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2007 Weblog Awards Official Results: Thanks, Anyway

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:02:42 EST

We hate to break the news to you, but it's official: Gizmodo came in second in the 2007 Weblog Awards competition. It was close. In the final tally, Engadget got 26,347 votes to our 26,027, a difference of a fraction of a percent.

You, dear readers, made a valiant effort with a flurry of last-minute votes, but it was all for naught. We'd like to congratulate Engadget for winning the Best Technology Blog category. And, we thank everyone who took the time to vote for us, especially those of you who cranked up the buzz, telling all your friends and spreading the word.

There is an upside to this defeat: We'll no longer beg you for votes every day, but we're trying to figure out an excuse to keep showing you those cute pictures of puppies and kittens. Suggestions? Meanwhile, let's take a look at all the official results:

General Categories
Best Blog: PostSecret
Best New Blog: Jammie Wearing Fool
Best Individual Blogger: Glenn Reynolds - InstaPundit
Funniest Blog: Sadly, No!
Best Comic Strip: xkcd
Best Online Community: Fark
Best Liberal Blog: Talking Points Memo
Best Conservative Blog: Ace of Spades HQ
Best Political Coverage: RealClearPolitics
Best Celebrity Blogger: Gilbert Arenas

Topic Area Categories
Best Technology Blog: Engadget
Best Sports Blog: Kissing Suzy Kolber
Best Military Blog: Michael Yon
Best Law Blog : Above the Law
Best Business Blog: Club for Growth
Best LGBT Blog: Joe My God
Best Parenting Blog: Amalah
Best Education Blog: James Logan Courier
Best Science Blog: (Tie) Climate Audit and Bad Astronomy Blog
Best Medical/Health Issues Blog: Baldy's Blog
Best Religious Blog: What Does the Prayer Really Say?
Best Pet Blog: Bazzy Boy, Racing Legend of Sorts
Best Food Blog: Serious Eats

Arts & Letters Categories
Best Photo Blog: Zombietime
Best Culture Blog: The Cool Hunter
Best Literature Blog: Neil Gaiman's journal
Best Diarist: Dooce
Best Gossip Blog: The Bastardly
Best Music Blog: Sterogum
Best Podcast: This Week in Tech
Best Video Blog: Crooks & Liars
Video Of The Year: HamNation - Sopranos DC

International Categories
Best Canadian Blog: Small Dead Animals
Best UK Blog: Neil Clark
Best European Blog: (Non UK) Retecool
Best Asian Blog: Marina's Bloggariffic
Best Middle East or Africa Blog: Michael J. Totten - Middle East Journal
Best Australia or New Zealand Blog: Tim Blair
Best Latino, Caribbean, or South American Blog: The Real Cuba

TTLB Ecosystem Based Categories
Best of the Top 250 Blogs: Ballon Juice
Best of the Top 251 - 500 Blogs: TBogg
Best of the Top 501 - 1000 Blogs: Woman Honor Thyself
Best of the Top 1001 - 1750 Blogs: Echidne of the Snakes
Best of the Top 1751 - 2500 Blogs: A Blog For All
Best of the Top 2501 - 3500 Blogs: Creek Running North
Best of the Top 3501 - 5000 Blogs: Durham in Wonderland
Best of the Top 5001 - 6750 Blogs: Simply Left Behind
Best of the Top 6751 - 8750 Blogs: Gus Van Horn
Best of the Rest of the Blogs (8751+): Slublog

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Vote for Giz!

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:00:00 EST

Loyal Gizmodians, this is your last chance to vote for Gizmodo for Best Technology Blog in the 2007 Weblog Awards. The polls close today (November 8th) at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (that's 2 p.m. Pacific). You can vote once every 24 hours, so please support Gizmodo for Best Technology Blog. Thanks to all who voted for us, and if you haven't voted yet, please don't cheat because those votes will be disqualified. Final Update: There was a jump of 1000 votes for another tech blog in the last 20 minutes of balloting, and we fell behind by 150 votes in the final stretch. So Close! Anyhow again, thanks for voting.
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Vote for Giz!

