The Weblog Awards, nicknamed the Bloggies, was an annual non-profit blog awards that began in 2001. Until its end in 2015, it was the longest running and one of the largest blog awards, with winners determined through internet voting by the public. The Weblog Awards were presented by Nikolai Nolan, and was covered by many major news organizations.Wired NewsSan Francisco ChronicleReuters UKNEWS.com.auExpress IndiaABC News Online
In 2015, Nolan announced an end to the competition, stating that "Visitor participation has declined to the point where there just aren't enough nominees to form a broad enough spectrum of competition."
Awards Entries are alphabetical; winners are in bold:
2001 2001 was the first year that the Weblog Awards was held.
Culture Article or essay about weblogs: Deconstructing "You've Got Blog"; Ten Tips For Building A Bionic Weblog; Weblogs: A History and Perspective; What the Hell Is a Weblog, and Why Won't They Leave Me Alone?; You've Got Blog. Meme: A Day With(out) Weblogs; Hiding blog names in source code; The "A-List"; The "Little Girl On a Bike" story Web application for weblogs: Blogger; BlogVoices; GreyMatter;Not included in voting at author’s request Manila; Pitas.com Weblog directory or update monitor: Blog.Start; Blogger; EatonWeb Portal; SubHonker Filter; Weblogs.com Weblog resource: Blogger; The Bling Dictionary; Weblog Madness; Weblog Resources FAQ; Weblog, Theory and Practice Weblog webring: Aussie Blogs; BlogCanada; BlogPhiles; Linksluts; Webloggers
Origin Asian weblog: Daily Bread; GMTPlus9; IritibilitaLog; Poppycock; Weblog Wannabe Australian or New Zealand weblog: Design Is Kinky; Loobylu; Virulent Memes; Waferbaby Canadian weblog: 2xy.org=f(ab); Have Browser, Will Travel; Pith and Vinegar; SuccaLand; Weblog Shmeblog European weblog: Kitsch...; LukeLog; Not.So.Soft; PlasticBag.org; Prolific Latin American weblog: Eduardo Arcos; PoseidonZone; Pura Vida; Rafael Nevarez: Ese Soy Yo; Zamorim
Accessory Designed weblog: EvHead; Kottke..org; Loobylu; NoahGreyCom;Not included in voting at author’s request Saturn.org Non-weblog content of a weblog site: Fairvue Central; Harrumph; WaferBaby; Wetlog;Zeldman.com Tagline of a weblog: Blogger; Harrumph; MemePool; MetaFilter: "More addictive than crack"; Virulent Memes Webcam of a weblog site: EvHead; Fairvue Central; Kottke.org; MegNut
Theme Computers or technology weblog: Ars Technica; GeekNews; Hack the Planet; Kuro5hin; Slashdot Temporary or periodic weblog: Born, Eat, Shag, Die: The Mayfly Project; SurvivorBlog; SXSWb; The 5K; The Great Blog-Off Topical weblog: Disturbing Search Requests; Guardian Unlimited: The Weblog; Librarian.net; New York, London, Paris, Munich; U2Log.com Weblog about weblogs: Borrowed Blogs; Haiku the Blog; MetaCubed; The Dark Ages of Weblogging; Webloglog
Character GLBT weblog: 2xy.org=f(ab); Leather Egg; Must See HTTP; PlasticBag.org; Web Queeries Humorous weblogs: Disturbing Search Requests; Harrumph; RiotHero; Torrez.org; Wetlog Group or community weblog: Disturbing Search Requests; MemePool; MetaFilter; Slashdot; Web Queeries
Process Blogger-powered weblog: Harrumph; Prolific; Saturn.org; Swallowing Tacks; /USR/Bin/Girl Manila-powered weblog: Disturbing Search Requests; Doc Searls Weblog; Hack the Planet; Q; Scripting News PITAS-powered weblog: Catherine's Pita; Deletia; Openlog; Ribbit; Wisdom Programming of a website: CamWorld; Fairvue Central; Kottke.org; MetaFilter; WaferBaby
Quality Best-kept-secret weblog: A Curmudgeon Teaches Statistics; Consolation Champs; Digital Swirlee; Follow Me Here; Wockerjabby Lifetime achievement: Cameron Barrett; Dave Winer; Jeffrey Zeldman; Jorn Barger; Jason Kottke New weblog: Lines and Splines; Little Yellow Different; Re-run; ThinkDink; Weblog Wannabe Weblog of the year: Harrumph; MetaFilter; Not.So.Soft; PlasticBag.org; Saturn.org; /Usr/Bin/Girl
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External links The Weblog Awards