The Golden Egg contest

Thanks to Garion for todays featured contest...

I freely admit that this is NOT a free money contest, BUT it is a significant prize... Free web hosting - What for a whole year....? Nope... for life.....!!!! and this is is not mickey-mouse hosting either, PHP and MYSQL included along with sub-domains and unlimited bandwidth. In keeping with my favoured competitions, this is another easy-to-enter contest.
Requirements:
100 word blog-review with two links - that's pretty much it. So here is my entry...

Why not check out Arun’s new blog called “Make money online“ and the new competition at “The Golden Egg Contest”. The blog deals with online money-making and also covers SEO and lots of hints and tips to maximise revenue from blogs and websites alike. Arun's posts are well-written and are clearly written from the writers own knowledge and experience. All those seeking to make money online should have a number of blogs that they regularly visit for hints and advice - my advice is to make Arun's new blog, one of those that you read on a very regular basis.

Best of luck with this one, closing date is 15th September so there's a couple of weeks to have a go at it - email the URL of your entry to Arun via the link on the site.

$100 cash prize

New Contest today, cash too... $100
Thanks to contest blogger for flagging up this one...

Whassupjack is starting a contest. The grand prize is $100. It will be drawn Sep 1 and sent by Paypal. So this is another EASY TO ENTER competition with a CASH PRIZE!!!

How to enter:

• Signup for our feedburner and get 2 entries.( Just hit the feedburner tag in the right sidebar)
• Comment on your favorite post here and receive 1 entry
• Link to this site with a post and get 2 entries

It’s that simple. The smart ones will do all three and get 5 entries. Good Luck.

My favourite post was this one, I love the idea of being able to review your neighbours.. How useful would this be if you were house-hunting?? Although I think you should be able to include good points where you have good neighbours too... Why not check out the other stories (and the contest of course..) at Whassupjack.

Technorati Update

Looks like I just broke the 4oo mark on Tech Authority rating recently... I've been hovering at 397 for a while, so it was good to get the breakthrough. I think the latest viral scheme I have been involved in is moving a bit slower than previous examples, but seems nonetheless to be relentlessly pushing the authority to new heights.
View blog authority
I am convinced though, that the viral-linking schemes that have provided such a rapid 'non-organic' boost in my back-links (I had an authority of 23 in June...), have caused my pagerank to drop as a result.
I have not found any other instances of bloggers losing pagerank yet, so I appear to be unique.... also I have not heard of anyone actually GAINING pagerank either. I would love to hear whether anyone has experienced pagerank fluctuations - or has pagerank passed most of the blogging community by this time? Please comment....

A New Focus

Well, the plan was to move on from doing paid posts as a PR2 blogger, get a new improved pagerank to experience paid blogging at a higher level.... Google had different ideas and dropped me a pagerank!! to PR1. I am guessing the phenomenal success of the viral linking flagged me up on the radar as a non-organic linker. I was not sure how to react to this set-back for a while, but I have found that there are still PPP opps for me, and I seem to be lucky enough to land some of them now.... So the new quest will be to experience paid blogging with PR1.
I have the 'values' of a PR3 paid-post blogger in that I won't jump at a $5 opp, I won't do gambling, 'enhancement' surgery or even dating sites any more - let's see what there is out there for a PR1 blogger with a sense of pride more befitting of a blogger above his lowly station!

Clearing Vacancies At Bedford Uni

University of Bedfordshire - Clearing 2007
From Thursday August 16th until the 21st of September 2007 the University of Bedfordshire will be recruiting students onto their array of courses via the Clearing process. The Clearing process is used by students who did not attain the grades for their first-choice university courses, and by those who have applied after offers have been made. Clearing 2007 begins after results have been received and time is of the essence as this new University is experiencing vastly increased demand in applications this year.
The University of Bedfordshire’s Clearing team will be on standby to offer support and advice to get you onto a course that’s right for you.
The University has 34 departments offering a wide range of courses as diverse as Performance Arts, Study of crime, Sports & exercise, Business School, Computing and Accountancy & Finance among them.

A recent £60m redevelopment programme enables students at the Luton and Bedford campuses to take advantage of prestigious state-of-the-art facilities.


The UCAS Institution Code for the University of Bedfordshire is B22.

Make Money Online with Etienne Teo

Today I came across a competition for $25 which is nice and simple to enter. And as you may know, I am especially attracted to competitions for cash that are easy to enter...

