John Chow, Michael Kwan and Tejpal from 1234Pens.com
It’s time for another blog contest. This time I’m giving a Nintendo Wii that was graciously given to me by 1234Pens.com! Just like the Sony PS3, people lined up overnight in order to get their hands on the Wii. Unlike the PS3, gamers purchased them to play and not to resell on eBay. Make no mistake about it, the Wii is a lot of fun. Now you can win it! Here’s how.
To enter the Root Of All Evil Nintendo Wii contest, just make a post in your blog about it. Link to me using the anchor text “make money online,” link to www.1234Pens.com using “promotional pens,” and link to this blog post. Here’s an example.
John Chow dot Com, a blog that helps you make money online, is giving away a Nintendo Wii. To enter, all you have to do is write a blog post about it. This is mine. Where’s my Wii? The contest is sponsored by 1234Pens.com. They make promotional pens.
OK, that was a pretty bad example but you get the idea. Add as much information as you want – just make sure you follow the linking rules. This contest is open to everyone. If you have blog, you can enter. It doesn’t matter where you are or what language your blog is in. After you made your post, send an email to wii@1234pens.com with the URL to your post. Once we confirm the post meets the linking requirements, we’ll print out your email and toss in to the draw bucket.
At the end of this month, I’ll draw one name from the bucket and that blogger will be the proud owner of a brand new Nintendo Wii! The draw will be done in a video post. Good luck!
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This is awesome John. I’m working on my post now
I just realized your evil plan. You are boosting your rank for search results as well as the standard evil linkbaiting. Truly evil
I also realized I just replied to my own post. 
James! Haha hey buddy. You crack me up.
Hey nice to see you hear Bryan
here’s my post for the contest already
http://blog.jamesrbritton.com/2007/03/13/free-the-wii-from-evil/
Very clever James, very clever and evil!
Another good plan by John, its a decent prize so I think he’ll get a few link backs, I wonder if he’s getting his pens free as well!
He is. They are a gift, from them.
Figures, worth the publicity if the readership is local, a bit too far away for me to order any
I guess that it’s still worth every effort, since an international audience brings about a potential larger audience than a local context.
A very good plan indeed, this one will bring an avalanche of backlinks
How soon will the ripples or effects take place? I can’t wait for the results!
Well, as of now, it’s not in the top 30.
I never win any draws but I’ll participate in your experiment. I’m easily bought.
You get sooo much free stuff…you are the Root of All Evil!
Heheh, Cool contest.
I will probably be entering it.
It’s not like I write about anything else except this blog anyways.
(JK, I have an AGLOCO post as well. ^_^’)
Wow people comment really fast here… Why can’t Bryan-Baker Dot Com be the same?
Cos you not giving away a Nintendo Wii
Great point Jez. Then again I don’t get them sent to me for FREE! Damn JC is a “lucky” guy. The harder you work the luckier you get.
Work harder Bryan! If you try, maybe you find that it is not too hard to woo your audience!
Very true, write quality content & get your name out there and the comments will come!
I think John is getting far more comments on the give-away posts than the actual quality content posts, giving things away pays better in terms of attention
Touche!
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.”
This is a quote from your blog, Brian! You have the key, now use it!
Cool stuff.. working on my blog post too at my blog.. =)
wow… that’ll be me in a year!!! Anyone want to time me?
A backlinkers dream.
It really is another great idea!
ooo…a wii…I’m in!!!
You are one evil mutherf^(&#r, John!!!
I just finished my post. Until tomorrow…
I’m just writing out my blog post bout it.
In it to win it.
http://webchief.blogspot.com/2007/03/get-linkbacks-with-contest.html
I will enter because I want this Wii!!!
Woo I sent in my email along with my url: http://www.tyleringram.com/blog/Win-a-Nintendo-Wii!
Umm the URL works fine if you include the ! at the end
Silly script seemed to parse it out there..
