Blog Tipz

Performancing has announced the winners of blogs within twenty-eight different categories.

In one week of voting, more than 61,000 votes were tallied, and the process of selecting the winners was daunting – as the Readers and Editors selected the same winners.

Without further ado, I congratulate the winners and wish the best of luck to those of you hoping for a win next year!

Listed below are the Readers’ Choice and Editors’ Choice winners in each category. View the full results here.

Best Overall Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Zen Habits
• Editors’ Choice: TechCrunch

Most Influential Blogger

• Readers’ Choice: Darren Rowse (ProBlogger)
• Editors’ Choice: Brian Clark (CopyBlogger)

Best Blog Design

• Readers’ Choice: CopyBlogger (Designed by Chris Pearson)
• Editors’ Choice: Pearsonified

Best Blog Typography

• Readers’ Choice: Freelance Switch
• Editors’ Choice: Freelance Switch

Best Blog Name

• Readers’ Choice: John Cow
• Editors’ Choice: Velveteen Rabbi

Best New Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Freelance Switch
• Editors’ Choice: Snarfd

Best Blog Community

• Readers’ Choice: Freelance Writing Jobs
• Editors’ Choice: Metafilter

Most Improved Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Mashable
• Editors’ Choice: DoshDosh

Best Blogs You’ve Never Heard Of

• Readers’ Choice: The Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely
• Editors’ Choice: Dear Rockers

Best Use of a Corporate Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Prosper’s Official Blog
• Editors’ Choice: Matt Cutts/Google Guy

Best Blog Podcast

• Readers’ Choice: Freelance Switch
• Editors’ Choice: On The Pod

Best Video Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Daily Idea
• Editors’ Choice: 1938 Media

Best Writing/Blogging Blog

• Readers’ Choice: CopyBlogger
• Editors’ Choice: Daily Blog TIps

Best Science/Technology Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Pharyngula
• Editors’ Choice: Ars Technica

Most Controversial Blog

• Readers’ Choice: John Chow
• Editors’ Choice: 1938 Media

Best SEO Blog

• Readers’ Choice: SEOmoz Blog
• Editors’ Choice: SEO Book Blog

Best Celeb/Style Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Go Fug Yourself
• Editors’ Choice: Oh No They Didn’t

Best Business/Money Blog

• Readers’ Choice: The Simple Dollar
• Editors’ Choice: The Simple Dollar

Best Photo Blog

• Readers’ Choice: I Can Has Cheezburger?
• Editors’ Choice: Photopreneur

Best Sports Blog

• Readers’ Choice: True Hoop
• Editors’ Choice: Joe Posnanski’s Blog

Best Blog WebHost

• Readers’ Choice: WordPress.com
• Editors’ Choice: Mosso

Best Family and Parenting Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Parent Hacks
• Editors’ Choice: Dooce

Best Political Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Daily Kos
• Editors’ Choice: Huffington Post

Best Food/Health Blog

• Readers’ Choice: The Girl Who Ate Everything and 101 Cookbooks (tie)
• Editors’ Choice: 101 Cookbooks

Funniest Blog

• Readers’ Choice: The Sneeze
• Editors’ Choice: Violent Acres

Best Travel Blog

• Readers’ Choice: The Cranky Flier
• Editors’ Choice: Gridskipper

Best Education Blog

• Readers’ Choice: Study Hacks
• Editors’ Choice: Eduwonk

Best Entertainment Blog

• Readers’ Choice: /Film
• Editors’ Choice: Firstshowing.net

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