The first and probably the last ever contest on my blog did not go as I anticipated wished for- only 62 comments were made so far and it will probably take few more months to get 38 more comments. Main reason was that as soon as I hit the “publish” button I realized that the rules I have implemented for the contest was flawed.
As you remember I was willing to give out to the author of comment #100 monetary reward of $100, and should the comment #100 have been trackback/pingback I would have rewarded the author with $200. I have received great feedback on how such a contest can be improved. Most of the feedback seams to indicate that a contest would be much more exciting if a winner would be chosen by a drawing. This also would prevent from some one taking and advantage of the former rules towards the end of the contest while the participants that commented early on, may have exhausted their options. I have
adjusted the rules in that regard.
Also a suggestion was made to maybe split $200 four ways and reward more readers. In my original rules there was a chance that I could have given out only $100. However since I have budgeted $200 for this content, I will give out $200 to one winner rather than splitting it four ways. And of course there is no longer a limit to how many times you can enter the contests. Of course this contest will have to end- August 31 will be your last chance to enter the contest.
I am not going to go into the details what was wrong with the rules, I will just simply change them. Please go to the original post to see the new rules and/or to participate in the contest.