Bestest Blog of the Year…1 week down, 1 to go : Blankest Blank
July 30th 2007 · Posted by Bobby Griffin · Comments
Well, today we’re at the halfway point of voting for the Bestest Blog of the Year, so I thought I’d share some statistics on how very successful the competition has been so far (no I’m not gonna tell you whose in the lead though!)
- 133 voters so far, including 105 registered voters
- These 133 voters have cast a total of 8301 votes so far (an average of about 62 each)
- Each of the 105 blogs has received between 58 and 122 votes (and don’t forget, each vote is a visitor to the blog)…that’s an average of about 79 each
- 46 blogs’ scores (43%) are within 0.5 of the leader (scores are on a scale from 1 to 5)…so it’s still anyone’s game
More than a few people have asked me if there’s a way to go and vote for 1 specific blog. And the answer is, no there is not. Blogs appear in a semi-random order and you have to give each a rating between 1 and 5. With 105 blogs and 14 days of voting, that’s only 7.5 per day. And if you register first, the system will keep track of which ones you’ve already done. This was done to keep this competition a quality contest, and not just a popularity contest (even though the two are often at least correlated). I’d be happy to answer any other questions you may have, just leave a comment!
July 30th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
How cool! Even if my blog does not win, at least I have had some new visitors to my blog and I visited some new ones too.
Nevertheless, I am keeping my fingers crossed!!!
July 30th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
That’s the spirit Jane! I hope you found some good ones, there are about 30-40 on that list that I at one time visited daily (and some I still do)!
July 30th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
When will you have the results working? It would be cool to always be able and see the Top 10 blogs.
July 30th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
I agree it would be cool…unfortunately showing the results in advance influences how people vote. The fairest way is to keep it secret until the very end!
July 31st, 2007 at 1:58 pm
is 1 the best or the worst?
July 31st, 2007 at 2:00 pm
1 is the worst, 5 is the best! We have recently added that frequently asked question to the FAQ and are working on a way to make that more clear up front.