June 08, 2006
Asia Blog Awards 2006/7

I've passed the mantle of running the Asia Blog Awards over to the very capable Chris at Asiapundit.

It's already underway: go and check out the Asia Blog Awards 2006/7.

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January 08, 2005
Asia Blog Awards 2004: Full Results

The official results are in. Please click on the links below to see the results in each category.

Thank you to everyone who participated. While the awards themselves are competitive, the main point is to create greater exposure for blogs right across Asia. A total of 27,200 votes were cast and there has been interest from mainstream media as well as around the world. The diversity and quality of Asian blogs is astounding and something that will only grow in the future.

In each category I have listed the three top vote-winners and then the other finalists. For many of the country categories I have added links to blog directories covering that country. I have left space for other blogs that also fit each category to be added in time. Alternatively you can look at the Best Blogs in Asia directory.

Thanks again and enjoy the many Asian blogs on display.

Update: Thanks to IZ, new special logos are available at the bottom of this post.

Update 2: I am gathering expressions of interest in an Asian Blogging Convention in 2005.

Best HK Blog
Best Mainland China Blog
Best Korea Blog
Best Taiwan Blog
Best Singapore Blog
Best Malaysia Blog
Best Thai Blog
Best Indonesia Blog
Best Japan Blog
Best Philippines Blog
Best India Blog
Best Bangladesh/Sri Lanka Blog
Best Pakistan Blog
Best Vietnam Blog
Best Central Asian Blog

Best Newcomer 2004
Best Designed Blog

Funniest Blog
Best Non-Asian (Foreign) Blog
Best Political Blog
Best Essayist
Best Journal/Diary
Best Photoblog

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January 04, 2005
Asia Blog Awards - Voting has Closed

Voting has closed in the Asian Blog Awards. Results should be posted by January 8th.

I have removed the link to the poll itself. If you retained the link you will find you can still vote. However I have printed the official master list of results. All votes after this time will be disregarded. Once results are posted I will close the poll link down completely.

Thanks again to all who participated. Stay tuned for results...

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January 01, 2005
Asia Blog Awards - Extended voting deadline

Due to some technical issues the cut-off for voting in the Asia Blog Awards has been extended until January 4th.

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December 31, 2004
Asia Blog Awards 2004: Voting

Note: This post will remain at the top until the end of voting on December 31st. Please scroll down for new posts.

The voting has begun...

Important stuff

  • You can only vote once per day across all the in each category. Please choose carefully. Update: my mistake. You can vote in each of the categories once per day. Sorry for the confusion.
  • Please look at all the nominees before voting.
  • Voting closes on December 31st.
  • Voting is monitored for cheating. IP addresses are recorded.

Update 12/15: Please see this. The polls will no loner be altered. No more withdrawals or new nominees. Sorry.

Update 12/16: I've found a way to edit polls without losing the votes. I have fixed the URLs for unfolded origami and Cranial cavity in the Best Designed section, and corrected the spelling of Scott Sommers. If there are any more problems please let me know ASAP as from 12/17 I will no longer alter any polls.

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED. RESULTS SOON.

More about the vote

  • The introduction and nomination master post can be found here. Thank you to everyone who linked, commented, emailed, offered help and nominated.
  • There are some categories that still have open slots:
    1. Best Diary/Journal
    2. Best Political Blog
    3. Best Foreign (non-Asian) Blog
    4. Best Design
    5. Best Essayist
    6. Best Thai Blog
    7. Best Taiwan Blog
    8. Best Central Asia Blog
    9. Best Vietnam Blog
    I will continue to accept nominations for these categories up until Friday 17th December. Please email them to me at simon-[at]-simonworld-[dot]-mu-[dot]-nu with the blog name and URL, plus which category you are nominating it in.
  • Some nominations were emailed directly to me. If your blog appears and you don't want it to be in the voting please email me ASAP.
  • There are a maximum of 10 slots per category. In some categories there were far more nominations than slots. I based finalists on the number of nominations, their content and their direct relevence to the category. I limited blogs to 2 categories at most.
  • Once the voting has finished I hope to post a copy of all nominations (and other Asian blogs off my rolls) in each category.
  • I've combined the single Sri Lankan entry under the Bangladesh category into a single Bangladesh/Sri Lanka category.
  • I've allowed my blog to be entered into the Best Design section. It was nominated and it is rewarding the work of the site designer, not me.