Here is my entry:
So here's an interesting Make Money Online blog, a blog that likes to think outside the box, and not limited to the run-of-the-mill make money schemes. For instance the blogger (Etienne Teo)
includes posts on Make Money Online with Facebook and 7 unusual ways of gaining Traffic to your blog
Posts are clear and concise and the blog uses a clean crisp template to complement it's uncluttered look and feel. To top it all off, Etienne Teo is holding a Blog Review Me Contest which allows you to walk away with Cash and a Free Feature Site spot for 6 months!

Here are the rules:

Blog Review Me
Write a review about the blog with a minimum of 50 words. The post has to include at least one link to the home page using the anchor text "Make Money Online" and you can also link to the articles that left a great impression.

Some articles that you may want to link to the Blog Review:

• Make Money Online with Facebook
• Learning How to Build a Successful blog
• 7 unusual ways of gaining Traffic to your blog
• 1000 Technorati Avatar Train List

Prize:
It will be a random draw on 25th Sept 07 when one winner will walk away with $25 Cash* and a $10 Feature Site Spot till 14th Jan 2008!

Brand new make money blog $100 competition

I found todays' competition on the Prize Blog - always worth a visit...

This is a cash competition, and what's the best way to catch the eye of a make money online freak-geek? Offer a cash prize of course... $100 up for grabs if you take part in creating some buzz around this new blog...

Be sure to check out http://www.OnPulseIM.com if you are serious about earning money online.

What to do- Instructions from OnPulseIM:

How to enter to win the $100? its easy, the contest will go until the 1st of September, that is about 16 days from now. All you need to Do is these steps:

1) Write a Review on their new blog, this should be in your own words, and does need anchor text leading back to our blog. It does not need to be a huge post, but should be a dedicated one, it should include something along the lines of (but in your own words preferred):

OnPulseIM is a Hot new make money online blog that focuses on all niches of making money online. With Contests, latest news and top posts this blog is sure to grow into a wonderful community for all it’s loyal readers. They are having a competition where you can Win $100 just by making a post like this on your blog! Be sure to check out http://www.OnPulseIM.com if you are serious about earning money online.

2) Digg and Stumble This post from the links below the original post, then send them a quick email via the contact form and they will add you to the draw that will take place on 1st September!

3) Please can you also help get exposure for this competition by Voting for us here (optional but would be great!)

24 inch LCD giveaway

I found this pretty cool competition over at CASH for COMMENTS, just take a look at 24 inch LCD that you can win:

It’s free to enter and readers have 3 ways to benefits:
[1] Win a 24″ $599 LCD
[2] Win a 4-Hour Workweek book (if you enter by Sept 1st)
[3] Generate traffic being part of the post of the winning prizes.
To enter just post a blog about this contest and:

• Link to CASHforCOMMENTS.com using “get paid” & this Post using “24 inch LCD“
• Link to EliteBaseballInstruction.com (the sponsor) using the anchor text “baseball training”
• No Duplicate Content or Forum Submissions will be counted as an entry.

Now CASH for COMMENTS is also running a scheme where you can get paid $1 per day for the best comment on his blog - that's a potential $30pm if you are really good a one-liners....and hey if you win the LCD, don't forget to thank the folks who do the baseball training....

Jobs search engine launch

New jobs search engine launched today.
JumptoJobs.co.uk the search engine for jobs utilises pay per click technology in a search engine for recruiters looking for that perfect employee.
The service will be open to HR departments and recruitment agencies alike, each recruiter will be able to manage their own budget and will only be paying for results (either for clicks or per application). A perfect platform for recruiters and job-seekers alike.

Press Release:

JumptoJobs.co.uk

JumptoJobs.co.uk today announced the launch of their innovative search engine for jobs. Their system allows job-boards, recruitment agencies and corporate HR departments to easily deliver very targeted jobseeker traffic to their websites.

The system requires no administration from the recruiter’s because the jobs are indexed from their current location on the internet, JumptoJobs.co.uk simply makes it possible for jobseekers to find the jobs more quickly and easily.

Recruiters have the option to pay per click or pay per application. In each case they can guarantee that they are only paying for results delivered. This removes the risk element usually associated with recruitment advertising where recruiters have to pay for the advertising whether applications are delivered or not.

Pay per click and pay per application are revolutionising recruitment advertising in the same way that they have revolutionised many other types of online advertising through Google, Yahoo, MSN and many other major online advertising media.

JumpToJobs.co.uk’s fanatical account management team will do all of the technical work for the recruiter and absolutely no technical expertise are required to use the system. Comprehensive statistical reports are frequently emailed to the recruiter so that they can easily monitor the success of their campaigns.

