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General Categories 
Best BlogPostSecret
Best New BlogJammie Wearing Fool
Best Individual BloggerGlenn Reynolds - InstaPundit
Funniest BlogSadly, No!
Best Comic Stripxkcd
Best Online CommunityFark
Best Liberal BlogTalking Points Memo
Best Conservative BlogAce of Spades HQ
Best Political CoverageRealClearPolitics
Best Celebrity BloggerGilbert Arenas


Topic Area Categories 
Best Technology BlogEngadget
Best Sports BlogKissing Suzy Kolber
Best Military BlogMichael Yon
Best Law BlogAbove the Law
Best Business BlogClub for Growth
Best LGBT BlogJoe My God
Best Parenting BlogAmalah
Best Education BlogJames Logan Courier
Best Science BlogTie: Climate Audit and Bad Astronomy Blog
Best Medical/Health Issues BlogBaldy's Blog
Best Religious BlogWhat Does the Prayer Really Say?
Best Pet BlogBazzy Boy, Racing Legend of Sorts
Best Food BlogSerious Eats


Arts & Letters Categories 
Name
Best Photo BlogZombietime
Best Culture BlogThe Cool Hunter
Best Literature BlogNeil Gaiman's journal
Best DiaristDooce
Best Gossip BlogThe Bastardly
Best Music BlogSterogum
Best PodcastThis Week in Tech
Best Video BlogCrooks & Liars
Video Of The YearHamNation - Sopranos DC


International Categories 
Best Canadian BlogSmall Dead Animals
Best UK Blog Neil Clark
Best European Blog (Non UK)Retecool
Best Asian BlogMarina's Bloggariffic
Best Middle East or Africa Blog Michael J. Totten - Middle East Journal
Best Australia or New Zealand BlogTim Blair
Best Latino, Caribbean, or South American BlogThe Real Cuba


TTLB Ecosystem Based Categories 
Best of the Top 250 BlogsBallon Juice
Best of the Top 251 - 500 BlogsTBogg
Best of the Top 501 - 1000 BlogsWoman Honor Thyself
Best of the Top 1001 - 1750 BlogsEchidne of the Snakes
Best of the Top 1751 - 2500 BlogsA Blog For All
Best of the Top 2501 - 3500 BlogsCreek Running North
Best of the Top 3501 - 5000 BlogsDurham in Wonderland
Best of the Top 5001 - 6750 BlogsSimply Left Behind
Best of the Top 6751 - 8750 BlogsGus Van Horn
Best of the Rest of the Blogs (8751+)Slublog


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]]> Poll Index tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.488 2007-11-08T19:26:12Z 2007-11-11T22:08:18Z UPDATE: Nov. 11, 2008 5:00 P.M.: All winners have been determined. The official results are in the winners announcement. UPDATE: Nov. 8, 2008 2:00 P.M. Las Vegas Time: Polls are closed. Pending the certification of the results, the winners will... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org UPDATE: Nov. 11, 2008 5:00 P.M.: All winners have been determined. The official results are in the winners announcement. UPDATE: Nov. 8, 2008 2:00 P.M. Las Vegas Time: Polls are closed. Pending the certification of the results, the winners will be announced tonight. This is the master list of voting links that you can use this to navigate to the voting booths for each of the 49 categories. You can vote once a day in each category. Polls close close Thursday November 8, 2007 at 10:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is 5:00 p.m. (EST) and 2:00 p.m. (PST). Finalists can get hosted finalist badges here. General Categories Best Blog Best New Blog Best Individual Blogger Funniest Blog Best Comic Strip Best Online Community Best Liberal Blog Best Conservative Blog Best Political Coverage Best Celebrity Blogger Topic Area Categories Best Technology Blog Best Sports Blog Best Military Blog Best Law Blog Best Business Blog Best LGBT Blog Best Parenting Blog Best Education Blog Best Science Blog Best Medical/Health Issues Blog Best Religious Blog Best Pet Blog Best Food Blog Arts & Letters Categories Best Photo Blog Best Culture Blog Best Literature Blog Best Diarist Best Gossip Blog Best Music Blog Best Podcast Best Video Blog Video Of The Year International Categories Best Canadian Blog Best UK Blog Best European Blog (Non UK) Best Asian Blog Best Middle East or Africa Blog Best Australia or New Zealand Blog Best Latino, Caribbean, or South American Blog TTLB Ecosystem Based Categories Best of the Top 250 Blogs Best of the Top 251 - 500 Blogs Best of the Top 501 - 1000 Blogs Best of the Top 1001 - 1750 Blogs Best of the Top 1751 - 2500 Blogs Best of the Top 2501 - 3500 Blogs Best of the Top 3501 - 5000 Blogs Best of the Top 5001 - 6750 Blogs Best of the Top 6751 - 8750 Blogs Best of the Rest of the Blogs (8751+) Note: You can help us build feed lists for all finalists! See this post for details.]]> Races Of Interest tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.495 2007-11-08T18:18:58Z 2007-11-08T18:44:31Z While the results in many categories now appear certain, there are still many that are too close to call. Here are a few of the too close to call categories: Best Celebrity Blogger - Wil Wheaton vs. Gilbert Arenas. Agent... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org Best Celebrity Blogger - Wil Wheaton vs. Gilbert Arenas. Agent Zero is closing quickly on Wheaton, the only question is whether he can pull off another buzzer beater. Best Science Blog - Bad Astronomy Blog vs. Climate Audit. Billed (elsewhere) as a battle over global warming; believers vs. deniers. Best Technology Blog - Gizmodo vs. Engadget. 