Blog Awards
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So what do you guys do about blog-type awards or listings on prestigious directories?
Do you go after them? Do you thank the directories? Do you post the little gizmo graphic that they suggest?
Let me lead off with how I look at this…
I’ve only gone for one award in my writing life. I entered a GWA Golden Globe awards with a book I wrote (Gardening Wisdom) and it won the best writing award that year out of the all the various writing categories. I also received a Canada Council Award for it. I was pretty pleased but the reason I entered it was that I was hoping for at least an honorable mention so I could then write “award-winning garden writer” after my name. And I hoped my publisher would do something with it and flog my book even more (they didn’t) I haven’t entered since (some would say my writing has gone downhill anyway) 
I’ve never entered or promoted my blog for the garden blogging awards but I think they’re a heck of a lot of fun to watch and see who gets awarded those coveted badges. I do visit each of the nominees and winners to check ‘em out. But I’m not overly interested in entering or winning (good thing too I suspect) because I’m not looking for awards anymore. I have my own standards for success and I’m pretty much hitting them (but then I go and increase the darn targets).
I got put up by Alltop lately and seem to have joined a goodly group of garden bloggers. So it looks like I’m in good company there and I’m really pleased to have been included.
They gave me the option of putting their badge on my site but I can’t decide whether to do it or not - even though Guy Kawasaki is one of the leading folks over there and I enjoy his blog “How To Save the World” immensely.
Reminds me of the old lines “If nominated I will not run, if elected I will not serve” etc.
But what do you guys think about getting awards and putting badges up on your pages? Good thing - bad thing? Do it? Don’t do it?
Should I put one of these badges up on my site? Would you?
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I put one of those badges on my blog.
Guy Kawasaki
I didn’t know about Alltop until I read about here on this post.
Carol - well, as a fellow AllTopper - are you going to put up the badge?
Guy - yeah, well that comes as a big surprise.
Alltop has my BumblebeeBlog listed, but not my Examiner.com page. Still, I’m impressed at the number of gardeners/blogs listed that I know. Someone has done their homework.
Will I put on a badge? I suppose I’ll look at the traffic and see.
Robin
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@Robin Wedewer -
Hi Robin - interesting traffic from them and I did decide to put up the badge. Alltop is getting some really good press across the Net so…
Doug,
Thanks for adding the badge after all!
Guy
@Guy Kawasaki -
Guy - Alltop’s a useful reference point and what the heck - I always wanted to wear a badge.
Besides, my partner scolded me and told me it was time to start using all the resources I had rather than hanging back. I’m not sure I feel comfortable letting the size of my list loose on “voting” for these things (I’m the 900 pound gorilla with a large subscriber list) but this one means something because of the editorial slant. As for “thanks” the shoe is on the other foot here - thank you for including me.
I added the badget, the one that says “seriously, I got in?”
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@Carol, May Dreams Gardens -
Good for you!