Thanks again to everyone who has participated. Please check out all the finalists - you will find some great blogs out there in Asia.

You can check out the Best Blogs in Asia directory for more Asian blogs.

The Australian Blog Awards are also underway, as are the Indian version.



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December 15, 2004
ABA2004 Update

I've fixed up a few of the polls where there were errors or people who wanted to be withdrawn. HOWEVER it has meant each of those polls have been reset to zero. I'm very sorry about that but I have no control over the voting software.

From now I will no longer alter any polls. That means no more chances for withdrawals or any other alterations. Once again I apologise for the reset on those few polls. Given voting only officially started today, we can consider those races have started with a clean slate.

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December 10, 2004
Asia Blog Awards 2004: Introduction and Rules

**Nominations closed. Polls will be posted from December 15th**

Following Phil's successful efforts last year with the 2003 Asian Blog Awards, he has graciously passed the honour of hosting this year's event to me. So I present to you the Asia Blog Awards for 2004. It's a great way to draw attention to the Asian blogging scene. Hopefully it will generate more traffic for Asian blogs and expose us all to many new blogs from around the region.

This year's event will be similar to last year with a few key differences. The rules for the event are below. Any suggestions, offers of help or comments are welcome:

1. All nominated blogs must be predominately written in English.
2. For each regional category, the blog must either be written by someone living in that region and/or predominately concerntrate on that region.
3. If your blog is nominated but you do not want it to be in the voting, please send me an email at simon-[at]-simonworld-[dot]-mu-[dot]-nu with your blog name and URL, your email and a clear statement you do not wish to be nominated. Otherwise all nominated blogs will be considered potential entrants.
4. The logo is the same as last year's awards. I encourage you to use it and to promote the awards but please download it to your own server. Do NOT link to the image on my server.
5. Voting will be restricted to once per day per person. You can vote more than once, but only once per day. I will doing my very best to prevent cheating. Any blog found to encourage or engage in cheating will be immediately disqualified.
6. Due to the limitations of the voting service, there will only be 10 finalists per category. At the end of the voting I will list the winner and runner-up and all nominations for each category.
7. The finalists will be determined as follows by the number of nominations (note that nominations do not count as votes) and my discretion. Repeated nominations by the same person do not count. If your blog is nominated in more than one category I may, at my sole discretion, exclude you from certain categories. If you have a preference for one category over another, please email me. In other words I've only got 10 open slots per category, so I'll do my best to judge who should go into those slots. I'm looking for volunteers to help with choosing finalists (see below).
8. To nominate a blog leave a comment in the relevant post's comments. See below for the full list of categories. Please include both the blog's name and its URL. You can nominate yourself.
9. I am the sole judge of these awards. I welcome input but my decisions will be final (unless I change my mind).
9a. I am excluding my own site from being nominated. If you'd like to vote for me, I'm in the Asia section of the World Blog awards.
10. Timetable:
Nominations: close December 10th
Voting: December 15th to December 31st inclusive
Results: first week of January

The timetable is subject to revision. It is deliberately quick to avoid the Christmas/New Year period and avoid dragging on too long. If there is enough demand I may extend the voting into the New Year but at this stage this is the timetable.

Before I get to the categories, I have two requests. For each regional category I would like a volunteer who knows the blogs of that region well enough to help me sort out potential finalists. Your own blog will still be eligible for that category. Also anyone able to help in designing logos/buttons for the winners to post on their site, please let me know. You can email me at simon-[at]-simonworld-[dot]-mu-[dot]-nu

The categories are:

Best HK Blog
Best Mainland China Blog
Best Korea Blog
Best Taiwan Blog
Best Singapore Blog
Best Malaysia Blog
Best Thai Blog
Best Indonesia Blog
Best Japan Blog
Best Philippines Blog
Best India Blog
Best Bangladesh Blog
Best Pakistan Blog
Best Vietnam Blog
Best Central Asian Blog

Best Newcomer 2004
Best Designed Blog

Funniest Blog
Best Non-Asian (Foreign) Blog
Best Political Blog
Best Essayist
Best Journal/Diary
Best Photoblog

There are also the World 2004 Blog Awards.

