Is there a list of programs that have been offered by GOTD? If so, where can I find it?
Past GOTD's?
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aitzkowitz
MemberPosted 11 years ago # -
This is probably as close as it gets:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/page/2/
Page 1 is today's giveaway, right underneath 'Active Giveaway time left:' it reads '« previous posts'.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruThere's no actual list that I know of. As BentlyTCow details, you have to click on the 'previous posts' link. Each page will then show you several of the last giveaways.
Since the giveawayoftheday has been operating almost daily since October 2006 (with a few days off for updating servers etc), there has been approximately 2460 giveaways. Between Oct 2006 and early December 2006 (Dec 2nd). The giveaways initially comprised of a mixture of applications and games. On the 2nd December the giveaway team created a separate giveaway for games, so from that point on all giveaways were applications, except for a brief time when the game giveaway site closed for a month. At that point games were again given away via the main site, but only between March and April 2008 (I think one of the last game giveaways to be given away from the regular {7 days a week} game giveaway was a Rubrix cube sim). Then the game giveaway site opened again, but only for weekend games (apart from this Easter when they included Easter Monday). :) Each 'previous' giveaway page details 10 giveaways so you'll need to click through approximatelt 246 pages to see all of the giveaways since the start of the project. :)
Posted 11 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruMaybe he's asking so that he can see what freeware alternatives have been posted. most giveaways have had freeware and commercial alternatives posted by the community ever since it started back in Oct 2006.
Though good point to mention this Nazz, just in case Aitzkowitz is new to the project. :)
I've found freeware alternatives really useful at times when i've reinstalled Windows, or upgraded my computer, but wasn't willing to buy the particular software. That said I have purchased at least 30 programs that have previously been offered here for example Avir Task Manager, Ashampoo Snap 5, IoBit Malware Fighter, Zemana Antilogger, Buffer Zone (debated between this and Returnil), Morpheus Photo Morpher, Process Lasso (though didn't really need it as I already had Anvir Task Manager, but the developer was offering it for $1 plus a second copy for free), Advanced System Care Pro, Online Armor, Sticky Password, Genie Timeline, Start Menu X Pro, Linkman Pro, Wire Keys, WireChanger, Driver Magician, XYPlorer, Atmosphere, PDF Converter, Hard Drive Inspector, HHD Life Pro, Ay Recovery/Eaz-Fix, Bee Icons, Keriver Image, Folder Marker Pro, Robotask, Recover Passwords, plus others such as a database program (can't remember the name) and some video editing stuff ) and won another 15+ programs via the Idea Informer gizmo for posting ideas over the last two years (Zoner Photo Studio, Presentation Assistant, Presentation Marker, Backup4All Pro, Win X DVD Ripper Platinum plus another one called the Steamer Edition, WebCam Max, MySlideshow Gold, Lignup Multi collector Ultimate, Pomodoro App Premium, Garbage Finder, Zoom Player Max, uRex Video converter Platinum, 1-abc.net Cleaning Box, Win X Blu-Ray Decrypter and finally RonyaSoft CD DVD Label Maker/ Poster maker. Oh yeah I also won a weird LED watch as well. :)
Got carried away there, :)
Posted 11 years ago # -
Nass
MemberI somehow lost the word silly in my post which makes me look very silly!
I have to agree with you, the notes in the giveaways are priceless and well worth reading when someone is looking for some software. I often do searches here because I know I'll get all sorts of helpful opinions and suggestions.
I really love this site!
Posted 11 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruYeah, so do I. Though my computer would probably run much smoother if I'd never found the place, lol.
That said since installing Win 7 a few years ago and moreso since installing Win 8 a couple of months ago, I'm a lot more selective in what I install, and with the programs I've purchased either through the giveaway site or other places like BitsDuJour or the ones I've won here, I only install them if I need to use them, and then delete them if I know I won't need them for a long time (though it's not like i need to conserve space a si have five or six HDD's on this computer, but most of the space is taken up with my steam library (A 4TB spanned drive which is basically a 3TB and a 1.5TB joined together plus another 3TB drive all devoted to Steam games and both drives are almost full). Obviously some programs are kept such as antimalware programs, and others like Zoner Photo Studio (which I use in preference to my old copy of Photoshop as I've not done any serious photo editing since before my accident nearly 8 years ago), as well as back up software and at least one screen capture device. Everyting else is kept on back up discs (two copies one on DVD or CD's and aother on external HDD's. :) p.s. i'm in a waffly mood at the moment.