40,000 votes between them, split nearly evenly. Best Conservative Blog - Michelle Malkin vs. Ace of Spade HQ. A few hundred votes separate them. Best Law Blog - Above the Law vs. The Volokh Conspiracy. A few hundred votes separate them as well. Video of the Year - Hamm Nation DC Sopranos vs. Chocolate Rain. Very close between them. Note that you can watch all of the videos right on the voting page! Of course you are encourgaged to vote in as many categories as you want; we just wanted to highlight a couple very close races where your votes in the final hours will determine the winners.]]> Thursday Notes tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.494 2007-11-08T17:02:37Z 2007-11-09T02:57:52Z Given the enormous interest generated by The 2007 Weblog Awards it is perhaps no surprise that our system comes under heavy load at times. The good news is that the occasional service slow downs are (with the exception of Wednesday)... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org a few isolated cases of excessive voting so far, so it's not been much of an issue to this point.]]> Wednesday Notes tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.493 2007-11-07T22:18:25Z 2007-11-08T17:47:26Z Yes we're having server issues. Yes we're working on it. Check back in a few hours when load is down. Update (6:30 p.m. EST): The issues have been identified and fixed. Things had gone very well until the moment I... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org Update (6:30 p.m. EST): The issues have been identified and fixed. Things had gone very well until the moment I stepped onto a plane this morning. Load had not been a problem (we handled 275,000 visitors yesterday and half a million or more page views), so I had no more worry about things going horribly wrong today than I do on any other day during the voting. In a nutshell there was a perfect storm of small problems with no one baby sitting the server when they occurred. Of course getting hit by thousands of requests a minute never helps when attempting to diagnose and correct problem. Load is still high, but the polls are functioning. Sorry for the inconvenience.]]> Tuesday Notes tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.492 2007-11-06T18:08:09Z 2007-11-07T05:45:01Z We are announcing today that polls will close Thursday November 8, 2007 at 10:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which is 5:00 p.m. (EST) and 2:00 p.m. (PST). Since Friday approximately The Weblog Awards has had over 1.3 million page... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org Site Meter is wide open for readers to poke around in. If you want to see who is voting and where they're coming from there are lots of interesting stats there. Yesterday we added poll embedding options for a majority of categories. Next year we plan to have a scoreboard widget available for sites to show a small running results listing of their favorite polls. We just ran out of time this year to get that built, and frankly it's a little too late to be of much value. Finally, we get lots of questions and accusations about various sites cheating or encouraging cheating. We do investigate every complaint and take action where appropriate. There is a bit of a disconnect between our "one vote per day" rule and what is technically possible in any voting system. We are able to limit voters to one vote per day per computer. Historically we've not stressed out about this because, A) it's not a large issue, and B) trying to crackdown on that would disenfranchise large numbers of voters and violate the spirit of fun which is one of our guiding principles. If you want to vote on your home PC and your work PC we're not going to stop you. We've seen just about every trick in the book since 2003, and we know cheating when we see it. Pointing out that it is possible to vote once a day per PC in a blog comment isn't really on par with attempting to hack our polls, is it? We concentrate on identifying and removing actual cheaters.]]> Embeddable Polls Now Available! tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.491 2007-11-05T15:00:41Z 2007-11-05T20:34:35Z Check out the ecosystem categories this morning. All of the ecosystem categories now have code available for you to embed the voting poll on your site. We're going to monitor this today for performance issues then, assuming there are no... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org Check out the ecosystem categories this morning. All of the ecosystem categories now have code available for you to embed the voting poll on your site. We're going to monitor this today for performance issues then, assuming there are no major issues, start adding it to some other categories this evening. Weekend Notes tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.490 2007-11-05T05:24:34Z 2007-11-05T06:05:08Z So much to cover... First, as with every year we get reports of sporadic problems loading polls. There appears to be no discernible correlations among the reports. What we do know is that all major browsers show the polls just... