Best Food/Wine/Cooking Blog:Vote Here

May 12, 2008 – 10:01 pm


Best How To/DIY Blog:Vote Here!

May 12, 2008 – 10:01 pm


Best Podcast/Video Blog:Vote Here!

May 12, 2008 – 10:01 pm


Best LGBT Blog:Vote Here!

May 12, 2008 – 10:01 pm


Best Health/Fitness Blog:Vote Here!

May 12, 2008 – 10:00 pm


Best Adoption Blog:Vote Here!

May 12, 2008 – 10:00 pm


Best Sports Blog:Vote Here!

May 11, 2008 – 8:58 pm


More Best Of Blog Finalists Announced

May 9, 2008 – 5:31 am

Here we are in day 2 of our 3 day Best Of Blog finalist announcements and already the votes of piling in. Yesterday we covered Sports, Music, Environmental, and Sex. Today we are covering a few more and the rest of this years finalists will be announced Monday morning. So remember to vote for your favorites and don’t forget to check out our sponsor Lijit along with our Exclusive Contest filled with some spectacular prizes!

Books/Literature

  1. Theasylum
  2. Cutewriting
  3. Chickenspaghetti
  4. Writingya
  5. Bookloverreviews
  6. Draumrpublishing
  7. Katerothwell
  8. Weeklyrader
  9. Bookishbent
  10. Super-perception

Education/Homeschooling

  1. Pissedoffteeacher
  2. Threestandarddeviationstotheleft
  3. Ukiahcoachbrown
  4. Californiateacherguy
  5. Polski3
  6. Historyiselementary
  7. Learnmegood2
  8. Detentionslip
  9. Shrewdnessofapes
  10. Awaitingtenure

Travel/Leisure

  1. Livealifeworthy
  2. Pretavoyager
  3. Primitiveculture
  4. Susiesbigadventure
  5. Tecoteca
  6. Shoresabbatical
  7. Moratinoslife
  8. 2gringos
  9. Placesihaveneverbeen
  10. Misadventuresofliz

This Year’s Best Of Blog Finalists Are….

May 7, 2008 – 11:23 pm

As promised, the time has come to announce this year’s finalists in each category. Over the next two days and continuing on into Monday, we will be listing those sites we that we feel have separated themselves from the rest of the pack. Per the rules of the event each site receives less than 250 hits a week and can only make it as a finalist in one category. Unfortunately do several sites having to be disqualified and others simply standing out above the others, some of this year’s categories were narrowed down to a Top 5. In order to vote for your favorite site all you have to do is leave us a comment containing your picks URL. Before we take the plunge and begin the voting process, we want to send a special thank you to all of this year’s volunteers and the folks at Lijit for all their support. If you haven’t done so already, follow this link to enter our Exclusive Lijit Contest and have a chance at winning some great prizes. Now on with the show…..

Best Sports Blog

  1. Whitewater-rafting-colorado
  2. Marathonleap
  3. Illrunfordonuts
  4. Sarahjoaustin
  5. Blitzblog08

Best Environmental Blog

  1. Juliezickefoose
  2. Agmetalminer
  3. Askwoollym
  4. Freaknoid
  5. Gogreentravelgreen

Best Sex Blog

  1. Redsneakerdiaries
  2. BareBits
  3. Kellyguyer
  4. Smdesires
  5. Dailybedpost

Best Music Blog

  1. Theithacan
  2. Djeviltwin
  3. Musicraod
  4. Stellasplice
  5. Canapesun

What Inspires You To Blog?

May 7, 2008 – 5:45 am

As we continue our trek to next weeks announcement of this year’s Top 10 finalists, I thought it be cool to look at just what inspires us to blog. Behind all the widgets, comments, and crazy designs, what is it about blogging that makes us willing to tell the world what we may not even tell our own families? From stories of tragedy, to tales of overcoming life-threatening illnesses, to tips on living healthier lives the blog-o-sphere is filled with stories that touch our souls. Once you’ve caught the blogging bug it seems that nothing is off limits no matter how painful or embarrassing.  Below are some great examples of nominees that have touched our hearts this year:

Shobha448

Postpartumprogress

Designformankind

Imgratefulforww

Besides-money

Apilgrimssong

Lovedreamliveathome

Oneyearofbeauty

Happyhealthywealthywise

Bigbluebarnwest

Myturnip

Momentsfromsuburbia

Oh and before I go, one quick announcement! As of this morning we are more than halfway through picking the finalists for this year’s awards. As a result instead of waiting to Monday to announce them all at one time, check back Thursday and Friday mornings when we will begin announcing the finalists. And don’t forget to comeback Monday morning for the complete list of this year’s Top 10 finalists in each category!