The 2006 Weblog Awards are on. What are these awards? It is said to be the world’s largest blog competition, with over 1 million votes cast in the last three years for nearly 1,000 blogs. This year’s edition is the biggest ever with 45 categories to choose from. Nominations ended November 24, and voting began December 7 and will end December 15.

For the category for the Best Asian Blogs, there is one finalist from India- Desicritics. It has been a pleasure for me to be one of the desicritics for the past few months and I have contributed some pieces too.

To me, when we talk about this nomination to the finalists list, we are not talking about Desicritics only, but we are talking about India’s blogging talent in the Asian region. It would be a prouder moment if we win. I have voted almost half a dozen times already over the past week. So people, please do spend a minute and post your vote too.

To vote, visit this link, select Desicritics and click vote.

How come I’m writing this post on this blog - you are right to ask. Well, the blog/ web 2.0 technology has come on to become one of the latest tools of the PR profession. No other professional practice is using blogs to its advantage than PR - whether we are talking about corporates using blogs to make their statements, or individuals blogging to build their profiles. It’s time the industry returns the favour. And when Indian blogs win such an award, people start realising the importance of blogging in the Indian market place. These ‘people’ might consist of potential clients to the Indian PR industry….all of which will help grow the Indian PR industry, bring more business, etc., etc. …..Ok, I’m just tying to make a connection It’s just that I felt like requesting everyone to vote for the site I like and write for. Cheers.