Comments on: Why Compers Are Not Always Welcome To Enter Competitions!

By: canyonroad78

canyonroad78 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:22:49 +0000

Not sure that’s even legal. Google index these pages, so typing ‘win ipod’ would eventually return that page. How can they ban loquax but not these visitors who clearly stumbled upon their site only for the purpose of winning an Ipod.

By: Consultantwan

Consultantwan — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:35:28 +0000

On the other side of the coin .. My hubby and daughter both ride In Trial Bike Competitions and didn’t know about the Dirt Rider Site until reading about it via Loquax, had Loquax not been featuring a copetition of theirs then they would probably have not discovered it.. and they are truly interested and participate in the sport.. so in this instance they gained not only my family members as regular website visitors but also countless fellow riders of theirs who they passed the link on to. Seems to me its a win situation for them in that respect!

By: readee

readee — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:16:56 +0000

One could argue that if you run a competition on the web, you should expect entries from every Tom, Dick and Harry. That’s the nature of the medium; it’s free, you can browse round easily and you will be reaching people who you might not do with a printed publication.

And perhaps most importantly, web sites are designed to link to each other. Indeed, I believe many site owners are keen to get their pages linked to, as it increases awareness and also improves their search engine rating.

Interestingly, the first place I heard of either Dirt Bike Rider and UK Safety Footwear was on Loquax. Both brands have received publicity through this site.

And what’s one of the things that competitions are designed to do? Increase awareness, of not only the product being given away, but also the promoter.

By: kernow maid

kernow maid — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:22:37 +0000

As a complete newcomer to comping i was surprised to read that people will actually
bother to take prizes for which they have no use but i guess i’m learning that it takes all
sorts.Lets hope the majority of us have better morals.

By: Elektra

Elektra — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:09:21 +0000

I also never enter a comp. unless I actually want the prize (or one of the runner-up prizes). And I would certainly NEVER enter a sports one (unless it’s a fantasy football one!) as I have no interest in them whatsoever.

I can see their point. I do sometimes feel that as a ‘comper’ some sites may not be happy to know I’m only visiting them to enter their particular comp. – I’m not really at all interested in whatever the product is that they have to sell… But that is the risk they take when running comps I suppose.

Elektra