I KNEW IT! I knew John was going for the term “EVIL”. . . . . i’ll already have a wii, but the “evilness” that John is instilling in me doesn’t care and makes me want another one!
I love that he is using my Google Bomb idea!
WOW …..this is a very smart move to get as many links as possible and also to get back on the Digg frontpage…..man your are such an root of all evil
Dont think its really Digger material TBH, could be wrong…
I agree, this would never make it to the front page…
You are eWiiL John!!
Wow this is a sweet contest! I’m sure you’ll get plenty of entries.
He already is judging by the number of pingbacks already in the comments, a real master of self promotion….
Sweet move! That would be sure to boost up some interest. Gosh, why didn’t the other advertisers think of this as well? Sure to spark some fantastic interest in the site. Even I got my hands going on it!
http://esplanade.sg/2007/03/13/why-wii-tell-me-why/
LOL I was waiting for this contest so you could rank well for that term.
This is a brilliant contest. Can I enter it multiple times, since I have more than one blog.
Looking forward to my Wii.
You can find my blog entry here
I would have thought so, the idea is to get backlinks, I dont think John is too concernde with “rules”
I agree. The rules are simple. What’s most importance is the buzz around it. More blogs posted means more exposure and buzz!
How true. John and rules very rarely seem to get along.
He didn’t say you couldn’t enter multiple times!
Unless he writes them
Like I said somewhere else in here, I don’t see why not. The whole point is to generate backlinks.
Hope you guys are emailing in your URL to 1234pens.com and not just posting it here.
I almost forgot to email my entry, but not after reading your comment.
I learnt to be an evil from John Chow, like, generating some buzz for my blog by posting my entry URL here – http://www.vincentchow.net/966/win-a-nintendo-wii-contest
Oh man! I completely forgot! Thanks for the reminder!
Good point. I’m seeing a lot of urls in the comments here, though they may just be looking for a few clickthroughs…
Here is my two cents for the contest:
http://abdul-azeem.blogspot.com/2007/03/enter-this-evil-blog-contest-win.html
By the way John, Will I get a linkback for your site’s review:
http://abdul-azeem.blogspot.com/2007/03/johnchow-canadian-dotcom-mogul.html
Happy contesting!
um… you don’t need to post the links. WordPress’s linkback system will let John know!
No harm in sending an email too.
Wow great contest, I wish I could enter !!
You are becoming the font of all things evil. Without you the entire western industrialized society would just stop! Or it could be because of you. Everyone’s busy typing up their post. Millions upon millions…
Mmmm Better get mine in early.
Do you want him to stop giving away free stuff? Free is always a good price.
Never never never. A Wiiiiii for Freeeeee!
It will be interesting to see if Johns PR increases with the next update given the number of links he is amassing….
I think he said he’s aiming for PR7.
Why did people have to go and remind everyone about the fact that they need to email their entries?
Anyway, I hope John keeps giving away stuff… Free stuff good!
John, what is good in being the next “miserable failure”?
It’s different. John actually is the root of all evil and has lots of posts discussing it. So he’s not trying to Google bomb, just get relevant backlinks.
Sure he’s trying to Google Bomb himself, why else would he have us put that link in there?
well i didn’t win the lotto last week so we’ll see how this goes… my chances are much better anyway
Very impressive with your social network, party, lunch or dinner with web savvy at your area. Where are you living? Why you are so close to those internet webmasters? I am very lonely here at Malaysia, have very less webmasters working on web stuff.
There’s a good contingent of bloggers and internet folks in Vancouver. We get together for lunch once a week. Great for networking (it’s how I got the gig at TTZ).
bravo john!
I joined the contest john!
I hope i win!
here’s my entry:
http://www.carlocab.com/2007/03/13/nintendo-contest/
thanks.
Sweet, just posted mine at http://www.mubinahmed.com
How long do you guys take to respond if the blog meets the requirements?
