Bloggers Choice Award – Want More Votes? (group project)

By Andy Beard | Published: April 14, 2007

Bloggers Choice AwardsI have spent some time today scrolling through the hundreds, neigh thousands of blogs that have so far been nominated for the Bloggers Choice Awards.

It is damn hard finding you!

I think one of the problems is that if you search for a domain name, it isn’t found, you have to search for the name of a blog, and hope for the best. It can be quite time consuming.

So I have decided this would make a superb group project (note this is not a meme but feel free to link through)

Instructions

You are only allowed to list one blog. I know some people have 10 or more, but so everyone gets equal benefit from this group project, you are only allowed to list one.

In my last post about the Bloggers choice award, I mentioned how important it is to have focus, so if your blog has been nominated for multiple categories, now it is crunch time, and you have to make a strategic decision which category you wish to target.

In the comments either:-

  • Provide a link through to the voting page for your blog in the category of your choice

or

  • Provide a link to your blog, and the category you wish to target – this is for those people who are not yet nominated, or are not nominated yet for the category they wish to receive votes in.

If the blog is NSFW, then please make sure you indicate that

You must subscribe to the comments by email (and expect to receive quite a few emails)

This isn’t a post for lots of discussion, so each person should only make one comment, with the specific details requested.

If someone posts a site that they think hasn’t been nominated yet, I will double check, and if it is not nominated, I will nominate it myself (make sure it is appropriate for the category and is a real blog)

When the submitted blog becomes available on the Bloggers Choice Awards site (nominations are manually checked by the staff), I will make a comment to this post with the details and a link to the voting page.

You have to agree to the following:-

To take a look at all the blogs currently listed, and the updates that are sent to you by email

Yep that is it…

There is no guarantee of votes, but this is to enhance the opportunity of being voted for by my readers, and bring each site some traffic, and maybe new subscribers.
Subscribing to the comments on this blog is not subscribing to an email list, or for blog post notifications. I have a privacy policy and stick to it

Remember you must subscribe to the comments

This isn’t gaming the system, just making people aware of other blogs in my blog community. Only vote for blogs you like, but visit all of them.

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33 Comments

  1. Drew (1 comments.)
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 7:08 pm | Permalink

    Photography Blog of the Year
    You’ve seen my Photo-A-Day, if you enjoy it, please vote.

    The BenSaprk for Photography Blog of the Year

    -DREW

  2. kat (2 comments.)
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 8:02 pm | Permalink

    I’d be totally cool with winning freakiest blogger.

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/754/?utm_source=bloggerschoiceawards&utm_medium=badge&utm_content=freakiestblogger

  3. Christine (1 comments.)
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 9:01 pm | Permalink

    Won’t someone please think of the kitties? Please vote for The Passionate Ailurophile for Best Animal Blogger!

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/778

  4. NYC Watchdog (1 comments.)
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 9:12 pm | Permalink

    There is only one person who cares about your breakfast cereal… and that’s me. Please vote for A Pile of Dog Bones for Best Vlogger based on my Cereal Wednesday VLOGS.

    Thanks!

  5. Deb (1 comments.)
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 9:20 pm | Permalink

    I’d love to bring more attention to my health blog, “Body, Mind & Solar”. Count me in!

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/187

  6. Polliwog (1 comments.)
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 10:18 pm | Permalink

    Great idea Andy. I’ve voted for your blog and all the ones listed here and will vote for any that come through after I comment. My blog ‘Polliwog’s Pond‘ is in the ‘Best Blog About Stuff‘ category. I appreciate everyone’s support.

    Voting Link: http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/1455

  7. Sesame (1 comments.)
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 10:59 pm | Permalink

    Please vote for mine under Best Shopping Blog:

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/433

  8. Heather in Beautiful British Columbia (1 comments.)
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 11:59 pm | Permalink

    Great idea Andy – thanks – I’m here via Drew!

    Please float my boat:

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/515

  9. Maria (1 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 1:21 am | Permalink

    As a first year blogger, I am proud to have accomplished a lot [yes, writing about your life and making sure that the things you discover in your backyard and the internet is interesting enough to read, IS a LOT of hard work]. So my Maria Finds is nominated for the Best Blog Design at the Bloggers Choice Awards. I hope you’ll vote for me, because I am an amateur programmer who is able to figure out php scripts and edited almost everything in my template to suit my personality and my blog.