Posted 11 years ago # -
aitzkowitz
MemberThanks for all of your responses. The reason for the question was that I was at the Ashampoo website and seem to remember that one of the software titles I saw was given out on GOTD and wanted to research it before making a purchase.
The link to the past giveaways was very helpful, but alas, I couldn't find it so there's hope that it will be given away in the future.
Posted 11 years ago # -
Whiterabbit-uk
Games GuruH1 aitzkowitz,
You can check what previous ashampoo programs you've downloaded becasue every time you sign up for one of theirs its kept in your ashampoo account. You should be able to sign in using the email you used to create the account (and of course your password. This will open up to an accounts page which lists all of the previous ashampoo programs you've had previously. I've had every one of them. If I have time i'll search out my account and list all of the programs here
Too busy at the moment to sort it.
Posted 11 years ago # -
ChrisS
Administratoraitzkowitz, the easiest way to find what you're looking for is to search the gotd site.
find all Ashampoo posts with: Ashampoo site:giveawayoftheday.com
since you know the name of the program the you can use: Ashampoo name site:giveawayoftheday.com (or simply use the name)
Posted 11 years ago # -
Go to the front page http://www.giveawawyoftheday.com
Scroll to the bottom right hand corner - there is a calendar, and a text box for "Search our site".
Posted 9 years ago # -
Acarolinensis
MemberOK, I'm using the search term Ashampoo site:giveawayoftheday.com.
Putting it in the "Search our site" text box in bottom right hand corner of home page and clicking the Search button.
I get:
Search Results "Ashampoo site:giveawayoftheday.com" (0)
Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.
Please, what am I doing wrong?
Posted 9 years ago # -
ChrisS
AdministratorYou shouldn't use the site: delimiter if you're using the site's internal search engine. In this case it's clearly interpreting the search as a set of keywords (find all cases of "Ashampoo+site:giveawayoftheday.com" which will be zero.
If you just use "Ashampoo" you'll get 45 instances. I get 3610 results using "Ashampoo site:giveawayoftheday.com" in a search engine outside of giveawayoftheday.com. On most sites I get far better results using an external search engine which is the reverse of what you'd expect.
Edit - I should have specified in the above post that the search term was intended for an external search engine.
Posted 9 years ago # -
mikiem2
ModeratorIf you're forgetful like me, perform a Google search -- it doesn't matter on what -- & look for the sort of star symbol [in Firefox it's on the upper right]. Click that & you'll see a menu including Advanced Search -- click it. Now you can just fill in the appropriate blanks, including the site to search.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Acarolinensis
MemberThank you for the explanations and hints. I tried "Revo Uninstaller" and "Revo" on GOTD and again got no posts matched. "Uninstaller" worked but nothing for Revo. I'm pretty sure there was an offer around May 1 or 2, 2012.
Using the Google advanced search I can find GOTD summary/review links for programs but none for a given day with the individual comments about the offered software. Clicking on apparently appropriate tags does seem to get there either.
Posted 9 years ago # -
goodgotd
MemberI don't recall Revo uninstaller pro ever being given away here, and I've been pretty attentive.
Also note the URL format of the 'jump by month' links in the calendar- http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/YYYY/MM/page/#/ - so looking at http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/2012/05/page/4/ says May 1, 2012 was Ashampoo Core Tuner 1.21 and May 2, 2012 was PDF Password Remover. Nothing in April or May. Sorry.
Several other uninstallers, and many system care suites have uninstallers in the menu, but I still use Revo free, and I'd have grabbed Pro!!
(if I could afford it I'd grab the discount 3 pack- ~$21. 1 at a time is only 30% off, ~25.) Google.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Acarolinensis
Memberhttp://www.giveawayoftheday.com/YYYY/MM/page/4/ really helps. Was able to search through April and May 2012 and didn't find it. The offer was for the regular version but they had a great discount on the Pro version and I jumped on it. Must have been some other site. Thanks everyone for all the help. I was looking for the exact date and finally found the invoice elsewhere. It had been really bugging me that I couldn't search the GOTD site for previous offers while Karl was apparently referencing them without any effort.
Posted 9 years ago # -
krypteller
Memberhttp://www.giveawayoftheday.com/page/325/
gives you (today!) the first=oldest giveaways. Every page has ten entries.
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/page/2/ gives the newest ten.
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/page/122/
today gives those of the end of April and the first days of May, 2012.http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/2012/05/03/
gives the giveaway of May 3, 2012etc
In October 2012 I started a blog in Dutch on the giveaways. Every day I write a bit on the giveaway. And tag them. One of the tags is the name of the publisher. So you can find all offerings of any publisher since then.
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