And the award for best blog goes to...

I've been browsing through the blogger choice awards' website and found many funny and interesting blogs. They have awards for blogs in many different categories, like for example 'best celebrity blogger', 'best corporate blog' and 'best gossip blog'.

The best celebrity blogger award went to Rosie O'Donell and her blog on rosie.com. The blog is really just general updates about what happens in her life, for example exhibitions she's seen or concerts she's gone to. On the rest of the website there's pictures, videos, links and an "ask Rosie section", where visitors can ask her questions, some very personal. I think this site is good since it gives us a glimpse into her personal life, and also since she's actually interacting with her fans and tries to answer all their questions. Rosie O'Donell may not be a major Hollywood A-lister, but despite this it is funny to get an idea of what her day-to-day life consists of. Just imagine if a much more famous person like Angelina Jolie or Cameron Diaz would keep a blog like this giving some more insight into their everyday life... The fact that Rosie is keeping a blog like this does render her lots of free and much needed publicity, and is a way for her to somewhat stay in the spotlight.

The best gossip blog naturally went to PEREZHILTON.com with his devilishly honest blog about the Hollywood celebrities. According to alexa.com Mr. Hilton has had a very steady continuum of visitors and continues to be incredibly popular. This blog has also been listed as number six on the Guardian's ranking of the world's 50 most powerful blogs. He's the number one celebrity fear, but does at the same time give them lots of attention and coverage, maybe just not on the things their PR people would like them to be in the spotlight for.

The award for the best corporate blog went to Scott Ragsdale CEO for the company Naseba. When first accessing the site a picture of a mafia-like bold man smoking a huge cigar appears, and the hopes for a good CEO blogs weakens slightly. However once you start reading his posts it's actually very entertaining and insightful reading. he also allows for all kind of comments and replies to them, even the negative ones. This makes the site very interactive, which is most certainly very beneficial to the company. It is not just a traditional CEO blog talking about the company and its employees. Scott incorporates happening from his daily life as well as company happenings, which makes it more personal and interesting to read.

I've just chosen some of all the blogs from the awards website, but by presenting awards to successful bloggers the interest for blogging is heightened and blogs are becoming more professional and interactive. We all like to be able to give feedback and have opinions about what we read, and overall it certainly looks like the big winners at these awards are the ones who allows for comments, critique and ideas and actually do reply to them!