    Good luck to all the other blogger nominees!

  10. Archit T (1 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 7:24 am | Permalink

    Please vote for mine under Best Humor Blog:

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/210

  11. Andy Beard (1682 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 7:46 am | Permalink

    There seems to be some bugs with the Subscribe to Comments plugin, which I have suspected for some time, but without making a post that encouraged everyone commenting to subscribe to the comments, it was impossible to really prove it.

    For some reason on 3 of the 10 people so far who have left a comment were registered as subscribed, which must be a bug, as Polliwog even sent me a message saying there was a problem.

    I have just manually added 7 people to the subscription for this post.

    For some reason the subscription label that normally appears next to a name to say you are subscribed isn’t appearing for the manually entered names.

    If after you leave a comment, you don’t see an envelope next to your name, please add your email address manually.

    Those who have left comments so far don’t need to do this, and hopefully the links in the emails you receive will allow you to unsubscribe in the future if you wish to do so. I can always fix this manually.

    Blogs Submitted so far (because you might not have received them)

    BenSaprk for Photography Blog of the Year

    Is Kay Freaky? Only you can decide

    Christine wants you to think of the kitties

    A Pile of Dog Bones really cares about cereal, and wants that Vlogger award bad!

    Deb is into health (aren’t we all?) and wants us to take a look at Body Mind & Solar

    Polliwog writes about all kinds of stuff, so wants to be looked on as the best jack of all trades.

    Is Sesame’s The Best Shopping Blog? Take a look and decide.

    Heather wants me to float her boat – that is a really suggestive incentive to take a look

    Maria has been nominated for best blog design – does her site look cool and inspire you?

    Archit wants to make you laugh – do you share a sense of humour?

    I will keep an eye on the subscriptions, and add a note for people to manually check that an image appears in future if they really want to be subscribed. I might also use a more understandable and visible graphic for it.

  12. Chris (20 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 11:42 am | Permalink

    Cheers Andy, I need a few more votes to catch up with you ;-)

    Blog-Op.com

  13. Catherine (2 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    I would love to gain exposure to my blog Angel Food Cake Isn’t a Candle.

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/categories/12

    Thanks,
    Catherine

  14. Elena (1 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 9:35 pm | Permalink

    Great idea thanks!
    Best Blog About Religion

  15. Lisa (4 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 10:20 pm | Permalink

    Please nominate me for best blog about stuff :)

    http://mythoughtsideasandramblings.com

  16. Malin (2 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 10:37 pm | Permalink

    Here is mine for Best Blog Design: http://bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/539

    Notice that the screenshot there isn’t accurate so, don’t hesitate to go to the blog and check out the real design.

    Good luck everyone!

  17. Colleen (2 comments.)
    Posted April 15, 2007 at 11:42 pm | Permalink

    I was nominated in several areas.

    Best charity blog – 3DayMom.com – http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/166

    [Moderated - I don't care how many blogs you have or how many categories they were nominated in, the instructions were clear and in the first line stated only one blog per person and to focus]

  18. lilian (10 comments.)
    Posted April 16, 2007 at 4:07 am | Permalink

    Andy, thanks for the explanation in three sentence! LOL.
    This is what I desperately wants to win but I guess I can forget about fighting with PerezHilton. Still, never mind…who knows, right?
    Most Obnoxious Blogger
    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/509

    Which means the deal is I vote for everyone up there, right? And whatever comes in my email notification. Got it! Thanks for pulling this together!

  19. Andy Beard (1682 comments.)
    Posted April 16, 2007 at 10:57 am | Permalink

    Update:

    Catherine and Lisa have now been nominated, though it takes a while for nominations to be accepted. I will post a links as soon as I can.

    I fixed Lisa’s link so it shows (the anchor link wasn’t closed)

    One post had some links removed. This list is all about focus.

    Elena might also consider placing just the nomination badge for the Religion category on her sidebar. It is actually below the link to blogs about stuff, and is getting less clicks. Also the links don’t do directly to the voting page, so they should be modified.

    I will post another update list later today as we get some more people added.

