Blog Awards And Your Votes
Written by Justin G on January 10, 2008 – 2:03 pm -
I’m sure if you read more than several blogs you may have seen the logo thats in the top right corner of this blog right now. The bloggers choice awards are given for the top blogs of multiple categories. The bloggers choice awards can give you some nice exposure as a blogger as well as give you something to gloat about if you win. Its pretty much the Oscar award of blogging so to speak.
Besides the Bloggers Choice awards, there are other awards for bloggers as well. I thought I might put together a few of the other prominent ones for those of you who not only read the HostGator blog, but blog yourself as well.
Since I have started writing for the blog, I have gotten a chance to get to know some really cool people a bit better and read over others blogs that have great content. We always appreciate your support, and especially from you feed readers that are subscribed. I thought it would be good to get involved with the Bloggers Choice awards now that things have gotten on a roll, and so I have added a nomination link for it as I mentioned earlier in the top right corner.
If you enjoy reading this blog then feel free to vote for it. Also, tell me what blog you have that might be nominated for a particular subject. I would be more than happy to check it out and vote for yours as well. We have a lot of fun things coming up to post about, so stay tuned, and if you haven’t joined our feed I would encourage you to.
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Video Games Guinness Book Of World Records
Written by Justin G on January 9, 2008 – 3:39 pm -
Ok, so this caught my eye today. I am not the hugest game fan out there, but who wouldn’t like to know what the official fastest time is for beating Super Mario Brothers? Or the highest score ever for the Original Arcade Donkey Kong game? Well now you can get all official, with the Video Games Guinness Book of World Records, which covers everything from Mario to Halo and beyond.
Thats because this year for the first time the Guinness Book of World Records will be publishing a book of Video games records only. Better work on your gaming skills!
As I was thinking about all those gamers out there setting records, I thought it would be cool for HostGator to have a record holder for something. We have a pretty good group of people working here that like to play online games. So what could a record be set for?
Guinness Book has some guidelines that have to be followed, and not every submission for a record is accepted. If you prepare to submit an application, you will find that actually a majority of things they receive are declined. However, there just might be a chance that we could set a record for some game from either past or present that could have enough bearing to get in the Video Games Guinness Book. It really doesn’t have to be a game either. Maybe we could have a game theme or something else that could land us a cool spot.
Either way, If you have suggestions for what you think could be make it into the Video Games Guinness Book of World Records either this year or the next, please feel free to comment and give us your feedback!
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Ugliest Website Winner!
Written by Justin G on January 4, 2008 – 9:27 pm -Pierre-Luc takes the cake on this one, and wins himself a free year of web hosting. We were looking to see who could get the craziest with a site, and this guy did it. So what was it that got our attention? Below is some screen shots if his ugly website as well as a list of the things he used that we liked, which would win anyone the lowest honor of ugly web design.
- Frames everywhere! How nuts could you go with frames on a site? This guy put them in little corners that you would have to really be looking to recognize.
- Completely bad grammar. If you want to have a site thats horrible, then use bad grammar if possible.
- The colors were sick. If you spent enough time looking at these colors you would go blind very quickly.
- Flashing images. The background as well as the flashing Gator image was great! Enough to give you seizures or just a bad headache.
- Use of multiple pages. Some pages had very few things and others had huge fonts, but we like the time spent making them.
- The funny factor. When you look at an ugly website, isn’t it just great to laugh? This website had a theme about wolves which made no sense, but was put together well.
Congrats Pierre-Luc! You have not only given us a solid headache from the flashing colors, but you took pride in your work, and showed us something so senseless about wolves that gave us a good laugh.
We also want to thank our other contestants, who put time and effort into their ugly sites as well. Don’t worry, we will have other contests in the future that you can take part in which we will be offering prizes for as well.
If you have not subscribed to our feed yet, now would be a great time to do so. We have a lot of good stuff on the way!
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Stuck In The Elevator
Written by Justin G on January 2, 2008 – 11:16 am -When Daniel and Julio (HostGator support) thought that it was going to be just an average day at work, they had no idea what was coming. After entering the Elevator of the HostGator Building on the first floor, and pushing the 4th floor button, to their surprise the elevator stopped halfway up. What do people do in a small elevator when its stuck? They call in late to work to start with, because if you get stuck in an elevator there is a chance you may be there for a long time. I think 2 hours was enough for them.
After enough standing around, they decide to sit down. Since it was the holidays and there was nobody really working on elevators, Julio and Daniel thought they might have to wait till the next day to get out, but they didn’t. Brent and Brian managed to prop open the doors to help them squeeze through to the next floor. Just before the rescue, Daniel managed to record their cramped experience with his phone. From the looks of it Julio is a little upset already, Daniel however just seems to be having fun with this whole thing. Check the video out that we put on Youtube below.
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