Announcing The 2007 Performancing Blog Awards - Call For Nominations

The Best Overall Blog ~ TechCrunch, a great year from the TC team even though I don't always agree with them. They are a machine over there.

The Most Influential Blogger ~ Robert Scoble, the guy is like a living Facebook. Everyone seems to want to talk about him all the time. I've yet to figure out what he actually does but be a famous tech blogger.

The Best Blog Design ~ Chris Pearson's design just flat out rock but the guy is hardly ever up on any of the major CSS galleries. Kinda strange if you ask me. This design is getting older but still the best in the sphere IMO.

The Best Blog Typography ~Natural Log Siding. I'm super biased as I think our designer cough cough does a great job with typography and branding. Feel free to disagree with me on this one. But I think its $$Money$$

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - Wise Living Journal. The topic matter of this blog is totally outside my normal reading but I am drawn to it daily. It came in just a notch above Chocolate Chipped, a food blog I try to avoid because it makes me want to go out and eat chocolate.

The Best Blog WebHost - ASmallOrange and Rapid VPS host all my sites and I have to tell you both have the best service imaginable for a high mntc client like myself. Give either one a whirl you wont be disappointed.

1. The Best Overall Blog: http://www.ncnblog.com/
2. The Most Influential Blogger: http://www.ncnblog.com/
5. The Best Blog Name: http://www.howisavemoney.net/
6. The Best New Blog: http://www.howisavemoney.net/
8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007: http://www.lifeofbaz.com/
9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: http://www.howisavemoney.net/
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog: http://www.problogger.net/
14. The Best Science/Technology Blog: http://www.webdevelopment2.com/
15. The Most Controversial Blog http://www.johnchow.com
17. The Best Celeb/Style Blog: http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/
18. The Best Business/Money Blogs
22. The Best Family and Parenting Blog: http://calimckoys.blogspot.com/
25. The Funniest Blog: http://www.jagular.us/

The Best Overall Blog - Joe My God

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - Oh Gosh!

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - ProBlogger

The Best Celeb/Style Blog - Pink is the New Blog

No travel blog category?

Here's mine

1. The Most Influential Blogger – Brian Clark, Copyblogger.com
2. The Best Blog Design – Revolution Theme, Brian Gardner
3. The Best Business/Money Blogs – Get Rich Slowly
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - Copyblogger.com

Oddly enough, despite reading so many blogs every single day, I had a real hard time picking out any front runners as my memory is horrible, and there are very few blogs that have really stood out from the crowd for me this year.

Here are some of my choices that I thought of off the top of my head.

2. The Most Influential Blogger
Personally, Mark of 45n5.com

3. The Best Blog Design
Veerle (veerle.duoh.com)

13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog
Problogger.net

21. The Best Blog WebHost
HostGator.com

I will try to come up with more over the coming day.

Best Blog You Never Heard Of: Jennifer Chait's Offbeat Homes
Best Writing/Blogging Blog? ProBlogger
The Funniest Blog: Craigslist Curmudgeon
The Best New Blog Freelance Switch and also for best Podcast.
Best Food Blog Baking Delights.

I'd like to nominate Freelance Wrting Jobs for Most Improved and Best Blog Community. Is that allowed since Deb does stuff here? And the Celebrity Cowboy blog. It's the only gossip blog I read every day.

For best writing blog I'd like to nominate the Copyblogger.

For most influential blogger Darren Rowse.
Best Money Blog Shoemoney
Best New Blog I'd like to nominate freelance switch.

The Best Overall Blog: Dooce

The Best Blog Design: Hello, My Name is Scott

The Best Blog Name: Mine, of course! Speak Schmeak!

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: Mine, again! Speak Schmeak.

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog: Copyblogger

The Most Controversial Blog: Dooce

The Best SEO Blog: Performancing

The Best Business/Money Blogs: Hello, My Name is Scott; The Simple Dollar; Get Rich Slowly; Chaos Scenario

The Best Political Blog: Huffington Post

The Best Food/Health Blog: for recipes - 101 Cookbooks; food ethics - Ethicurean; healthy eating - What to Eat (based on the book by Marion Nestle)

The Funniest Blog: Dooce

Lisa Braithwaite
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Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Coach
http://www.coachlisab.com
http://coachlisab.blogspot.com

I'd like to nominate for category 9. Best blog you've never heard of:

Erik Hare at
http://www.authorsden.com/erikhare

He was a runner-up for best literature blog in 2007. His blog doesn't feature a lot of splashy stuff, just well thought out essays on topics that are always surprising. His perspective is very unique. You really should check him out.

