Eighth Annual Weblog Awards: The 2008 Bloggies

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The Weblog Awards

Eighth Annual Weblog Awards: The 2008 Bloggies

Honor. Prestige. Wealth. These are some of the things that a Bloggie won't bring you. But that won't stop the Web from voting, because this is the annual non-profit competition that determines which blogs are the best of the best. Get ready to find out who the 2008 Weblog Awards are going to.

What You Need to Know

A "weblog" is defined as a page with dated entries.
The contest is open to any weblogs that existed for a period of time during the year 2007, so weblogs that were discontinued during 2007 are also eligible.
Only one nomination form and one finalist voting form may be submitted per person.
E-mail addresses are required to vote. You must use your own address and confirm the validation e-mail.
If you attempt to submit a second ballot, your first one will be replaced.
In the nomination phase:
- URLs are required.
- The maximum number of weblogs you may nominate for a category is three (3) for most categories and four (4) for Weblog of the Year.
- At least three (3) different weblogs total must be nominated.
- There is no limit to the number of categories a weblog may be nominated for.
- Nominees have to fit the category they are placed in.
Weblogs may win a category over multiple years a maximum of three times.

These rules may change at any time, but they probably won't.

How It Works

From January 1, 2008 until 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5) on Friday, January 11, anyone could nominate their favorite weblogs.

That Sunday, January 13, 200 randomly selected voters received an e-mail. It will list the weblogs that have received the most nominations in ten categories. They had until 10:00 PM EST on Friday, January 18 to privately submit their five favorites (six for Weblog of the Year) for each category. The five (or six for Weblog of the Year) receiving the most votes will become finalists. I (Nikolai Nolan) only voted for the panel in the case of a tie for fifth place. This panel was on an opt-in policy.

On Tuesday, January 22, the finalists were announced and voting is open again to choose the winners.

Voting closed at 10:00 PM EST on Thursday, January 31. The winners were announced on March 10.

Where It Happened

The Weblog Awards ceremony was held at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas, USA on Monday, March 10 at 1:00 PM at the Trade Show Day Stage. Webloggers including previous Bloggie™ winners presented certificates and prizes to those present.

Those who aren't attending may join the excitement on IRC, in #Bloggies on irc.freenode.net . Winners will be announced live and a play-by-play of the ceremony will be given.

After the ceremony, the results will be posted on this page.

What the Winners Get

Because of the large amount of categories, I don't personally give a award to every winner, but the final four categories, including Weblog of the Year, received 2,008 US cents (US$20.08).

South by Southwest Interactive offered Bloggie finalists a special discount to attend the ceremony in March.