You can check out the Best Blogs in Asia directory for more blogs.



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December 06, 2004
ABA2004: New Timetable

Thanks to everyone who has linked and nominated in the Asian Blog Awards 2004. Keep them coming in. I'm revising the timetable to give some more time for nominations and to also allow enough time to get the polls set up. The revised timetable:

Nominations: close December 10th
Voting: December 15th to December 31st inclusive
Results: first week of January

The results will come out once I sort through all the votes. There are lots of great blogs being nominated, but please don't be shy about suggesting others. The idea is to create exposure for all blogs in a region, not just the most popular ones.

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December 03, 2004
Asia blog awards update

I've added, at Nathan's suggestion, a Best Central Asian Blog category.

Thank you to everyone who has nominated so far. Please keep the nominations coming in. At the moment I'm intending to close nominations next Wednesday, December 8th. However I'm toying with the idea of leaving nominations open a little long, to say December 10th (next Friday). Then I'd open the voting around 15th December and leave it open until the end of the month. Any suggestions or preferences are welcome.

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December 01, 2002
Best Central Asian Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 542

1. The Argus - 233 votes
2. Sgt. Hook - 118 votes
3. Ryan Giordano - 102 votes

Other finalist:

Cresat Sententia - Amanda in Kazakhstan

Others:

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Best Photoblog

These are the results:

Total votes: 1763

1. Preetam - 482 votes
2. IZ Reloaded Photoblog - 424 votes
3. This Way Please - 225 votes

Other finalists:

Medya Daily
Japan Window
Ziboy
Goh Figure
The Java Jive
Bad Architecture

Others:

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Best Journal/Diary

These are the results:

Total votes: 1093

1. Sarong Party Girl - 555 votes
2. Xiaxue - 388 votes
3. Toi La Nguoi - 150 votes

Others:

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Best Essayist

These are the results:

Total votes: 950

1. Shanghai Diaries - 323 votes
2. HERstory - 263 votes
3. Andres Gentry - 194 votes

Other finalist:

Stickman in Bangkok

Others:

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Best Political Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 843

1. Jalan-Jalan - 288 votes
2. Asian Labour News - 271 votes
3. China Digital News - 151 votes

Other finalist:

Inside the Mind of Madness

Others:

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Best Foreign (non-Asian) Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 1118

1. Peking Duck - 287 votes
2. Friskodude - 247 votes
3. Beautiful Attrocities - 202 votes

Other finalists:

Jalan Jalan
Aneki
Kurdo's World
Hunjangui Karuchim

Others:

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Funniest Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 1929

1. Chase me ladies, I'm in the Cavalry - 447 votes
2. Spirit Fingers - 397 votes
3. Mr Brown - 392 votes

Other finalists:

What Not to do in Asia
Lost Seouls
Big Hominid
Sinobling
Shaky Kaiser
Masamania

Others:

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Best Design

These are the results:

Total votes: 1161

1. Simon World - 365 votes
2. Shanghai Diaries - 260 votes
3. Cranial Cavity - 242 votes

Other finalists:

Life is great
Unfolded Origami
Full Throttle
Felisha
Angel

Others:

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Best Asian Newcomer in 2004

These are the results:

Total votes: 1894

1. Parallel Universes - 721 votes
2. Spirit Fingers - 490 votes
3. What Not to do in Asia - 169 votes

Other finalists:

Glory glory Tottenham Hotsblog
My Burmese Life
Expat at Large
Imtiaz's weBlog
Full Throttle
Why is the platypus

Others:

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Best Vietnam Blog

There are the results:

Total votes: 529

1. No Star Where - 158 votes
2. Our Man in Hanoi - 139 votes
3. Toi La Nguoi - 81 votes

Other finalists:

Noodle Pie
Royby

Others:

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Best Pakistan Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 869

1. Chapati Mysetery - 254 votes
2. Venial Sin - 250 votes
3. Rambling Monologues - 153 votes

Other finalists:

Roommate Madness
Dareecha
Kvetch Log
Ulta Seedha

Others:

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Best Bangladesh Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 716

1. Extra Extra - 209 votes
2. Mood Logic - 145 votes
3. The Color of Rain - 98 votes

Other finalists:

Third World View
Insert Clever Title Here
Notes From Dystopia
Busy Minds in a Lazy Shell

Others:

A list of Bangladesh related blogs.