Best Damn Blog Period

http://arstechnica.com
http://www.kotaku.com
http://www.lifehacker.com
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/
http://gridskipper.com/
http://www.stereogum.com/
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/
http://www.crooksandliars.com/

Best writing/blogging blogs:

http://freelancewritinggigs.com
http://www.copyblogger.com

Best Business/Money Blog:

http://businesspundit.com
http://freelancefolder.com
http://college-startup.com

The Best Celeb/Style Blog

http://tmz.com
http://perezhilton.com
http://celebritycowboy.com
http://popcrunch.com
http://x17online.com/

Best blogs you've never heard of:

http://xfep.com
http://www.nusuni.com/
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/
http://wiselivingjournal.com
http://www.desmogblog.com/
http://www.onerandomscientist.com/
http://sciencenewsreview.com

The Best Blog Community

I've got to nominate Performancing for this one, cuz I think it's true (no bias of course;-)

I'm not sure if naming my own blog (http://jergames.blogspot.com) as "The Best Blog You've Never Heard Of" is modest or arrogant.

I think you'll find that the vast majority of "best blogs" are all run by media conglomerates at this point: Gawker, 1UP, and so on. They hardly seem like blogs any more, more like some kind of cross between a real-time gossip magazines and a TV shows. There are exceptions, of course.

For that reason, I'm not sure how useful it is to compare a "blog" run by a staff of writers with full time salaries and started by a parent company to make money vs a "blog" written by an enthusiast amateur.

Yehuda

Good point Yehuda...very good point. Maybe we need to exclude corporate blogs in the future? Any thoughts on this?

Yehuda, I just checked out your blog again. That's some killer content you have there...and about a topic that I love! You have my vote.

Maybe corporate blogs can have their own category?

Well, there should be separate categories for writing and blogging blogs so I have two...

Blogging: http://www.chrisg.com/ because he's more down to earth than most of the other blogging blogs; not snobby at all.
Writing: http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/ Um, like there's another choice. Also, I like that it's gotten more post heavy. It used to seem like more jobs and less posts but now lots of good tips.

I'll be back with my other nominations later -- have to think about it.

~ Jennifer

Shameless self-promotion:

Best Celeb/Style Blog: http://crabbieshollywood.blogspot.com/

The Most Influential Blogger: http://boomama.net/
The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: http://iknowwhereyoucanfindit.blogspot.com/
The Funniest Blog:http://bigmama1.com/

I consider my SEO blog great, so I selfishly nominate
Sebastian`s Pamphlets in category #16

The Best Overall Blog http://www.treehugger.com/ or http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/ (at least these are the two I spend the most time at.)

The Most Influential Blogger - way too hard!

The Best Blog Design http://prairiemod.typepad.com/prairiemod/ (nice and simple)

The Best Blog Name Blog like you give a damn http://www.bloglikeyougiveadamn.blogspot.com/

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of http://www.crankyfitness.com/

The Best Celeb/Style Blog http://www.snarkstress.com/

The Best Food/Health Blog http://www.bakingdelights.com/

The Funniest Blog http://www.craigslistcurmudgeon.com/

I think there should be best architecture blog and best eco blog next year :) Thanks.

5. The Best Blog Name- Communist Dance Party
9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of- pointlessbanter.net
12. The Best Video Blog-thedailyidea.tv
19. The Best Photo Blog-Photos From Northern Norway
20. The Best Sports Blog- knucklecurve.com
25. The Funniest Blog- Pointlesbanter.net

What about Educational blogs?
Should not this be a category as well?
And are we talking about American blogs, international blogs, English spoken blogs or what?
(I won't nominate my Dutch blog:-)

The Best Blog Community - Mashable.com
8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007 - http://scienceblogs.com/aardvarchaeology
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - copyblogger.com, hands down
14. The Best Science/Technology Blog - SEED/scienceblogs.com
16. The Best SEO Blog - performancing.com
18. The Best Business/Money Blogs - www.getrichslowly.org
21. The Best Blog WebHost - MediaTemple

Best New Blog - 1 Million Love Messages - http://www.1millionlovemessages.com/

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - ProBlogger

Hi -

Thanks for the contest. Seems tough to be "up" on all the contenders in so many categories. Here are my nominations:

7. The Best Blog Community - WordPress.Com

13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - CopyWriterUnderground.com

16. The Best SEO Blog - BattelleMedia.com

17. The Best Celeb/Style Blog - GretaWire.com

18. The Best Business/Money Blogs - ProBlogger.net

21. The Best Blog WebHost - WebFaddsHosting.com

Hey... you only have so much time in your RSS reader.

- Scott

Scott Frangos, Managing Editor
WebHelperMagazine.com
BLOG: http://www.OpenSourceWebMaster.com
RSS: http://webhelpermagazine.com/?feed=rss2&cat=327
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Best Blogging Blog
Maki's DoshDosh - http://www.doshdosh.com/

Best New Media/ Blogging
Chris G - http://www.chrisg.com/

And Yehuda won the second place in our "How to" contest in early November :)

Best Writing Blog
Writer's Row

Best Celeb Blog
What Would Tyler Durden Do?

