Voting is now open, for anyone who wants to vote for any of the blogs below. A note about voting. Since you can vote once every 24 hours, this is a horse race. So to pick a winner, voting must be repeated until the poll closes next Tuesday at 5PM EST
I was surprised to be nominated for this. In fact I found out about it from gary Boden in an email by way of Lucia. The contest organizers didn’t notify me directly.
But still, it is rather fun.
Voting will open on Monday.
Last Year Climate Audit and Bad Astronomy tied…but is was only due to some “automated” voting that went on past poll closing time which made determining a winner nearly impossible. You can vote more than once, daily if I recall correctly, but word has it they’ve made the poll more secure this year.
Don’t get too wrapped up in this, which is really just a popularity contest. I’m just happy to be nominated. For me it’s about how to play the game, not being the winner, so in that spirit, here is the list of ALL finalists. Choose your favorite. If we (and I say we because WUWT is a community of people, it is not just about me) win, I promise I won’t get up on stage and promise to “work for world peace”. 😉
Best Science Blog
Finalists:
PaulHClark,
Well said; that is one of the best posts describing this site of Anthony’s. I heartily agree with your sentiments.
FakeClimate, aka RealClimate, is being creamed by Climate Audit by 2:1… serves FC right.
[snip – ad hom]
I wonder, is the weblogs award site under DOS attack? I cannot get to it right now.
Well… I know it has been said a few times, but don’t forget to vote every 24 hours. Also you can get friends and family to vote. If you have access to lots of computers, of course, you can vote on all of them. WUWT was above 37% but has now fallen to about 34%. The bragging rights are a plus, but the real satisfaction, for me at least, will be reading all the wailing and moaning on the AGW sites. I can hardly wait. 🙂
Mike Bryant
I voted just now for WUWT. I echo the above positive sentiments as a non-science guy (chemical engineer and attorney). Great site! Learning a lot about interesting things. Am also buying stock in insulation manufacturers. (Hint hint)
WUWT was in first place at around 36 percent, next best was 25.
Btw, even Los Angeles is colder than normal for January — our year-to-date heating degree days are greater than average by 40 percent. There. I just wrote a very misleading, yet accurate, statement. (chose a very short period, where normal is 35, we have had 49). Sympathies to those who are having it really cold! “When your feet are cold, put on a hat!”
Roger E. Sowell
Marina del Rey, California
Mike Bryant… yep, I voted about 15 times at the computer lab at school today
Well done Anthony! Currently you are out in front, lets hope it stays that way.
I just got in. Maybe it is not an intentional DOS, just the result of massive loads on the server(s).
I’ve already voted today for WUWT. I was wanting to get in and vote for Lubos Motl for best European blog. I’m happy to see that he’s currently leading in his category, as is Anthony in his.
Mike C (14:15:57) :
Mike Bryant… yep, I voted about 15 times at the computer lab at school today
I’m not sure I’d publicize this. And I think they are trying to prevent this kind of effort to game the system.
REPLY: I frown on such things, especially scripting exploits. But I was dismayed to find that Realclimate published a link to script exploit in their own coverage of the contest. Quite disappointing. – Anthony
Remember: voting is allowed once every 24 hours, not once a day. A full 24 hours must elapse between votes.
Because of all the voting their server is slow. But once you get in, it takes only a click to vote. Here’s the voting page: click
Everyone who votes for WUWT gets 100,000 free carbon offsets. Per vote! So vote, and then go here to get your free offsets: click
I am dismayed…I have to choose between Anthony and Steve???
(Maybe I will vote twice).
Fantastic! I am the proud owner of 200K carbon offsets, which offsets (excuses) 200K metric tons of carbon I produce. Gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. Certificate is suitable for framing, too. Get them while they last.
Got my vote in for today.
I see WUWT has backed off a bit from this morning’s high of 38% {most recent number is 34.1%}. Still holding at about 500+ votes ahead of nearest competitor. Looks like Bad Astronomy got out the gate late and is making some gains.
And as for multi-voting — come on people – get a life already.
Woo hoo… WUWT continues to pull away.. 🙂
Nope, rules say you can vote once per day per computer… if you have more computers than the next guy then phoey
Why start now?
Vote here.
Jeff Alberts, EXACTLY!!!
And on that note, it’s been 24 hours so here’s one for the desktop… the laptop… the phone…. and a tissue for those who can’t cope
It’s really neat that Anthony has so many friends all around the world who are voting for this website. The votes keep pouring in from around the globe.
Anthony, it’s nice to see you doing so well. Best of luck. Some of the mean-spiritedness elsewhere is disappointing, but at least we can be cheerful. Cheers, Steve
REPLY: Thank you Steve. Being of good cheer is the best motivation for success and happiness. I wish you well. – Anthony
Get a loada this! She’s shaping up for a landslide! In a field of ten, the Good Guy has over a third of the vote!
While they have been primping their hair (or whatever it is they primp), you have cut them off at the knees.
Hear them flail and roar and howl! Howl! Children of the night. What a beautiful music they make!
There is a boarding-house four miles away.
Where they serve rotten eggs four times a day.
Oh, how those boarders yell
When they hear that dinner bell
Four times a day!
If you go by number of Ph.D. contributors, RC has you all beat by a mile.
Yes, RC does pull in the educated incapacity crowd, doesn’t it?
I just deleted a post which discussed cheating. Cheating is not to be tolerated. Period.