Here's it the current schedule for The 2006 Weblog Awards:
December 5, 2006 - Finalists announced
December 6, 2006 - Finalist badges and voting link codes available
December 7, 2006 - Voting begins
December 15, 2006 - Voting ends
December 18, 2006 - Results certified
Daily notes on all things Weblog Awards related will begin tomorrow.
Voting Rules:
The Best Campaign Blog category has been dropped, leaving us with a mere 45 categories...
The Best Campaign Blog category was a new addition to The Weblog Awards this year, and after checking the nomination I wasn't convinced that we would have been able to field a good slate of finalists for the category. We'll keep the category in mind for future editions.
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 4,500 nominations in 45 categories, of which no more than 450 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 two 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.
There will be more written about the finalist selection process later, but in advance 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 sure many excellent blogs are overlooked...
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.
I wish it could be another way, but unfortunately it cannot...
We're putting the finishing touches on the slate of finalists right now. They'll be ready this evening.
Note: The comment section will be closed starting this evening. The Weblog Awards forums will remain open throughout the voting.
Below are the finalists for The 2006 Weblog Awards. Voting begins Thursday evening. Finalist badges are available now and voting is scheduled to begin Thursday.
[Note: In order to get this information out as fast as possible we've not done all the formating that will go along with the listings that will be included with the polls. Each poll will have hyperlinks for all of the finalists sites as well as RSS (or Atom) feed links (where available) for each of the finalists. We also hope to have OPML links for each the finalist slates as well.]
Continue reading "The 2006 Weblog Awards Finalists Announced" »
The 2006 Weblog Awards finalist logo is now available for use on the websites of selected finalsits. Feel free to host the graphic on your own server, or to use the linking code provided courtesy of our friends at ImageShack.
Once the polls open sites are encouraged to modify the code provided to link directly to their poll. The linking codes are available below.
Continue reading "The 2006 Weblog Awards - Finalist Badges" »
You've got questions, we've got answers
The Weblog Awards FAQ
Everything you wanted to know about voting
If those don't answer your questions feel free to ask.
So you're probably here looking for the voting screens, right?
The polls will start appearing this afternoon and into the evening. There's a lot of behind the scenes work that has to be finished before we can release the polls. We're working as fast as possible, but it's worth noting that we've hit all our schedule deadlines to this point in the process, and we'll make this one as well...
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Property of a Lady
Free Frank Warner
Dr. Melissa Clouthier
A Templar's Knight
LizaWasHere
Little Nuances
World Famous Recipes
The Centre for Emotional Well-Being
Famous Quotes
Popped Culture
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Mazurland Blog
lonetreeontheprairie
Garfield Ridge
NoSpeedBumps
Right Angle Blog
A Keyboard and a .45
Pruned
Lonewacko
Scribal Terror
Platypus Society
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Doug Ross @ Journal
File It Under
Strategy Revolutions
Conservative Outpost
Sean Gleeson
The Bodie Specter
Caerdroia
Gina Cobb
The Chutry Experiment
Ramble Strip
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EagleSpeak
Another Rovian Conspiracy
The Debate Link
InsoluBlog
Martin Andrade Blogs
Right From Left
Better Living Thru Blogging
CDR Salamander
Geeky Mom
Blue Gal
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VikingSpirit Blog
The Impolitic
The Stupid Shall Be Punished
The Colossus of Rhodey
Random thoughts- Do they have meaning?
Imago Dei
mAss Backwards
Jeff the Baptist
The Random Yak
Cobb
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Coyote Blog
Parkway Rest Stop
The Zero Point
Last Left Turn Before Hooterville
Diggers Realm
The Queen of All Evil
Nehring The Edge
From My Position... On the way!
Pollster
Cathy's World
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Boots And Sabers
Boi From Troy
Soldier's Angel
The American Princess
Scottish Right
Willisms
A Town Crier
Deep Thought
Holy Mama!
Murdoc Online
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Radioactive Liberty
Vince Aut Morire
Merri Musings
Project 2996
Stones Cry Out
Darleen's Place
Hooah Wife & Friends
Blogs of War
Decision '08
Joust the Facts
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Betsy’s Page
Confederate Yankee
Flopping Aces
Jarhead's Firing Range
Point Five
Regime Change Iran
Sister Toldjah
Texas Rainmaker
The Daily Brief
Star Sailor
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My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy All Things Beautiful Castle Argghhh!!! Stop The ACLU Feministe JustOneMinute Orcinus sisu The Median Sib Talk LeftVoting has ended for The 2006 Weblog Awards. Return to the The 2006 Weblog Award Poll Navigation Page or see the list of winners.
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26th Parallel Babalu Blog for Cuba Caracas Chronicles Caribbean Free Radio In Search of Utopia Luz de Luma Venezuela News and Views The Devil's Excrement Mark In MexicoContinue reading "Best Latino, Caribbean, or South American Blog" »
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Tim Blair John Quiggin kitta.net Observation Deck Andrew Bolt All Men Are Liars David Farrar Not Bean Staralicious The Bartlett Diaries
Prize: Customized Weblog Awards winner badge, Microsoft Optical Value Pack courtesy of JEM Promotional Products.
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