Best Photo Blog
Art Nudes

Funniest Blog
What Would Tyler Durden Do?
Dirty Found
Dooce
Boobs, Injuries & Dr. Pepper
List Of The Day

Best Blog You've Never Heard Of
List Of The Day
Boobs, Injuries & Dr. Pepper
The "Blog" Of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks

Best New Blog
List Of The Day
Asylum

Best Blog Design
www.snook.ca/jonathan

Best Overall Blog
Darrenbarefoot.com

Best Technology Blog
Sarahintampa.com

The Best New Blog - pajamadeen.com

Best Family and Parenting blog - Mrs. Fussypants' Guide to Life
http://fussypants.typepad.com

Best Damn Blog Period and The Most Influential Blogger, Seth Godin Seth's blog
The Best New Blog remarkable communication (that's me!)
The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of remarkable communication (me again!)
The Best Writing/Blogging Blog Dosh Dosh for blogging, copyblogger for writing.
The Best Business/Money Blogs Ittybiz
The Funniest Blog Ittybiz

Very disappointed that yet again, travel blogs have been missed off a blog awards.

The Best New Blog - WebAppers.com

The Best Overall Blog - Problogger.net

The Most Influential Blogger - JohnChow.com

The Best Blog Community - Performancing.com

The Best Science/Technology Blog - WebAppers.com

The Best Blog WebHost - MediaTemple.com

2. The Most Influential Blogger: Andrew Sullivan

9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: Japan Probe

10. The Best Blog Podcast: Trans-Pacific Radio

23. The Best Political Blog: Daily Paul

Just found your site, but am excited to nominate my favorite blogs:

1. The Best New Blog: shameless self promotion: MINE! WordHappy (http://toddiedowns.wordpress.com)
2. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: Again - MINE! (If I had anyone reading it, I wouldn't need such shameless self-promotion, now would I?)
3. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog: A couple: Bad Language (http://www.badlanguage.net/)
Copywriter Underground (http://www.copywriterunderground.com/)
4. The Best Science/Technology Blog: Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide (http://gizmodo.com/)
5. The Best Business/Money Blogs: Fake Steve Jobs (http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/)
6. The Best Blog WebHost: WordPress, of course!
7. The Best Family and Parenting Blog: Ruby Blog, from Ruby Slipper Guide to the Eastside (http://1.rubyslipperguide.com/)
8. The Best Political Blog: Writes Like She Talks (Cleveland politics - could it get any better?) (http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/)

I also thought the point raising the distinction between corporate blogs and enthusiastic amateur blogs was a good one. I like to read both, but I would hate to pit one against the other.

Toddie
WordHappy (http://toddiedowns.wordpress.com)

P.S. Clearly, I am the most obtuse person alive, because I sent this first as a private message, thinking why would someone have to do that in order to make a comment? Color me red.

My humble suggestions:

Typography and/or Science and Technology: Earthzine
Business Related: Shane&Peter and IttyBiz
The Best Blog WebHost - MediaTemple

Best designed blog: Jesus Rodriguez Velasco

Best Typography: UC Berkeley, Department of Spanish & Portuguese

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: Islamic Culture Foundation

Best Blog Name: D-liberate: The Musings of a Modern Renaissance Man (my blog)

The name has several meanings. It is a play of words. It plays around with my nickname "D-cal". It also can mean "D liberate" as in "D" my name and "liberate" the verb. And the more obvious word would be deliberate. It took me a while to think of this and I think it's a pretty good name.

Best Blog Community: Performancing.com and FilipinoWriter.com

Performancing.com offers several good job openings and is always good for a tip or two. I visit it on a daily basis (sometimes even an hourly basis).

FilipinoWriter.com is a simple site/community. It caters primarily to Filipino writers but is open to all. It allows Filipino writers to post and share books, blogs, poems, etc. The owner Noid also has established several useful tips for writers.

Best Writing/Blogging Blog: Freelance Writing Jobs by Deborah Ng

This site never disappoints. Always has a useful tip or article on writing and always provides the best job posts online. I actually found performancing.com through this blog.

Best Sports Blog: The Capoeira Blog

Managed by "Faisca", the blog has several posts that are useful to both the person who is unfamiliar with the Brazilian Martial Art and to the person has been practicing it for years. It has a simple clean design and is very easy to navigate through. It also provides regular links to relevant Capoeira sources.

The Best Parenting and Family Blog: Raising Kids

This is owned by Angelita Barlonga. Her first born was diagnosed with a language procesing disorder, while, her second child is a survivor of Stephen-Johnson Syndrome. She managed to cope with these difficulties and now gives advice on child raising. The language needs a little improvement but the advice is still clear and is always done with heart.

1. The Best Overall Blog - techcrunch
2. The Most Influential Blogger - John Chow
3. The Best Blog Design - Copyblogger
4. The Best Blog Typography - Copyblogger
5. The Best Blog Name - BlogStorm
6. The Best New Blog - BlogStorm
7. The Best Blog Community - SEOmoz
8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007 - John Chow
9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - BlogStorm
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - Daily Blog Tips
14. The Best Science/Technology Blog - Ars Technica
15. The Most Controversial Blog - John Chow
16. The Best SEO Blog - SEO Book
21. The Best Blog WebHost - Burton Hosting
24. The Best Food/Health Blog - Start Cooking

I may as well continue ...

