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Thank you all for voting, we won the best blog award from MarketingSherpa in the category of Search Marketing. We actually did not win by popular vote, we "were second-highest. However, they did nail the highest percent of "Excellent" ratings -- vs 'Not Bad' and 'Blah,' and that's what matters." Honestly, I was hoping we would compete against Search Engine Watch (a blog I write at), Threadwatch, Matt Cutts and other more well-known in the category. I suspect we would not have won if some of those blogs were in the running.
It is still a huge honor to take the win for "Best Blog on Search Marketing."
Search Engine Roundtable
Bloggers include: Barry Schwartz, Benjamin Pfeiffer, Chris Boggs, Kim Krause, Shawn Hogan, Ignacio Hernandez, Morgan Carey, & Dan Thies
http://www.seroundtable.com/Sherpa Note: This is the second year in a row for this group Weblog to win the Search category. Notably, the voting for the entire category as a whole was fairly even (aside from one obvious ballot stuffer). The guys did not get the highest total votes, they were second-highest. However, they did nail the highest percent of "Excellent" ratings -- vs 'Not Bad' and 'Blah,' and that's what matters.
I just updated the post to attach the winners logo, and I hear they are sending me another mug. :)
More details at MarketingSherpa.
Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums.
Comments:
Chris Boggs
06/27/2006 06:12 pm
woohooo way to go Barry!
shandyking
06/27/2006 07:21 pm
Well deserved!
Jonathan Mendez
06/27/2006 08:05 pm
Congrats Barry! You and the team earned it.
marketing-blog.biz
06/27/2006 08:41 pm
Congrats to the Best Blog on Search Marketing from the Best Foreign-Language Blog.
Robzilla
06/27/2006 10:36 pm
Congratulations! :-) Search Engine Roundtable has been my favorite SEM blog for a while now and I don't see that changing - keep it up!
Kim Krause Berg
06/28/2006 12:13 am
Hum. Think we should tell someone there that I am not a guy? :) "The guys did not get the highest total votes, they were second-highest."
Bill
06/28/2006 12:58 am
Congratulations, guys and girl Nice going. :)
Nick Wilsdon
06/28/2006 08:12 am
Well deserved award for all of you! This 'ballot stuffer' allegation sounds interesting though - could only happen in the SEO Blog category I guess ;)
Gabs
06/28/2006 08:59 am
Congrats :D
Justin
06/28/2006 04:33 pm
Congratulations. You're the only search engine blog I read every day--much more hands-on information without clutter or industry blather that the average site owner doesn't care about and excellent culling of the important stuff from WebmasterWorld and other forums. Well-deserved award.
Barry Schwartz
06/28/2006 07:47 pm
Guys and Gals, Thanks so much. I could not have done it with the support from the other authors and you readers. It means a ton to have won this award. Thanks again!
radu
06/29/2006 12:51 pm
Congratulations! You would have won even if you had competed against those blogs mentioned.
-ddd-
08/27/2006 12:13 am
hopefully I will be there one day