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Goby 50.00 American Express Gift Card & iPad 2 Giveaway

May 6, 2011 by Momstart 836 Comments

Oh, I’m quite happy to announce that I’m hosting another giveaway for Goby.com again. Last year, I had the opportunity to introduce you all to them. Goby is an excellent site for families or anyone looking to go on a trip, and it’s almost summer!!!. Goby is a search engine all about finding things to do. I found the searches to be accurate and fun. I also feel that with google and other search engines you have to be specific for travel, and it’s hard sometimes to create the results you are actually looking for. Goby organizes your query results in a meaningful way instead of spitting back a series of web pages that happen to contain your key words. For taking trips and finding things to do, Goby is the place to go.

In other words, goby.com is an activity search engine for finding cool things to do with your family. Whether you have an afternoon to spend or a whole vacation, goby has over 6 million things to do in every city and town in the United States. Now, goby has released version 3.0 of the goby iPhone app. The new goby app introduces the goby fun feed. The app syncs to your Facebook profile and automatically puts together a stream of events and activities for you in your location.

To celebrate the launch of the goby app and fun feed, goby is giving away a brand new iPad 2 and a $50 gift card to put towards your next adventure. There are two main ways to enter and a few more for fun:

Enter to Win:

50.00 American Express Gift Card

iPad 2 (possible entries across all participating bloggers)

To Enter:

Go to goby.com. Use the what, where when fields on the homepage to find and adventure near you. Post the link in the comments of this blog along with why you chose your adventure.

Extra Entries:

List this giveaway on any giveaway site, dig, stumble, like or share on Facebook (or use any of the share options listed below)

Tweet & include the giveaway link:

Enter to Win an iPad 2 @MomStart #Giveaway http://networkedblogs.com/hxmLI

50.00 American Express Gift Card #Giveaway @Momstart http://networkedblogs.com/hxmLI

for 5 entries –

Go to the iTunes store and download the NEW goby app for iPod Touch/iPhone You’ll receive an emailed receipt – email this receipt to emily (at) goby.com for 5 ENTRIES toward an iPad! Be sure to mention that MomStart.com sent you.

You must leave a comment for every entry. This Giveaway Ends June 15th. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

50.00 American Express #Giveaway sponsored by Goby.com

January 21, 2010 by Momstart 1,425 Comments

A perfect tool for busy moms, Goby.com (pronounced GO-be) is a new one-of-a-kind search engine that helps you find fun new ways to spend your free time. It searches more than 300 different categories of “things to do” from zoos and aquariums to playgrounds and children’s museums. Goby poses three questions: What, Where and When. By answering just two of the three questions, you can instantly receive an easy-to-read results page that includes not only detailed information about attractions, activities, locations and events, but also an interactive map and photos from sites like Google and Flickr. Check out Goby.com today and be inspired by the myriad of things you can do!

Goby.com contacted me and asked me to share a giveaway with my readers. The first thing I did was check out their site. Goby is a great site for families or anyone looking to go on a trip. It is a search engine that about finding things to do. I found the search to be accurate. I think that with google and other search engines you have to be specific, and it’s hard sometimes to create the results you are actually looking for. Goby organizes your query results in a meaningful way instead of spitting back a series of web pages that happen to contain your key words. For taking trips and finding things to do, Goby is the place to go. Goby was co-founded by Mark Watkins and Vince Russo from Endeca and Lycos, respectively, and noted tech entrepreneur and MIT professor Mike Stonebraker.

To Enter:

Visit Goby.com. Search for a perfect adventure! Leave a comment answering, “What type of adventure are you looking for and what did you find?”

Extra Entries:

Advertise this giveaway on any giveaway site, blog, or facebook and tell me where you advertised it (include link to giveaway). 5 Extra Entries for each one you do
Subscribe to my blog (recommended so that you don’t miss winner’s announcements)
Follow me on twitter tell me your twitter ID
Tweet the about the giveaway include the link

Tweet about the contest with a link to the giveaway

Follow The Real Goby on Twitter

The contest will run until Feb 8 th 11:59 pm Pacific. The winner will be selected by www.random.org. All rules can be found under giveaway rules.

I did not receive any compensation at all. Goby is providing the 50.00 American Express cards for the giveaway.