JIB Awards – Final Results

The final JIB results are in.  

 

You will notice that votes have been deducted from some of the blogs, with the consequence that some of these results are different from those originally displayed on the JIB Awards voting page. This is due to voter fraud.

 

Even though mainly one blog has been affected, I want to stress that in no way do I suspect the bloggers themselves of perpetrating the fraud. In fact, given their general attitude, as well as their attitude throughout the contest, I have no doubt that it wasn’t them.

 

I also want to stress that I was loathe to deduct the votes, since it has the potential to cause controversy and ill feeling. However, fairness is a vital component of any awards contest. I simply cannot allow the cheats (i.e. fraudulent voters) to get away with it, especially to the detriment of those blogs who did not receive fraudulent votes.

 

Having said that, here are the final results:

 

Best Overall ‘Mega’ Blog

 

 

Best Overall Blog

 

2nd  Jewschool

3rd  Jewlicious

 

Best New Blog 2004

 

1st   Jewlicious

 

Best Group Blog

 

1st   Jewschool

3rd  Israpundit

 

Best Humor Blog

 

3rd  Dov Bear

 

Best Designed Blog

 

1st   Jewschool

 

Best ‘Life in Israel’ Blog

 

1st   On the Face; Treppenwitz (Tie)

2nd  Chayyei Sarah 

 

Best Israel Advocacy Blog

 

2nd  Jewlicious

3rd  Jewschool

 

Best Politics, Current Affairs, and Academia Blog

 

1st    Sha

2nd   Bloghead

3rd   Daniel Pipes

 

Best Personal Blog

 

2nd  Treppenwitz 

3rd  JewView

 

Best Jewish Religion Blog

 

2nd   Hirhurim

3rd   Bloghead

 

Best Jewish Culture Blog

 

1st    Sha

2nd   Jewschool

3rd   Jewlicious

 

Best Post by a Jewish Blogger

 

 

Best Series by a Jewish Blogger

 

 

Well done to all of the winners! I will be sending out gold, silver and bronze medal logos for each of these bloggers, which can be placed on the blogs if desired.

 

Having said that, I feel that we have all been winners. Some blogs have reported an upsurge in traffic, at least during the time that the JIBs have been running, which will hopefully translate into permanent new readers. Many of you (myself included) have discovered new Jewish, Israeli and pro-Israel blogs for our own regular reading. It seems that most of you had fun getting into the competitive spirit, and following the voting.

 

Now I have a few special acknowledgements to make.

 

Firstly, I would like to thank Gina Arnone of Go Blog It, who set up the scripts for the polls, and fixed all the bugs. Without her, I could not have successfully run these awards. I should also add that Gina has generally been amazingly helpful with this blog, helping me with its design, as well as the implementation of other features. If you are interested in a Blogware blog, I highly recommend Go Blog It.

 

Secondly, I would like to thank Zahava Bogner (“Mrs Treppenwitz” ) for designing the amazing logos. You must all agree that they are very well done. They are but one example of Zahava’s work as a computer graphics designer. Needless to say, I would highly recommend her for any of your graphics needs.

 

Kudos also to “Mr Treppenwitz” David Bogner whose helpful advice included the conception of the name of these awards (I never even knew what a jib was before I spoke with David), as well as preparing me for some of the pitfalls involved in running such a contest. He truly is a mensch.

 

And of course, I would like to thank all of you for enthusiastically backing these awards. It was your own promotion of the awards that enabled the participating Jewish, Israeli and pro-Israel blogs to benefit from increased exposure.

7 thoughts on “JIB Awards – Final Results”

  1. You all did a great job. Any unpleasantness that emerged as a result of the contest was a natural outgrowth of competition, and should in no way detract from the terrific work you all did! Yasher koach to you, Dave, and to the whole team!

    And now, we can get on with our lives!!

  2. From a non-finalist nominee — kol hakavod. There’s no doubt that the awards generated interest in and increased traffic on J-blogs, and it was a great opportunity to see sites — and especially posts and series — I might otherwise have missed.

    Same time next year?

  3. I want to thank you as well…this was a great experience for me. I met many new bloggers I might otherwise never have known…that was the best part. Thank you, too, for the behind-the-scenes work you did – it was priceless.

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