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.
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; 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; 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