Israellycool » JIB Awards 2004 http://www.israellycool.com Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:01:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 © israellycool@yahoo.com () israellycool@yahoo.com() 1440 Down Under Punditry in the Middle East israellycool@yahoo.com No no http://www.israellycool.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Israellycool http://www.israellycool.com 144 144 JIB Awards – Final Results http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/15/jib-awards-final-results/ http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/15/jib-awards-final-results/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2005 16:18:41 +0000 Aussie Dave http://www.israellycool.com/2005/02/15/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.

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All of the ‘finals polls’ are now closed. The provisional results can be viewed here.
 
I will now validate the results. This may take a couple of days.

 

The first, second, and third-place getters for each category will be announced later this week.

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I have already set up the ‘finals’ polls for the JIB Awards.

 

The polls for the final round of voting are now open.

 

All of the finalists can be viewed by clicking here.

 

Alternatively, you can view the finalists for each of the categories by clicking on the corresponding category link:

 

 

I will be opening the polls Polls will be open from Monday morning until Sunday morning (Israel time). Everyone can vote only once for the duration of the awards.

 

If you are a finalist, you can add this icon to your site, and link it to the JIB Awards main page or the voting main page.

 


You may also want to publicize that the finals begin tomorrow.

 

Finally, if you are a potential voter, please have a look at all of the finalists by clicking on the link to their blog. You may just find a very interesting new read.

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Up until today, I was pretty satisfied with how the JIB Awards were going.

 

Sure, there was occasional ribbing and a small dose of pettiness, but most of it seemed in good humor.

 

However, after I received an email from one of the most talented Jewish bloggers out there, asking that he be pulled from the contest, I knew things had gone too far.

 

You see, this blogger is going to win his category. By alot. Fair and simple.

 

However, one of his competitors has decided to badmouth his blog. Not only that, but he has cast aspersions on his being Jewish. Perhaps in earnest, or perhaps in jest. It doesn’t really matter, since this kind of thing only serves to cause the exact type of ill feelings that I requested we avoid to begin with.

 

This contest is not about who wins or loses. It is about everyone winning and having fun. It is about recognizing the plethora of Jewish, Israeli, and pro-Israel blogs out there. So let’s keep it nice. Let’s keep it fun. Let’s keep it real.

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Meryl has suggested (well, actually implored) that I only allow everyone to vote only once in the finals voting round, rather than one vote per 24 hours. This suggestion has merits – for a start, it will be easier to identify any cheating.

 

I am torn. I understand where she is coming from, but one vote per 24 hours enables one person to vote for a few blogs in any one category (in case someone has more than one preference). Also, I thought that it may add to the excitement if you can vote a number of times.

 

I am opening up this thread to your comments and suggestions. What do you think is the better option, and why?

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All of the preliminary round polls are now closed.

 

I am currently in the process of validating the results. Unfortunately (and despite my calls to keep the contest fair and in the spirit of its aims), I have encountered quite a number of clear-cut cases of cheating. Consequently, I have had to deduct votes off a number of blogs (not to penalize the blogs, but rather to eliminate the effects of the cheating itself).

 

After validating all of the results, I will begin to construct new polls for the Finals. Because I am going to be away on business this week, the new polls may not be up and running until next week. However, I will endeavor to have them up ASAP.

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The polls for the preliminary round of voting are now open.

 

Click on any link to vote in that poll.

 

 

You can view all polls on one page by clicking here.

 

Voting Rules

 

1. Polls close late Sunday morning Israel time.

 

2. These polls are only for those categories whose number of valid nominations exceeded the cutoff number of 12.

 

3. Each of the categories is split into two groups. The top 6 vote-getters from each group will proceed to the finals.

 

4. All valid nominees in the following polls (which are not included in this preliminary round) automatically proceed to the Finals voting:

 

Best Overall ‘Mega’ Blog

Best Group Blog

Best Designed Blog

 

5. You can vote only once in 24 hours.

 

6. Please no cheating. It goes against the spirit of these awards, and ruins the fun for everyone. If I discover any cheating (automatic voting bots or multiple voters in one poll within 24 hours), the voters IP address will be banned, and the number of votes accordingly adjusted.