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Best India Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 1113

1. HERstory - 284 votes
2. Dot Net from India - 225 votes
3. Nerve Endings Firing Away - 149 votes

Other finalists

Sepia Mutiny
Amardeep Singh
The Acorn
Dancing with Dogs
Notes from France is now from India
Robi Sen
Niraj

Others:

The Indibloggies and Indian blog list.

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Best Philippines Blog

There are the results:

Total votes: 1206

1. Sassy Lawyer in Philippine Suburbia - 439 votes
2. Pinoy Blog - 293 votes
3. Manuel L. Quezon III - 215 votes

Other finalists:

The Geejay Journal
Cranial Cavity
Torn and Frayed in Manila
The Pigpen
iJames
Brodcst Msktir

Others:

The Pinoy Blog site has plenty of links.

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Best Japan Blog

There are the results:

Total votes: 1500

1. Sushi Cam
2. Masamania
3. Tokyo Times

Other finalists:

Adamu's Jappanica
Nichi Nichi
Confessions of a Grade School Role Model
Japan Window
Based on a true story
The Tanuki Ramble

Others:

Check out the Japan blogger webring.

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Best Indonesia Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 748

1. Jakartass - 188 votes
2. Macam-Macam - 165 votes
3. The Fool has Landed - 117 votes

Other finalists:

Bali Blog
Indo Ian
Batik Baby
Expiration Date
Deliciously Disgusting

Others:

Beyond Wallacia

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Best Thai Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 782

1. 2Bangkok - 377 votes
2. Agam's Gecko - 232 votes
3. Brain Farts - 173 votes

Others:

Stickman in Bangkok
Some other Thai blogs listed at Blogwise.

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Best Malaysia Blog

There are the results:

Total votes: 1737

1. Pok Ku
2. The Hustler Diaries
3. TV Smith

Other finalists:

Macvaysia
Jogalong
Rajan
Jeff Ooi
Nik Nazmi
Suanie
...not a weBlog

Special mention: The Gongkapas Times

Others:

A comprehensive list of Malaysian bloggers.

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Best Singapore Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 1776

1. Mr Brown - 559 votes
2. Iz Reloaded - 445 votes
3. Myrick - 173 votes

Other finalists:

Sarong Party Frens
Mr Miyagi's
Balderdash!
Daryl Sng
Life at Ngee Ann
Popagandhi
Idle Days

Others:

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Best Taiwan Blog

There are the results:

Total votes: 714

1. Scott Sommers - 203 votes
2. A Better Tomorrow - 196 votes
3. The Taipei Kid - 139 votes

Other finalists:

35togo
Poagao's Journal
Robot Action Boy

Others:

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Best Korea Blog

These are the results:

Total votes: 1258

1. Korea Life Blog - 287 votes
2. Marmot - 263 votes
3. Lost Seouls - 214 votes

Other finalists:

Seouliva
Asia Pages
Big Hominid
Rory Runs Amok
Oranckay
Duophony
About Joel

Others:

Although now closed, the Korea blog list has many links.

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Best Mainland China Blog

There are the results:

Total votes: 1479

1. Dan Washburn's Shanghai Diaries - 279 votes
2. Supernaut - 228 votes
3. Metanoiac - 180 votes

Other finalists:

Shenzhen People
Angry Chinese Blogger
Wanbro
Premium Blend
Yellow Frog
Fabian's Hammer
Sinosplice

Others:

Sinosplice has a full list of China and China-related blogs.

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Best HK Blog

These are the results:

Total Votes: 1480

1. EastWestSouthNorth - 307 votes
2. Glutter - 300 votes
3. Gweilo Diaries - 217 votes

Other finalists:

Discombobulated Mia
Hemlock
Eshin
Shaky Kaiser
Yoga Yuga
Ordinary Gweilo
Sweet Chariots

Others:

Hemlock has compiled an annotated list of HK blogs.

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