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Why Didn’t My Blog Win An Award?
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10This is probably the #1 question we receive, and sometimes, it can be hard to answer. But when it comes down to it, there’s a few reasons why your blog may not have won a Black Weblog Award.
2010 BWA Nominations Begin June 1
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2Nominations will officially begin on June 1 and will continue on through July 25. Links to submit your blog will be available on June 1 here on the website, as well as on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Make sure to check out the new categories for this year, read the rules, and spend some time checking out the past winners – your blog could be among this elite group!
New Rules and Categories for 2009 BWAs
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2We like to change things up a bit every year, and this year is no exception. We have a few new rules and new categories, so listen up!
Rules
Like we stated before, we lifted that “you can’t nominate your own blog” rule. Now, blog owners can easily nominate their own blog through our simple process. When you’ve completed it, you will receive a unique link for your blog that will allow other to vote for you for the finalist round!
Next up, we’ve changed the duration of the Awards just a bit. Nominations this year start on June 20 and end on July 25, which will give you plenty of time to get your nomination in AND have people vote for them. Finalist voting has also been lengthened, and now runs the entire month of August. Winners are announced on September 4.
There’s also a new rule out there for those repeat winners. Blogs that have won a particular category at least three times are no longer eligible to win for that particular category. This includes blogs that have won either the Judges’ and/or Popular vote for their category. We’ll go into more detail about this, since several categories have changed names over the years.
Categories
Based on growing demand, we have added the following four categories for this year:
- Best Health and Wellness Blog
- Best Microblog
- Best Parenting and Family Blog
- Best Sex and Relationships Blog
Unfortunately, we do have to say goodbye to the following categories based on decreasing activity:
- Best Blog Community
- Best Celebrity Blog
- Best Fictional Blog
Categories always come and go, and we’re always gauging category popularity based on demand and user activity; we’re always taking suggestions on new categories, so feel free to speak up (just don’t demand it).
That’s what’s new for this year! Nominations end on July 25.
New Rules + Wufoo
By Maurice
Make sure to check out the Rules page to see the changes in this year’s Awards. Last year, we were completely overwhelmed with letting people vote as many times as they wanted for their favorite blogs and relied on the user to self-moderate themselves.
Well…that kinda didn’t work. Malformed URLs meant searching and navigating and guessing what the site was. Some ballots came in with no URLs at all and just names like “Mike’s site”. Well…who’s Mike? Help us out here, ya know? And of course, there are the spammers with tons of empty and fake ballots.
This year, we’re changing all of that and making it more stringent. Now, you can only submit your nominations once during the nomination period and can only vote once when the finalists are chosen. This makes the contest fairer to everyone and not a popularity contest of sorts.
In addition to these new forms, we’re using an awesome new site called Wufoo for our forms. Last year, there wasn’t a whole lot of room for imposing any restrictions. Wufoo powers not only the nomination and finalist forms, but our contact form as well, so if you have any questions for us, feel free to use it.
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