2006 Weblog Awards - The Official Roundup

Voting has ceased. We may resume with our normal lives.

Final results have been announced. While no titles appear to have been swapped out due to irregularities in voting, there was a major change in the Best New Blog category. It seems the "neck and neck" race between Lesbian Dad and Hang Right Politics wasn't as close as it seemed.

Some excessive votes from one or two IP addresses were recorded on both sides and subsequently removed, the impact was hardest on Hang Right Politics which dropped from what appeared to be a very close 2nd place down to 4th place. And with the removal of such a large number of cheating votes, konagod received slightly over 7% of the vote total. Not bad.

The biggest perk for me, aside from being among the finalists, are the new blog pals I've discovered during the process. That's really what it's all about. We're all winners.

Best New Blog Preliminary Results:

LesbianDad
33.04 % (3141)

jules crittenden
13.55 % (1288)

Blue Crab Boulevard
11.73 % (1115)

Hang Right Politics
10.95 % (1041)

WIMN's Voices!
9.48 % (901)

konagod
7.04 % (669)

Reformed Chicks Blabbing
5.09 % (484)

TexasFred's
4.93 % (469)

Jane Lake Makes a Mistake
2.09 % (199)

the fiveforty
2.09 % (199)


A BIG THANKS to everyone who supported me and voted for my blog, and to the Weblog Awards for putting on a fun event.

Complete list of official winners:

Best Blog: Daily Kos
Best New Blog: Lesbian Dad
Best Individual Blog: Lileks
Best Humor Blog: Sadly, No!
Best Comic Strip: Least I Could Do
Best Online Community: Fark
Best Liberal Blog: Think Progress
Best Conservative Blog: Little Green Footballs
Best Centrist Blog: The Moderate Voice

Best Media Blog: The Raw Story
Best Technology Blog: Engadget
Best Sports Blog: Kissing Suzy Kolber
Best Military Blog: Blackfive
Best Law Blog: The Volokh Conspiracy
Best Business Blog: Club for Growth
Best LGBT Blog: Pam's House Blend
Best Parenting Blog: Breed 'Em And Weep
Best Educational Blog: Michael Bérubé
Best Science Blog: Pharyngula
Best Medical/Health Issues Blog: Respectful Insolence

Best Photo Blog: Cute Overload
Best Culture Blog: Pop Candy
Best Diarist: Raymi The Minx (NSFW)
Best Gossip Blog: Delisted
Best Music Blog: i guess i'm floating
Best Podcast: Slate Magazine Daily Podcast
Best Video Blog: Crooks & Liars
Video of the Year: Diet Coke and Mentos

Best Canadian Blog: Small Dead Animals
Best UK Blog: EU Referendum
Best European Blog (Non UK): Retecool
Best Asian Blog: One Man Bandwidth
Best Middle East or Africa Blog: Rantings of a Sandmonkey
Best Australia or New Zealand Blog: All Men Are Liars
Best Latino, Caribbean, or South American Blog: Babalu

Best of the Top 250 Blogs: Talk Left
Best of the Top 251 - 500 Blogs: Betsy's Page
Best of the Top 501 - 1000 Blogs: Blogs of War
Best of the Top 1001 - 1750 Blogs: Boots and Sabers
Best of the Top 1751 - 2500 Blogs: Parkway Rest Stop
Best of the Top 2501 - 3500 Blogs: mAss Backwards
Best of the Top 3501 - 5000 Blogs: Blue Gal
Best of the Top 5001 - 6750 Blogs: File It Under
Best of the Top 6751 - 8750 Blogs: Garfield Ridge
Best of the Rest of the Blogs (8751+): LizaWasHere