  20. Eve (7 comments.)
    Posted April 16, 2007 at 5:12 pm | Permalink

    mine is nominated for best business blog, I am still on the front page! Yayy! LOL

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/503

  21. Elizabeth (4 comments.)
    Posted April 16, 2007 at 8:09 pm | Permalink

    I’m nominated for Best Parenting Blog, please vote for me!

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/2085

  22. Renata Vincoletto (1 comments.)
    Posted April 16, 2007 at 9:30 pm | Permalink

    Love the Idea!

    Vote for me!
    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/286
    I’m Information Security Consultant and also a mum.
    I write about nappies, hackers, babies and vulnerabilities.

  23. bobbarama (1 comments.)
    Posted April 16, 2007 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

    Andy

    Nice idea. I’ll be voting for everyone listed here in comments when I get home tonight. I’m hoping everyone here will vote for me in the Best Humor category. Here’s the link:

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/448

    Again, great idea. Good luck, everyone!

  24. Dave Gee (1 comments.)
    Posted April 17, 2007 at 8:49 am | Permalink

    I’m a real journo by day, but like to write about Entertainment news by night… Give me a click in the ‘Best Pop Culture Blog’ category…

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/3624

    Cheers all!

  25. skeet (5 comments.)
    Posted April 18, 2007 at 4:52 pm | Permalink

    Ack! Had technical difficulties over the weekend and forgot to get back to this! The two gals above who are nominated for stuff are friends of mine. That’s what’s so tough about this kind of contest – so many great blogs! Still, with all due respect and a great deal of affection for Polli and Lisa, I AM STUFF! With posts about gardening and dogs, life in Hawaii, pest control, clutter, grilled cheese sandwiches and ukelele-playing aunties, how else could I be described? I am the very definition of stuff and seek your support in proving my superiority to all. I not-so-humbly ask for your support through your vote for me for best blog about stuff:

  26. skeet (5 comments.)
    Posted April 18, 2007 at 5:03 pm | Permalink

    Hm! Inserted my link above but it doesn’t show and won’t let me edit. My apologies for a second post. I’ll try again without using the link quicktag. My nomination can be found here:

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/1556

  27. Andy Beard (1682 comments.)
    Posted May 16, 2007 at 11:36 pm | Permalink

    Here are the URLs for the 2 sites I submitted. I am going to be givingthis post a boost soon, though as the awards were delayed, I decided to spread things out a little, to promote it to a larger audience.

    Angel Food Cake Isn’t a Candle in Parenting

    Lisa’s Thoughts Ideas and Ramblings is about Stuff

  28. Dan and Jennfer (3 comments.)
    Posted May 17, 2007 at 2:33 am | Permalink

    Hey Andy,

    Great initiative, thanks. We’ll be checking out each of these blogs this evening and voting.

    Our blog – AskDanAndJennifer.com is a Dating & Relationship advice column, with daily video posts.

    Please Take a Look and Vote us for Top Video Blogger:
    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/12954

    Good luck everyone!

    Have an awesome day!
    Dan & Jennifer

  29. Your_Relevant
    Posted August 14, 2007 at 6:26 am | Permalink

    Hi, My Name is Phil and I run a blog called Your_Relevant. We complete blog reviews for our site. We choose at random but we usually take requests. We are up for best blogger about blogging and we could sure use your help. We will be voting to help out everyone in here as well. Thank you for your time.

    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/25055

  30. Mitchell Blatt, Juiced Sports Blog.com (1 comments.)
    Posted August 30, 2007 at 9:13 pm | Permalink

    My site is nominated for a best sports blog. You can vote for it here: http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/26798

    You can view it here: http://www.juicedsportsblog.com to see how good it is and see if you want to vote for it. Then I’ll vote for yours.

  31. n8 (1 comments.)
    Posted December 19, 2007 at 2:20 pm | Permalink

    Any idea how to update your Bloggers Choice Award screenshot? I recently updated my template, but my old site is represented in the screenshot. Is there a way to update that?

  32. Dave (1 comments.)
    Posted January 10, 2008 at 8:11 pm | Permalink

    Looking to try and receive votes for Best Blog About Stuff.

  33. spedlaw
    Posted April 18, 2008 at 9:27 pm | Permalink

    Please vote for my blog, the special education law blog nominated in the Best Education Blog category

    Here is a link to the voting page
    http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/21620

    Thanks to all and good luck.

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