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:46:35 EST

These two widdle kitties say they're not coming out of their cups until you vote for the Giz! The 2007 Weblog Awards voting is getting down to the wire, and we're running out of time. Voting ends tomorrow, November 8th. You can vote once every 24 hours, so please support Gizmodo for Best Technology Blog, and free these two cramped kittens, who are increasingly convinced that hanging out in such confined spaces is not their cup of tea. Okay, if you prefer puppies, here. [2007 Weblog Awards]

Vote for Giz

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:30:23 EST

We're not going to give away those puppies pictured above if you'll vote for us, nor harm them in any way if you don't, we promise. We just put that pic up there in a shameless attempt to get you to read this. The 2007 Weblog Awards voting is still going on, and we'd like to kindly ask for your vote. We've tried giving away private jet rides, a free pony, and even showing you a few boobies here and there, and they've worked well for us. But now we're going the straightforward route, asking you in all earnestness to give us your vote. November 8th is the last day you can vote Gizmodo for Best Technology Blog. You can click on Gizmodo once every 24 hours, so please, go for it. Because a cute puppy photo is a terrible thing to waste. [2007 Weblog Awards]

Vote for Giz, See More Boobies

Haroon Malik — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:15:00 EST

Right, we weren't getting anywhere with our softly, softly approach, so we are stooping to bribery—with boobies. Did you expect anything less? Here's the deal: ensure we win the Best Technology Weblog award in this year's Weblog Awards, and we shall show you boobies. It's as simple as that. To prime you for what is to come, jump for a bigger version of the lovelies to the right. Did we stop there? No, we went and included a babe wearing an Optimus Prime helmet, while simultaneously holding a cocktail glass and sporting a "Vote For Gizmodo" placard, right after the NSFW jump.

If all this is not worth your precious votes, we just do not know what is. What the heck, no matter what the outcome, we promise we'll remain jugtastic, as no woman in her right mind would let you get close enough to touch her...and because we love you. We really do. Aww, group hug time. *sniff* Vote for us here [2007 Weblog Awards]

Vote for Giz

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:20:24 EDT

Without trying to stuff the ballot box or anything, the 2007 Weblog Awards ballots are now online, with November 8th being the last day you can vote Giz for Best Technology Blog. We've been a good little Gizmodo, haven't we? And you, well, you're the best little readers, yes you are. Yes you are. If we win, we promise to give each of you a ride in our private Gizmodo jet, taking you to a week-long frolic at the Gawker recreational compound, and then you'll each walk away with your own pony, complete with iPhone holster. That's right, we'll buy you a pony. Vote here. [2007 Weblog Awards]

Breaking! Gizmodo Wins Two Weblog Awards

Charlie White — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:27:27 EDT

The Weblog Awards were presented at the South by Southwest Conference today in Austin, Texas, and Gizmodo walked away with two Bloggies: Best Computers Or Technology Weblog, and Best-Designed Weblog.

We'd like to thank all the wonderful people who voted for us, especially those visually-impaired folks who thought we had the best-designed weblog of the year. It's a great honor to accept these Weblog awards!

Jump for all the winners and nominees!

BEST WEB APPLICATION FOR WEBLOGS
YouTube

BEST AFRICAN OR MIDDLE EASTERN WEBLOG
Secret Dubai Diary

BEST ASIAN WEBLOG
Tokyo Girl Down Under

BEST AMERICAN WEBLOG
Cute Overload

BEST FOOD WEBLOG
Help! I Have a Fire in My Kitchen

BEST ENTERTAINMENT WEBLOG
Go Fug Yourself

BEST TOPICAL WEBLOG
PostSecret

BEST COMMUNITY WEBLOG
PostSecret

BEST TEEN WEBLOG
It's Raining Noodles!

BEST WRITING OF A WEBLOG
Waiter Rant

BEST AUSTRALIAN OR NEW ZEALAND WEBLOG
The Breakfast Blog

BEST EUROPEAN WEBLOG
My Boyfriend Is a Twat

BEST WEB DEVELOPMENT WEBLOG
A List Apart

BEST WEBLOG ABOUT POLITICS
Wonkette

BEST BRITISH OR IRISH WEBLOG
Girl With a One-Track Mind

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY OF A WEBLOG
FlickrBlog

BEST WEBLOG ABOUT MUSIC
Pitchfork

BEST-DESIGNED WEBLOG
Gizmodo

BEST LATIN AMERICAN WEBLOG
Cooking Diva

BEST CRAFT WEBLOG
Make: Blog

BEST COMPUTERS OR TECHNOLOGY WEBLOG
Gizmodo

MOST HUMOROUS WEBLOG
Go Fug Yourself

*special award for Ernie Hsiung*

BEST CANADIAN WEBLOG
Drawn!

