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Hey! Could I get a little bit of help, please! The 2013 Bloggies are about to close!


logotype of The Weblog Awards (Bloggies)
logotype of The Weblog Awards (Bloggies) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I’m not exactly sure how this happened, or how I missed this but a couple of weeks ago I noticed a massive spike in readership here at The Urban Daddy and after a very quick check of my statistics I came to realize that I had a whole bunch of new readers coming to see me from The 2013 Weblog Awards aka The Bloggies.

The specific reason for the increased traffic was because many folks were dropping by to learn more about this blog which was nominated, and made it to the finals of the 2013 Weblog Awards in the following two categories.

Best Parenting or Family Weblog
Best Canadian Weblog

I’ve always been a big fan of the Bloggies because of their global coverage and I looked through many of the other blogs who made the finals in their respective categories and there are some pretty awesome blogs out there being written by some pretty amazing writers. Being nominated is really great, as I’ve said before after being nominated for the Canadian Weblog Awards, it’s great just to be nominated.  That someone other than myself has taken the time to put forward my URL is quite humbling. (thanks Mom!).

But now I need your help, and I need it quickly! I don’t normally beg or ask for favours but I’m going to do both today. I need your vote! Please.

Voting for the 2013 Bloggies closes on March 17th, and all you need to do in order to vote for me (or someone else if you like them better) is follow the link to their website, here, then vote for at least 3 blogs, enter the security code and your email and you are almost done. You will receive an email from The Bloggies to ensure you are legitimate, and once you confirm that, your vote goes through. Nice and easy!

But remember to only vote once, please. If you vote more than once, the awards use your most recent vote.  We don’t want to waste your time now, do we?

Then, after that has been completed, you can sit back until the 24th of March, at which time you can Watch the Ceremony from 8:00-10:30 PM EST (UTC-5) on the Bloggies’ Twitter feed and Facebook page. One winner will be announced approximately every five minutes, culminating with the Weblog of the Year at 10:30, at which point the winners will be posted to the site. Follow the feed to keep up to date on the Bloggies!

If you are able to take the time to vote, I appreciate it. Heck, I’m happy that you even come by, subscribe and “like” my blog.

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2012 Canadian Weblog Awards: I’ve been nominated!


My blog, The Urban Daddy has been nominated for the 2012 Ninjamatics Canadian Weblog Awards. What a great way to end up 2012.

I have always felt that as Canadians we need to speak up more and promote our own blogging talents.  We live in the best country in the world and we’re a little on the shy side, a lot on the polite side – not as in your face as some other countries (ahem: America).  🙂  So it’s really great that the kind folks at Ninjamatics are doing all of us bloggers a favour by creating and hosting these awards.

It’s always an honour to be nominated, which I have before, but as these awards grow in popularity it seems even less likely that I will ever win because the talent in each category is out of this world.  I’ve been going through the nominations in each category and with each blog I check out I am more and more impressed.  We’ve got some great bloggers up here in Canada, eh?

The Urban Daddy has been nominated in three categories;

2010 Canadian Weblog Awards

Family & Parenting,

General Interest,

and Lifetime Achievement.

The Ninjamatics’ 2012 Canadian Weblog Awards are a juried competition which means — no voting – so I don’t have to ask (or beg) people to vote for me.  Yay.

The nominees shortlist will be announced on January 15, 2013, and the winners will be announced on January 31, 2013.

A running blogroll of the nominees is kept on the Ninjamatics website throughout the year so that they can continue to highlight Canada’s blogging talent. 

2012 Canadian Weblog Awards nominee

2010 Blogger Choice Awards


Let me begin by saying that it really is an honour just to be nominated.

The last time any of my blogs were nominated for any such award was back in 2007, I believe. If I recall correctly, I received 13 votes that year (and you cannot vote for yourself).

So how did I get nominated – and is this real or is this a joke, I’m sure you are all thinking (eh, Nat?). Well, I received an email the other day stating that I was nominated – and had received votes for – the 2010 Blogger Choice Awards in the following categories;

1) Best Parenting Blog
2) Hottest Daddy Blogger
3) Best Blog about Stuff

The links to these awards in order to vote for me, if you would like to, are on the right.

Heck, I’d like to crack, at least the top 10.

Update: Thank you to those of you who took the time to point out to me that the code given to me was incorrect. Now, if you would like to take the time to vote for me in any of those categories, the codes are updated and your vote would actually be for me. 🙂

Best Parenting Blog Nomination – Blogger Choice Awards 2007.


My site was nominated under the Best Parent Blog category on the Bloggers Choice Awards.

How nice.  I wonder which one of my readers nominated me.  😉

I’ve always wondered what others think when they look at my blog compared to real blogs, written by actual journalists, or English majors, or people who spell check their blogs…

 

I take that back.  I don”t want to know.  🙂

 

Happy to be nominated and not to have needed to do it myself.

 

My site was nominated for Best Parenting Blog!

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