How does one get lots of votes for a online competition?

[Genius Gene]

First thing first.. if a contest winner is determined by likes from online account holders, its not a contest of creativity/ merit.. It is only to popularize their own site and promote the same among others at the expense of your photo and your recommendations.

But, if there are real good prizes involved, its worth a try! Since these sites are trying to cash on your recommendations; I don't feel there is any wrong in making USE of the benefits!

How to get online votes:
1. check how many times a person can vote.. if its one per day, visit everyday to cast your vote

2. create multiple accounts (these are free anyways) and cast hundreds of votes each day.

3. Once you vote, click the back button and try to vote again. In many sites, it does work. Keep voting till you get considerable votes.

4. Beg your friends, relatives, classmates and colleagues to vote for you. Keep sending them the link to the page each day.

5. Promote the link of your photo in Flickr Groups, Facebook groups, Facebook wall, Orkut groups, Orkut wall, twitter, yahoo group mails and wherever it reaches the masses. Make it look attractive so that people click the link and vote for you.

6. Find out people in facebook/twitter/orkut, who are looking for similar help. Tell them to vote for you and in return vote for them too.