According to William T. Foxtrot, AWV is "proudly lowbrow". I guess he's right. He made the comment whilst discussing the recently announced winners of the 2006 Weblog Awards.
The Best Blog award went to The Daily Kos with Little Green Footballs in a close second. I was quite surprised by the results. Actually I wasn't. It just goes to prove that the Weblog Awards seem to favour political blogs. For example, Boing Boing is a very popular blog yet got just 4½% of the votes whereas The Daily Kos and Little Green Footballs - both political blogs - both got approx. 35%. Blogs in 3rd, 4th and 5th positions are also political blogs.
The Weblog Awards are supposedly based on nominations from the public so maybe it's only political blogs and their readers who are interested in the awards. Also, on the Weblog Awards' forum there are a lot of discussions about possible cheating.
Well this is without doubt my fav blog.
Posted by: Ep | Monday, December 18, 2006 at 10:23 PM
I guess I am not surprised at Daily Kos winning on top. I mean the guy who runs the site is often a guest on the political cable tv shows. And remember on election night CNN asked a number of political bloggers to come to the CNN studios and do live blogging. I do visit Daily Kosfrom time to time, but I do not post there. AWV is one of my favorites if not fav of all. BTW, where do posters like us go to to nominate a blog?
Posted by: Valerie | Monday, December 18, 2006 at 11:41 PM
I agree with Valerie, this is my fav blog. I used to tune in to Attu, but now he's changed things I dont even bother going there.
Posted by: jonathan | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 03:04 AM
I dont care what other people say, the only blog I read is yours! :)
Posted by: Michael Felman | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 10:15 AM
The Weblog Awards are so politically orientated that they even have their own categories for best left wing blog, best right wing blog!
It was all a bit sad in the end with almost every category having allegations of cheating.
Whilst yours is not the only blog I read, it's certainly the best of it's type. Keep up the great work Robert!
Posted by: Mike | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 12:55 PM
Heh, I hope you don't mind me calling your blog "proudly lowbrow." I meant it in the best way possible. You've got a great site and I'm constantly checking it for updates. Keep up the good work, and thanks for linking to my blog.
Posted by: William T. Foxtrot | Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 10:09 PM