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org So much to cover... First, as with every year we get reports of sporadic problems loading polls. There appears to be no discernible correlations among the reports. What we do know is that all major browsers show the polls just fine. If you don't see text for a particular poll it *could* be a situation where our server is near a database resource limit. None of the our technical folks have seen this, but it is a plausible explanation for some of the reported problems. The good news is that coming back to the site a little later will usually solve a problem like this. Next we meed to clear-up a misconception a few e-mailers seem to have. Some people have e-mailed concerned that a particular blog is way ahead in a category and that it's ruining the integrity of the awards. Here's the thing; a this point The Weblog Awards really *belong* to the finalists. Our only job is to make sure things keep working, find and remove the votes of any cheaters, and to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to participate. After giving voters 49 slates of 10 finalists that they could get excited about casting votes for I'm as much a spectator to the progress of the voting as anyone else. This is a viral event, and sites that do a better job of turning out readers to vote tend to do better. We've seen all sorts of campaigning tactics over the years and based on what I've heard many of the same tactics are being employed again this year by various sites. In regards to cheating, I've confirmed one minor instance and will be removing votes and posting notices in the forums. I'm sure I'll find a few more as the days go on, but overall things are going smoothly and cheating is nearly non-existent. Finalist, if you notice any talk of cheating or speculation about how to cheat in comment threads at your site we'd appreciate if you would remove such comments and warn your readers about discussing such things. We encourage participation by everyone, but expect everyone to abide by our voting rules. Speculating about how to game the system only makes sites in which such comments appear seem to be suspect. We don't want that for you; we want everyone to have a good time and enjoy the experience of being a finalist. To those visiting for the first time please explore all the categories and go read as many of the finalist blogs as you can. That's what The Weblog Awards is really about, it's not about who wins, it's about everyone who participates winning by gaining exposure. Finally, I haven't tallied the number of votes cast yet, but my estimate is that it's somewhere in the 250,000 range. Pretty good for a weekend... Friday Notes tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.489 2007-11-02T14:26:54Z 2007-11-02T14:37:47Z I've already had a couple questions on this, so it's worth repeating. Our polls are designed to maximize participation for everyone. One of the ways we do this is to no repeatedly query the database. When you cast your vote... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org I've already had a couple questions on this, so it's worth repeating. Our polls are designed to maximize participation for everyone. One of the ways we do this is to no repeatedly query the database. When you cast your vote it is recorded in the database, but your instance of the poll is not rebuilt which saves a database call. The system shows you the new total (by adding one to the totals it previously fetched) and the database has the new total, BUT If you refresh your browser it will appear as if your vote disappears. Rest assured your vote is safely recorded and everyone else sees your vote. If you close your browser completely the next time you load the poll the totals displayed will include your vote. On another note we'll be sticking with our normal policy of not altering the polls. Sites that do not wish to participate can simply ignore the competition; it will be over soon enough. Removing a site from a poll is a disservice to those who nominated and voted for it. We did honor requests from blog authors declining their nominations during the nomination period. Lastly, imagine the entire internet linking to your site all at once... I ask you to imagine that just in case we have server issues today. We think we've got enough horsepower to make it through what is normally our busiest day. If for some reason you can get through try back a little later. Get Your Finalist Logos! tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.484 2007-11-02T11:06:39Z 2007-11-02T04:41:52Z Finalist logos for The 2007 Weblog Awards are now available for use on your website. Feel free to host the graphic on your own server, or to use the linking code provided courtesy of our friends at ImageShack. The linking... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org Finalist logos for The 2007 Weblog Awards are now available for use on your website. Feel free to host the graphic on your own server, or to use the linking code provided courtesy of our friends at ImageShack. The linking codes are available below.

