contest

Generally a contest is an event on which a winner is selected among two or more participants and rewarded by the contest host with prizes that can be either tangible or intangible in nature. Sometimes a contest is sponsored by companies or organizations who actively take part by donating prizes.

A contest is held with detailed rules, guidelines and obligations of entry, duration of the contest, details of prizes to be rewarded, and additional information. Later, the winner is notified and a prize is awarded.

Today contests are not only confined to the real world, but are also spread across the virtual world. The blogosphere is host to many contests or giveaways. The main purpose of holding a contest at a blog is for promotional purposes. A recent contest at Blogcritics, for example, promised Over 100 Great Free Gifts!

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Original Technorati articles tagged “contest”

• in Cloud Computing
  Want to Win 100GB Free Online Storage for Life? Share Your Dropbox Story
  Online storage giant Dropbox has reached 100 million users, and has launched a contest to earn ten users 100GB free space for life. So, what's your Dropbox story?
  by dopodomani / on Nov 14, 2012
• in Entertainment
  Crowdsourcing (Funding) Goes Big Time
  Universal Music Group signs deal with Talenthouse
  by JerryFlattum / on Aug 16, 2011
• in Entertainment
  Ninja Prison Guard with @Lanevids
  Ninja Prison Guard is a short film for the AOC Three Minute Movie Contest.
  by LaneVids / on Jun 19, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “contest”

 

• Pictures and Videos from the Estonian Party!

  
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  Estonian Party – Today’s events at the Eurovision Village kicked off with The Estonian Party! Hundreds of Estonians were out in force waving their flags to see Ott Lepland (2012) and Tanel Padar (Winner 2001) perform together in a band alongside this year’s entrant Birgit, and neighbours PeR of Latvia. It was ...
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• Win a copy of Terraria on the PlayStation 3

  
  Using Windows Home Server - WHS and the Connected Digital Home — Authority: 145
  We just reviewed Terraria on the Xbox 360 and we loved it – would you like to play it? If so you could win a copy of Terraria on the PlayStation 3.
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• {Giveaway} Something Special For Mom

  
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  My Dear Friends,The month of May is a special time to celebrate Mothers. Whether you are a mom yourself or youre doing something special for your own mom, the Something Special for Mom... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• New Food Photos Posted (May Week 2)

  
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  Happy National Nutty Fudge Day … May 12: National Nutty Fudge Day It’s that time again, time to update our  Monthly Food Photo Contest . Every week, I like to feature the newest submissions that have posted and provide an update as to the top three images, so far, as voted by our readers. ...
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• Cezar Ouatu are un susţinător surpriză la Eurovision. Vezi despre cine este vorba.

  
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  Cântăreaţa Bonnie Tyler , reprezentanta Marii Britanii la Eurovision 2013, a declarat că, pentru că nu poate vota pentru ea în celebra competiţie, va vota pentru
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• The Perfect Facebook Contest App [Infographic]

  
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  Social Barrel - The Latest on Social MediaOne of the sure ways to boost engagement and likes on Facebook Pages is to create a contest and use a customized Facebook contest app. However, not every business owner who has used this strategy can say that they did it right. One of the biggest problem business owners have ...
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• Eurovision 2013 day 7: Italys first rehearsal

  
  Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo - EuroVisionary - Visions on Eurovision — Authority: 152
  Italy finished todays rehearsals of the big 5 and the host nation Sweden. After their return in 2011 with a second place in Düsseldorf and a 9th place in Baku San Remo winner Marco Mengoni also belongs to one of the pre-contest favourites. Could he fulfill the high expectations? read more
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• Caption Contest

  
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  One of these guys hit 1 HR last year. One of these guys has 1 HR this year. photo: Jon Soo Hoo
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• Nordic Night at Glasklart

