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Best UK Recruitment Blog 2009 - Sirona streaks ahead

Don't worry, no naked pictures (this time).

I did a blind poll late last week and according to the results Sirona is out of the trap first and streaking ahead with the most votes so far.  But does he have the staying power.  According to @saraheadworth he always talks a good talk but is always over well before Liverpool kick-off.  Maybe he will the same winter of discontent as Rafa.  Or will @billboorman get his fruit cake follower to add nasty comments to this blog to persuade you in his favour?

He may be ahead right now but there are another 4 weeks of play to go.  Don't let the blind poll lead you astray. 

Jedward may have gone (at long last) but Pandy are here to stay!!

Click here to vote.

Seth Godin may be wrong on this one?

Looks like Seth felt the urge to follow me (:>] in commenting on Rupert Murdoch thinking of blocking search engines from his site. 

Best UK Recruitment Blog 2009 - Come on refereeeeeee

What is it with the referee of this very serious competition.  Having asked for my blog to be given the correct name in the list I am still waiting for it to be corrected.  A slight of hand on Louise's keyboard and the outcome could be impacted fairly but, by ignoring my plea's for fairness she leaves me with no option but to play on and hope for the best.  In the meantime, I have notified FIFA of my concerns.

Help me avoid legal action against FIFA; click here to vote today.

UPDATE: The referee has listened to my plea for equality and corrected my blog name.  Is this just a ruse to get me off the conspiracy theory trail?

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Best UK Recruitment Blog 2009 - Sirona and Botman conspire against me

Sirona are out to win this year and have even pulled out the big guns to help (see Unblog point 4).  But maybe Andy needs to focus his efforts in helping out Rafa; or has he given up on European football and accepted that Leicester, Derby and Nottingham are more convenient than Manchester and London?  Looks like second place is his real calling.

Please help me stop this outrageous conspiracy; click here to vote!

Best UK Recruitment Blog 2009 - Louie's rules

On what basis did the Top 10 become the Top 10.  Believe it or not, there was good reason.  Here follow the Top 10 rules with the blogs that offend Louie rule-by-rule.

1. Writing a few recent posts is a good start. (Thoughts on online recruitment [not many thoughts!])
2. You cannot just start writing again during the competition period. (Picture More)
3. Your blog has to be interesting rather than dull, dull, dull. (GAAPWeb)
4. Your blog must be your own and not a company blog. (Reckitt Benckiser)
5. You cannot be a medley of experts just to get some volume of posts. (Digital Recruiting)
6. You have to be original and not just a karaoke act. (Recruitment 2.0)
7. Outright plagiarism is not acceptable - put some effort in. (Simply Better)
8. Posts have to be more than a few lines of nothingness. (Enhance Media)
9. You need to write something new not state the bleeding obvious. (RiseSmart)
10. You must look like a blog star, sound like a blog star, and act like a blog star. (See this post)

Of course, some of you may well feel the rules have not been applied consistently.  Can I therefore refer you to the Louie Walsh Rule Book, rule 78, sub-section C, paragraph 4:

"The rules may be applied inconsistently to please the judge and any judgee considering this to be unfair - tough luck".

Please cast your votes; voting closes on December 14.  Click here to vote now.

Best UK Recruitment Blog 2009 - The battle is ON!

The 2009 contest started this week but having seen the list there are very few real contenders; bit like the Premiership! 

Or will we see Man City Madler use his newly acquired millions to race to the front but burn out at the end?  Will Blunter shout and swear to the front.  Maybe a Hull City moment from them up North?  Will Enhance blame the ref when he slips on Dave's Bananas?  It's a bit of a haul until the end of the voting season but at the end of the day it's down to just two.  Staying power, big mouths, even bigger opinions but whose got the loudest fans.  Will it be the kop crying into their beer yet again?  They are getting used to losing so maybe, just maybe, it is their time?

So who's gonna get your vote?  Click here to vote now.

Bloggers: the loud minority or another dying breed?

I subscribe to 20 blogs.  I have left my reader unchecked for about 6 weeks as a test to build up 717 unread posts.  Here are some interesting stats:

1. 550. (Mashable)
2. 71. (AllFacebook)
3. 17.
4. 17.
5. 12
6. All others in single figures.

I was quite surprised by the stats.  You could of course take out Mashable as it is more of a publication really which still means that the majority of posts is by 1 blog. 

So are bloggers dying off?  Do I need a new list? How does your RSS list compare?

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Do we need a blog and a twitter account or is just one enough?  Even a short message has a place on a blog and vice versa; and if both connect with each other why do one instead of the other?