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]]> Voting Rules tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.487 2007-11-02T04:23:52Z 2007-11-06T20:04:34Z Voting Rules: Polls close November 8, 2007. You may vote once every 24 hours in each poll. * After voting in an individual poll you will be locked out from voting again in that poll (on the computer you voted... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org
  • Polls close November 8, 2007.
  • You may vote once every 24 hours in each poll.
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  • After voting in an individual poll you will be locked out from voting again in that poll (on the computer you voted from) for 24 hours.
  • Each poll has its own separate 24 hour lockout control. Voting in, for example, Best Blog will not lock you out of voting in other categories.
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    • ]]>     We Need Your Help! tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.485 2007-11-02T01:04:46Z 2007-11-02T04:08:37Z We need your help in creating feed links for finalists! The listing of finalists is here. See the forum for directions on how to create a formatted list. I'm working hard on producing the polls so voting can begin, so... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org forum for directions on how to create a formatted list. I'm working hard on producing the polls so voting can begin, so I can't do feed links until after that. Any help our reader community can give will help! Voting should begin within the next 12 hours. In the meantime our poll demo has been loaded with real questions and now records votes. ]]> Finalists Announced tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.384 2007-11-02T00:00:09Z 2007-11-02T16:34:30Z Here is a complete list of the finalists for The 2007 Weblog Awards. Finalists badges (hosted by Imageshack) will be available Thursday. Voting is scheduled to begin Thursday evening. Links are being added to this listing, it's just lower priority... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org Note: Best Blog, Best Liberal Blog, and Best Conservative Blog originally had 12 entries each. We thought that our new polls would support more than 10 finalists, but we've had to revert to the 10 finalist limit. They six finalists removed were moved into their respective ecosystem categories as finalists.]]>
  • Michelle Malkin
  • Huffington Post
  • RawStory
  • TownHall
  • Andrew Sullivan
  • Captain's Quarters
  • The Presurfer
  • Gawker
  • Boing Boing
  • PostSecret
    • Best New Blog
    • deputydog
    • Fussypants
    • Adeline and Hazel
    • Nice Deb
    • Mrs. Furious
    • Commentary Contentions
    • ANGRY BLACK CAT
    • Jammie Wearing Fool
    • Calling America
    • NJ Voices: Joel Schwartzberg
    Best Individual Blogger
    • The Anchoress
    • Mike Hitchen - I On Global Trends
    • Majikthise
    • Deborah Ng - Freelance Writing Jobs
    • Richie - Oblogitory
    • Peter Black - Peter Black's Freedom to Differ
    • Rosemary Rowe - Creampuff Revolution
    • Flip - Suitably Flip
    • Glenn Reynolds - InstaPundit
    • Laura Freberg - Laura's Psychology Blog
    Funniest Blog
    • Jon Swift
    • Boobs, Injuries and Dr. Pepper
    • DUmmie FUnnies
    • Sadly, No!
    • The Lawsons Do Dallas!
