How NOT to Run a Giveaway Hop

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I’ve been busy and didn’t have a chance to look at a Black Friday Blog Hop until today that also ends today. Here are some observations I made on what NOT to do with a blog giveaway hop:

Don’t link only to home pages. Include published links whenever possible to make navigation easier for visitors. It doesn’t take but a minute to update linkies. You should be communicating with blogs to provide you with this information.
Don’t forget to make giveaways readily accessible and easy to find by including links on home pages and/or in sidebars. It’s even a good idea to make posts sticky when possible.
Don’t neglect to check that all links are working. Maybe you didn’t copy and paste links, and forgot to include the “h” in http:/ ? It won’t take anyone anywhere and is another time-waster.
Don’t make visitors have to search for giveaways. One blog didn’t even have a search form. What are you supposed to do? Go through page after page to find the post?
Remove blogs that don’t publish a giveaway so entrants don’t waste time visiting for no reason.
Don’t end giveaways early. Giveaways were already over at several of the blogs I visited. Note that Rafflecopter forms default to a 12:01 am ending time.

I can’t even count on one hand how many I bothered to enter. It’s a good thing there weren’t many blogs signed up. Do you ever find blog hop linkies frustrating, or is it just me?