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Bloggies = WTF?

Sure, I’m biased, but according to both engadget’s traffic numbers, and number of technorati mentions, Engadget is still popular. However, not nominated for a single bloggie. Yeah, they’re the 100lb gorilla of technology blogs, but does that mean they shouldn’t be nominated? For anything? At All?

I haven’t gone through the full list yet, but looks like Weblogs, Inc.’s AOL affiliation has hurt it in the “rep” category. I still think TV Squad, Engadget, BloggingStocks (plug!), AutoBlog and Joystiq are some of the best blogs on the interwebs, but hey, what do I know?

Gawker’s dirty tricks

I have nothing against Gizmodo.  They speak for themselves, they do their own thing, Engadget does their own thing, but somehow when I do a vanity search for my name, or for Evan Blass, another Engadget editor, Gizmodo shows up on the front page of results.  Weird, right?  I think they’re doing something shady with their results, but it could also be that link farms are linking to both Engadget and Gizmodo pages in the same post, using Engadget’s post and byline.  Anyone else have any more info?