    • i am bossy
    • Laurie Kendrick
    • The Nose On Your Face
    • The Sneeze
    • The Hatemonger's Quarterly
    Best Comic Strip
    • Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius
    • Day By Day - Chris Muir
    • My Extra Life by Scott Johnson
    • PvP Online
    • Penny Arcade
    • Attack
    • Least I could do
    • Sluggy Freelance
    • xkcd
    • Basic Instructions
    Best Online Community Add to any feed reader  DailyKos Add to any feed reader  Little Green Footballs Add to any feed reader  Fark Add to any feed reader  BlogHer Add to any feed reader  9rules Add to any feed reader  Slashdot Add to any feed reader  Groklaw Add to any feed reader  My Left Wing      Gather Add to any feed reader  Television Without Pity Best Liberal Blog
    • Hullabaloo
    • Think Progress
    • Shakesville
    • Pandagon
    • skippy the bush kangaroo
    • Orcinus
    • Firedoglake
    • Glenn Greenwald's Unclaimed Territory
    • Talking Points Memo
    • Feministing
    Best Conservative Blog
    • Say Anything
    • Sister Toldjah
    • Right Wing News
    • Ankle Biting Pundits
    • Captain's Quarters
    • Michelle Malkin
    • Ace of Spades HQ
    • The Belmont Club
    • Powerline
    • Newsbusters
    Best Political Coverage RealClearPolitics Ben Smith At Largely Connecticut Local Politics It's not a democracy, it's a conspiracy The MountainGoat Report Foreign Policy Watch The Campaign Spot The Crossed Pond Extreme Mortman Best Celebrity Blog
    • Ross Matthews
    • Rosie O'Donnell
    • Kanye West
    • Mark Cuban
    • Donald Trump
    • Jenna Fischer
    • Curt Schilling
    • Gilbert Arenas
    • Wil Wheaton
    • John Mayer
    Topic Area Categories Best Technology Blog Smashing Magazine Gearlog GoodCleanTech Tech Rivet The Apple Blog Lifehacker Medgadget Engadget ReadWriteWeb Gizmodo Best Sports Blog On The DL Kissing Susy Kolber Express & Star On Frozen Blog FanHouse Every Day Should Be Saturday Deadspin F1 Fanatic The Hardball Times SB Nation Best Military Blog
    • Blackfive
    • Michael Yon
    • The Long War Journal
    • OPFOR
    • American Soldier
    • Jeff Emanuel
    • Badgers Forward
    • The Sandbox
    • Army of Dude
    • SpouseBuzz
    Best Law Blog
    • Above the Law
    • How Appealing
    • Volokh Conspiracy
    • Sui Generis
    • Balkinization
    • Simple Justice
    • Wall Street Journal Law Blog
    • SCOTUS Blog
    • Likelihood Of Confusion
    • Ms JD Changing the Face of the Legal Profession
    Best Business Blog
    • DreamHost Blog
    • BizzyBlog
    • The Club for Growth:
    • SEI Design Group Blog
    • Evil HR Lady
    • ValleyWag
    • Kudlow's Money Politics
    • The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid (Donald Luskin)
    • Problogger
    • Black In Business
    Best LGBT Blog
    • Republic of T
    • Pam's House Blend
    • Joe My God
    • Gay Patriot
    • Average Gay Joe
    • Susie Bright's Journal
    • The Bilerico Project
    • Keith Boykin
    • Fetch me my axe
    • Mombian
    Best Parenting Blog
    • Antique Mommy
    • Notes from the Trenches
    • Bub and Pie
    • Amalah
    • LookyDaddy
    • finslippy
    • Hollywood Flakes
    • Dad Gone Mad
    • "I think this world is perfect..."
    • Postcards from the Mothership
    Best Education Blog
    • The Jose Vilson
    • Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs
    • Frumteacher
    • Hobo Teacher
    • NYC Educator
    • Education Week
    • Matthew K. Tabor, Education for the Aughts: Education News, Issues and Analysis
    • James Logan Courier