Emailed Job alerts and RSS feeds allow Jobseekers to monitor a large number of recruitment websites for all new jobs that match their criteria. This system also offers recruiters an additional advertising opportunity.

www.jumptojobs.co.uk

JumptoJobs.co.uk is a new product by saongroup.com. saongroup.com have more than 10 years experience in online recruitment. The group has job boards in UK, Ireland, China, The Middle East, The Caribbean and India.

www.saongroup.com

What would you do with $200

Hats off to the HOTDOGMAN for digging up this contest...it's the "What would you do with $200?" contest from 'My Affiliate Journey' you can win $100 for leaving he 100th comment on the blog or $200 for a leaving a trackback as 100th comment - think I'll go for the $200!!

And what would I do with the cash? - I'd take my little family out for a treat - we don't get too many these days......

This is a very nice cash prize, so get on over to the contest now!

Here are the rules:

1. In order to participate in this contest you must either comment on this blog or link from your blog to to this article. (NB not THIS blog...but the original!!)
   
2. The author of 100th comment will win $100. If the comment happens to be in a form of a trackback/pingback, the owner of the blog wins $200.
3. You ABSOLUTELY MUST ACCEPT money via PayPal- if you are not able to accept payment from me via PayPal you CAN NOT PARTICIPATE in this contest.
4. This opportunity will remain open for the life of this blog, unless 100th comment will come first.

New domain launched!!

We interrupt this blog to bring you breaking news....
My new web site is in pre-launch this week, prior to the official launch next Monday (20th August). Why is this you ask? - I want bloggers and internet users to beta-test the site for me and let me know if it needs tweaks and adjustments. I also need the site to be up and running in order to do some off-page optimisation. Please visit: www.livewyre.NET and let me know what you think... There are a couple of pages to be added in the website section, apart from that, the content is in place. I have plans to expand the content soon after launch to provide an even bigger free resource for internet users.

'nother viral thingy...

Please note these viral linking schemes should carry a warning.....I participated in two last month and though I was successful in sending my Technorati Authority through the roof, the other effect seems to be that I have dropped a pagerank point....oooops - not the desired effect. I am guessing that this was probably because of the massive amounts of links I gained in relation to the links I had before the viral schemes - I wasn't trying to be greedy, I just had no idea how much effect these schemes were going to have...
That said, I can't effect a reversal of my PR disaster, so in for a penny....and as I said, this type of scheme is guaranteed to take your 'authority' to dizzy heights
This new scheme was picked up from the hotdogman - he gave me the honour of placing my humble blog at the top of his list, so it's only right that I give him all the help I can...


**Instructions**

The premise is simple: Write a post, and copy and paste my list from below into it. Make sure the links are active and correct. If your blog is on that list, remove it because your post isn’t about self-promotion. Don’t worry, because if your name is on mine, it’s on others and will spread. Add your favorite deserving blogs to the top of the list (not compulsory). Publish the post. People will notice the incoming links, and hopefully write their own z-list posts. The result will be that we all get more links pointing to our blogs, and more readers — it’s got to be good!

Key Points

1. Create a new post on your blog.
2. Copy and Paste the entire list of blog links below
3. Add any blogs that you want to include near the top of the list. (Optional)
4. Include the blog where you first got the list from, on the list in your post.
5. Make sure that all links are copied intact (use the source, Luke).
6. Publish the Post.

The List:

