Voting Update: This One's For John
January 12, 2009 Greeting, Wreckies! (Yep, I've upgraded you from "henchpeople". You're welcome.)
It has come to my attention that there's a bit of controversy brewing over at The Weblog Awards in regards to the number of votes Cake Wrecks is receiving there. Why? Well, I think this has something to do with it:
Yes, within mere hours of my post asking you to vote, Wrecks was catapulted into a hefty lead as thousands of you did exactly that. However, what I see as an outpouring of loving support from you loyal readers others see as possible fraud. Apparently there are those who find it hard to believe that a goofy cake blog could garner such support - so much so that there is now a discussion on TWA's boards where accusations are flying hot n' heavy. (Although I must say that TWA moderator Sean is handling it extremely well.)
Now, personally this little "issue" doesn't bother me. I know that about 48,000 of you read this blog every single work day, and since The Weblog Awards allows you to vote once a day those numbers are not unreasonable. However, my darling, dear husband is, shall we say, "affronted". He seems to see this as a point of honor which must be defended. How? By doing it again, of course!
That's right, so in case you haven't already, please, for the sake of my dear affronted hubby John, go vote again for Cake Wrecks. Let's show those negative-Nancy-nincompoops that it doesn't take a hacker or automated scamming whichydoodles to get a landslide victory at The Weblog Awards; it just take a kick-a$$ blog audience. This is the last day of voting, so let's go out with a bang, shall we?
To kick a$$, CLICK HERE.
Oh, and not to beat a dead horse or anything, but could one of you nominate Wrecks in the more appropriate category of "best humor blog" or "best new blog" over at the Bloggies? Nominations close today at 10pm EST. Thanks!
Reader Comments (131)
I voted!
My sister and I read your blog religiously! It gives us a smile everyday, and a laugh too!
Thanks!
Wil Wheaton has a blog?
lol.
It was actually fun watching the counter thing go nuts after I voted, which just proves that I have no life.
"Serious Eats" obviously has no sense of humor - I mean, it's right there in their name. Serious!
Off to kick a$$.
Congrats on the 48,000 reader a day. Wow.
Apparently your kick a$$ blog audience is voting with fury because the page won't even load for me! Good luck even if I don't get a chance to vote for you tonight. I did vote at your first request, so I did my duty as best I could. ;)
Ok, that just requires a simple, internetty: LOL!
I read the blog every day, even if I don't comment. I voted once before, voted again today...and I'd do it over and over. Apparently the naysayers don't realize that when a blog is really loved by folks, its readers WANT to support it any way they can.
This is my first time posting, but I felt compelled to throw in my support. I checked out several sites in both food and humor and didn't find anything that held my attention very long. The Foodie at Fifteen blog was interesting, but seemed to cater to the "Serious Eats" demographic. Personally, if I were looking for a recipe, I would go straight to foodnetwork.com to find it. The chances of finding a fabulous recipe for a dish you are planning to prepare on a food "blog" are pretty slim. So inherently the people that will vote for a blog, won't be the people voting for a food site. I visit Cake Wrecks every day for laughs (and hoping none of my cakes show up here!!! lol) I would challenge "rocks" to spend a little time here and I think he would realize the cause of our devotion. Who didn't laugh at the "mohawk-naked-baby-riding-carrots" post?
Howdy!
I LOVE CAKE WRECKS!!!
I don't usually comment, but I am commenting today to say that I have voted EVERYDAY for Cake Wrecks, because I truly do visit the site DAILY!
Please keep doing what you are doing! You are hilarious! THANKS!
The thing is, this blog appeals to a TON of different people; cake-makers, people who like humor, the 'lolcats' crowd, moms who cook, kids who like delicious things... etc.
I will probably never bake a cake in my life, but this blog is well worth reading and subscribing to, simply because the cakes are that funny. Not to mention CCC's.
CAKE WRECKS ROCKS! Brightens even my worst day!
not only have i voted for you everyday, but i also nominated you. i would imagine that many, many people did that, too.
Got my vote! With a deployed hubs and 3 little kids at home- this place is a necessary daily stop.
Of course it's also turned me into a cake snob but that's okay lol
At first glance without looking at anything else (uh, like the blogs in question...) I can see why it would look fishy.
But once anyone took, a cursory look at CW - even without knowing the number of visitors - just look at the number of comments for each entry. If we assume 10% of the readers comment, which I think is pretty generous. It's probably more like 1% or less. But if you assume 10% of the visitors comment, anyone would easily see CW has a huge following. Since we can vote daily (that seems weird to me, but whatev), it would not be difficult to imagine a huge block of votes going to CW. And the admin has already said the votes check out. Give it up, doubters! :)
Oh, I voted, and I'll keep voting. I only found this blog Sunday and I love it! I am a moderate foodie (love the halfassedkitchen site I found here!), a horrible baker but admirer of cakes, a lover of laughing at spelling and punctuation errors, and someone with an over-active funny bone. So CW appeals to me on many levels. Wreck on!
BTW, as the Suite 101 writer who interviewed you, I can personally attest to my PVs jumping by several thousand the day you posted the link to our chat. I do not think there is any fraud at all.
however, perhaps next time, they will consider placing you correctly in HUMOR blog instead of FOOD blog....
I like the Denver Broncos/John Elway reference. Maybe you can do Football Theme for Sunday Sweets with the Super Bowl coming up.
I think we crashed the voting site! It won't load...
This controversy will probably lead to cake wrecks getting even more votes, eh?
Unfortunately, there was an error when I tried to vote. I'll try again later.
It took forever to load, but Cake Wrecks is up to over 30,800 votes.
Perhaps cake pics posted by your readers in the Weblog Award forum with Wrecks on them, i.e. "This ones for you, Rock's" or "Happy Voting! Under Neat Rock's"? Oh, use candy rocks, too!
Yes, all misspellings and incorrect grammar is intentional--otherwise it wouldn't be a Wreck!
As it turns out, it's okay to say "ass" on the internet. It's not as though using dollar signs is fooling anybody (although it does remind one handily of the people who think it's clever to write "Micro$oft").
It's good you're not taking it personally, this kind of drama happens every year at those awards.
I still prefer Evil Henchwoman if you don't mind.
Don't hate the player, player. Hate the game. Hate the game. Lol.
oh boy, i wonder if it was my comment (that never got posted, sigh) about the bloggies that alerted you to them! probably not, but it can't hurt to dream. ;)
i nominated you in every category that fit! best new blog, best humor blog, best food blog, nest topical blog, and weblog of the year! :)
YOU WON:)
What a silly argument! I come over every so often to see your finds and read the blog. Great fun. I wasn't over in time to help out by voting as I don't visit every day (though I would have voted for you anyway). You totally deserved to win. Thanks for the fun.
I did nominate you over at the Bloggies for "best humor blog" well before you even posted this request. I hope you get it too.
I excitedly clicked over to re-cast my vote, only to find the voting was over on Tuesday. Oh well, Cake Wrecks readers proved it again, so I was happy to see the results!!!
For those of us whose real name is "Nancy"...and who love your blog pics....sigh...now I know how those cavemen feel on those car insurance commercials...