 

7. I have been very generous in terms of the validity of nominees vis-a-vis their categories. I apologize to the few blogs that have been left out on account of not being an English language blog, or some other reason.

 

Good luck.


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I apologize that the polls are not yet up and running. I am just as anxious as you to get the voting started! I was expecting them to be ready this morning Israel time, but alas, there is a glitch. I am working on it, and hope it is sorted out soon.


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Nominations Closed

 

Nominations for all categories are now closed.

 

I will now be checking through all the nominations, deciding on their validity for their nominated category(ies), and setting up the polls. This may take some time, but I will aim to have polls ready no later than a week from now.

 

Voting

 

A brief word about the voting: Because of the stated aim to publicize as many Jewish/Israeli/Pro-Israel blogs as possible, I will attempt to include as many as possible in the voting. Due to the large number of nominations, I will first put up polls for the preliminary round of voting (to last 5 days). This will only pertain to those categories with more than 12 valid nominations. The top x number of vote-getters for each category will proceed to the ‘finals’ (where x varies across categories, depending on the total number of valid nominations for the category).

 

In the case of the categories with 12 or less valid nominations, there will be no preliminary round of voting. The nominated blogs will progress straight to the ‘finals.’

 

The voting ‘finals’ will be posted after the preliminary voting round, and will last 10 days.


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Topics

  • Close of Nominations
  • Voting and Polls
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    New Category Added

     

    As you can imagine, I am trying to run a pretty tight ship when it comes to these JIB Awards (ship..jib..get it? – ed.). Since these are the inaugurual awards, I am, to a large extent, learning as I go along, while still trying to be as organized as possible. ‘Situations’ arise, and I attempt to deal with them as best as possible.

     

    One potential ’situation’ has arisen, which I have had to deal with. The issue is as follows: the main purpose of these awards is to promote Jewish, Israel, and Israel advocacy blogs. As a result, we have a situation whereby ‘mega’ blogs have been nominated alongside many smaller blogs, in terms of readership and popularity. This may create a “one-horse race” in the voting. The main ‘mega’ blog, LGF, is not a Jewish nor Israeli blog, so some believe it should not be eligible for the Best Overall Blog category.

     

    However, given the aim of these awards, Israel advocacy blogs are eligible. To exclude them just because they have a great chance of winning would be unfair, in my opinion. Especially considering the unbelievable job blogs like LGF are doing in spreading the truth about Israel and the Middle East conflict. At the same time, I see that most of you are taking the competition element of these awards very seriously, and want it to be exciting.

     

    After much deliberation, and with some wise counsel from my wife, and David Bogner, amongst others, I have decided to do the following:

     

    1. Split the Best Overall Blog category into the following two categories:

  • Best Overall Blog – receives less than 105,000 unique visitors a day

  • Best Overall ‘Mega’ Blog – receives 105,000 or more unique visits a day

    • These figures should be verifiable from the Truth Laid Bear traffic ranking, or other stats counters.

     

    I know some of you will want to raise this limit, but I have given it much thought already.

     

    2. For each category, award Gold (the winner), Silver, and Bronze placings.

     

    I believe that this is a fair solution, and in the spirit of the aims of these awards.

     

    So here is the new list of categories:

     

     

    Nominations close Sunday 16th January, 9:00am Israel time.

     

    Logos

     

    A huge thank you to Zahava Bogner for designing the logos for the JIB Awards. This is just an example of her amazing graphical work.

     

    Here is the logo to place on your site to promote the awards (white background and plain versions):

     

     

     

    And here is the logo to place on your site if you have been nominated (white background and plain versions):

     

     

     

    These logos have been embedded with the following link to the 2004 JIB Awards Main Page. I recommend that you also link to this page.


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    Topics:
  • New Category
  • Logos
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