Linky love
Turnonepoundintoonemillion
Greg Stratz
Gold Rushin
Walletboosters
The Pink C
The Success Blog
Munny4Hunny
Coffee, Tea or Baabooo
Blog -Blond
What U Did Today
Recueilli
One Old Green Bus
Tiny Voices in My Head
Comedy Plus
You are in My World Now
Life With Heathens
what I think about...
Wonderful Thoughts
everydayweekender
Writing In Faith
The Hot Dog Stand
The Wired Kayaker
A Bunch of Stuff
The Porch Light
Winning Football Picks
Valuable Lessons We Can Learn From Children
John Chow dot Com
The Life of Ben, a Polymer Man
Lol-ette
Trik's Gulch
Peety Passion
Our Cheating Ways
$ Secret Money Blog $ By : Bob Matharoo
Notes of an Asian Gastronomist
SeevsPlace
userandloser.com
Journey of a Lifetime
A little piece of me
NoDirectOn (not: NoDirection)
Mellifluence
An American Peyote Scribble
Let's Share Feelings
Tales of Prinzcess Prinzcy
ChatnChill
The Blogger's Block
Footsteps
Laane on the World
Danny Danny Wakeup It's A Beautiful Day Today
The Political Realm
How to Earn Money Blogging
Electric Writer
About Every Little Thing
Dumb Ox Daily News
TwistedSister.....totally pissed off!
When I grow up...
POETRY BLOG GONE WILD BY PURPLE CRAYON BRAIN.. GET AFFECTED!
Weird Websites
The Hot Dog Truck
My Interesting Files
The Dwacon Blog
Just a Girl From LA
Chronicles: Alan B. Rowley II - Success Coach
IdiotBrain - Because People are Stupid
The Kerala Articles
Eternal Echoes
Splibble
The 15 Minute Dating Blog
Going The Wong Way
the hidden side of a leaf
Word Life!
Why Buy Used Cars
Cubicle Denizen
n E o A u T e U r
PhilosYphia
The Weight Loss Blog
J 4 JOKES
Sea Glass
PowerWealth.com
Bimbo with a Twist
Terri Terri Quite Contrary
Syaf The Geek
Disjointed Intelligence
Aussie Bush Food
Growing Linux Events and News Spot
A PURPLE SHADE OF BLACK
meta-DAD
Joe Schroeder Uncovered
What the...?!
Advertising for Success

Well that's it - if you're on the 'wild side' - give it a go....

Win a relaxation CD

Thanks to Blog Contests for todays competition:

How to cope with pain is offering a free relaxation CD to those that enter - entry is simple (pain-less you might say!) all you have to do is submit your favourite way to relax via the blog
One tip - use the link to enter NOT the comments on the post.
So there you go, no reviews or links, just visit the blog and submit your entry for the chance to get a free relaxation CD.
I'm guessing that you are encouraged to keep your submissions printable so that they can be shared with the readers.
Here's what the site says:

Here’s the contest:

1. Send in your most creative and enjoyable ways to relax by Wednesday, August 15.
2. One winner will be announced on Friday, August 17. The top 10 entries will be published.
3. Entries will be judged on creativity, ease of doing, and fun. (Bribes of $1 million and above will also be looked upon with approval
4. Enter as often as once per day, if you’re just bubbling over with relaxation ideas.

Now for the prize…

The happy winner will receive a meditation CD from the World Wide Online Meditation Center. This is a user-friendly site, offering clear, concise meditation instructions from various meditation traditions.

It's the weekend - get relaxing..... NOW!!!!

This is for Dr Who fans....

Win one of three sets of BBC Audiobooks

'Behind the sofa' is a fanzine blog dedicated to th TV series Dr Who.. They are running a competition to win these audio books

• The Last Dodo - read by Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and written by Jacqueline Rayner
• Wooden Heart - read by Adjoa Andoh (Francine Jones) and written by Martin Day
• Sting of the Zygons - read by Reggie Yates (Leo Jones) and written by Stephen Cole

You will need to know your Dr Who history as to be in with a chance of winning you must answer the following question:

Prior to the start of series three, three members of the Jones family had appeared in Doctor Who, playing other people. Can you name them, the parts they played and the stories they appeared in?

If you can... don't tell me...visit the blog and enter the competition.... before 15th August

Introducing....'Dr G'

Allen Gustafson, MD is an Orthopaedic Surgeon Specializing in Total Joint Replacement

Dr. Gustafson developed his passion for orthopedic medicine while serving in the United States Air Force, and has since become a respected and world-renowned expert in total joint replacement (TJR) and reconstruction.

Dr. Gustafson whilst renowned for his experience, skill, and accomplishments in
knee replacement and reconstruction, is known as "Dr. G" by his staff and patients. He is best known to his patients for his caring style and sense of humor. He prides himself on getting to know every patient personally so that he can fully understand their individual needs.
The Gustafson Orthopaedic Facility provides:

• Thorough evaluation and accurate diagnosis of joint pain

• Effective treatment recommendations

• Patient education resources

• Expert surgical intervention, if needed

• A complete recovery program

Dr. Gustafson specializes in joint replacement and the web site is full of information about this type of surgery, along with other related information including down-loadable information about Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis.

New Cash Competition

Credit to LinkyLove today for flagging up this competition over at TheAnand.. This is a very simple competition and I like simple! You just have to use the text as below and talk about some of TheAnand's rocking posts (of which there are many...)

TheAnand is running a link back promotion contest where you can win $27.93 cash! He is giving away cash which he won at another contest hosted by Andreas Bard’s blog. TheAnand has some rocking posts on themes such as SEO and creation of Wordpress themes

That's all it takes to get a piece of the action in this free competition, and you should get backlinks too and will probably learn something useful from TheAnand blog- so what is there to lose??

