Great news bloggers, we moved the announcement of the blogging contest winners up by a week, thanks to our dedicated editorial committee who worked tirelessly to evaluate the submitted blogs. I can ensure you that it was definitely a close call on all of the categories, and that we received some excellent and insightful blogs from the contestants. For all of you who participated, well done for your efforts!
But let’s get to the part everyone is waiting for. I am pleased to announce the winners of So you think you can blog? below:
Category 1: Most amount of total traffic to all blog posts submitted by a single author which will be measured by the amount of unique visitors to the page.
The Prize:Â Pioneer iPod/Android Car Deck with Bluetooth and MIXTRAX
And the winner is…
Jeremy Page with his blog post Understanding cloud computing’s risk that crossed 1,000 hits within only days and remained at the top of all the blog contest submissions to date. Excellent job Jeremy!
Category 2: Best use of media and most visually appealing blog posts, that will be judged based on the amount of media used, the variety and the added value of the media to the post.
The Prize:Â Canon Mobile Scanner
Category 3: Most reader engagement from Disqus comments and social buzz based on the number of comments and social media shares.
And the winner is…
Bruce Harpham again with his blog post How Canadian organizations use the Internet of Things which had the most amount of community engagement and social buzz. A lot of work was clearly put into his blog, excellent job Bruce!
Category 4: Best contribution from an editorial perspective which will be given a total score out of 15 by a panel of editorial judges based on the following criteria:
- Creativity
- Writing style
- Relevancy
The Prize:Â VOIP systemÂ
And the winner is…
