Performancing Announces Blog Awards

December 18, 2007 | By J. Angelo Racoma | Filed Under Announcements, Blog News, Blogging, Contests, News

Performancing’s Ryan Caldwell has recently announced the 2007 Performancing Blog Awards, which aims to highlight the very best that the blogosphere has to offer. Starting December 17th, bloggers are encouraged to nominate blogs and/or bloggers for various fields and categories.

Official Categories For The 2007 Performancing Blog Awards:

The Best Overall Blog

The Most Influential Blogger

The Best Blog Design

The Best Blog Typography

The Best Blog Name

The Best New Blog

The Best Blog Community

The Most Improved Blog of 2007

The Best Blogs You’ve Never Heard Of

The Best Blog Podcast

The Best Use of a Corporate Blog

The Best Video Blog

The Best Writing/Blogging Blog

The Best Science/Technology Blog

The Most Controversial Blog

The Best SEO Blog

The Best Celeb/Style Blog

The Best Business/Money Blogs

The Best Photo Blog

The Best Sports Blog

The Best Blog WebHost

The Best Family and Parenting Blog

The Best Political Blog

The Best Food/Health Blog

The Funniest Blog

It’s the people’s awards afterall…

The Best Travel Blog

The Best Education Blog

Performancing has also asked the blogging community for any help or tips in deciding which among the nominees are deserving enough to be awarded in each category, whether as the winner, runners-up or honorable mentions.

If you would like to make a nomination, please leave a comment at the Performancing 2007 Blog Awards page. You may also use the Award badge (direct hotlinking permitted) if you would like to help spread the word.

Disclosure: Performancing is owned by Splashpress Media, the parent company of the Blog Herald.

About the author: J. Angelo Racoma is the assistant editor of the Blog Herald. A professional blogger, blog network manager and new media consultant, he serves as editor-in-chief at Splashpress Media, managing the various creative and administrative aspects of the company's blogs and blog-related services. Angelo discusses technology, productivity, writing and getting things done on his personal blog, the J Spot.

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One Response to “Performancing Announces Blog Awards”

Lorraine on December 19th, 2007 3:41 am

Nice, Angelo- but, no shopping/product blog category?

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