Cast Your Votes for The BOBs! · Global Voices
Jillian C. York

Back in September, Global Voices urged you to nominate your favorite blogs from around the world for The BOBs (Best of the Blogs) – now it's time to put on your thinking caps again, and get out there and vote!  The awards, hosted by Deutsche Welle, are the most internationally inclusive awards of their kind, and intend to present a wide spectrum of the world blogosphere.
While it's up to you to choose your favorites, bloggers are already pushing hard for theirs; one such blogger is Final Cut Producer, who recommends voting for Alive in Baghdad, a video blog about daily life in Iraq nominated to the Best Video Blog.
Oiwan Lam of Global Voices recently highlighted the nominees in the Best Chinese Blogs category, helping out those of us who aren't able to read Chinese (see Global Voices’ China page for translations of many Chinese-language blogs)
A blogger from my own city of residence, Boston, has also been nominated, reported Cape Cod Today.  The blogger, Peter Kenney aka The Great Gadfly, was nominated in the Best English blogs category.
But it's not just about encouraging votes.  Several nominated bloggers have posted thanks or given “speeches.”
The author of Health Blog is grateful for the nomination, saying:
It really is so nice to get a nod from blog readers. Winning isn’t the prize – knowing that I’ve touched someone’s life is. So thanks for this nomination, and for the other “nods” over the years.
Web page logging or Blogging, is over a decade old. And the world seems more accessible and “smaller” as a result. I’m so glad to be a part of it. I learn so much everyday. I get to blab and exchange ideas about important issues and share some of the more lighthearted things in life with others. I’ve made meaningful connections to wonderful people all over the world. And I’m able to do this all from in the comfort of my own home, office or coffee shop.
Blogging is so cool.
The Arabist, another nominee for Best English Blog, gives props to fellow nominees as well:
Of course, just as this happens I am informed that The Arabist has been nominated for a Best of the Blogs – English award. Thank you to whoever nominated me, it’s really quite something to be running against wonderful major blogs such as TPM Muckraker, The Consumerist or MAKE ZINE. I have been running this blog for nearly five years now, and it’s been a great experiment.
So whether you have a favorite blog or would just like to support one that's up and coming, go cast your votes for the Best of the Blogs in fifteen categories.