What is Random.org? How it Works?
If you are a blogger or reader,you might have heard this “Random.org” some where on web.Yes,you heard in some blogging contests right? Every simple contests like make a comments and win,will use this Random.org as decide maker to announce the winner.
Random.org? “A true Random Number Service”As the name suggests,its a great site which will give you a random number out of the range which you specified.For example you want to select 2 numbers out of 1 to 100.What will you Do,Manually or Draw with papers?.No,that’s not professional way,time and effort waste.There it comes to use,it will automatically show you the lucky 2 numbers.
Not only just numbers, People use RANDOM.ORG for holding draws, lotteries and sweepstakes, to drive games and gambling sites, for scientific applications and for art and Music. The service has existed since 1998 and was built and is being operated by Mads Haahr.
How To Use: Here am covering only the random number section which will be used by bloggers to pick the winners around.
1) Just open Random.org and click on Numbers on top menu
2) Fill the options like Range of numbers and how many num to pick.
3) Click Get Numbers to see the lucky winners.
4) Out come looks like
How it works: RANDOM.ORG is a true random number service that generates randomness via atmospheric noise.It uses radio receivers to pick up atmospheric noise, which is then used to generate random numbers.Thunderstorms or weather changes generate atmospheric noise,which is quite easy to pick up with a normal radio.Depending on those radio frequencies the random number generators work.
Its a free service for individuals like us for blogs.You can buy premium accounts for corporate uses.Individual users doesn’t even need to login to generate the randoms.
Many people know these details,but even i thought to share what it is and how it works.Hope you enjoyed this.Happy Blogging!
This is a tool that the blogosphere is using to select winners for contest. I think the system is fair and SS can be easily taken to prove that there was no cheating.
Wei Liang
Yeh, lately I’ve been hearing a lot of mention about this. Nice writeup.
Cheers.
Lax,
I saw this on my blog contest..even on johnchow recently..but thought some paid service which will draw and decide the winner
But you explained well with screen..I love your way of explaining with screens and points.
Thanks for this man.
@Wei Liang,
Yes,we can trust the results using this..I love the simple contests with uses this feature
@Shirley,
We can see this word in almost every blog these days. Thanks for your first comments here dude.
@Karteek,
At the initial days i dont even know what is that
Thanks for commenting..
I guess random.org is pretty popular among the bloggers of late as most of them conduct some form of contest or other… Thanks for putting together this little utility post
Thats pretty cool service almost every one uses around blogs.How it works is dont know till.
You explained it well
I’ve seen this used pretty often and never heard any complaints about it. Seems like a very simple and easy to use application to manage contests like that.
I can tell you that in my country they are use a real balls which blended on a trasnparent ball. That’s a real random selection.
@Ajith,
Thanks for your comments here.
@Globalintegra,
Thanks for coming here again.
@Officesupplygeek,
Yes it is easy and free to use service.Thanks for your comments.
@Aaron,
Thanks for sharing your opinion dude.
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Can this be used for a Facebook giveaway I am having? It will include 200 people. Thanks for the help!