    • The Miss Rumphius Effect
    • IvyGate
    Best Science Blog
    • SciGuy
    • Junk Science
    • In the Pipeline
    • Journey By Starlight
    • Pharyngula
    • Bad Astronomy Blog
    • Invasive Species Weblog
    • Sciencebase
    • Climate Audit
    • Bootstrap Analysis
    Best Medical/Health Issues Blog
    • CancerDiva
    • Stirrup Queen
    • Baldy's Blog
    • John is Fit
    • Free From
    • Kevin, M.D. Medical Weblog
    • Centre for Emotional Wellbeing
    • Fighting Fatigue
    • Respectful Insolence
    • Autism Vox
    Best Religious Blog
    • Holy Schmidt
    • CampOnThis
    • GodDivas
    • The Deacon’s Bench
    • What Does the Prayer Really Say? (WDTPRS)
    • Evangelical Outpost
    • A Payne Hollow Visit
    • One Cosmos
    • Talk Wisdom
    • Praize.com/Jolanell
    Best Pet Blog
    • Boo Casanova
    • The Many Adventures of Wonder Ruby
    • BAZZY BOY - RACING LEGEND OF SORTS
    • The Daily Coyote
    • The Daily Puppy
    • Kitty Limericks
    • Butchy & Snickers Blog-2 Wild & Woolly WFT's
    • For the Love of Dog
    • I Can Has Cheezburger
    • Cute Overload
    Best Food Blog
    • Cooking For Engineers
    • Men In Aprons
    • Coconut & Lime
    • Mom's Best Recipes
    • Off The Broiler
    • The Expatriate's Kitchen
    • Epicurious
    • Pinch My Salt
    • 101 Cookbooks
    • Serious Eats
    Arts & Letters Categories Best Photo Blog
    • G8 - The Keeper
    • Stuck in Customs
    • Watch This Space
    • wideangle.ca
    • Cornershots
    • Deceptive Media
    • Jinky Art
    • Shifting Pixel
    • Zombietime
    • Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
    Best Culture Blog
    • MC Rebbe
    • Modestly Yours
    • Self-Styled Siren
    • Libertas
    • CPH Magazine
    • Kyle Smith Online
    • Tifaux
    • The Jay
    • The Cool Hunter
    • Pop Candy
    Best Literature Blog
    • Pepys' Diary
    • Avon Romance Blog
    • Maud Newton
    • Classical Bookworm
    • Writer's Block
    • Erik Hare
    • Diary of a Heretic
    • Bookgasm
    • Neil Gaiman's journal
    • McSweeney's
    Best Diarist
    • Dooce
    • Ruthlace
    • Desperate Irish Housewife
    • The Median Sib
    • Little Nuances
    • Journal Revolution: The Daily Adventures of Two Sisters
    • Collection of my Confessions
    • Robin Slick: In Her Own Write
    • Army Wife - Toddler Mom
    • the laid back buddhist
    Best Gossip Blog
    • The Superficial
    • The Bastardly
    • Hollywoodtuna
    • A Socialite's Life
    • Perez Hilton
    • Dlisted
    • Derek Hail
    • Mollygood
    • TMZ
    • Go Fug Yourself
    Best Music Blog
    • Kevipod Music
    • Pretty Much Amazing
    • HM
    • I guess I'm Floating
    • Fluxblog
    • Stereogum
    • My Old Kentucky Blog
    • Aquarium Drunkard
    • Chris Picks
    • Live Music Blog
    Best Podcast
    • This Week In Tech
    • Econtalk
    • Pundit Review:
    • Slate Magazine Daily
    • The Glenn and Helen Show.
    • Shire Network News
    • The Mr Science Show
    • The Pentagon Channel
    • Unsafe Bull Podcast
    • Harry Potter Prognostications
    Best Video Blog
    • HamNation (Mary Katharine Ham):
    • Crooks & Liars
    • Hot Air
    • It's JerryTime!
    • Zefank
    • The Heady Pepper
    • You Gotta See This Video!
    • Hot Potato Mash
    • This Day In Alternate History
    • Democracy Broadcasting News
    Video Of The Year
    • HaHaHa
    • Falling Water
    • Kiwi
    • Potter Puppet Pals in "The Mysterious Ticking Noise"
    • Chocolate Rain
    • Seafood Surprise Video from The Heady Pepper!
