“Best of Brit” blog awards launching this week
February 20, 2007 | By Andy Merrett | Filed Under Blogging
Another week, another set of blogging awards. The UK-centric “Best of Brit” bloggers awards begin taking nominations on Thursday, organised by Ask.com and the Metro newspaper.
Nominations will be accepted until March 22nd, with the winners being announced on April 22nd. A panel of celebrity (for the UK, anyway) judges will make the final decision, based on the public nominations. They include Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records, and Five’s Jason Bradbury, who presents a number of tech-related shows and has his own blog (good start).
Myles Runham, Ask.com general manager for Europe, said: “2006 was a landmark year in the development of blogging in the UK and with so much interest in this area, we thought it was time that someone recognised the best British blogs.”
Was 2006 really a landmark year for UK blogging? I’m not convinced, but then I’m impatient for more.
The nominations page should be available from Thursday. Update: you need to register to nominate.
About the author: Andy Merrett has worked in a variety of commercial and not-for-profit organisations in both administrative and technical roles, including web and database development, systems analysis and programming. He is now a full-time professional blogger, writing on a variety of subjects including consumer technology, the Internet, music, and society. He currently works on a number of Shiny Media titles including Tech Digest, HDTVUK, and iPhonic, and other projects including Piano & Synth and Family Relationships. He is a prolific Facebook user. Andy lives in London, England.
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Just to say that I dig the BlogHerald and I’m honoured that you’ve linked to me. Thanks!
Also, a big thank you for your support of the Best of Brit Blog Awards . To anyone reading this - get on over and vote.
P.S Hmmm - quick note - your link to nominations seems to a dead end.
Hi Jason,
Just updated the link to point to the explanation page at the Metro. It requires registration to nominate, which is a bit of a pain.
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