SmallBusinessNewz

Here's some great news: over the next ten weeks, you might get ten opportunities to win 2,000 prize packages.  But naturally, there's some bad news, too, and it seems that the contest site isn't working right now.

Yes, it'd be quite a tease if Microsoft pretended to give away 20,000 and then kept it all because no one was able to enter the drawing.  The company's webmaster is likely to notice the outage at some point, though, and would-be participants always have the option of sending emails.

So here are the contest details so far as they're possible to see right now.  The Small Business Blog from Microsoft asks, "Does your website need a makeover?  For the next 10 weeks, Microsoft Office Live Small Business is giving away a 2,000 prize package every week, comprising a new Dell laptop, a complete makeover for your website and over 500 in cash.  Enter the prize draw today."

Americans may be interested to know that 2,000 and 500 convert to roughly $3,917 and $979, respectively.  Although one of the to-be-determined points is whether contestants must live in the UK.

Good luck with both winning the prizes and, before that, getting the site to work.