    • HamNation - Sopranos DC Edition
    • The Landlord
    • Leave Britney Alone
    • "I Got a Crush...On Obama" By Obama Girl
    International Categories Best Canadian Blog
    • Small Dead Animals
    • Five Feet of Fury
    • What's Next
    • Angry in the Great White North
    • Scott's DiaTribes
    • The Canadian Sentinel
    • Verbalized
    • Apply-Liberally
    • Mitchieville
    • Raymitheminx
    Best UK Blog
    • Iain Dale
    • Guy Fawkes
    • Neil Clark
    • EUReferendum
    • Pub Philosopher
    • The Devil's Kitchen
    • Baggage Reclaim
    • Nourishing Obscurity
    • Bright Meadow
    • Kickette
    Best European Blog (Non UK)
    • European Tribune
    • Vander Galien Gazette
    • RennyBA's Terella
    • Lifecruiser
    • Brussels Journal
    • Robert Amsterdam
    • Elit Alice
    • Black Women in Europe
    • Retecool
    • Star-Sailor
    Best Asian Blog Add to any feed reader  Terra Byte Add to any feed reader  Agam's Gecko      withlove, me Add to any feed reader  Webbed feet, Web log Add to any feed reader  IZ Reloaded Add to any feed reader  Pinoy Urge Add to any feed reader  Marina's Bloggariffic Add to any feed reader  Ko Htike's Prosaic Collection Add to any feed reader  Footsteps in the Mirror Add to any feed reader  Without giving the movie away Best Middle East or Africa Blog
    • Michael J. Totten - Middle East Journal
    • My Marrakesh
    • Iraq the Model
    • A Mother in Israel
    • YBLOG ZA
    • The Dry Bones Blog
    • Sand Monkey
    • Treppenwitz
    • The Sudanese Thinker
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    I'm going to leave comments open for a little while, BUT if you denigrate the finalists or bitch and moan (over and above what's already been posted) about why there's no "category X" this year your comment will be removed and you'll be banned. We need your help in creating feed links for finalists! See the forum for directions.]]>     We're Human, We Make Mistakes tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.483 2007-11-01T23:39:26Z 2007-11-02T09:01:47Z Yesterday we published a partial list of finalists, knowing that there may be an error or two and with one lingering question that would affect the finalist slates. We thought we could expand a couple categories beyond 10 finalists (which... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org Yesterday we published a partial list of finalists, knowing that there may be an error or two and with one lingering question that would affect the finalist slates. We thought we could expand a couple categories beyond 10 finalists (which turns out not to be possible) and published out lists knowing that we might have to change the slates if we couldn't go beyond ten finalists. Well that has come to pass and we've made the planned changes. The following 5 sites will be finalists in their respective ecosystm categories. Tech Crunch was already a finalist in the Best Tech Blog category where it will remain. Newshoggers Kiko's House The Moderate Voice My Pet Jawa Balloon Juice Sorry about the confusion... A Note To Nominees tag:2007.weblogawards.org,2007://6.380 2007-11-01T22:53:49Z 2007-11-02T09:02:55Z Every year this is the hardest post I have to write - the one where I explain why your nominated blog was not selected as a finalist. First, the odds are heavily stacked against you. This year we received nearly... Kevin Aylward http://weblogawards.org Every year this is the hardest post I have to write - the one where I explain why your nominated blog was not selected as a finalist. First, the odds are heavily stacked against you. This year we received nearly 4,000 nominations in 49 categories, of which no more than 500 will be selected as finalists. Second, it's worth restating the guiding principles of of The Weblog Awards; ones we've used since the inception of The Weblog Awards in 2003: 1) Open and public nominations 2) Categories that allow blogs of similar readership levels to compete 3) Real time vote totals 4) Quick turnaround of the results 5) Fun An operation of this magnitude will never be without its share of controversy or problems. There's one part of The Weblog Awards that will never get any easier - the finalist cut down. Explaining why many nominated blogs are not finalists is always the trickiest part of The Weblog Awards. To maximize participation there will be as little overlap in the selection of finalists in the categories as possible. There are a couple notable exceptions to this edict [Note: It's a guideline, not an iron-clad rule], the Best Blog and Best Podcast categories. Finalists in those two categories my appear as finalists in other categories. Even with that general guideline there will be several thousands of nominated blogs that for one reason or another will not be finalists in any category. Please understand that the constraints of the number of categories and the maximum number of finalists per category really ties our hands. The goal is to get the most representative slate of 10 finalists per category. We're under no illusion that (even with unlimited time) we could prune each category to a list of the 10 blogs that everyone would agree were the absolute best 10 blogs that category has to offer. We do what we can under incredible deadlines to pick the best slate possible. In the process I'm possitive many excellent blogs were not selected... This year we added a capability for readers to add "me too" to nomination comments. The idea was to eliminate duplicate nominations. As we said in advance this was just another piece of information for the judges to look at. We knew that there may be sites that confused this with voting, but thought it was a valuable feature to add anyway. If your blog was nominated, but is not selected as a finalist I want you to know how much I appreciate your participation in this years awards. With several thousand blogs nominated this kind of disappointment is an unfortunate consequence of the success of The Weblog Awards - one which will repeat every year. The prospect of anonymous and closed nomination, while it might lessen the disappointment of those not selected as finalists, is to my mind far less appealing than the open nomination process of The Weblog Awards. Prolonging or expanding the voting likewise would detract from the festivites. I wish it could be another way, but unfortunately it cannot...