Best tech blog? Is it going to be Techcrunch, Engadget, or Gizmodo ... again?
Best life hacking blog? Lifehacker?
Best celeb/style blog? TMZ, perezhilton, etc.. again?
Best gaming blog? Kotaku or Joystiq, again?

How many times and years are we going to "celebrate" the same blogs that get celebrated all year long, and were celebrated last year, and will be celebrated again next year? Is this really necessary?

Any blog like Techcrunch, which already has millions of visitors, needs no further publicity than it gets naturally anyway. Ok. It's wonderful. Big deal.

In the board game industry, we discuss why we give awards, and there is one reason: to publicize games and the industry in general. People will buy a game with an award symbol on it that the might not otherwise. The press may pick up on the "award" event and bring a few more people into the hobby. That's the point.

Giving an award to Techcrunch, Lifehacker, Problogger, Copyblogger, or Performancing is like giving an award for the largest standing military force in the U.S. to (drum roll ...) the U.S. armed forces! Whoopee!

Well, maybe not exactly, as there is no law that prevents a lesser known blog from overtaking a well-known one. But just how much celebration as premier force does the U.S. armed forces need? Come to think of it, how much do they care? Techcrunch will graciously take the award, slap up a post about it, probably get another few hundred hits and a few dozen links. And who got encouraged by that?

Your opening sentence reads: Performancing is all about encouraging bloggers to make good blogs. Yet this award is going to reward the same guys as the Webbies and all the other big web awards, the Alexa top listings, the Techorati popular blogs, etc. It will get linked to by little guys, some attention from big guys, and lots of traffic for Performancing. Aside from the "best blog you've never heard of" which will actually encourage and award one blogger who makes a good blog, what else?

I think the solution to my problem is this: disallow any blog with 10,000 or higher Alexa rating. They don't need the traffic or the notice. Everyone already knows them. They're already "Hall of Fame" winners.

Yehuda

1. The Best Overall Blog - http://sethgodin.typepad.com
2. The Most Influential Blogger - http://sethgodin.typepad.com
3. The Best Blog Design - http://freelanceswitch.com
4. The Best Blog Typography - http://freelanceswitch.com
5. The Best Blog Name - http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/
6. The Best New Blog - http://freelanceswitch.com
7. The Best Blog Community - http://forum.authorityblogger.com http://performancing.com
8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007 - http://seobook.com
9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - http://spidersecret.com/
10. The Best Blog Podcast - http://www.search-this.com
11. The Best Use of a Corporate Blog - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/
12. The Best Video Blog - http://www.1938media.com/ http://commandn.typepad.com
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - http://copyblogger.com
14. The Best Science/Technology Blog - http://techcrunch.com/
15. The Most Controversial Blog - http://www.1938media.com/
16. The Best SEO Blog - http://seobook.com
17. The Best Celeb/Style Blog - http://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/
18. The Best Business/Money Blogs - http://onmoneymaking.com/
19. The Best Photo Blog - http://dslrblog.com :)
20. The Best Sports Blog - http://soccerlens.com
21. The Best Blog WebHost - http://dreamhost.com
22. The Best Family and Parenting Blog - http://www.emomsathome.com/blog/
23. The Best Political Blog - ?
24. The Best Food/Health Blog - http://candyaddict.com/
25. The Funniest Blog - http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/

@Yehuda - Most of my nominations will not have been winners before

Actually, Chris, the Guardian blogs ( http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/index.html ) are better than the BBC blogs if you count media agencies in the corporate sector.

Best Blog WebHost: http://tigertech.net

The Most Influential Blogger - Seth Godin
The Best Blog Design - problogger.net
The Best SEO Blog - seoblackhat.com
The Best Celeb/Style Blog - popsugar.com
The Best Sports Blog - footy-boots.com
The Funniest Blog - imaginaryscenes.com

Travel and Education categories added due to popular demand.

Flyaway Cafe

@yehuda - People nominate and vote for who they choose. The blogs that usually win these things generally have the biggest communities.

Which is my point. How does it fulfill the award's mission to "encourage bloggers to create good blogs?" by naming Techcrunch the best tech blog, once again?

Yehuda

Yehuda, 2nd and 3rd place will gain you recognition too.