  
  Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo - EuroVisionary - Visions on Eurovision — Authority: 152
  The night club Glasklart was Saturday night the place to be. Nordic Night featured all five Nordic acts and a lot of artists from other countries were present as well.  read more
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• Eurovision 2013 day 7: United Kingdoms first rehearsal

  
  Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo - EuroVisionary - Visions on Eurovision — Authority: 152
  Bonnie Tyler took to the stage for the United Kingdoms first set of rehearsals for Believe In Me .  Her first performance was waited for with much anticipation. read more
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• Eurovision 2013 day 7: Swedens first rehearsal

  
  Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo - EuroVisionary - Visions on Eurovision — Authority: 152
  The anticipation was huge in the press centre for home boy Robins first rehearsal today. He has turned in a consistently brilliant vocal performance, but his song is surprisingly not appreciated by as many. Would his first run through win him wider support? read more
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• Baker With A Mustache Giveaway!

  
  Army Wife & Mommy — Authority: 142
  Guest post on behalf of:  NaturalHairLatina at GiveawayExpress Our friends at Fuzzy Ink would like to give a lucky reader The first ever Mustache Cookie Cutter Set! just for being a fan of the site! Complete the easy giveaway tools entry app and enter to win! All entrants must be 18 years or older This Giveaway is ...
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• Music Is Something Beautiful Giveaway!

  
  Army Wife & Mommy — Authority: 142
  Welcome to the Music Is Something Beautiful Giveaway Event! Organized by: Mom Knows It All Special thanks to our co-hosts: Tunica Mama, The Minister’s Wife Stamps and Saves, and Giveaway Promote. Please be sure to give them a visit and say hello. Good luck to Army Wife & Mommy followers!!! Meet our sponsor – ...
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• Art Garden Gallery - art contest

  
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  Art Garden Gallery Hi Artists, On June 3rd The Art Garden Gallery will host a month long exhibition/competition entitled...                           " Dreams of Summer"                                                               We are inviting artists from ...
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• How To Break DCs Terrible Public Relations Slump!!

  
  Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!! — Authority: 143
  Look, you know that things have not been going terribly well for DC when this kind of website starts popping up: Yeah, thats not a good thing. But, as always, Slay Monstrobot is here to help out!! And theres nothing-- nothing --that can change a companys fortunes more quickly than a good slogan!! ...
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• CollageIt Pro License Giveaway Winners

  
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  We had 20 licenses of CollageIt Pro License to be won (12 Windows licenses and 8 Mac licenses). Without further ado, here are the winners. Mervin Ho was the only one who wanted the Mac version but unfortunately I couldn’t find him anywhere on the PunchTab widget (couldn’t find his entries). As for the 12 [...] ...
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• Introducing Petra Mede - the hostess of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest

  
  Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo - EuroVisionary - Visions on Eurovision — Authority: 152
  Petra Mede will be the hostess of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest shows. Today she was introduced to the media at a press conference in Malmö. She was joined by show producer, Christer Björkman, and scriptwriter, Edward af Sillen. read more
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• Eurovision 2013 day 7: Germanys first rehearsal

  
  Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo - EuroVisionary - Visions on Eurovision — Authority: 152
  One of the biggest names in this years line up is for sure the German act Cascada. That is why their first rehearsal was expected with high interest among the press and fans. read more
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• Eurovision 2013 day 7: Frances first rehearsal

  
  Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo - EuroVisionary - Visions on Eurovision — Authority: 152
  On after an underwhelming Spain is the turn of French fancy Amandine Bourgeois with her sultry song of vengeance, LEnfer et Moi. Any members of press who were taking a disco nap at their desk were soon woken by this charged performance. read more
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• #UOMC – WIN BIG AS AN UPCOMING ARTIST (Unsigned Only Music Competiton)

  
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  OK! I’ll like to introduce a new media company in Nigeria called CLICKMEDIA.  The members contain some top sites owners across the country including myself. This is the first competition we’ll be organizing as part of our plans to help upcoming artists realize their dreams!! mouth watering prizes are to be ...
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