BEST SPORTS WEBLOG
Arseblog

BEST GLBT WEBLOG
PerezHilton.com

BEST GROUP WEBLOG
Lifehacker

BEST-KEPT SECRET WEBLOG
Confessions of a Pioneer Woman

BEST NEW WEBLOG
Say No to Crack

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Slashdot

WEBLOG OF THE YEAR
PostSecret

Full List of Nominees and Winners [The Weblog Awards]

2007 Bloggies: This Is It!

Charlie White — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:00:00 EST

Okay, last chance to vote up the Giz for six Weblog Awards before the deadline hits at 10pm Eastern Time tonight. We were nominated for Bloggies in the following categories:

•Best American Weblog
•Best Computers or Technology Weblog
•Most Humorous Weblog
•Best Writing of a Weblog
•Best-Designed Weblog
•Weblog of the Year

We'd certainly appreciate your support. The winners will be posted on Monday, March 12. May the best blogs win.

Gizmodo! Gizmodo! Gizmodo!

Please Vote Here for Gizmodo

Bloggies Voting Deadline Draws Near

Charlie White — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:00:00 EST

As the 10pm EST Bloggies deadline approaches, the nail-biting intensifies here at Gizmodo HQ. Relieve our tension, dear readers. No, get your hands away from there. We mean, vote for the Giz!

We're up for six awards, so keep us in mind. We encourage you to also vote for our kissin' cousins at Lifehacker, Defamer and Wonkette.

Voting is an easy process of selecting your choices and then responding to a confirmation e-mail, and we'd certainly appreciate your support. The winners will be posted on Monday, March 12. May the best blogs win!

Vote Here for Gizmodo!

Bloggies: Last Chance to Vote for Us!

Charlie White — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:15:00 EST

The final hours of voting for the 2007 Weblog Awards are upon us, and you probably know by now that we've been nominated in six categories:

•Best American Weblog
•Best Computers or Technology Weblog
•Most Humorous Weblog
•Best Writing of a Weblog
•Best-Designed Weblog
•Weblog of the Year

Voting is an easy process of selecting your choices and then responding to a confirmation e-mail, and we'd certainly appreciate your support. Voting closes at 10pm Eastern Time tonight. The winners will be posted on Monday, March 12. Thanks so much for your help!

Vote Here for Gizmodo!

2007 Weblog Awards: Getting Down to the Wire

Charlie White — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:45:04 EST

Here's a gentle reminder that there's only today and tomorrow left until the voting is closed for the 2007 Weblog Awards. Don't forget us! We were nominated for the following honors:

•Best American Weblog
•Best Computers or Technology Weblog
•Most Humorous Weblog
•Best Writing of a Weblog
•Best-Designed Weblog
•Weblog of the Year

We're starting to detect a whiff of napalm this morning, and you what that smells like? Teen Spirit? No, victory!

Vote Here for Gizmodo!

2007 Weblog Awards: Two Days and Counting

Charlie White — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:00:00 EST

With just two more days left of voting until the polls for the 2007 Weblog Awards close, we cheerfully request that you vote for us if you haven't already. If we win any of the six awards for which we're nominated, we promise to be humble and not brag about it too much:

•Best American Weblog
•Best Computers or Technology Weblog
•Most Humorous Weblog
•Best Writing of a Weblog
•Best-Designed Weblog
•Weblog of the Year

Thanks to all of you who've voted for us so far, and for all your kind words of encouragement. Let's make it a sweep of all six!

Vote Here for Gizmodo!

Bloggies Voting Going On Now, Gizmodo Up for Six

Charlie White — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:45:00 EST

Awards whores that we are, we once again remind you that the Bloggie voting is open all week. It goes on until Groundhog Day this Friday, when the little rodent sees his shadow and the Giz settles back to stop begging and get back to work.

So please ignore the plaintive tone of this incessant pleading and cast your ballot (one per email address) for Gizmodo in the following categories:

•Best American Weblog
•Best Computers or Technology Weblog
•Most Humorous Weblog
•Best Writing of a Weblog
•Best-Designed Weblog
•Weblog of the Year

Of course, if we win all six Weblog Awards, there will be champagne and cigars for all, and we'll buy you each a pony! Isn't that how the politicians do it? Or are hookers involved?

Vote Here for Gizmodo!

2007 Bloggies Nominees Announced, Gizmodo Up for Six Awards

Charlie White — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:00:31 EST

The nominees for the seventh annual 2007 Weblog Awards have been announced, and what do you know, but the ol' Giz is up in there with six nominations:

•Best American Weblog
•Best Computers or Technology Weblog
•Most Humorous Weblog
•Best Writing of a Weblog
•Best-Designed Weblog [Editor: LOL!]
•Weblog of the Year

Wow! Thanks for all those nominations. We're flattered, and we'd appreciate your votes. Voting will close at 10:00PM EST on Friday, February 2, and winners will be posted on Monday, March 12.

Vote Here [The Weblog Awards]