ELEVEN!
The contest garnered 109 entries, and all but one of the entrants took the opportunity to enter the contest twice by mentioning their favorite post as well as the contest in their entries. With 55 blogs linking to me as a result of the contest and the resulting traffic, I definitely think this contest was worth it–and that’s not to mention the fun of it all! Many of the entries ended up being mini-reviews, which was super nice.
The Winner
So, who is the lucky person who is in the eleventh spot? Why, it’s Emma at
It’s Write Now! Congratulations Emma, and I’ll bet we’re both happy that you stopped by! I need to get your PayPal address so I can send you the money that my mother would say I should have put towards getting my dog groomed. But, it’s all good. Perhaps you too have a dog who needs grooming and this will help you achieve that goal!
Emma’s blog is a relaxing “Blogging 101″ sort of place to hang out. I especially like her refreshingly honest post, Blogging Reality. Thank you Emma! By the way, it is possible that Emma is a cat. Perhaps she does not have a dog after all.
Link Love for 5 Disgruntled Runner-Ups:
2 Pearl at Interesting Observations. I really appreciate Pearl mentioning in her post that I will be kicking off my Strip Poker Contest next! She also has a post about writer’s block that I really need to have read, like, five days ago.
19 Cman over at Cman’s Money Page entered the contest in a post entitled “Contests are Full Of Sh*t”, which completely cracked me up, given the name of my contest. Cman has his own contest going on called What the F Does the C Stand 4?. Cman, apparently being a bit more flush than I am, is offering $100 dollars to the person who guesses the meaning and enters his contest. I wonder if this counts as an entry? I mean, if someone wins a link from me, and I link to their contest as required, does that count? Just in case, I guess “Cash”.
26 Anonymous from An Anonymous Journal is over at her blog monetizing like crazy. She has more sponsored posts than I’ve ever seen on one blog, and even has her own storefront. In light of my somewhat controversial post, what is on the front page of the store made me smile.
33 Ryan over at Blue Blog. Ryan does free reviews, which may be of interest to some.
104 Chanya at Colorstruck has a great blog that I have been reading ever since I found her on MyBlogLog. I think many of you guys would enjoy her clever post, America’s Most Wanted: Blog Killer on the Loose.
All of the winners will have a permanent place on my Contests page as of tomorrow!
Thanks so much to everyone who entered! You made this contest fun, and I got to check out a lot of cool sites as a result! I hope you enter my Strip Poker Contest, which I hope to have posted by tomorrow night. 
And a great big special thanks to Barb the Cash Cow! She was nice enough to throw the numbers my way, and you can blame her if you didn’t win.
Hey … those are some nice results. Congrats to Emma… will be checking out the sites you’ve mentioned.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading your site Michelle……. thank you so much for the link!!! I’ll try to be a bit less disgruntled today
please visit again when you get a chance…. tc and kit
Michelle, I am so honored. Thank-you so much for the link love, not to mention the 50 bucks! Your blog is awesome. Keep up the great work. Thanks Again, Emma
Oh, and by the way, 11 is my new lucky number!
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oh wow, I just came across this post on Technorati! Thanks Michelle! Congrats to Emma too
Too bad I missed the contest
thats because I just discovered your blog today and have absolutely fallen in love with it 
Anyways congratulations to all the winners and I hope I can carry on a fluent readership in future
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of course i will count this as an entry, and your guess is duly noted. I was kind of hoping for the multiple entries with the 1000 word posts full of, probably in your case, platitudes.
I’m not disgruntled, thank you very much. I’m very gruntled at the moment. Thank you so much for the mention above and for your humorous and witty articles.
later grrl…