Last year Wizbang hosted the extremely successful 2003 Weblog Awards (recapped in the link). This year I've setting up a new domain and site to handle the awards - http://2004weblogawards.com - which you can start bookmarking now.
Why were the 2003 Weblog Awards a success? I think they were successful because unlike nearly every other end of year award the 2003 Weblog Awards were as open and honest (except for a day of ballot stuffing - which was quickly fixed) as I could possibly make them. Nominations were public, and I did the best I could to get as many sites on the ballots in 20 different categories. Overall close to 400 blogs were in the running for awards. I even ran a Most Egregious Omission contest to prove that I wasn't trying to claim a mantle of infallibility.
Of course everything did not go perfectly... There was controversy about the inclusion of a Best Female Authored Blog (without a corresponding Male category); there were probably a few categories that should have been added; and there were a few categories that should have been removed. That said, most people took it for what it was - FUN, and did not get bent out of shape.
The 2004 Weblog Awards will continue the tradition begun here last year:
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
Nominations will open Wednesday November 3, 2004. Many more details to follow.
Update: Perhaps the awards should be called the Pajammies?
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Comments (10)
Oh boy! ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by spacemonkey | September 28, 2004 4:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Oh boy!
1. Posted by spacemonkey | September 28, 2004 4:49 PM |
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Posted on September 28, 2004 16:49
2. Posted by spacemonkey | September 28, 2004 4:51 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Can we have an overblog category?
2. Posted by spacemonkey | September 28, 2004 4:51 PM |
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Posted on September 28, 2004 16:51
3. Posted by david | September 28, 2004 5:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
OK, Kevin, just tell me how much $$ and how you want it delivered.
3. Posted by david | September 28, 2004 5:09 PM |
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Posted on September 28, 2004 17:09
4. Posted by greg | September 28, 2004 9:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Best Blog That Just Started
4. Posted by greg | September 28, 2004 9:43 PM |
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Posted on September 28, 2004 21:43
5. Posted by McGehee | September 28, 2004 10:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I nominate myself for best underrated overrated widely unread worst blog in a comedy series -- oops, got into Emmy territory there...
5. Posted by McGehee | September 28, 2004 10:59 PM |
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Posted on September 28, 2004 22:59
6. Posted by Geoffrey | September 29, 2004 8:40 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What about a "Worst Weblog Ever" category?
6. Posted by Geoffrey | September 29, 2004 8:40 AM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 08:40
7. Posted by ibejo | September 29, 2004 9:02 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Most frequent use of the "F word"? I'd be a shoe-in.
7. Posted by ibejo | September 29, 2004 9:02 AM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 09:02
8. Posted by Patti Patton-Bader | September 29, 2004 10:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I love Blackfive and Hugh Hewitt,
I have a special Favorite and that is
http://asoldiersblog.com
Patti
8. Posted by Patti Patton-Bader | September 29, 2004 10:41 AM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 10:41
9. Posted by sarahk | September 29, 2004 8:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
best blog written by a spacemonkey: The Flying SpaceMonkey Chronicles.
9. Posted by sarahk | September 29, 2004 8:50 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 20:50
10. Posted by sarahk | September 29, 2004 8:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
what? it hasn't started yet you say? my bad.
10. Posted by sarahk | September 29, 2004 8:53 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2004 20:53