We were contacted this week by the folks at Sony Ericsson. They wanted to give the bloggers on Fuelmyblog an exclusive preview to its blog competition before being announced in a global press release next week. FYI this cannot be found on their site or anywhere- you are the first bloggers in the World to know about the additional prize 
World View 2008 unites the global camera phone community through its international search for the best camera phone photographers of the year.
The site shows two prizes, for the best photograph, one judged by a panel of professionals, one most voted for. As of right now, bloggers will also get the chance to win a holiday. To be in with a chance to win, simply add their widget to your blog (can be found here – not any links to it yet on their site). How to win:-
1. One randomly selected blog displaying the widget will be selected.
2. The blog that delivers the most traffic to the site from its blog.
The competition runs until 31st October 2008.
Simple – good luck, our widget is on – we could do with winning a holiday worth between $3k and $6k!
(Yes this was in the Newsletter!)
Woo Whooo! Another Fuel Competition. I’ve already added the widget to my blog!
Boo hooo! Another Fuel competition that requires a widget
Love you guys to bits but uz wordpress.com uzerz no can haz widgets!
Ah ok. So the photo competition doesn’t need the widget. You’re half off the hook
It is not our comp guys, we are simply the messengers! However, I have sent them a note to say WP not a goer!
No probs mate, just like to keep flying the flag for us non-widgetised folks!
I came here to comment what Richard already did, so I’ll just add to it.
Wordpress.COM has 4,286,009 bloggers, according to the stats I just copied five minutes ago from their main page, none of whom can use a widget based on javascript.
I’m tired of companies who want support but can’t take five minutes to know this and simply create an html based link/image to allow Wordpress.COM users to take part in some contest they’re running.
Not only that, but clicking on your widget took me to their flash into page… only something is wrong with it because it would’t give me an option (in the “Americas” section) other than Central America.
I’m grouchy today.
I may decide to not only not support them, but to write something nasty about them. Why? Because they clearly don’t care about 4,286,009 bloggers, of whom I might only be one, but I am one with a PR5 page and at least a thousand hits a day, some days 2,000 and other (good) days as many as 5,000 and even 13,000.
It’s a lesson big business needs to learn. They ought not to forget details like this because doing so might mean they create for themselves a lot of bad press instead of the good they’d hoped to reap from such a contest.
Maybe I sound overly cranky about it, but that’s kind of how things go with consumers, they tolerate things like this until the last straw, and then whomever the company is that was that last straw, that’s the one that ends up in the papers.
And it’s a lesson anyone in business should learn.
Which of course has nothing to do with FMB or the lovely Dixies… all of whom I am crazy about! This company could learn from you both… and should.
Gah, I wish I could enter with the widget, but I’m on WP too…boo hisss!!
I’ll have to find a picture to enter (:
*whispering very quietly* I’ve done it *shush* don’t tell Fraccy though *tiptoe* – and I use one of their camera phones all the time – they’re brilliant!!! OK going now ………
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My Dear Fracas, thanks for the lovely comment about us
I have reported it and totally agree with you that big businesses should cater for the 4m+ Wordpress bloggers – the truth is they just told me they tested on their self-hosted WP blogs – they didn’t know there was a difference.. I don’t think many people realise there is a difference between the two. Which brings me to the next point that I think we should also look at WP here too, they should simply allow them. At the very least offer an option to companies to work with them when developing things, they don’t tend to be too helpful when working with outside companies and widgets – it is a real pain…I should know, our widget could be so much more dynamic for WP guys..
We’ll get there folks, I promise the next comp we actually do will fit all of you
Hello! I’ve been to busy even to Fuel…But it seems that I manage to visit FMB in a good moment-competition time!!;-)
Kevin, the reasons for WP to not allow javascript are many and I support them.
I prefer that WP blogs aren’t the messed up crappy heaps of every resource-hogging, browser-crashing widget that every idiot who doesn’t understand there are *limits* to what you should put on a blog just piles onto their sidebar. Not allowing scripts also keeps Wordpress users safer than Blogger users and I appreciate that.
I don’t agree that the solution is to expect me to compromise the security I enjoy because Wordpress does have these limits, so that lazy companies can get by without having to create a simple html based image and link.
