
2000 Entrecredits
One month 125×125 ad spot sponsored by Wchingya
One month 125×125 ad spot sponsored by BlazingMinds
Rules of the contest:
- No Spamming: The comment should not be spam. Don’t try to add links to promote your own products, or write about abstract topics. Make sure that the comment is relevant to the content.
- Add Value
on’t try to just use comments like “Great Post” and “I like It” which do not add any value. These type of comments will not be considered. The comment should be atleast 3 sentences long. - Multiple Comments: There is no limit to the number comments but if you are submitting multiple comments in a single post then it is allowed, only if there is feedback by other commenters in between any two comments.
- You can comment on any post (new or old) and your comment will be counted.
- As I am using an automated plugin, so to prevent any spam, I will use my discretion to remove comments which I think are not complying to the rules.
- The top 3 commenters will win the prizes mentioned above.
The contest will end on the midnight of 28 th February. And the results will be announced on 1st March.
| This entry was posted by Gautam on February 9, 2010 at 8:41 pm, and is filed under blog contests. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site. |









about 6 months ago
Sounds amazing! This is good not only for commentators to win the prizes (although we want to) but also for us to connect with and know each other better.
It engages the visitors to actually leave their opinion/comment and not just visit and then leave like a “hit and run” hopper. It’ll also help in reducing our blog bounce rate.
Nice one, Gautam!
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February 13, 2010 - 2:05 pm
Yes, it is a strategy to improve the discussion among fellow bloggers and build close network of like minded people.
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about 6 months ago
Hey, this sounds like a good challenge. Count me in. I like commenting here anyway so maybe I can crank it up a notch. Thanks
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about 6 months ago
This is so cool, not only because we get to win these prizes but people get curious when reading other comments and click on over to other commentors’ sites. So in the end it helps us out too!
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about 6 months ago
Always a nice idea and treat for your contributors when you reward them for getting involved, best of luck to everyone!
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February 13, 2010 - 1:09 am
Hello John. I’m glad meeting you here. I like your blog very much. Very well designed and good for personal branding.
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February 13, 2010 - 2:07 pm
Kevin, that is the point, you will get to meet bloggers like John, who is transparent and funny and opinionated.
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February 18, 2010 - 5:04 pm
Yeah true. I’ve also met many other good and skilled bloggers over here from your blog. I’m now following some of them.

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about 6 months ago
This sounds like a really good way to get people to comment.
I’m looking forward to your upcoming post to leave my 2 cents
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about 6 months ago
wow that’s really cool..
I too announced top commentator award..
cheers…
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about 6 months ago
This approach to encourage commenting is a great idea. It appeals to the competitive nature within … even if I don’t win, it’s fun competing. What will be even more interesting is to see if the level of commenting continues after the contest. I mean, hey, everyone’s busy …
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about 6 months ago
What a great way to encourage your community to have their say! Not sure if I will make the top three but hopefully I will get onto the top commentators.
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about 6 months ago
hmmm, wondering if the price of the prizes are worth getting more comments? It’s almost like using adwords to drive your adsense clicks up.
The real question is, are people influenced by money? Will they comment more? Will it force them to come up with something just to be included? This shall be an interesting test. I’ll look forward to the results. Good luck!
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February 13, 2010 - 1:18 am
Nice comment there, Jewelry Secrets.
Most people don’t really care about the prizes. They just want to be rewarded for their effort sometimes.
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February 15, 2010 - 11:49 am
Yes, I agree, I think rewards in any form, do encourage people. It’s not about how much money, but it is about getting an incentive to do something that will also help you in learning (via the discussion).
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about 6 months ago
By the way, I don’t think the Amazon gift card is anything worth for commentators who cannot shop on Amazon like me, as I’m from Malaysia. Correct me if I’m wrong here.
It doesn’t matter anyway. Connecting and meeting new friends by commenting is our main purpose.
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about 6 months ago
I just saw this post. Great idea, Gautam. These types of contest can be fun and helps both the readers and the site owners.
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