Portugal blog competition

Now here's a competition that is going to be easy to enter since I have been to Portugal and would recommend it to anyone... It will complete my entry here and give you a quick overview of what you must do to take part.

Firstly I have to say that my experience of Portugal was not typical... it rained for almost the whole time we were there, we made the mistake of taking a 'last minute bargain' which turned out NOT to be any sort of bargain at all...
There are some beautiful places to stay in Portugal, we were unlucky and got randomly placed in a fairly undesirable tower-block - so first off, check your accommodation out in a brochure and don't trust to a last-minute 'bargain'.
The weather was dull to wet until the last day, we had packed our unopened sun cream ready to come home and, would you believe it, actually got burned in the scorching sun whilst waiting for the coach to arrive...
Despite these set-backs, I would thoroughly recommend Portugal as a holiday destination to anyone who asked me - why?

• FANTASTIC FOOD!
• Lovely beaches
• warm friendly people
• fascinating scenery
• and did I mention the fantastic food... oh and the cheap wine!!!! the list goes on -
  

Would I go back? you bet your sweet life I would! I loved the way you can get Sea Bass straight from the sea, covered in rock-salt and cooked before your eyes to perfection on a barbecue. I loved the cuisine, in the Alentejo district I had the local speciality of pork and mussels !! What a stunning combination (I think I have my facts right, but it was a while ago...). I had ostrich steak form a loacl ostrich farm...and the wine... the wine... about half the price or less of what we pay at home. (You may guess that my holidays are rated by what is available on the menu!).
We found people helpful and friendly, I hired a car and we drove around everywhere.. the locals have a habit of what we call tail-gating, but there's no aggression in the driving. If you like golf (can't afford it myself) then you will think you are in golf heaven if you land on the Algarve with your golf sticks... (I know it's clubs, I'm just having a laugh....).

If you want to have a go at the competition yourself then..

visit Portugal page at Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal

post about Portugal on your blog in portuguese or english)…

on that post let people know about this competition

add a comment here, with your Blog URL, use your paypal as email for the comment…

10 ($10each) winners will be chosen before the end of August

1 Cool File site launch

This month is competition month at Munny4Hunny (or at least until pagerank is updated...). I am cheating little bit with this competition as I got it straight from The Prize Blog. I'm sure I will be visiting there again, but will be actively seeking competitions from all over the blogoshphere. Here's todays offering then...

“Steve is launching his brand new site: 1 Cool File. It is a directory of cool files(shareware, freeware, plugins). For example, you can try a new media player after you have just finished a music download. You can add your ebook about making money or a screen saver. That’s not all, it has a section just for blogs(plugins). You can also rate a file or make a review about it. It does support PAD files so tell authors about it.

And just by linking to the contest post, I can win $50. You should read the contest post to win 2 other prizes of $25/each if you don’t have a blog. If your entry is before the next Google page rank, Steve will double the main prize. So, don’t wait to long. It’s coming soon!

And one more thing… You can read Steve’s blog while there.”

mmmTALK competition

So far there has been a new competition every month over at mmmTALK.com forum, Why not pay them a visit and look for the thread about the August competition. This month, the competition is geared towards referring new members to the forum. mmmTALK forum is all about blogging, making money online and general internet and non-internet stuff, so there are bound to be topics that you can get involved in, and threads that your friends will find interesting too...
The prize will be a share of a pot of money relative to how many referrals you get. Even if you don't take part in the competition, it's worth signing up just to take part in the forum.

July 2007 earnings

Paid posts were remarkable only by their absence this month - why was that?
Well, PPP opps were few and far between, the juicy ones are being snapped up too quickly at PR2 level. The opps that were available just didn't appeal to me - maybe I am getting picky?
I'm no longer prepared to do a dating advert for $5, so my standards must have risen, however my Paypal balance hasn't. Actually, it has ($70.69) but mostly through payments coming through for last months work... I did a couple of surveys and gained a few cents from advertising. The total earned this month was just $28.26 - shocking in comparison to my May total of $187, and even lower than the $62.28 I earned in June. I am really waiting for a better pagerank for better PPP opps - today I took a look at the kind of opps I could do if I had a better pagerank, and I think I could be motivated to partake in more paid posts if this dream is realised...roll on the new pagerank. I need to rise out of the ranks of the PR2 bloggers - no disrespect...
I wonder if I could make more by taking part in competitions, hopefully this month I will find out!