After all… you have made a fuelroll that Wordpress users can use… why can’t a much bigger and more profitable company who wants our and your help, be as dilligent and respectful of those they want to take part?
After all… we all know that contests aren’t about companies being philanthropists. Contests are about companies benefitting from the exposure they get from the people who try to win the contest. They should consider that it’s really US doing THEM a favour because almost 100% of everyone entering a contest isn’t going to win… but is going to promote their product/service for them.
But seriously… who are they employing in whatever department doesn’t know the difference between Wordpress.org and Wordpress.com. I’m just a flunky individual person sitting here in the middle of nowhere, Canada… and *I* know the difference. That’s shameful. Someone needs a pay cut. LOL.
Oh, sorry. I suppose I should’ve warned ya. I can be terribly opinionated, big mouthed and bossy sometimes. I’m sure no one’s ever noticed it before.
LOL Daddy Papersurfer, one only has to tiptoe around me if *they* are the guilty party.
You may enter all your photos in that contest without worry about upsetting me, just make sure you censor some of those ‘cupboard’ ones. Heavens… there might be children viewing the contest photos too you know….
Wait… unless you secretly work for the company, in which case you shouldn’t be entering the contest you naught GOG.
Well those are 4,286,009 competitors I won’t have to worry about.
lol, you rascally benspark, you.
What can I say, I love winning contests.
I love this thread – we should keep it going, blogs create CONVERSATION and opinion – hoorah!
Fracas – I just think that WP should be more open with us good guys trying to create non-spammy stuff
We’ll just have to educate corporates on how to do this blogging thing – care to help 
Mr BenSpark – you are such a tease and this comp is totally global with all of Sony Ericsson’s customers and users – we should help each other in this one!
Oh and DP seems to be entering – Sony be afraid, be very afraid!
Oh I forgot to mention – see my King of Shaves post, the founder of that company totally gets it, he is talking to us directly, I love that.
Well, I have the widget on my blog and if anyone wants to click it each day, please feel free to do so.
I’ve heard nothing about this at all prior to the post here (and the newsletter) I think Fuelers have a good chance. IF it happens that the chance is mine, who am I to turn it down.
I just think that WP should be more open with us good guys trying to create non-spammy stuff
I can’t imagine how they could offer the option to use scripts to some but not others. Even as a paid option, it still wouldn’t prevent the bad stuff they made the policy to prevent. Frankly, Blogger has the reputation of being the platform where every smarmy and possibly malicious to your computer type of user uses, and I don’t know how they could really get around that. They’re very dilligent to keep those types of blogs off of wordpress. I’ve kept a .com blog as an endorsement of all those things they work so hard to be. Lots of people would’ve punted the fracas blog long ago when it started to get real traffic. I didn’t because they deserve some loyalty for all the good they’ve done for those 4m people.
I just think other companies should know what the market is before they go off starting up stuff and looking stupid because they didn’t even know the difference between wp.com and wp.org That’s awfully embarassing for a big company to admit. Like, who is their tech department? Sheesh.
hehe – as I say Mdm F we are collectively going to rule the world we just need to spread the word
In fact we should burn DP’s bra’s and march around blogdom..I think we can rid the blogosphere of crap..anyone fancy starting a solidarity of bloggers with me, i’ll get the word out and the URL..DP’ll buy the Tshirt..anyone?
We have come too far.
[Shall I put some bromide in Fracarse's tea? ....... just asking ....... *shush* *tippy toe*]
So, have I understood the rules correctly? – the first person to 1000 comments wins? – excellent
Only 50 to go …….. !!!!!
I did reply. It kept telling me I’ve made that comment already, but no comment appeared.
Halloween ghosts are here early I guess.
But seriously DP… if you want to drug me, at least make it something *good*.
So ….. apparently ….. I’ve got burn my underwear and be Fraccy’s supplier ….. I was hoping for the weekend off …… oh well
I won the random prize for this competition. I said I’d do it and I did it. How cool is that. I’m just waiting for the company who sponsored it to give me a call with the details. They have been really slow in doing this. I don’t even know anything about what I actually won. But I am excited.
Congrats BenSpark, let us know what you’ve won, I am curious
May I know if the results are out for this competition already?