Comments on: Award for Best Blog Awards – Nominations Open

By: Manny

Manny — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:06:03 +0000

Most Humourous Blog
Most EMO Blog

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:18:31 +0000

This is a decent political blog :)
http://WWW.LOUDMOUTHBITCH.BLOGSPOT.COM

By: P. Solanki

P. Solanki — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:31:35 +0000

can i participate with my blog http://world-amazing-facts.blogspot.com

Please send me your suggestion

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The Inaugural ProBlogger Best Blog Awards Award: Blog Tips at ProBlogger — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:32:01 +0000

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Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:07:40 +0000

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By: Paul -V-

Paul -V- — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:47:06 +0000

I like the Bloggies.

Newspapers & writers have the Pulitzer.
Peace Activists & Scientists have the Nobel prise
Television has the Emmies.
Film has the Oscars.

A Blog Award is a great idea… but right now the market is saturated with them. In time, I think a definitive blog award will rise above the rest.

On that day, bloggers should show up for the banquet in our pajamas. :)

Newspapers and writers have the Pulitzer.
Peace Activists & Scientists have the Nobel prise
Television has the Emmies.
Film has Oscars.

By: Power Play

Power Play — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:14:24 +0000

The fact of the matter is this…..
When somebody decides to “host” some type of Awards on their site, and puts the voting mechanism there, naturally the traffic is absorbed the most by the host.
This is simply an innovative marketing ploy in my opinion, as the awards presenting site is counting on others to go out and drum up traffic for them.
I used this idea myself, and caught lightning in a bottle like I never could have imagined.
Participants went so far as to get entire classrooms involved by following the voting on their class computers…folks were so tenacious and rabid to get their blog an award that they went as far as putting ads in the newspaper and contacted local writers in their niche to print blurbs.
Discussion forums starting exploding with “Vote For My Blog” threads that went on for many many pages.
I had no idea it would work for me THAT well, I really didn’t.
Is this unethical?
How could it be considered that? It’s pure marketing genius, to be frank.
Sure, everyone else gets some traffic by the mere fact that they are being linked to in the voting process, right?
In the end however, the whole networking concept comes full circle and there are many winners, as it does bring fresh visitors that may not have seen a given blog listed in the awards, and stick it in their favorites.
Everybody wins.
http://powerplayers.blogspot.com/

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:34:49 +0000

See Anil Dash’s post on how blogging awards work: http://www.dashes.com/anil/2005/12/19/how_blogging_

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:22:37 +0000

If I could earn money from all the emails I’ve had regarding blog awards, usually from other bloggers fishing for nominations, I’d make a fortune.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:42:27 +0000

The bloggies are the only game in town.

http://bloggies.com/

By: HeartlandOutdoorsman.Com

HeartlandOutdoorsman.Com — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:34:22 +0000

Ooooh! Ooooh!
Vote for MY Blog Awards! LOL
Does this have anything to do with my inclusion of your Digital Photography blog in our Awards Darren? You must receive many nominations, I presume? ; )

Mike
http://www.heartlandoutdoorsman.com

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 22:30:08 +0000

Bloggies hands down.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:05:04 +0000

Convenient of you, Loren…

By: Loren

Loren — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:04:12 +0000

The Search Engine Journal’s 2005 Search Blogs Awards :
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/index.php?p=2641

By: Croak

Croak — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:18:22 +0000

Too funny.

I did something similar (though a little less tongue in cheek) with automotive awards last month:

http://www.bavarianfalcon.com/falconblog/archives/will-the-real-car-of-the-year-please-stand-up/

By: A.H

A.H — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:00:22 +0000

I’d like a “discovery award” category, it’d be given to one of those formally anonymous that succeeded into making a little buzz and have potential to make alot :P

A.H

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The End is Nigh! » Ad Modum Digirati — Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:10:39 +0000

[...] Thankfully Darren Rowse’s Award for Best Blog Awards is a tongue in cheek shot at all the blog awards that are going around lately. I suppose this is something we can look forward to every year along with the copious lists of predictions for the next year. [...]