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Voting Competitions
Voting Competitions have come to the fore online due to the fact that they’re not infallible to cheating. People can buy votes and swap votes whilst oblivious promoters get thrilled by the levels of interaction. However, voting competitions leave a bitter taste for many people and our blogs highlight just some of the current issues.
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IAMS Decide To Judge Their Cat Champion
Posted on: August 7th, 2012
You don’t write about voting competitions for ages and then you get a couple of blogs coming along within a couple of weeks! This evening we spotted another brand ditching their intended voting competition mechanic – although we think the decision is more technical than cheating. IAMS have been searching for a Cat Champion and …
Will Autoglass Repair Or Replace Their Voting Competition?
Posted on: February 13th, 2012
Voting competitions continue to rear their ugly head on Facebook! Autoglass are the latest brand to come under the microscope with their win a Samsung laptop competition. You need to upload “a photo or video showing you with whatever device you use to browse the internet” and then get people to vote for you. The …
Direct Holidays & Poundland Vote Competitions – Ooh Heck!
Posted on: February 5th, 2012
Voting competitions are back on the Loquax blog today and that can only mean that there’s – unsurprisingly – something gone slightly pear shaped. Direct Holidays and Poundland are the latest brands to come unstuck in the voting competition stakes – and if the activity on their walls is not enough to make brands, promoters …
Britain’s Most Festive Family Or Most Clicks For Christmas?
Posted on: October 17th, 2011
Despite the fact that we’re not even past Halloween or Bonfire Night the Christmas competition season has already begun. One that looks great on paper is the Airwick Most Festive Family competition. They want to see how you’re the most festive family in The UK and the winner will be having a very Merry Christmas …
Is It A Photo Competition Or Most Clicks Wins?
Posted on: August 8th, 2011
Recently Grand Marnier launched a competition on their Facebook page. There’s a prize draw to win a year of Grand Marnier and there’s also a photo competition called The Sunset Hour. Simply by uploading a photo, showing a sunset, to their site you could win a City Break to Paris or 1 of 200 goodie …
Eurostar Stay On Whilst Orange Leave The Voting Competition Train
Posted on: January 25th, 2011
Despite the many issues that they caused last year voting competitions are still being used by many a promoter. Eurostar, Hostelbookers, Orange Film Club, Joules, Topdeck Travel and Argos are just some of the brands that have dipped a toe into this kind of mechanic so far this year. The good news is that there …
More Facebook Voting Competitions Issues
Posted on: October 26th, 2010
A couple of weeks ago we reported that Ask Jeeves has made changes to their Unanswerables competition. Instead of the 10 iPad Winners being chosen by votes, the winners were chosen by a judging panel. Unfortunately Jeeves took a bit of flack via Twitter when the winners were announced, which is sad to see. However, …
By Jove! Jeeves Changes Their Vote Competition Rules Too!
Posted on: October 13th, 2010
Another big brand has taken on board concerns from compers and changed their stance on a voting competition. Jeeves Unansweables from Ask Jeeves are offering 10 Apple iPads to the people who provide the best answers to 10 impossible to answer questions. The winners were to be chosen by public vote. As we all know …
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