2005 Bloggies Award Winners Announced
Posted on March 15, 2005
The winners of the 2005 Bloggies have been announced. The awards were given to weblogs in various topics and regions. Dooce won four awards including the categories Best American Weblog, Best Tagline, Best Humorous Weblog and Best Writing. Defamer won two awards and Lifetime Achievement winner Tom Coates' blog PlasticBag.org also won in the Best British or Irish Weblog category. The Weblog of the Year went to the Boing Boing weblog, which also won the award last year. Here is a complete list of the winners:
- Best Meme: Flickr
- Best Article or Essay about Weblogs: How to Blog
- Best Application for Weblogs: Movable Type
- Best Australian or New Zealand Weblog: What's New, Pussycat?
- Best Asian Weblog: Xiaxue
- Best African or Middle Eastern Weblog: Where is Raed?
- Best European Weblog: My Boyfriend Is a Twat
- Best British or Irish Weblog: PlasticBag.org
- Best Latin American Weblog: Overcaffeinated
- Best Canadian Weblog: Photojunkie
- Best American Weblog: Dooce
- Best Tagline of a Weblog: Dooce: "Not your average clenched-cheek sprint to the bathroom"
- Best Photography of a Weblog: Daily Dose of Imagery
- Best Non-Weblog Content of a Weblog Site: Gothamist
- Best Food Weblog: Cooking for Engineers
- Best Entertainment Weblog: Defamer
- Best Weblog about Politics: Wonkette
- Best Web Development Weblog: ScriptyGoddess
- Best Computer or Technology Weblog: Gizmodo
- Best Topical Weblog: Bookslut
- Best Glbt Weblog: How to Learn Swedish in 1000 Difficult Lessons
- Best Humorous Weblog: Dooce
- Best Writing of a Weblog: Dooce
- Best Group Weblog: Boing Boing
- Best Community Weblog: Slashdot
- Best-Designed Weblog: Loobylu
- Best-Kept-Secret Weblog: Teaching the Indie Kids to Dance Again
- Best New Weblog: Defamer
- Lifetime Achievement: Tom Coates
- Weblog of the Year: Boing Boing
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