Friends, some of you may have received a malware notification when visiting this site over the last few days. And while we take pride in being a smidgeon more devious than the most devious minds, we’ve gotta own up to it: we were hacked, powned and owned. Probably by some bitter basement dweller who was feeling neglected by his cat. The result is that some links were added to our site that shouldn’t have been. None of our site visitors will be affected other than occasional groaning caused by our attempts at humour.

Thanks to the visitors who alerted us to the problem. Within nanoseconds we marshalled a crack team of freedom fighters and fixed the problem with the same fighting spirit that our Canadian ancestors used to repel the charioteers of Alexander the Great. That self-heralded team included Artman, a wise-cracking rogue with straight teeth; Keyzee, the brains behind the operation, and ContestC, a childish prodigy with a chronic fear of salt. All’s well now and for anyone who happens to be reading this, hey, thanks for stickin’ around.

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We’re moving contestcanada.net to a new server today.  This will address the painfully slow page load times that we’ve been experiencing lately, and is the first step in a series of changes that we have planned.

The site may be up-and-down while we move, and it might take up to 48 hours for you to see the improvements, so please be patient.

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We’re determined to share our absurdity. That’s why you can now follow us on Facebook and get our usual blend of pithy Contest listings right there on your Facebook page. First our Twitter feed, now a Facebook page – we’re feeling pretty darn social.

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Why would someone follow us? The only thing foolish enough to do so was this dog, and look what we did to him! But now, here we are, telling you about our new Twitter feed, thinking you’re so off-the-rails that you might even check it out.

Each and every contest that we post on ContestCanada.net will also show up as a tweet on our Contestcan Twitter feed. If you’re not using Twitter, you’re not missing anything – all the good stuff is still here, delivered with sardonic wit and the occasional typo.

You can find our Twitter feed here.

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So, I sent some publicity head-shots to a talent agent and she told me I had “a fraction of Ernest Borgnine’s sex appeal”. That’s when i found my calling …. radio! Listen in tonight for a chat on all sorts of contest chatter as I join Carolyn Wilman’s (aka The Contest Queen) radio program. Check it out!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/contestqueen/2009/04/07/Take-a-Look

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As some of you know, we’ve been working on a web site that will allow you to keep track of your entries for the various contests that appear on http://contestcanada.net. It’s something that we’re very excited about, and recently we launched this new service at http://lookcontests.com on an invitation-only basis.

The feedback has been very positive, and now we’d like to open it up to some more people.

*If you’re one of the first 100 people to sign up for the waiting list at http://lookcontests.com, you’ll automatically be approved for a 4-month free site membership.*

All you have to do is go to http://lookcontests.com and enter your e-mail address on the main page. While you’re waiting for your approval e-mail from us, you may want to browse through the entries at http://blog.lookcontests.com to get an idea of the site’s features.

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Hi all! No contest here, just a few quick updates and a word of thanks. The thanks is to you – yes you, all you crazy contest lovers that keep coming back for more. We’re up to nearly 4,000 contests on this site and we’re very pleased to have a regular group that hangs out more often than Norm at Cheers.

Email newsletter: There are loads, no scads, of people that have signed up for our free daily contest email newsletter that are not receiving it. In order to receive it you need to click on the link in the verification email that was sent to you. If you can’t find that email or perhaps left it in your jeans pocket when you did some laundry, no worries! Just pump your email address into the little email newsletter subscription box on the left margin of this page and you’ll get another subscription verification email. That newsletter delivers about a dozen hot contests every day – make sure you’re getting it!

Forums: Lots of great discussions going on in the Canada contest forums. Check ‘em out for tips, tricks, strategies and success stories from fellow contest goers and the occasional pervert (just kidding, these are well-moderated forums!).

Our link buddy: We’ve found a good source for contests and would suggest checking this site out from time to time: Sweepstakes Advantage – Free Online Sweepstakes – Win Instantly!

All the best and may you win loads of iPods and stuff. – ContestC

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Hi folks. Sorry we haven’t posted new contests yesterday or today. We’ve run into a problem with our publishing tools and we’re working out a fix with our hosting provider. We’ll be up and running again in a short while with a great new set of contests. In fact, it’ll be a freakin’ contest extravaganza!!

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The March 31 deadline for our iPod contest is coming up. Please note that we have 643 people who have subscribed for our email newsletter but have not validated their subscription. If you don’t validate you can’t win the iPod. Not only that, you won’t get our delectable daily email full of links to great Canadian contests. It’s enough to make one say: Wadju talkin’ ’bout Willis!!!

