UPDATE: It is official now, here’s a screencap from the Bloggies page:
I really like the fact that they used a thermometer in the design.
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This was truly surprising. According to the Bloggies Facebook page, WUWT has been named the first ever winner of the Best Science Blog category (new this year for the Bloggies), beating Wired and Boing Boing, both of whom have way more reach and traffic than we do. I suppose it demonstrates the loyalty of our readers.
I have no idea as to the votes or margins, all that remains hidden, and probably for good measure. No voting wars broke out with this contest like we saw with Climate Audit and Bad Astronomy in 2007, and that’s a good thing.
I’ll make no speeches like Sally Field’s famous 1984 Oscar speech: “You like me, you really like me!” which is actually a misquote, and a popular parody.
I’ll simply say “thank you dear readers”, and leave it at that. I also owe thanks to the many moderators and guest bloggers that make WUWT what it is. You are winners too.
I have a temporary badge up, a permanent one follows when they have it all completed. The main page here http://2011.bloggi.es should have the announcement soon – Anthony
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Congrats to Anthony and the Moderators.
Just posted the great news to my FB wall. I want all my friends to know where I get so freaking smart. Oh and it doesnt hurt to show them that…I read the best science blog. :p
Congrats Anthony and crew, you all earned it.
Congratulations! WUWT is really the best science site, and now it’s official.
Anthony and his mods are terrific. I appreciate having my comments approved fast, without waiting hours, or even a day or more. (Or never, like with climateprogress and realclimate.)
Congrats to Anthony and all at WUWT that make this a must visit site daily. Also thanks to those who’s posts add to the quality of the content.
Congratulations Anthony.
You have earned the loyalty of your readers through your honesty and integrity. Look after both: they’re valuable assets today.
A much-deserved award for Mr. Anthony Watts, and the moderators who, with no (or next-to-no) renumeration for thier efforts, strive for scientific truth in a veritable sea of half-thruths, incompetence, deception, and downright lies (damn lies?)!!!
I recall when I became fed up with the “global warming” tidal wave as it swept through my favorite periodicals such as National Geographic and Scientific American. As was so with many of you, I subsequently discontinued my subscriptions shortly after the sea change. Heck, after reading that every possible bad outcome to any and all situations real or imagined that were or possibly could happen were attributable to humans and thier evil fossil-fuel use, I seriously began to doubt what I had been intially induced to take as truth – how in the world could “catastrophic anthropogenic global warming” cause my rear to chafe and become red? Something was wrong here… and then I discovered WUWT in late 2007/early 2008. This site has given me insight to cement what were my initial doubts – the science was not, and is still not “settled”. I work in an environment where many around me blindly follow the IPCC and all things CAGW, and must use caution when calling them on their faith…I merely direct them to this supremely wonderful site. I would like to think I have utilized your site to make a few converts…or at least cause a few of the faithful to question..it all starts from a small seed…
Any way, science is alive and kicki’ here on WUWT, congratulations on an award that was earned, not given.
I salute you and yours. Thanks for all you have done, and will do. Reading your site is like wearing a comfortable pair of shoes!!!
Michael C. Roberts
Terrific!
Congratulations to Anthony, the contributors, the moderators and of course those who post on WUWT. This truly is the best climate web site and the award is very much deserved.
Good to see Real science is the winner today. Congrats guys!
Congratulations, a victory for evidence based scientific scrutiny rather than the ridiculous notion that science ever moved forward by “consensus”.
Another remarkable award. Congratulations. Well done.
Congratulations Anthony! It is a well-deserved honor.
Congratulations and thank you. Thank you for being an interesting an informative website. You are my first port of call (followed by CA, The Bish and others), particularly when I feel the warmist wagons circling around and I need to come to you for more ammo. Here in the UK we are so much further down the rocky road to ruin and the total acceptance of the CAGW mantra by central and local government and, as a local councillor, it often feels like one is bashing one’s head against a very hard brick wall. Reading the contributions from you, Anthony, and other contributors AND the replies from all over the world makes it a little easier knowing that there are thousands of others thinking pretty much the same way.
Well done!!!
Nice! Felicataciones!
Congratulations Anthony. Well merited and deserved with untarnished credibility and integrity intact, unlike Gore’s farcical award of a Nobel Prize.
Thank you too, to all other posters who, with their comments and links have enriched and revitalised my relatively long life.
RealClimate.com hasn’t posted a new article since 2/22/11. It appears to be in its death throes. That’s gotta hurt.
Well done, Anthony, guest posters, the mods, and all WUWT readers and commenters!
This is great news. Now where, I wonder, did skepticalscience come? Oh, of course, this category was for a science blog.
Thank you Anthony for shaping this blog the way you have and for providing many hours of enlightened reading. You deserve this award and I can see bigger and better awards in your future.
Let me be the three hundred seventieth to say, “Congratulations!” (And thank you.)
Congratulations. You deserve this award and more. Well done.
Thank you for all your hard word. These mere words on this page cannot begin to express the appreciation I have for your work.
I voted and got a confirmation, and tried again after the “15 hrs.”, but later found that subsequent votes merely over-wrote the previous one(s). A good control system; only one vote per person.
Btw, what’s with the references to “thumbs up/down” on comments? I don’t see that function, even when I tell “NoScript” to allow everything.
IAC, it’s very satisfying to have helped make WUWT a winner. And finding out about the Rev. Dubya moniker is a bonus!
😀
Maybe there is some justice after all:
Congrats; you definitely earned it.
And thank you to both Anthony & the moderator crew, for putting in all the hours necessary to keep the wheels on.
I checked out the site; it’s very well done, and full of interesting material.
http://www.anorak.co.uk/
Correction: Anorak is fairly well done, and has some interesting material, on further inspection. A bit Tabloid for my taste, I’m afraid.