Huge free Scotweb give-away

**xman** · 7th January 11, 02:10 AM

I added as well http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...7#!/xmacdonald , but with privacy settings and whatnot, I'm not sure you'll see it. My friends will though.

**Nick Fiddes** · 7th January 11, 02:16 AM

Originally Posted by BCAC

Write something about Scotweb on XMarks and use that!

Actually, no. Sorry, but we say in the terms that it has to be your own web site, blog, etc... as we don't want to be responsible for encouraging spamming.

**BoldHighlander** · 7th January 11, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by Nick (Scotweb)

Actually, no. Sorry, but we say in the terms that it has to be your own web site, blog, etc... as we don't want to be responsible for encouraging spamming.

Nick,

I was looking at the Do's and Don'ts, and just for clarification: if we register more than one site (e.g. facebook, myspace, etc) and our name is drawn then when you check the winner does all the sites/url's registered under our email show up, or is it just the one registered url?

I'm thinking of those who didn't have a social media site /blog & registered an XMTS post, but now need to sign-up for a social media site /blog if they wish to participate.

How exactly does it work?

**BCAC** · 7th January 11, 03:02 AM

Originally Posted by Nick (Scotweb)

Actually, no. Sorry, but we say in the terms that it has to be your own web site, blog, etc... as we don't want to be responsible for encouraging spamming.

OK, Nick. That puts me out as I don't have a blog and facebook and twitter are not for me. Strange that you use a système that cuts out some potential customers (and even old customers) still it's your game and you can set the rules how you want.

Good luck to you and to everyone that CAN enter.

**Nick Fiddes** · 7th January 11, 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by BoldHighlander

Nick,

I was looking at the Do's and Don'ts, and just for clarification: if we register more than one site (e.g. facebook, myspace, etc) and our name is drawn then when you check the winner does all the sites/url's registered under our email show up, or is it just the one registered url?

I'm thinking of those who didn't have a social media site /blog & registered an XMTS post, but now need to sign-up for a social media site /blog if they wish to participate.

How exactly does it work?

As you've probably seen on the Dos & Don'ts bit, we basically say we'll apply common sense. We want to encourage people to give us mentions, including a hyperlink to any page under www.scotweb.co.uk (I mention this here, because we've had the odd .com - which we don't own - and even a couple of email addresses being registered, which don't count).

But like most people, we hate spam, and we really don't want to be blamed for anyone populating blog comments on other people's blogs with our link etc. So we've had to put that condition in. So yes, when we do a draw, our systems will show us not just the winning entry but any other entries that person has made. But as long as they are sufficiently distinct, that's fine by us. And sufficiently distinct, in my view, could even in practice involve quite distinct links in different parts of someone's web site, for example... on their home page and on their links page, for example.

But one on facebook and another on myspace, in your own example, are definitely no problem. That's two separate entries. We do see both. And we're happy.

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And finally, sorry to those disgruntled voices who resent our request for an online link. I do understand the feelings, but hope you also appreciate that we've put together this pretty generous draw in the hope that it's win-win for everyone involved - you get a real chance of a really nice prize, and we hopefully get to increase awareness of what we do. So there's obviously self-interest behind it too. Having said that, if anyone can suggest a non-online alternative that would satisfy our side of the bargain (e.g. evidence of a mention in your local newsletter) I'm all ears!

**BoldHighlander** · 7th January 11, 03:23 AM

Thanks Nick, for the thorough explanation.

**nloken** · 7th January 11, 03:49 AM

Done!

http://www.facebook.com/nloken

Can someone please verify that the post is visible even though you are not on my friend-list?

**Hothir Ethelnor** · 7th January 11, 07:03 AM

can't see it.

**nloken** · 7th January 11, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by Hothir Ethelnor

can't see it.

OK, thanks. I'll befriend the individual Nick mentioned earlier in the thread, so that she can see it when I win..!

**Nick Fiddes** · 7th January 11, 09:34 AM

HEADS-UP

RULE CHANGE

We've decided to simplify things, in view of the 'Facebook problem'... i.e. the issue of our not being able to easily check entries if we aren't already 'Friends'. So we're going to tweak the advice as follows...

1. Simply making us a Friend, or a Like, on Facebook, or following us on Twitter, will count as a single entry. (You'll find the links at the bottom of any page on our site.) You still need to register on the contest site of course.

2. Any blog posting, web site link, or PUBLICLY VIEWABLE mention including a hyperlink to any page under www.scotweb.co.uk will automatically receive the 5000 Scotweb Point bonus.

3. Any publicly viewable mention that we especially like (e.g. a blog posting that says something nice about us and that includes a relevant image) will qualify for a 10,000 Scotweb Point bonus - at our discretion. (That's about £100, or $150 USD by the way).

Sound fair enough?

I probably won't find time to tweak the contest instructions until Monday now. But you can take this as read.