Here’s what to do:
If you’re getting our daily email, you’re good. Sit tight and keep your fingers crossed.
If you haven’t signed up, sign up for our newsletter to enter the iPod contest
If you have signed up, but are not getting emails, follow these steps:
- first, if you have an email requesting you to validate by clicking a link, click the link to validate and you’re done. Some people are unable to complete this action (it’s an odd problem that occurs from time to time – our email provider has been notified). If this happens to you, just forward that email (the one with the validation link in it) to us at info@contestcanada.net. We’ll validate for you. You’ll be entered in the iPod contest AND you’ll get our daily email the next day.
If you don’t have the email anymore (or didn’t receive one) just sign up for our newsletter again using the same email. You will receive another email with the validation link.

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The new ContestCanada.net discussion forum is positively cooking! Okay, it’s at least simmering on low heat. Get in there now and join in some of the exciting and lively discussions, like these:

• Mskeen has some great browser tips for contest entrants
• Testreg has added our first user-submitted contest (how did we miss that one?)
• And there’s a good discussion started about cool contest prizes people have won.

Check it yourself at the ContestCanada.net forums

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Our new, spam-free Canadian Contest forums are alive! ALIVE I say!!
We love the comments you all write on our contest postings. That includes the helpful corrections, the beneficial answers and support to other commenters, and your enthusiasm for cool contest prizes. We even got a kick out of that teenager complaining about his mom.
But comments don’t really build into conversations, so we wanted to provide a forum for our visitors to air their views, connect with others, share tips and tricks, list new contests that we may have neglected, and so much more.
So please, please head on over and start or join a conversation. I think that if we get enough people involved that this could grow into a beautiful thing.

ContestC

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Happy holidays from the ContestCanada.net team!

We just wanted to let you know about a new feature available on the site: our new ratings system. Below each posted contest you’ll see a set of stars. If you want to rate that contest (a great way to share your opinion on contests you’ve entered or the types of contests that appeal to you), just hold your mouse over it so that it covers the desired amount of stars, then click. If you really dig it, give it 5 stars. If you tried to enter and it gave you an inscrutable error message, give it a 1.
Once we have some ratings we’ll share with you the highest rated contests. Let’s hope the contest sponsors will be watching and will launch new contests based on your feedback!

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Some contests, like the Nestle Smart Car contest, allow you one entry per day per UPC. To save you some time scouring the grocery store aisles, the good folks at www.upcmachine.com have launched a UPC codes database with loads of Canadian and US UPCs. It’s free to use.

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I’m doing a bit of a catch-all post here to keep things simple.

There’s a good discussion going on in the contest forums about what some users have won (you’ll be impressed). If you’ve ever been discouraged, thinking, ‘I never win anything’, check it out.

We’ve added a new poll (see left-hand column). In case you’re wondering about the last one, roughly 90% of 115 voters gave this site the thumbs up, while the other 10% indicated the site was simply too shabby or reminiscent of stepping in steaming dog turds. Regardless of which camp you’re in, thanks for voting!
Edith still has the lead in our posting contest with about 2 weeks to go. Doug is in second with 5 contest posts. There’s easy prizes to be had here.

We’re pleased to see people signing up for the daily RSS or email updates (also located on the left-hand column of this page). It’s a great way to get the contest updates to come to you.

Lastly, thanks for visiting and may good fortune be yours!

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We’ve added email subscriptions so you can receive our latest contest listings in your inbox. The email comes as a daily digest of all new material for the day.
Subscribe to our Canada Contest daily email

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Well, I got my first vote for the “dog poop” category in the user feedback poll. Who the heck made that one of the options?! Oh yeah, I did. Thanks to everyone who has voted so far (yeah, even you sour-puss!). We’ll keep working to improve the site. Want to help? Send us your feedback or, better yet, get involved and join in the fun. And as a helpful reminder, watch your step as you rake up those Fall leaves – or you might step in some ContestCanada.net

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We realize there is a strong community of contest enthusiasts in Canada, with few ways for them to connect with each other. Our discussion forums are a great way to hear what others are entering and winning, share contest tips and strategies, and perhaps make some friends too!

http://contestcanada.net/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=1

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It’s a new, free and fun resource for Canada contest enthusiasts. We use our network of avid contest followers to present to you only the best contests in Canada Updates will be posted often so be sure to check back regularly to see what you could be winning!

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