Plus, we plan on selecting about 10 blogs from "best blogs you've never heard of" cat

Yes, I write for the first one, own the second and edit the third suggestion, but they're all fab and never won anything before :-)

The Best New Blog: Freelance Switch

The Best Blog You've Never Heard Of or The Best Travel Blog or The Best Business Blog: Location Independent Professionals

The Best Food/Health Blog: Get Better Abs

The Best Photo Blog: ClipAid.com
Best Video Blog: ClipAid.com

How can you beat a video/picture blog that is dedicated to helping end world hunger? Clipaid.com

1. The Best Overall Blog - Pro Blogger
2. The Most Influential Blogger - Michael Arrington
3. The Best Blog Design - Brian Gardner
4. The Best Blog Typography - Copyblogger
5. The Best Blog Name - BlogStorm
6. The Best New Blog - FreelanceSwitch
7. The Best Blog Community - SEOmoz
8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007 - Dosh Dosh
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - Daily Blog Tips
14. The Best Science/Technology Blog - TechCrunch
15. The Most Controversial Blog - John Chow
16. The Best SEO Blog - Search Engine Land
18. The Best Business/Money Blogs - Instigatorblog
21. The Best Blog WebHost - Doreo Hosting
25. The Funniest Blog - Random-Good-Stuff

Thanks Ryan.

You saved me from having a rant about the awards! ;)

BTW, the sexy Perf award logo was designed by Randa Clay at http://randaclay.com - she's the hottest graphic designer on the planet right now, IMHO.

1. The Best Overall Blog - http://headrush.typepad.com/

Sadly now ended. I don't know any other blog where every single post was dead on perfect. Every one.

2. The Most Influential Blogger - http://www.techcrunch.com

Frankly, I don't read it, just like I don't read Engadget, Gizmodo, or Boing Boing's new gadget blog. Too much information and not enough relevance. But there is no denying that the man who makes the most money from blogging on his own blog is also the most influential blogger on the planet.

3. The Best Blog Design - http://discovermagazine.com/

First problem: is a magazine which adopts a blogging format in complement to the magazine format a blog? If it also offers RSS feeds? If so, this may not be the prettiest, but it's excellently designed.

4. The Best Blog Typography - http://indexed.blogspot.com/

The typography of the site sucks, but the typography of the posts are part of its charm. That's what counts.

5. The Best Blog Name - http://www.boingboing.net

Getting Boing'ed is a word. You can also get Dugg or del.icio.us'd, but they're not blogs. Boing Boing is just such a good name for this collection of random libertarian tidbits.

6. The Best New Blog - http://gnblog.com/

It's a blog with Israelis, Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese, Egyptians, Sudanese, Iranians, and so on all blogging together. It's basically peace in the virtual Middle East.

7. The Best Blog Community - http://www.techdirt.com

Performancing and Problogger have great communities, yes, but Techdirt's simply works.

8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007 - http://jergames.blogspot.com

My own. Actually, I'm looking to do another redesign.

9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - http://jergames.blogspot.com

Also my own. I hope most people will submit their own.

10. The Best Blog Podcast - http://www.thedicetower.com

The best podcast about the only thing worth listening to, as far as I'm concerned.

11. The Best Use of a Corporate Blog - http://www.gapingvoid.com

This man invented the corporate blog.

12. The Best Video Blog - http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/

The best videocast about the only thing worth watching, as far as I'm concerned.

13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - http://www.copyblogger.com

Still compelling, but starting to get repetitive.

14. The Best Science/Technology Blog - http://www.wired.com

Another in the category of "is this a blog?" I refer to the daily news articles feed.

15. The Most Controversial Blog - http://www.dailykos.com

Most controversial doesn't mean I have to like it.

16. The Best SEO Blog -

Honestly, they're all pretty boring.

17. The Best Celeb/Style Blog -

The Internet breeds two things: frantic calls for privacy, and lurid voyeurism. The fact that these two don't strike people as contradictory is beyond me. I refuse to read the majority of these mean and invasive blogs. Find me a good style blog that's not about celebrities and we'll talk. Maybe that blog about shoes.

18. The Best Business/Money Blogs -

Not my topic of interest.

19. The Best Photo Blog - http://postsecret.blogspot.com

With Flickr's Interestingness RSS feed coming in a damn close second.

20. The Best Sports Blog -

Not my topic of interest. However, there is no "game blog", so maybe mine should go here. Also no "hobby" blog.

21. The Best Blog WebHost -

Having only used Wordpress and Blogger, probably Wordpress, but for some reason I keep using Blogger.

22. The Best Family and Parenting Blog -

Not my topic of interest.

23. The Best Political Blog - http://bogieworks.blogs.com/treppenwitz/

A phenomenal writer covering controversial or humorous Israel-related topics.

24. The Best Food/Health Blog -

Not my topic of interest.

25. The Funniest Blog - http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots.html

Another one. Does a webcomic with a feed count as a blog? In not, then does Indexed? Or Gaping Void?

26. The Best Travel Blog -

Not my topic of interest.

27. The Best Education Blog -

Not my topic of interest.

Yehuda

Best Video Blog: http://www.webtvhub.com

1. Best Overall Blog: Freelance Switch - http://freelanceswitch.com/
2. Most Influential Blog: Seth Godin - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/
3. Best Blog Design: Freelance Switch - http://freelanceswitch.com/
10. Best Blog Podcast: American Copywriter - http://americancopywriter.typepad.com/blog/

Best Writing/Blogging Blog - chrisg.com

17. Best Celeb/Style Blog: Esmerelda Says - http://esmereldasays.com/

Best Overall Blog: TechCrunch
Most Influential Blog: Seth Godin - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/
Best Blog Design: Freelance Switch - SmashngMagazine
Best Blog Community: BlogOnExpo.com
Best New Blog: BlogOnExpo.com

That's quite a compliment Ryan - thank you.

