I got a very interesting email yesterday from Izea, announcing the winners of their Bloggers Choice Awards for 2008.
The usual sites were in the mix with the best Geek blog being taken out by BoingBoing yet again.
I think that these blog awards are so predictable and mundain, as they dont really prove anything or even give awards for that matter.
The surprising result was that Perez Hilton got the worst blog
of all time award. Don’t get me wrong PerezHilton doesn’t have the best blog in the world, but what he has built around it is amazing. That blog has built up and entire empire for him and he has to be one of the most visible bloggers in the world, probably leading the way for many other bloggers to take the jump into mass media. PerezHilton.com is definitely not the worst blog of all time!
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4 Comments
Thanks for the mention, Steven.
Just wanted to make sure you and your readers know that we (IZEA) do not select the winners for the Blogger’s Choice Awards. The site is completely user-generated, so all the winner’s are selected by bloggers and fans of blogs.
I guess there are alot of people out there that don’t care for Perez’s blog, or the content he chooses to put on there. I agree with you completely, though, that he’s had an influence in carrying blogging to the mainstream media, and that’s pretty exciting!
I reckon this one is even worse:
http://singlegirlinlondontown.blogspot.com/
It’s just that hilton is a rich celebrity and people jump into the blog