Too pageanty, yes? LOL. The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009 Writing Project is now officially accepting your nominations. Having been voted and having won as one of the ten last year was a great honor moreso since I never directly pimped fritzified.com except for the occasional “thank you (nominator), for the mention. You undoubtedly have exquisite taste!” It was as good a tactic as any that ultimately worked in the end, whodathunk?!
I personally believe that there’s nothing wrong with pimping your site so long as you deserve the mention, IMHO, because I’ve this incompressible belief that winners of this particular blog writing project can directly or otherwise influence what form future blogs can become. Will soliciting votes and ultimately winning do the results justice regardless of the winning blog’s merit? It will if, again, only IMHO, the blogs pushed for nomination can meet these criteria: relevance, uniqueness, and brilliance coupled with sound (not audio, stupid LOL) content. A tall order, yes, but I won’t waste my vote by settling with mediocrity.
I have to come clean at this stage of this write-up, though. I admit that I have not been “all over” enough to experience newly creted blogs unless they have been mentioned in the social networks I frequent. It would be a shame if I miss giving them my vote… make that “it would be a shame if I miss giving them A PAST WINNER’S PRESTIGIOUS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND WIN.” That said, I am making myself available for suggestions as to what blogs should make it to my list of top ten list this year. There is, however, no guarantee of a nomination unless my criteria are met.
(UPDATED LIST!) Having said what I must, here’s my partial FINAL list for the Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs 2009:
Fritzparazzi: Detox Your Mind’s Eye (photoblog): what was originally a gallery have become home to my 3-of-a-kind theme’d photo blog posts, showcasing a selected few my shots as aided by different cameras. Now, if only I could update it more often.
[EDIT] I’m bowing out of this, taking away my photo blog site, to give way to one more nomination.
- Pet Society Blog (gaming): this blog is a supplement to the game Pet Society, first game to ever have 1 million fans, in Facebook. Site is updated weekly of news and information relevant to the game.
- Numbrd (photoblog): photos + numbers + trivia = a brilliant photoblog by Andrew Dela Serna, author of ratified.org. If only he’d update it more often.
- Internet Marketing X’s & O’s (internet marketing): Regnard Raquedan who recently finished his MBA in AIM, shares his expertise on internet marketing via this blog.
- Elyoo (independent fashion): Some of us sense it when somebody blogs to share their passion. Elyoo’s is fashion, styling, and photography/digital imaging. She’s so darn good at it, too. Visit her site and you might get glimpses of the answer to the nagging question, Who IS Elyoo?
- Vedio: The World Domination of Paolo Mendoza (personal/humor): It has wit, is provocative, it’s gutsy, and it’s a tool (supposedly) for world domination. What combo can be more awesome than that?! His entry about his entry about the convo he had with a call marketer who happened to wake him up cracked me up bad. Click the link and vote for it! Be forewarned that it’s not a video blog. It’s THE Vedio Blog!
Paolo’s accounts were hacked a couple of weeks ago so this site is not now what it once was. Ang sayang, grabe. I’m hereby changing my nomination to the one new site that gave us all the LULZ in recent months. For the new 5th spot, I’m voting for Hay! Men! Ang Blog Ng Mga Tunay Na Lalake! (humor) I thought for a while that they’ll be gone after a few month but they’re still at it: castrating men or strapping balls on women (or things), one blog post at a time. - Through the Focal Glass (personal/photos): What elevates a blog to a photo blog than a mere web repository of photos? I label mine as “a personal blog either showcasing or supported by photos” which actually makes more sense than me calling it a photo blog or a photography blog because it’s not always the case. Anyway, this photo-peppered blog chronicles Johnn Tiu’s exploits with his chums from the Cebu Bloggers’ Society (CBS) and his personal insights as student, son, and promising photographer.
- VideoChops (vlog): as promising as his other vlog site, Coy yet again ventures into a, surprise surprise, vlog site! This time, though, he has bigger plans, just you watch out.
- Bakla sa 2010 (advocacy): He’s put up must-do’s and things you should know on matters that are voters’ registration and elections related. Bookmark his site if you haven’t registered for the 2010 Elections yet. Site is ran by no other than AJ Matela.
- Magnetic-Rose.net (pop culture): In time, Japan will rule the world. Until then, all we can do is oogle at the cutesyness of anime, jpop artists, doramas, and manga from afar, unless we get our asses on a plane bound for Tokyo/Osaka/Hokaido. Good thing there’s Magnetic-Rose, bringing Japanese pop culture closer to the hentai’s fanatic’s heart.
