It has become clear that Contest Blogger is threatened by this blog. And why not? He lists his reasons for why his contest blog is better than ours, and I couldn’t disagree more!
“Why Contest Blogger totally rocks the competion”
Nice typo there Contest Blogger…you are totally rocking so far!
“1. We work harder
Trust us on this one: no other contest blog is going to put more time and effort into making sure their readers hear about the coolest contests from across the blogosphere. We love what we do, and it will show in every post. “
Work harder? Well, maybe, but I work smarter! I just basically surf over to his blog everyday to find out what contest is going on and then I post about them…I work smarter!
Score: Ryan’s Contest Blog: 1, Contest Blogger: 0
“2. We’re pickier . . . and don’t pull punches
Contest Blogger posts most of the submissions we receive, but not all of them. If a contest is lame, confusing, or unfair, we’re not going to post on it just because it’s a slow day. And if there is something crappy about a contest we post, we’ll tell it like it is. “
Hell, I don’t even take submissions! Now who is pickier!?
Score: Ryan’s Contest Blog: 2, Contest Blogger: 0
“3. We’re more fun to read
Our posts have personality, plain and simple. Any robot can just cut and paste a contest onto a post, but we’re the only contest blog that tries to entertain you at the same time. Is a blog anything without character, anyway? Heck no. “
Give me a fucking break! Our posts are a hell of a lot funnier than those over at Contest Blogger! I entertain the hell out of my three readers, don’t I guys?
Score: Ryan’s Contest Blog: 3, Contest Blogger: 0
“4. We put the reader first
We’re the only contest blog out there with an oath to give every prize we win back to our readers. If you’ve bookmarked us or subscribed to our RSS feed, we’re going to reward you for it. We may not want to sit down to dinner with any of you people, but we do appreciate the fact that Contest Blogger is nothing without you.”
Well, I don’t really have any readers (I was just making it up when I claimed I had three readers earlier…I suck). Although if I did have readers, I certainly would sit down and have dinner with them…as long as they were buying.
Final Score: Score: Ryan’s Contest Blog: 3, Contest Blogger: 1
Ryan’s Contest Blog wins!
Seriously, just to clarify, the only reason I started this contest blog was so I had a platform to enter contests without cluttering my main blogs with contest entries! If you really want to go to the definitive site for all blog contests, Contest Blogger is the only way to go.
July 19, 2007 at 1:53 pm
lol . . . great post man
July 19, 2007 at 2:10 pm
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July 19, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Nobody wants to fight me? Bah! I suppose that is a good thing since I dig everyone.
One thing Ryan has over Contest Blogger is comments. Why no comments contest blogger?
One thing I have over both of you is I use coldfusion and blogcfc to run my blog. Why does that matter? Well it doesn’t. But it is different and thus + 1 to me.
July 19, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Nice Post! That list of why Contest Blogger is the best is a real joke.
July 19, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Too funny!
July 19, 2007 at 11:01 pm
LMAO!!!
Well, thanks to this posting, you’ve got at least 2 readers. I loved this post.
July 20, 2007 at 2:23 am
hah nice, subscribing to the RSS feed
July 20, 2007 at 2:37 am
Great material here man! Funny funny!
I’m your 4th reader…so make room at the dinner table (I’m huge, so order me some appetizers..)
July 20, 2007 at 10:06 am
Im the 5th reader!
July 22, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Contest Blogger basically sent me here by posting about your post on his blog. (Did ya follow that?) So, I think he gets one point back. But, I will be returning to your blog again, so I guess you earned yourself another reader… and the point goes back to you.