November 19, 2004
2004 Weblog Awards - Nominations
This is the master post of the nomination process for the 2004 Weblog Awards. Each Weblog Award category has a post for nominations listed here. Leave your nominees (name and URL) in the comment section to the applicable post. Eventually each post will have the award lineup listed and a link to the poll. Voting should begin around December 1, 2004.
A note about nominations...
To maximize participation there will be as little overlap in the selection of finalists in the categories as possible. Blogs will generally only be finalists in one category, so blogs should be nominated in categories they best fit in. For example, a brand new blog is not likely to be one of the finalists for Best Overall Blog. That brand new blog does stand a chance of making it in as a finalist in a Ecosystem category (where it would be matched against simillarly new or small blogs), so that's a better place to nominate it. View nominating instructions (popup window).
If you are linking to the contest please use the nomination category archive, as it contains all relevant posts. By linking to the category you can see all the nominating posts on one screen. Of course if you are free to link to which ever nomination post you want as well.
The Ecosystem categories are based on the Ecosystem rankings as of November 19, 2004. You should nominate for those categories based on the current Ecosystem standings at the time of your nomination. I realize these are fluid, but the Ecosystem categories are pretty broad - most blogs aren't moving rapidly up or down. We'll adjust placement as necessary after the nominiations are closed.
Nominations are being accepted in the following categories:
Best Overall Blog
Best New Blog (Established 2004)
Best Group Blog
Best Humor Blog
Best Liberal Blog
Best Conservative Blog
Best Election Coverage
Best Media/Journalist Blog
Best Tech Blog
Best Culture Blog
Best Sports Blog
Best Photo Blog
Best LGBT Blog
Best Online Community
Best Blog Design
Best Essayist
Internationals
Best Canadian Blog
Best UK Blog
Best European (Non UK) Blog
Best Asian Blog
Best Middle East or Africa Blog
Best Australia or New Zealand Blog
Best Mexican or Central/South American Blog
Ecosystem Based Categories
Best of the Top 100 Blogs
Best of the Top 100 - 250 Blogs
Best of the Top 250 - 500 Blogs
Best of the Top 500 - 1000 Blogs
Best of the Top 1000 - 1750 Blogs
Best of the Top 1750 - 2500 Blogs
Best of the Top 2500 - 3500 Blogs
Best of the Top 3500 - 5000 Blogs
Best of the Top 5000 - 6750 Blogs
Best of the Rest of the Blogs (6750+)
The complete list of nomination posts can be reached via the Nominations Page.
Posted by Kevin Aylward at November 19, 2004 08:00 PM
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I'd like to shamelessly nominate myself for the Best of the Ecosystem Top 500 - (Large Mammals) category:
http://watcherofweasels.com
Do not leave nominations here. I'll be adding the category nomination posts throughout the evening.
What happens when you have a blog that doesn't fit the categories but made a big impact this year?
Maybe I'm missing something, but how does one get listed in the "Ecosytem rankings"? Does anyone know? I use site meter, and my average daily visits(18) would put me in the 3001-3500 rank range. However, I'm not in there...
Any ideas?
Thanks tallglassofmilk, I will give that a try.
I nominate www.whatsnextblog.com under the best media/journalist category.
Maybe I missed it, but I'm not seeing a best Military Blog. Is that not a category?
Blogs for Bush
* Best Overall Blog
* Best Group Blog
* Best Conservative Blog
* Best Election Coverage
* Best Online Community
* Best of the Top 100 Blogs
If there is a Milblog category, I nominate BLACKFIVE. I'll meet anybody in the alley outside the Blogosphere who disagrees.
Frank, not only do you ignore the moderator's simple request (ok, straight forward instruction) not to post nominations, you post three times and try to start a fight. Is that the moral highground you guys are always talking about? You really are worse than those liberals.
I wonder if you might add a category, "Best Blawg"? There are a lot of great law-focused blogs out there.
Is the Ecosystem really any kind of indicator? If you join a large number of groups that have auto-blogrolling, your site shows up on every single one of them. Huge, whether anyone reads your stuff, visits, or not.
Saying that, it's really pretty clear who in the blogosphere are the real movers--based on comments posted and hits.
I nominate Bamapachyderm for best new blog.
Military Blog as a category is missing.
So I submit in either best Community or the Top 500 Ranking:
Sgt. Hook - amazing writer, incredible soldier, currently stationed in Afghanistan.
Thanks!
BOifromTroy is the best in GBLT category and sports category
Best New Blog (Established 2004)
Why have you arbitrarily decided that the "Best New Blog" can only have been created in the last 10 1/2 months instead of the last calendar year? If I create a new blog on December 31st, and it turns out to be the biggest hit of 2005, I'll be ineligible to even be nominated next year because I dared to start it during the evil "off-month"! That's just silly.
Make it November-to-November or something, but don't lock out potential nominees just because they started their blogs last December.
MyFlightBlog - Learning to Fly
http://www.myflightblog.com
How about medical blogs? It's a big niche with its own weekly "Carnival" that is weekly referenced by Instapundit
Best new blog: AreYouConservative?
"Test your political bias. You may be right more often than you think."
Slant quizzes and related materials.
Please visit. Thanks.
I would like to request a category for "Best Sex Blog" for next year, along with "Best Military Blog".
Also for next year: Best Blog for a Cause (charitable cause, not political cause! :))