Here are some nominations:
Best Blog Name: Velveteen Rabbi - - I don't read this blog regularly of course, but the name cracks me up
Best Family/Parenting Blog: Ask Moxie
Best Photo Blog: Daily Dose of Imagery
Best Food/Health Blog: 101 Cookbooks

The Best Overall Blog - Too hard to choose

The Best Blog Name -Not Enough Coffee (because there really isn’t)

The Best New Blog- Kettle And Cup

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - Tree Hugging Family

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog -Deb Ng's Freelance Writing Jobs

The Best Family and Parenting Blog -Family Resource (mine, woot!)

The Best Food/Health Blog - Tea Avenue Blog (tea in baked goods, nummy)

The Best New Blog- Four Reasons Why (http://www.fourreasonswhy.com)

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - Four Reasons Why (http://www.fourreasonswhy.com)

Most Influential Blog: TechCrunch

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog
Problogger
Quick Online Tips
Lorelle on Wordpress

The Best Overall Blog - Zen Habits
The Most Influential Blogger - Seth’s Blog
The Best New Blog - IttyBiz
The Best Blog Community - Amalah
The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - Remarkable Communication and Shane And Peter
The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - Skelliewag
The Best Business/Money Blogs The Simple Dollar
The Best Family and Parenting Blog - Amalah
The Funniest Blog - Dooce

Here are my nominations.

The Most Influential Blogger - johnchow.com

The Best Blog Design - problogger.net

The Best New Blog - freelanceswitch.com

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - jergames.blogspot.com basketbawful.blogspot.com

The Best Blog Podcast - thebasketballjones.net/podcast (warning: explicit language)

The Best Use of a Corporate Blog - blog.prosper.com

The Best Video Blog - tvsquad.com/category/tv-squad-daily

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - copyblogger.com

The Best SEO Blog - seobook.com/blog

The Best Celeb/Style Blog - celebritycowboy.com

The Best Business/Money Blogs - entrepreneurs-journey.com

The Best Sports Blog - truehoop.com

The Best Blog WebHost - asmallorange.com

The Best Food/Health Blog - candyaddict.com

1. Best Overall Blog Life Reboot
15. The Most Controversial Blog All Diva Media Blog
17. The Best Celeb/Style Blog The YBF
22. The Best Family and Parenting Blog Family Hack

The Best SEO Blog: SEOMOZ.org
best blogs you've never heard of: BlogOnExpo
best Overall: TechCrunch
The Best Use of a Corporate Blog: SEOM

Best Travel Blog? How about O.T.I.S.: Odd Things I've Seen

Here's the summary on the site: "My name, as well as my life, are completely unimportant. It took a little while, but I’ve come to terms with that. However, I have seen some odd things. More relevantly, I’ve taken pictures of some odd things. Perhaps even more relevantly, I’ve paired those pictures with words I’ve written about odd things. That’s more back story than you need to know for this site, honestly. Enjoy O.T.I.S."

http://goinglikesixty.com

Another "you might not have seen" that rocks
http://www.dearrockers.org/

1. The Best Overall Blog: TechCrunch
2. The Most Influential Blogger: Guy Kawasaki
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog: BlogonExpo.com
7. The Best Blog Community: BlogOnExpo.com
Best Gadget Blog: Gizmodo
Best Corporate Blog: SEOMoz
Best Blog you Never Heard of: BlogOnExpo

Best Writing: DailyWritingTips.com
BestOverall: TechCrunch
Best gadget: CrunchGear
Best Community: BlogOnExpo
Best Blog you’ve Never Heard of: BlogOnExpo
Most Controversial: PerezHilton

Can somebody please create an OPML file from all the nominations?

And yes, nominating all those 'hall of fame' blogs again and again is pretty senseless. Create a hall of fame and hang them high :)

- The Best Overall Blog - Copyblogger
- The Most Influential Blogger - Guy Kawasaki
- The Best Blog Design - Snook
- The Best Blog Podcast - Random Bits
- The Best SEO Blog - SEOmoz
- The Funniest Blog - Dilbert

The Best Blog Design - Kineda
The Best Blog Typography - A List Apart
The Best Science/Technology Blog - Techcrunch
The Best SEO Blog - SEOMoz
The Best Celeb/Style Blog - Egotastic

The Best Blog You've Never Heard Of: www.artifacting.com/blog

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog & The Best New Blog - http://xfep.com
The Best Business/Money Blogs - http://smallbizpod.co.uk
The Best Photo Blog - http://stuckincustoms.com

Chris Garrett: http://the449.com - http://chrisgarrettmedia.com - http://minimology.com

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of

Photography:

• Just stumbled across this site some minutes ago: Fine Art Nude Photography - The name says it all.
• Strobist - I can't believe what this guy is posting all the time. Amazing output for such a 'seems to be small' niche.

