{"id":2990,"date":"2008-02-26T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T21:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2008\/02\/free-book-competition-whats-the-most-popular-post-on-my-blog\/"},"modified":"2017-09-16T18:31:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T17:31:27","slug":"free-book-competition-whats-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/adrianwarnock\/2008\/02\/free-book-competition-whats-most\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE BOOK COMPETITION &#8211; What&#039;s The Most Popular Post On My Blog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>The queries have started coming in. Readers are e-mailing me, wanting to know: <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color:#006600\"><strong>Have I forgotten about the series of republished popular posts?<\/strong><\/span>\n<\/li><li><strong><span style=\"color:#006600\">What is the <em>number one<\/em> most-read post on this blog?<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The suspense is building up . . . <em><strong>!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019ve decided to launch a competition, offering four free new Christian books to the winners. The competition question? It\u2019s simple. As of now, <a href=\"http:\/\/adrianwarnock.com\/2008\/01\/introducing-my-most-widely-read-blog.htm\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">which post is currently the most frequently read post on my blog?<\/a> (There are only 2,990 or so to choose from!)<\/p>\n<p>The first two bloggers who post the correct guess (with a link back to this post) will each be declared a winner and receive a Christian book through the mail. Two more books will go to the first two correct e-mail guesses. If there are fewer than two bloggers or e-mailers with the correct answer, the free books will switch to the other group. If no one gets the right answer, I will select some winners in a quasi random way (so don\u2019t sue me!).<\/p>\n<p>Get thinking, and feel free to enter more than once! E-mail the post URL to <a href=\"mailto:adrian.warnock@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><span style=\"font-size:100%\">adrian.warnock@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>,<span style=\"font-size:100%\"> or write your guess on your blog.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The queries have started coming in. Readers are e-mailing me, wanting to know: Have I forgotten about the series of republished popular posts? What is the number one most-read post on this blog? The suspense is building up . . . !! 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