For all the bloggers out there, November could either be a stressful or a rewarding month - or even both.
Why? Because November is the month that the online blog awards, the Best of the Blogs competition (BOBs for short), will conclude and announce its winners.
Now in its fifth year, the BOBs have announced the finalists as of today; 176 blogs have been chosen for the finals, but out of the more than 8,500 blogs that originally entered the competition, less than 100 were from Canada.
According to the BOBs' map, the majority of the blogs were from Brazil (1,071), Spain (1,004) and France (1,337). Other big contributors were Argentina, Russia, China and Indonesia.
In North America, the U.S. led the way, but not by much. With 216 votes, the country beat out Mexico's 181 by a small margin. Canada, on the other hand, had only 76, the majority of which were split between Toronto and Montreal.
Perhaps this is more of an indicator that blogging is a faster-growing phenomenon in less wealthy countries where blogging is a more valuable and respected form of expression than in countries where blogs -and the Internet - are taken for granted.
By checking the BOBs' map, one can see that countries all over the world have entered into the competition, from Uganda (10 blogs) to Guatemala (9 blogs).
Founded by Deutsche Welle and sponsored by HP, O'Reilly Publishing, and others the BOBs accept blogs from 11 different languages and give awards in a variety of different categories.
To vote on the finalists or to keep an eye on the site for your chance to enter next year, go to http://www.thebobs.com/.
Why? Because November is the month that the online blog awards, the Best of the Blogs competition (BOBs for short), will conclude and announce its winners.
Now in its fifth year, the BOBs have announced the finalists as of today; 176 blogs have been chosen for the finals, but out of the more than 8,500 blogs that originally entered the competition, less than 100 were from Canada.
According to the BOBs' map, the majority of the blogs were from Brazil (1,071), Spain (1,004) and France (1,337). Other big contributors were Argentina, Russia, China and Indonesia.
In North America, the U.S. led the way, but not by much. With 216 votes, the country beat out Mexico's 181 by a small margin. Canada, on the other hand, had only 76, the majority of which were split between Toronto and Montreal.
Perhaps this is more of an indicator that blogging is a faster-growing phenomenon in less wealthy countries where blogging is a more valuable and respected form of expression than in countries where blogs -and the Internet - are taken for granted.
By checking the BOBs' map, one can see that countries all over the world have entered into the competition, from Uganda (10 blogs) to Guatemala (9 blogs).
Founded by Deutsche Welle and sponsored by HP, O'Reilly Publishing, and others the BOBs accept blogs from 11 different languages and give awards in a variety of different categories.
To vote on the finalists or to keep an eye on the site for your chance to enter next year, go to http://www.thebobs.com/.
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