The past few days were a test run, the 15th through the 17th of November, 2007. I briefly mentioned the contest to see what kind of interest it would spark. Today, being the beginning of a new week, is the perfect day to tell you how it all works.
Blog authors who choose to participate need to do nothing more than count the number of comments per commenter he or she receives from Sunday through Saturday of each week and send that information to me, in any way that works (comments, contact page, email, etc.). I just need to know who the person is and where that person is from. If two or more have the same count, send them all.
What I'll do is mention each top commenter for each blog in my weekly post (like this one). I'll add the individual blog top commenters together and award a badge to the top commenter for all the blogs involved. There will be no tie breakers. If two or more have the same number, they all get a badge. The badge will be shown here and those selected can copy the badge to their own websites (if they have one).
Until all of the names are sent to me, I can't give out any awards. To make this as smooth as possible each week, I'll be editing the post with additions until the following week's announcement. This gives latecomers plenty of time to catch up. Without further ado:
Individual Blog Top Commenters:
Blue Beaver Bear — Hari of Hari's Corner — 3 Comments
Comedy Plus — It's a three-way tie with Ann of A Nice Place In The Sun, Captain Lifecruiser of Lifecruiser, and Lyn of Lynda's Loft — 7 Comments Each
Hari's Corner — Tim of Blue Beaver Beer — Comment Count Pending
The Pisstakers — Hari of Hari's Corner — 2 Comments
Untwisted Vortex — It's a tie between Hari of Hari's Corner and the team of Tim and Ernie at Blue Beaver Beer — Comment Count Pending.
Comment King/Queen:
The Comment King Award goes to Hari of Hari's Corner this time around. Feel free to post it on your blog in any manner you see fit.
Quick Update: I'll be checking each participating blog and doing manual counts myself. Not to second guess anyone, but to get the totals for individuals that don't make it as the top commenters for any individual blog. I realize this is going to be time consuming if a lot of blogs participate, but I think it's worth it.
Update 2007-11-20: Thank you, Sandy, for participating and thank you, Stine, for the mention. I have to say I'm surprised at the lack of participants so far.
Update 2007-11-26: There's no way that I can do manual counts for each blog. I'm going to have to trust each blog author to provide the top commenter(s) for the week. Just one blog took me well over an hour and that's with an excellent connection. Can you imagine how many hours it would take to check when more blogs start participating?
