Blogs for Writers Contest Nears End

The end is coming! Only three days left to nominate A Writer's Edge as a Top Ten Blogs for Writers over at Michael Stelzner's Writing White Papers. Just hit the preceding link and leave a comment as Michael asks.

Here's the selection process:

1. Initial qualification: A site must have been nominated multiple times by multiple individuals (and be a blog). If someone nominated more than one blog, only the first nomination was counted.

2. Final winner selection:

* Quality of posts: A qualitative analysis of the content of posts will be examined. Educational and discussion-spurring posts are more valuable than self-promotional posts. (55% of decision)

* Frequency of posts: Blogs that write multiple posts per week will score higher. This is a sign of the blog’s commitment to blogging. (15%)

* Reader involvement: Blogs that have regular comments from readers are another sign of a healthy blog. In addition, the numbers of nominations for a specific blog play a part in this. (15%)

* Technorati.com Ranking: The number of other blogs that link to the blog shows the value of the content. (15%)