TATA ZICA; Win two TATA Zica Cars, #TATA Zica Marathon

in my case 87 posts, 45 was moderated and approved. 1 rejected. .so 41 yet to go

Ok,so my assured vouchers entries have not been moderated yet,I suppose,as I have not received any mail for rejection or acceptance yet..*fingers crossed that they all get accepted* :D I was wondering now that I have some free time maybe I will try and write posts for the 20,000 voucher :D But then I saw the top blog count list and they are already touching almost 100!!! So are these entries being moderated as they are being submitted or it will be done later on after the deadline? I have no idea if the 6 entries I wrote yet will be accepted or not..to prove if I have got the gist of this down or not..so it probably makes no sense for me to start putting in efforts to write 50-60 more entries when they might also get rejected later on..I just hope the moderators reach my entries soon :D *Yawn* okay I bored myself just gibbering gabbering :D

Into the nervous nineties with a delicate late cut!! 

Slog overs start now! 

Renie, the ranking algorithm has an issue. Atul was on 85. I was on 84. I posted and equalled him to 85. Now i am in 2nd and he's in 3rd

Technically he should be ahead due to earlier posting. Pls look into it

You are right Kathik. Earlier, I was on 48 and Amar was on 47 he wrote one more entry and was ahead of me. Now, I am at 49 let's see waht happens now. 

Almost of my 10 submitted posts are getting rejected. Why? Because it seems that I have not embedded the required HTML script. Funnily, I have. RENIE, could you please respond?

I found the issue for rejection. Its because its coming as a text instead of a link.

You should check the HTML portion. probably see any of our posts towards the end , and you'll notice it comes as a "Link" to tata's page and IB's page and instead of appearing as a HTML text with <>

hope that helps

Hi Haimanti and others, whoever is facing html link problem , just copy and paste these lines at the end of your blog-post 

#TataZicaMarathon 

This blog post is inspired by the blogging marathon hosted on IndiBlogger for the launch of the #Fantastico Zica from Tata Motors. You can  apply for a test drive of the hatchback Zica today.

While adding HTML codes, you should use source view instead of Design view. You should switch over to source tab and add the code.

or you can add the content without link and then add links manually.

@DS, thanks will act accordingly...

@karthik  does indi takes action on plagrised posts only for contests or also if somebody is regulary stealing other's content too e.g - images ?  

Prasad, IB definitely takes action. You can notify them directly or start a thread here. I will tag Renie and he will take the necessary action.

submitted four posts and all got approved. Happy with my little share for my little efforts :) Thanks IB :)

few of my posts rejected due to missing tracker code- is there a way to add the code n resubmit?

But I am curious what action has been taken against the bogger ? Bushra  Can you update ?

shes removed from IB

Haven't received any mail for rejection or acceptance of my posts yet! Does this mean the moderators still have to go through my posts...*hoping so* or that my entries just evaporated somewhere *paranoid* :D

Yes, that's true. You will get a mail in both the cases.

I wonder why people opt for such unethical means....Bushra....I am glad to know IB resolved this. 

Indiblogger has taken action. Feel relieved. 

Hail IB. :)  Now back to the leaderboard Bushra. Keep going!

@Karthik Murali H ... Please notice , it's not " Sujata " , My blog's name is " Spirit Of Mumbai  . The one who is allegedly plagiarising according to Bushra is " Sujatha " her blog's name is "fewmomentstocherish" 

of course i am aware :) thats y i said someone by the name of Sujatha and didnt mention any blog link url. though i missed a H this time

Btw i guess most IB know u . So they always know its some other sujatha

Sujata, Everyone knows you and your Spirit. :)

No doubt Katie.

Sujata maybe u r not aware but we all know you as a serious n ethical blogger. We want to tell the other one, dekho, dekho, Sujata ho, toh aisey.

Good Morning. Katie , Rakhi ( TechChumz ) and all IndiBlogger-friends, I am blessed with Fantastico friends like you ... Katie , Rakhi , Bushra. I am absolutely humbled by your love and faith. 

Out of 9 posts written by me, 4 rejected and none approved it. I have been writing from 5 years + and have taken part in many Indiblogger contests. I think this Marathon will reward those who will write high quality posts even if it is only 20/30. If you really want to win this Marathon, then write 40/50 posts having focus on grammar and quality. This Marathon is going to be a learning lesson for many of us. Strict checking will ensure that only the high quality posts get approved.  I always love Indiblogger as it has been an important part of my blogging journey. 

Don't feel bad Bushra. Indi team will take care of these. The ideas have been copied very shamelessly. I wonder how Arpita was thinking of getting away with this. Maybe she is a newbie and doesn't understand that this is unforgivable in the blog world.

Hi anupam joseph... That's not me... That newbie is Sujatha.

that was a punctuation miss from Bushra when she was replying to Arpita. read her comment clearly.

it's someone else by the name of Sujata

My bad. Deeply sorry Arpita. 

It's okay, no problem... :)

Let us all unite against this plagiarism of worst kind.

@Indiblogger should ban her immediately 

Shameless Copy paste 

I discovered this while skimming through the latest Tata Zica marathon entries. I know Plagiarism is an issue and Google will take care of it but I have included this here because she is posting these plagiarised entries as a part of this marathon. This is her Indiblogger profile: https://www.indiblogger.in/sujatha 

Alert the Admin....

Bushra

Bushra. u have ntn to worry. 

first thing IB checks is plagiarism. not within IB but alo in the entire web. So they'd reject her post immediately or probably even ban her from the community :)

btw, see you at the top of the board :P hahaha 

Ouch... Really a hardworking copy-paster.... :/

Yes Bushra. Karthik Is right. You don't need to worry. IB will take care of it.

I have realized that this marathon is actually degrading the quality of the content that is being posted now. Some are just cooking up a blog from different sources and posting them online just to remain on top. We should actually have a balanced approach.....

(my personal view, no offence to any one)

Hey! All popular blogs face this. Don't worry. Google surely knows which is original and which is fake. There's no contact us page and details of author mentioned in the duplicate blog. These blogs will surely be removed from search engine in the next update. Stay cool, just have fun. Such blogs never earn money or audience. They are destined to fade away. Also use Copyscape service for preventing plagiarism. I know it hurts