The Winners of The 6th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest

The Winners of The 6th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest 29 800,000 pageviews later, the 6th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest is over and the prizes are ready to be won. Highs and lows of this year's contest Behind the scenes, this was a surprisingly intriguing contest. More on that in a second. There were many highs this year. Over 400,000 people visited JobMob during the contest, generating over 800,000 pageviews 25 articles were submitted from entrants across the USA, Canada, UK, Israel, and the Philippines It was the first time an entrant used an openly-recognized pseudonym (that would be Recruiting Animal) It was the first time that a sponsor also participated as entrant (that would also be Recruiting Animal) The first grand prize winner broke our single-contest traffic record, breaking 2000 unique visitors for the first time Unfortunately, there were too many lows this year. That's what happens when prize values get so high, I suppose. Two entrants definitely cheated, and a 3rd entrant may have too. Not accidentally either- these were concerted efforts to skew the results using freelancers and/or paid traffic services. Since it's difficult to prove if the entrants themselves were the actual cheaters, for one of the entrants we just didn't count the paid traffic in their final results. However, there were multiple kinds of evidence against one of the other entrants which led to… For the first time, an entrant was disqualified. Not only did the entrant have paid traffic streaming to their article, but the article itself was spun (in this case, some might say ‘plagiarized') from the blog of a well-known author. The article has since been removed from the JobMob archives. I sincerely apologize to that author and anyone that read the article. We screen all entries for plagiarism and have caught many attempts in the past (I rejected one such entrant for this year's contest) but this was expertly done and the entrant almost got away with it. Almost, but they didn't. But enough about the lows! Let's enjoy the winners' achievements and thank the great sponsors who made it all possible.eval Thank you to our terrific sponsors Thank you to our Gold Sponsor: WebHostingBuzz WebHostingBuzz is a reliable web hosting company based in MA, USA. WebHostingBuzz serves over 30,000 clients from around the world. With a reputation for reliable, fast server technology backed by excellent customer support, WebHostingBuzz is an ideal choice for any internet project regardless of the budget available.eval WebHostingBuzz offers a 45-day money back guarantee for its hosting services and also has a generous affiliate program. Thank you to our Silver Sponsor: Kiesha Easley and WeBlogBetter.com Kiesha Easley is the owner of WeBlogBetter.com, a blog devoted to offering blogging tips. She is a writer, copy-editor, and mass communications instructor. She’s just released, 10 Week GamePlan for a Top 100k Blog, a book that teaches new or struggling bloggers how to take a blog from setup to Top 100k Alexa ranking blog in 10 weeks or less. During this time, they'll learn to get more traffic and create an irresistible blog. Connect with her on Twitter @weblogbetter. Thank you to our Silver Sponsor: Web SEO Analytics Web SEO Analytics is one of the most complete innovative online marketing platforms providing pioneering SEO tools and SEM Software. Thank you to our Silver Sponsor: Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg Thank you to our Silver Sponsor: MyBlogGuest.com MyBlogGuest is the free platform which bloggers join to easier find each other and exchange guest posts. The most popular feature inside is the Articles Gallery where you can upload an article for blog owners to come to review it and make their offers. Here's a quick video intro made by one of our members. Thank you to our Silver Sponsor: Jason Alba and JibberJobber JibberJobber is a career management tool designed to help job seekers organize and manage their job search. More than a job search organizer, it is a personal relationship manager you can use between job searches. It is your personal relationship management tool to use during the rest of your career. Thank you to our Chrome Sponsor: Recruiting Animal Animal is the host of a rowdy online call-in show about recruiting and careers. In April 2006, he founded the Recruiting Animal blog, then, in March 2007, he started The Recruiting Animal Show, the only online call-in show about recruiting in world history. But can you handle it? Read the letter to guests to find out. And now, the winners! The Winners All entrants won: A copy of Kiesha Eisley’s ebook 10 Week GamePlan for a Top 100k Blog. Sponsored by Kiesha Easley and WeBlogBetter.com. Winner of the early-bird prize: Lavie Margolin Lavie won: US$50. Sponsored by Ann Smarty and MyBlogGuest.com Winner of the Judges’ Choice prize: Joshua Waldman This year's judges were: Jason Alba of JibberJobber Kiesha Easley of WeBlogBetter Maxim M. of WebHostingBuzz Joshua won: US$100. Sponsored by Ann Smarty and MyBlogGuest.com. Winner of the Most Retweeted Article: Dan Keller Dan won: US$50. Sponsored by Ann Smarty and MyBlogGuest.com. Winner of the Most Liked Article: Bless Vaidian Bless won: US$50. Sponsored by Ann Smarty and MyBlogGuest.com. Winner of the Most +1'd Article: Peggy McKee Peggy won: US$50. Sponsored by Ann Smarty and MyBlogGuest.com. Winner of the Most Emailed Article: Chris Perry Chriswon: US$50. Sponsored by Ann Smarty and MyBlogGuest.com. And now… The moment you've all been waiting for… (always wanted to say that) The Grand… Prize… Winners!!! With 1,556 visitors to her article 3 Things You Must Do on Your Job Search… The 3rd grand prize winner is: Bless Vaidian Bless has won almost US$800 in prizes: US$100. Sponsored by WebHostingBuzz. 1 year PRO subscription to Web SEO Analytics, a US$300 value 1 hour of blogging/marketing/job search consulting (you choose the topic) by