Art and Design

• woostercollective - Street Art collection
• moleskineproject - Paintings in sketch books produced by Moleskine. Awesome work! That's a niche inside a niche inside a niche!!!
• you thought we wouldn't notice ... but we did - Stealing art evidence blog
• FFFFOUND! / EVERYONE - A designer resource and inspiration blog.

Podcast / Multimedia:

• The MediaStorm Projects - Incredible! Awesome! Yes, they also have a MediaStorm blog but the projects are available via podcast. That's enough I think to nominate MediaStorm as the best blog for all categories :)

Diverse

• vowe.net - A nice mixture of German/English memes

I am too lazy to put these blogs into the appropriate drawers.

#2 arrived. Member for 9 min 38 sec :-)

13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - Pro Blogger
14. The Best Science/Technology Blog - Tech Crunch
18. The Best Business/Money Blogs - Get Rich Slowly
22. The Best Family and Parenting Blog - From the Park Bench (Shamelessly nominating myself.. but very informative)
24. The Best Food/Health Blog - Culinate
25. The Funniest Blog - Itty Biz

I have one for best blog design but I have to wait until the author gets her new design up tomorrow. (She gave me a sneak peak.)

I'm a little surprised that these aren't a category or categories. I would have thought there would at least be a Best Entertainment Blog category. A Movie/Television category might be nice to keep in mind for next year.

Best Family and Parenting Blog - Home with the Kids Blog

I'd nominate others, but most of what I read gets so many awards and/or nominations, that there's no point.

# The Best Overall Blog - zenhabits.com
# The Most Influential Blogger - Leo Babauta
# The Best Blog Design - zenhabits.com
# The Best Blog Name - lifehacker
# The Best New Blog - donigreenberg.com
# The Most Improved Blog of 2007 - locationindependent.com
# The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - donigreenberg.com
# The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - doshdosh.com
# The Best Science/Technology Blog - lifehacker.com
# The Most Controversial Blog - johnchow.com
# The Best SEO Blog - blog.sitemost.com.au
# The Best Business/Money Blogs - getrichslowly.org
# The Best Food/Health Blog - donigreenberg.com
# The Funniest Blog - ittybiz.com
# The Best Celeb/Style Blog nowsmellthis.blogharbor.com

The Best Food/Health Blog - www.diethack.com

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - techsavvymarketer.com

The Best Blog Design - Veerle's Blog
The Best Blog Community - 9rules
The Best Blog Podcast - Sidepodcast
The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - Lorelle on WordPress
The Best Sports Blog - BlogF1 (shameless plug, ahem)
The Best Food/Health Blog - DeliciousDays
The Best Blog WebHost - MediaTemple

The Best Overall Blog - Stephen Fry - Wanting to pick something a little different, but also something worthy of such an accolade. Perhaps not the greatest in comparison to the standard names mentioned above, but certainly a site I find myself at time and time again. Worthy of a nomination.

Family/Parenting Blog:
No shame here - I nominate our family blog! They're just too cute you gotta check 'em out - QUADRUPLET BOYS! It's a blog about our journey and the adventures of raising multiples.

www.murraycrew.blogspot.com

Oh yeah, Problogger for Tech Blog!

1. The Best Overall Blog - Boing Boing
2. The Most Influential Blogger - Problogger
5. The Best Blog Name - It's Just the Coffee Talking
6. The Best New Blog - Terry Heath
9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - The Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog - Lorelle on WordPress
18. The Best Business/Money Blogs - Michel Fortin
25. The Funniest Blog - I Can Has Cheezburger

1. The Best Overall Blog - johnchow.com

6. The Best New Blog - artmarketblog.com

8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007 - artmarketblog.com

9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - artmarketblog.com

15. The Most Controversial Blog - perezhilton.com

16. The Best SEO Blog - seobook.com/blog

18. The Best Business/Money Blogs - johnchow.com

22. The Best Family and Parenting Blog
23. The Best Political Blog
24. The Best Food/Health Blog
25. The Funniest Blog

28. The Best Entertainment Blog (Music, TV, Movies)

The Best Overall Blog - Boing Boing
The Best Blog Typography - Graphic Exchange
The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - Old Glutton

I don't know if it's the best new blog, but it's certainly new, and it's dear to me as my latest baby. It's called 7junipers, and it's a fairly broad blog devoted to Asian art and culture. It launched November 21, and I haven't really started to promote it much yet. It's my only blog where I've succeeded in creating a completely logical category structure. I think it shows real promise. Of course, you do have to be interested in the subject to appreciate it.

