I am Explorer Contest

is it? that's nice.. oh all the rush :D

Rush in the last minute.. 

why are the posts not visible ? 

Does that mean the date is silently extended !! PHEW! and one more thing am not getting the discussion here. I dont see any major change in the topic for the contest !

IMHO I am sure there's no need to write entries where a person drives only Tata Safari. 

By the way can some one throw light on what was the previous topic and what are the changes done to it ?!?! 

god knows

Afshan see the previous topic here  

@Ranjith : OOOPS ! I saw just now :P The change in topic. 

Some how , may be I had browser cache  ,  I saw only the previous topic and wrote based on it . The prev one was more cool 

But even in this its written A COMPLETE FICTIONAL JOURNEY to A FICTIONAL PLACE.

I guess it should hold good for who ever wrote about unknown lands :) Am also among them

Now am confused Why I saw the prev topic in my browser 

Only now I am seeing the new one ! 

When Will posts get reflected ??? !

maybe some people are seeing the posts...while some of us are still seeing the old page

I guess due to continuous pestering last night regarding #Extension (And I was one of them) Renie gave more time so cheers guys!

Ya Nandini

Even the night before I saw the old topic it self. THATS Why I was confused about the discussion on change in topic here 

Is the contest extended? I wrote the post in a hurry, now if it's extended I would like to re-work on the post.

@Prasanna : I have the same doubt

If they say there is date extension I will also modify !!

Hi Nandini, even I reverted to drafts and had the same question? what did you decide - are you putting it back to published? 

Prasanna and Afshan: Normally till they close it, changes are ok... That's what I noticed in past couple contests.. I made a very tiny change too just now!

Yes even I just noticed the change in topic...

well, its only fair that they let us change our entry a bit if we're fine with them changing the contest prompt :)

Couldn't take time out for this one...thanks for the work load... no issues..next contest :)

Extended? :/

I got a new doubt now. I hav a blogspot blog and my word press blog got recently approved.

I dont remember If I selected the word press blog while submitting my contest entry which is written on blogspot.

I submitted again selecting the source as blogspot!

Will that be an issue ? :(

The entry was accepted! 

Submit the post again Afshan. The submit button is still there...

You were able to submit twice? 

If you select site1.com as your blog, and the link you submit if from site2.com, then it  [ should not ] accept your post.

Something may be wrong with the IndiVine system or you got confused.

Whatever it may be, just check that your submitted the right one after the entries are displayed. If something isn't right, SHOOT a mail to Renie 

Or as Bushra said, submit again. 

Entries are visible Now. Only 173 entries for this one

That's less! :/

Which means the chances of winning are more :D

maybe thats why they kept it open so long

Thanks Bushra and Ranjith :)Ideally it shudnt get accepted but it accepted it . DONT KNO WHY !

now the same post is showing twice. Should I inform Renie about it ? 

The entries are now live..good..we have lots of imagination..

I submitted again

Thanks Bushra and Ranjith.

But my entry is duplicated and showing twice :( SHould I request Renie to delete the second one  

If Yes how ?!

I think its alright.... Now you'll get more traffic

but it would be better if you inform Renie by sending an email.

indi@indiblogger.in

 Wondering why my entry is not there among 174 entries.

http://www.indiblogger.in/indipost.php?post=276404

I have the same question. I published my post on the 7th of September (and which can be verified by going to my blog), and I am certain that I then followed all the steps necessary to enter it in the contest, but I can not find my post on the specific IndiVine page.

Is it indeed there? If not, then can anything be done?

Ignore my other reply; I have now found it.

Having said that, though, is there anything that can be done in the future? I would hate to write a post, eager and hopeful of winning a prize, and linking it to the contest page, only to find that it did not become an entry (for whatever reason).

feeling happy happy coz now I can see my entry among the other contest entries.  last time when I participated in indiblogger contest, thy did not show my entry  .. now waiting fr indi votes .. however, I did not include Tata safari car or its name in my story (I forgot  that the contest is all about promoting the Car ) so will tht make any negative effect .. 

I don't think the sponsors want a post with pictures of Safari Storme... they already have expensive ads in all sorts of media all over. They want to read creative stuff that follows the brief given... and if you were able to storme into it, good! :)

even I didnt use tat safari..!

now I found another mistake .. ewwwww I have given the link of tata safari website and did nt mention the language "this post is written for indiblogger contest n all bla bla " (though I think this bla bla is equally important thing as the stoy)

Its not necessary to write full sentence....link is enough too

Bhavana If you want to add that line, you can add it now. Such minor edits are allowed. Moreover, as it is not a part of the actual post, there will be no problem at all. 

thnkss Ranjith, Arvind, Nandini and Canary :)   to be honest, I was so excited abt this theme and story tht I almost forgot all these minor things. 

thnaks again .. u guys r soo prompt to reply 

Don't worry Bhavna, these blogging contests are more about generating a conversation among bloggers rather than putting up glamorous photo ops.. so good luck!

Can someone count the number of video blog posts and tell me so that I can start crying! 

who better than you to find and tell us all

I'm not in a mood to open each entry and see if it is a video. 

And what if there are no video entries?  Can I grab that prize as I atleast thought of submitting a video? 

And where did all the prizes vanish from that page?  ND, did you steal them? 

I submitted 4 video blogs :P

But yeah, where are the prizes :/

I thought that making a video and uploading it would be the easiest thing. Bleh!

i thot u used java scripts to find anything

I posted my photoblog.. along with ND's Rabbit..

ND I don't use JavaScript  I use Java  And it is not easy to count the number of video blogs using it 

BK 

Razi, Now ND will start crying for her rabbit 

Posting two entries for this contest has left me with a severe headache Now I don't even feel like opening that page! 

Exhausted after opening 173 entries and checking for videos! 

There were one or two posts about JavaScript. 

Around 5-10 Page Not Found posts. 

Almost all the entries have lots of pictures. 

Two 1 line entries 

All video entries are from Bhavya Kaushik ( above ) who also submitted the highest number of entries. Something between 10 and 15. 

I too should have made a video  I dreamt of making a video with me speaking a  few lines in the background. 

No one posted a creative ( ?  ) photo blog like mine. 

I made a video, but could not embed it as the music owner allowed it on youtube only. 

so, I gave the link in my blog post. 

Ok. I don't know how many such videos I missed! 

I'm currently doing a backpacking expenditure across Himalayas. This contest came just at the perfect time for me. Thus, thought of adding a couple of video and photo blogs of a few explorations that I made in the past one month :)

And yeah, I posted some 10-15 entries :P  (but they are all either videoblogs or photoblogs :D) 

10-15 entries

Two 1 line entries

Around 5-10 Page Not Found posts

Himalayas 

ND got shocked  I wonder why she is  not asking for the links of those one line posts 

why do u want me to ask??

I made a video of a place called bhooli bhatyari.

ND So that you can have popcorn 

@ Aditya 

I am bad at counting. I assumed that those who post videos won't accompany it with text and pictures.  So, I missed your video ( and probably many more ) 

Ranjith: If you saw my entry then you should have added, "And I saw one WONDERFUL entry!" (Ha ha)

Micky I didn't read any entries. I was only searching for the coloured youtube play buttons 

You must read them Ranjith..