The Weblog Awards

Welcome to the 2001 Weblog Awards™. I'm Nikolai Nolan, and I'll be your host for this month.

The Bloggies™ are publicly-chosen awards given to weblog writers and those related to weblogs in 30 categories. And not much more introduction is necessary. Here are the rules:

the procedure

From January 1, 2001 until 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5) on Wednesday, January 17, weblogs were nominated.

The next day, a panel of 15% of those submitting ballots received an e-mail. It listed all the nominees of a category or the weblogs that receieved the most nominations in a category, depending on how many nominations were recieved for each category. They had until 9:00 PM EST Saturday, January 20 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 became finalists. I (Nikolai Nolan) voted in the cases of ties for fifth place. This panel was on an opt-in policy.

On Monday, January 22, the finalists were announced and voting opened again to choose the winners.

Voting closed at 9:00 PM EST on Wednesday, January 31. The winners were announced in BlogIRC on irc.turlyming.net at 10:00 that night, and posted soon after.

the now-defunct official rules

For this contest, a "weblog" is a page with dated entries that frequently have off-site links. Sites that are completely personal journals or site news pages were not eligible.

This contest was open to any weblogs that existed for a period of time during the year 2000, so weblogs that were discontinued during 2000 were also eligible.

the prize

Because of the large amount of categories, I didn't personally give a cash award to every winner, but the Weblog of the Year owner received 2,001 US cents (US$20.01).

Patti of I Really Must Insist You Leave contributed $1.50 for the Best-Kept-Secret Weblog winner.

Jish of Weblog Shmeblog contributed an actual award for the Weblog of the Year winner.

Dinah of MetaGrrrl contributed a domain for, er, this site. Never mind, that's not a prize.

The contest is now closed, and here are the winners! Thanks to everyone who voted.

best weblog webring
Winner
Webloggers

Nominees
BlogPhiles BlogCanada Linksluts Aussie Blogs

best meme
A replicating idea that spread about weblogs.
Winner
A Day With(out) Weblogs

Nominees
The “A-List,” Hiding blog names in source code, Voice mail, The “Little Girl On a Bike” story

best article or essay about weblogs
Winner
What the Hell Is a Weblog, and Why Won't They Leave Me Alone?

Nominees
You’ve Got Blog Weblogs: A History and Perspective Deconstructing “You’ve Got Blog” Ten Tips For Building a Bionic Weblog

best weblog directory or update monitor
Winner
Blogger

Nominees
SubHonker Filter Blog.Start EatonWeb Portal Weblogs.com

best web application for weblogs
Something that helps you publish, make comments, anything that has to do with developing a weblog.
Winner
Blogger

Nominees
BlogVoices Pitas.com GreyMatter (not included in voting at author’s request) Manila

best weblog resource
A resource on the Web about weblogs that is not a directory, update monitor, application, or a weblog itself.
Winner
Blogger

Nominees
Weblog, Theory and Practice Weblog Resources FAQ The Bling Dictionary Weblog Madness

 

best australian or new zealand weblog
Winner
Loobylu

Nominees
WaferBaby Design Is Kinky Wetlog Virulent Memes

best asian weblog
Winner
Weblog Wannabe

Nominees
GMTPlus9 Daily Bread Poppycock IritabilitaLog

best european weblog
Winner
PlasticBag.org

Nominees
Prolific Kitsch… Not.So.Soft LukeLog

best latin american weblog
Winner
Pura Vida

Nominees
Eduardo Arcos Rafael Nevarez: Ese Soy Yo Zamorim PoseidonZone

best canadian weblog
Winner
Weblog Shmeblog

Nominees
Pith and Vinegar SuccaLand 2xy.org=f(ab) Have Browser, Will Travel

best tagline of a weblog
Winner
MetaFilter: "More addictive than crack"

Nominees
Blogger: “The revolution will be Bloggerized” Harrumph: “Don't let the name fool you, baby! It's all about love MemePool: “Inner child pornography” Virulent Memes: “Just like Kottke, but interesting”

best webcam of a weblog site
Winner
MegNut

Nominees
Kottke.org Styn.net EvHead Fairvue Central

best non-weblog content of a weblog site
Winner
Zeldman.com

Nominees
WaferBaby Fairvue Central Harrumph Wetlog

best-designed weblog
Winner
Loobylu

Nominees
Saturn.org NoahGreyCom (not included in voting at author’s request) Kottke.org EvHead

best temporary or periodic weblog
Weblogs for events, competions or the like that aren't continuous.
Winner
The 5K

Nominees
SXSWb
SurvivorBlog Born Eat Shag Die: The Mayfly Project The Great Blog-Off

best computers or technology weblog
Weblogs completely about computers and/or technology.
Winner
Slashdot

Nominees
Ars Technica Hack the Planet GeekNews Kuro5hin

best weblog about weblogs
Winner
Haiku the Blog

Nominees
The Dark Ages of Weblogging Webloglog Borrowed Blogs MetaCubed

best topical weblog
Weblogs with a definite topic other than general/personal, computers and technology, or weblogs.
Winner
Disturbing Search Requests

Nominees
Librarian.net U2Log.com New York London Paris Munich Guardian Unlimited: The Weblog

best glbt weblog
Webloggers in the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered community.
Winner
PlasticBag.org

Nominees
Must See HTTP Leather Egg Web Queeries 2xy.org=f(ab)

most humorous weblog
Winner
Disturbing Search Requests

Nominees
Harrumph Wetlog Torrez.org RiotHero

best group or community weblog
Winner
MetaFilter

Nominees
Slashdot Web Queeries MemePool Disturbing Search Requests

best programming of a weblog site
Comments, sorting, customization, just homemade stuff you like to see in a weblog.
Winner
MetaFilter

Nominees
WaferBaby CamWorld Kottke.org Fairvue Central

best pitas-powered weblog
Winner
Openlog

Nominees
Catherine’s Pita Ribbit Wisdom Deletia

best manila-powered weblog
Winner
Disturbing Search Requests

Nominees
Scripting News Hack the Planet Q Doc Searls Weblog

best blogger-powered weblog
Winner
/Usr/Bin/Girl

Nominees
Saturn.org Harrumph Swallowing Tacks Prolific

best-kept-secret weblog
Best weblogs that are not in the Weblogs.com Hot List.
Prize: US$1.50
Winner
Wockerjabby

Nominees
Follow Me Here A Curmudgeon Teaches Statistics Consolation Champs Digital Swirlee

best new weblog
Weblogs that began during the year 2000.
Winner
Little Yellow Different

Nominees
Lines and Splines Weblog Wannabe ThinkDink Re-run

lifetime achievement
Webloggers who have been blogging at least since January 1, 1999.
Winner
Jeffrey Zeldman

Nominees
Cameron Barrett Jorn Barger Dave Winer Jason Kottke

weblog of the year
This is it: the category for the best weblog overall.
Prize: US$20.01 and a
nifty award
Winner
/Usr/Bin/Girl

Nominees
Not.So.Soft Saturn.org PlasticBag.org MetaFilter Harrumph