2005 Weblog Awards Archives

How about Best Blog Focused Radio Show.:)

It seems that there is a vast number of blogs that are personal or family (mine) in nature which bounce all around with regard to issues but which can occasionally be fun little diamonds in the rough and possibly worthy of a category to themselves.

It would be nice to have categories for blogs by state, or at least by region. Also, a category for PhotoBlogs would be nice. I can't remember if there's already one, so if there is, just ignore this. :)

Looking forward to this year's awards.

Best Moderate Blog
Best Scandinavian Blog

Election blog that relevant this year?

Category for best "Rove you magnificent bastard" triumph.

With Video Blogging exploding as it is, Best Vlog would be a good category to add.

-Best Embedded Reporter
-Best Active Duty Milblogger
-Best Non-Active Duty Milblogger

Deletions:

While, my blog has had a lot of fun covering Boise, Idaho's City Council election given only two Governor's races and municipal elections, its time for that to go, probably.

Also, probably the word "latino" should be dropped from the International blog, because there are lots of American latinos.

Additions:

Best Religious Blog:

So many stores have been done on God Blogs and there's a proliferation of them on the Internet. There has to be a category for these blogs without doubt.

I would concur in part with the prior posters idea for a third category for political blogs. I might suggest an "Independent Blog" award though because there's also libertarians who are fearly significant presence on line and you can't very well have something for every ideology.

Same thing with Scandavians, might have an "Ethnic Blog" and then Jews, Scots, Blacks blogs that have that focus can compete rather than just one ethnicity.

The only other thing I might throw in is a "Best Post of the Year" award where the top 20 posts suggested by readers are sent to your jury to decide the winner.

How about a category for best original blog design? Throw a bone to us web designers. :)

How about best ex-pat blog? There are certainly many of us out there, and we represent all sorts of viewpoints.

How about the Best Podcast? IMAO, QandO, ShellyTheRepublican, and of course, the Rip & Read Blogger Podcast!

Best LGBT Political Blog... not just LGBT blog.

Not that I'm hinting or anything.... ;-)

Addendum to last comment... two suggested categories...

Best Political LGBT

Best Cultural LGBT

You definitely need a "Most Neglected Blog" category.

1. Biggest Link Whore
2. Best Eclectic
3. Best Carnival
4. Most Deserving of an Instalanche (but hasn't received one)
5. Bravest Blog
6. Best Viral Meme
7. Defunct Blog You Most Want Resurrected (must have fewer than 20 posts in 2005)
8. Butt-Ugliest Major Blog (limited to top 200 in the Ecosystem)
9. Comeback blog (must have been around in 2003 but gathered dust in 2004 and returned to glory in 2005)
10. Blog you'd most like to STFU
11. Blog most deserving of MSM syndication.
12. Blog you visit often that is most likely to get you fired.
13. Best blogging platform (MT, Wordpress, Blogspot, et al)
14. Best blog host.
15. Blog least deserving of inclusion on Instapundit's blogroll.
16. Best non-syndicated essayist.
17. Angriest blog.
18. Best way to earn $ on your blog (AdSense, BlogAds, Amazon, etc.)
19. Blogger that makes your nether regions tingliest (3 divisions: male, female, GLBT).
20. Best domain name.
21. Worst domain name.
22. Best swag.
23. Best book by blogger.
24. Best Local City coverage (pop. 500,000+)
25. Best Local City coverage (pop. 200,000+)
26. Best Local coverage (pop. under 200,000)
27. Best Blog Possee (Blogdom of God, Bear Flag League, Raging RINOs, Cotillion, etc.)
28. Best MSM article coverage about a blog.
29. Best MSM article coverage about blogging.
30. Best of the Blogosphere (Katrina relief, PorkBusters, etc.)

If you break everything down into political non-political, you'll double the number of awards and we have quite a few already.

Best criticism:
Best Film Reviewer
Best Book Reviewer
Best TV Reviewer
Best Music Reviewer
etc.

I like a lot of Aaron's suggestions!

How about "Most Overrated Blog"...

Or "Dumbest Commenters"?

Or "Blogger Most in Need of Psychiatric Help?" (I can think of QUITE a few who ought to be in this category.)

Really, there needs to be at least one nasty, snarky category. ;-) Isn't that what most bloggers do most of the time anyway?

Oh, here's one: "Biggest Shameless Ripoff of Another Blogger's Schtick"

And for God's sake, if you don't do "Most Annoying Emailer For Linkage," I'm girlcotting the awards. Or something.

your existing categories are ok.

one suggestion: use the categories from the truth laid bear ("mortal humans" etc) - everybody knows those...

Best Blogger Under 25.

New Category: Podcasts!!!

I would like to point out that the "Best new blog" category is biased against blogs launched late in 2004. I launched my blog in Dec. 2004, so it couldn't have competed for a "best new blog" last year, and yet it also doesn't qualify this year.

The Best New Blog category should be open to all blogs launched since the previous awards nominations were announced, not since the start of 2005.

Several catbloggers have suggested to me that there be a Catblogger or Petblogger category.

I will not participate, but I will be more than glad to help judge.

Best Foreign/International Affairs blog.

Best Use of Martha Stewart's Prison Experience to Post soft-core lesbian porn / violence / recipes.

How about a English language blog by a Latino/hispanic.

Instead of Blogs lest nominate some posts!

Best Humourous Post
Best Political Post
Best Post about Sunglasses or Gravy.