I guess you have to ask the nice folks at 1234pens themselves! Anyway, if you have sent (like the rest of us), you are good to go!
oh… gosh, a Wii! What can stop me from joining it?
It’ll be too good to be true if I win a Wii…
oh man, i’m better start writing now!
I’m glad you liked my wii contest idea.
Hey Wii, why dont you let people know that its a different competition altoghether instead of trying to mislead everyone?
Also anyone know where I can find out about more blog competitions like this one? I really feel like winning something!
John had a post a while ago covering other contests in his community.
John had a post a while ago covering other contests in his community at
http://www.johnchow.com/contests-happening-in-the-community/
Agreed. Though his tactic did get me to his site, for a little bit.
Deliciously evil contest John. Go splits on the backlinks and splits on the prize (I assume). Offer a platform that’s wildly popular yet still comparatively inexpensive. No need to return the backlinks breaking the reciprocal circle. I love it.
Will this be the first blog entry with more trackbacks than comments? Or has john disabled trackbacking for this entry?
Nope, your own trackback is listed a couple of comments above this one
That’s not what he meant. This article sure looks like an equal number of comments and trackbacks as well. Definitely one of the most!
Is it ok to add nofollow tag in the links?
No, it is not OK. A nofollow tag means no entry.
WOOOT!
Oh you are an evil one.
Wii is really nice. I own it and I recommend you guys to buy Need For Speed Carbon. It’s super fun!
Nice contest Evil John.
What the heck. I’m in.
1234pens are definitely helpin ya out, great contest
And vice versa!
I have submitted my post here (and e-mailed of course
) http://www.davidpitlyuk.com/2007/03/13/win-a-wii-by-blogging/
I’ve sent mine
So did I
Good luck to you all!
Can we do it on more than one blog?
You’ll have to check with John, but I don’t see why not, so long as they are different domains.
More blogs means more exposure and better chance at the search engines.
I doubt he will disallow it.
Is the “root of all evil” anchor text case sensitive?
No, I don’t believe so.
A review combined with a contest entry: http://www.michaellarabel.com/index.php?k=blog&i=99
That’s absolutely brilliant (and evil)
Whoever wins should continue the chain of evilness by running the exact same contest.
Wow! Look at all those pingbacks… people are posting like crazy.
People really want a Wii… well, I also want a Wii
I gotta go work on my post.
This is a brilliant way to increase search engine rankings John – for you and your sponsor.
I wonder how soon this will translate into the search engine results. There’s many search terms for “promotional pens”, so hopefully it pushes the sponsor up the search tables too.
Yeah, it’s a really competitive keyword(s)
After all it is all about making a sensation, and it doesn’t really make any difference if you flash boobs or try to be the root of… you know what.
I’m in, article written but set to auto-publish tomorrow moring, heh.
If you get to the top of the Google results for “root of all evil” I will laugh. With the traffic you have and access to bloggers willing to link to you, there is a good chance you can pull of some other crazy feats as well.
Best of luck and I hope I win the Wii.
That would be a nice calling, since it’s his tagline, anyway.
And…a few days after the original post, I finally took the two minutes to write up my post..haha..You can check out my Wii entry if you want.
OMG! That is sweet! I’m going to have to get started!
Yes! Got ‘er done right before going to bed!
http://sean-dinner.com/blog/?p=36
I should get best Blog Title for this contest, right?
Wiiiiiiiii!!
http://www.tradersnarrative.com/john-chow-is-an-evil-evil-man-648.html
yey!! I’m in!! they just emailed me:)
Why in the world would you give up your Wii?
Okay, I gave in…
Check it out at Geekmom. Email is on its way.
I really hope the Wii is mine!
Hey John, if you get an extra Xbox 360 feel free to throw it my way! :p
What a powerful ste is this…. it’s nice and i know i’m working forward to my post now.
I’m from Nigeria.
this is in Chinese John!!!! you see, they’ll never shut you down! NEVER!
Any news on when the winner will be announced?