- Kelvinonian Ideas (personal): he has a steady fanbase so he must be doing something right.
Six (edit) Three slots remain so please stay tuned for the rest. Again, I’m accepting suggestions via the comment box below or my contact page.
Special thanks to Absolute Traders, My Brute Cheats, Business Summaries, Fitness Advantage Club, Events and Corporate Video, Events at Work, Dominguez Marketing Communications, Red Mobile and Blog4Reviews.com for sponsoring the Top Ten Emerging Influential Blogs of 2009 Writing Project.
Twitter Updates
17 May 2009 at 8:38 pm
PET SOCIETY!!! hehehe….
17 May 2009 at 8:44 pm
In behalf of a friend… magnetic-rose.net :D
17 May 2009 at 8:47 pm
SInce I can’t play on Mondays, I look at their updates na muna. Makes me want to leave work, go home, and play agad. Addict mode. Besides, the guys from Play Fish has made the game more and more interesting as time went.
17 May 2009 at 8:48 pm
Thanks, Nins! Saw it! Consider it voted!
17 May 2009 at 9:08 pm
im suggesting – http://absolutecousins.com/ and http://www.happyfoodies.com/ ^^
17 May 2009 at 9:23 pm
ur right…. Pet society is one of my fave games… ^__^
17 May 2009 at 9:59 pm
Best of luck to all the nominees =)
18 May 2009 at 5:43 pm
wow! good luck..
19 May 2009 at 7:20 am
Thanks Fritz for the mention of the Pet Society Blog! :) Was a very nice surprise when I was directed here!
19 May 2009 at 9:42 am
Splendid job on the blog, Sonya. You guys deserve the mention. It is seldom that I get to see games whose updates come in almost the exact same time as a blog entry (with insider background info to boot!). Besides, the updates has readily given the whiners (in the forum) something to chew on in the absence of new items or spiffy game enhancements. This is my own way of saying thank you for taking Pet Society to a whole different level.
19 May 2009 at 5:02 pm
I hope I can make it on your list. Hehe.. Kidding aside but congratulations to all nominees…
20 May 2009 at 1:08 am
Some notes:
1. Snow who wished the nominees good luck is a good candidate herself. She’s on my list. Ahem
2. Kelvin who commented he’s into Pet Society is on my list as well. Another Ahem.
3. If you know Roy of Struggling Blogger – well, in terms of writing mojo, this guy never struggles.
4. Ada of Adaphobic is a great blogger and has a fantastic looking blog.
5. If you’re into poetry Doc Z of Zorlone fits the bill.
6. If you love momblogs kindly consider Dee of Tales from the Mom Side. She’s a lawyer too. And a great host to her community.
They’re mind kind of people. I’d be happy if you take a sampling of their work.
I know this is more than a mouthful. “,) Thanks a lot.
22 May 2009 at 1:28 am
hi fritz — i found you via nina :) i came to personally show my appreciation for your consideration of my new blog as one of your possible picks for the TOP 10 EMERGING INFLUENTIAL BLOGS. thanks again, and i hope i do as good a job as you do with your fabulous blog. have a great day!
23 May 2009 at 6:34 pm
hello there. found your blog indirectly via YeahDrew which is also link from winston’s blog (batangyagit).
Congratulations dude. you’re pretty seem an industrious blogger. i think it paid off. :-)
24 May 2009 at 4:45 am
Check out The Singing Blogger, the only blog that sings! :P
24 May 2009 at 7:20 am
Thanks Fritz! :D
24 May 2009 at 11:06 pm
Hi Fritz. I’d like to invite you to visit my blog at TalesFromTheMomSide.com. It’s a blog about parenting which started last January this year. I hope you’ll like it enough to include it in your list. Thanks
30 May 2009 at 8:43 am
Hello, hope you could visit my page.
Thanks,
Irene
11 June 2009 at 2:25 pm
VideoChops.com! ;)
18 June 2009 at 5:29 pm
Hi Fritz!
Great job on choosing the nominees! I just would like to put my blog out there (http://doctordude.net) and may be you can consider it to complete your 2009 list.
Many thanks man! Keep up the good work :D
26 July 2009 at 1:28 pm
Hi Fritz. Kindly update this blog post on or before August 3 in order to be counted.
For inclusion in the raffle, please ensure that the latest list of sponsors is reflected.
Thank you.
1 August 2009 at 8:48 pm
Hi Fritz. This is to mark your entry as complete and included you in teh raffle as well. Hope you can attend the August 8 event. Thank you.
1 August 2009 at 9:01 pm
Thanks Tita Janette, I’ll be there. Good luck to all the nominees!