Modesty aside, I would like to nominate my own and a few other educational blogs:

HackCollege, Cal Newport's Study Hacks, ThatCollegeKid, Gearfire

The Best SEO Blog: search-this.com

Coffee & Conservation -- Very unique, combining reviews, science, and analysis all about sustainable (shade, organic, etc.) coffee. An important issue, thoroughly covered!
http://www.coffeehabitat.com

The Best Overall Blog: Zen Habits Zen Habits
The Most Influential Blogger: Copyblogger
The Best Blog Design: Copyblogger
The Best Blog Community: Metafilter
The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: Blue Hat SEO
The Best Writing/Blogging Blog: Dosh Dosh
The Best SEO Blog: SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog
The Best Business/Money Blogs: The Simple Dollar
The Best Photo Blog: Photopreneur
The Best Sports Blog: Joe Posnanski.com
The Best Political Blog: Firedoglake
The Funniest Blog: Violent Acres

# The Best Blog Design - www.coolayla.com
# The Best Blog Name - www.myradicalblogs.com
# The Best New Blog - www.myradicalblogs.com
# The Best Blog Community - Blogcatalog
# The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - www.myradicalblogs.com
# The Best Family and Parenting Blog - www.just4families.com

So I get to be the 100th comment? Woohoo!

The Best New Blog - GreenLiteBites Launched just over a month ago
The Best Food/Health Blog - WeightWatchen and GreenLiteBites
The Best Blog Community - WeightWatchen Blogs

The Most Influential Blogger: ProBlogger

The Best New Blog: The Atma Jyoti Blog

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: The Atma Jyoti Blog

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog: UrbanMonk

Completely addicted to this one...

The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: JazJaz.Net

# The Best Celeb/Style Blog - Celebrity Baby Blog (my site!)
# The Best Food/Health Blog - The Food Section (my husband's site!)
# The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of - modern cat
# The Most Influential Blogger - Perez Hilton unfortunately (and not for the best reasons)
# The Best Blog Design - ProBlogger.net
# The Best SEO Blog - ProBlogger.net
# The Best Family and Parenting Blog - ParentHacks.com, Cool Mom Picks
# The Funniest Blog - Dooce.com
# The Best Blog WebHost - Typepad.com
# The Most Controversial Blog - TMZ.com
# The Best Entertainment Blog (Music, TV, Movies) - CBS ShowBuzz

3. The Best Blog Design
Wino sapien

5. The Best Blog Name
Blue Hat SEO
Spittoon
Bigger than your head
The Wine Chicks

6. The Best New Blog
my blog about wine
Bigger than your head

8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007
Sebastian's

9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of
Sebastian's
my blog about wine
Bigger than your head

16. The Best SEO Blog
John
Sebastian

24. The Best Food/Health Blog
Spittoon
Bigger than your head
my blog about wine
Wine Camp Blog

Selfishly I'd like to nominate my blog for Best New Blog, http://vegplotting.blogspot.com

If I just get some positive criticism about I can improve, I'll be a happy bunny. Anything else is a bonus!

2. The Most Influential Blogger: http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/
3. The Best Blog Design: http://www.designspongeonline.com/
4. The Best Blog Typography: http://www.kerismith.com/blog/
6. The Best New Blog: http://sarahspy.blogspot.com
9. The Best Blogs You've Never Heard Of: http://sarahspy.blogspot.com
10. The Best Blog Podcast: http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/
13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog: http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/
17. The Best Celeb/Style Blog: http://www.trustyourstyle.com/
18. The Best Business/Money Blogs: http://www.wisebread.com/
25. The Funniest Blog: http://mindyephron.blogspot.com/
29. The Best Entertainment Blog (Music, TV, Movies): http://www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/

I'd like to nominate myself for best new blog and best blog you've never heard of for http://healpain.blogspot.com
For Tech blog: http://www.problogger.com

Thanks!
Jenny Mannion
http://healpain.blogspot.com
http://kidscomputergamesrecommendations.blogspot.com
http://www.icanbewhatiwilltobe.com

The Best Overall Blog - http://www.freelanceswitch.com
The Most Influential Blogger - http://www.456bereastreet.com
The Best Blog Design - http://www.webdesignerwall.com/
The Best New Blog - http://www.sawsag.co.za

Best blogging: Chrisg.com
Best all around: Sweetney
Best family/parenting: momisodes, Busy Mom (who should also win for best tagline, Better Parenting Through Coffee) (I love dooce.com too, but hey, we have to spread the love! Didn't you read Darren's post that only four women made the Forbes list of top 25 bloggers?)

And now for the self promotion, in a strategic move to capture a category with fewer entries: Best Blog Name: Russian Mafia Babe, so named due to my first internet venture being interrupted by the (rumored) Russian Mafia. But I'll be glad to be considered in Best New Blog or Best Blog You've Never Heard Of. Or how about a new category for Best Creative Writing Blog? (Agents? Any agents reading?)

And another new category proposal, Best Spiritual/Inspirational blog, again self promoting Stellar Shaman

Good Luck to all!

Yes I am going to be selfish and nominate my own blog.

Ray Robison: Poin