The greatest translation blog by excellent translation agency. Atominium is the one we choose to do business in various languages.

No problem on the compliment. It’s been said that a generous spirit yields a generous life span, and I could probably keep this thread going as long as I live.

Too bad the voting ended just as these comments got entertaining. Perhaps, we will meet again next year

Just look at Trusted Translations Twitter account for instance. Over 6,000 followers strong and regular tweeting – someone is being paid at that company to do this…no fair!

What about Three Percent? It’s “…part of the University of Rochester’s translation program and Open Letter, the university’s translation press, Three Percent is a place for students to present their translations and reviews, as well as a place to cultivate the next generation of literary enthusiasts.” – no doubt the program has some funding or fundraising, no fair!

Of course it is fair! For this contest, contestants are measured on a variety of criteria – 50% of which is popularity – FANS vote for their favorite blog in each of the categories. The contest rewards contestants for their content reach and for their ability to leveraging their following most effectively. The user votes count for 50% towards the final result and is a key piece of the result. Blogs with large followings benefit in this contest – this is by design.

@Manuel – Yes, good marketing is about building relationships, not “leveraging resources.” – that’s what social media is all about…no one would take the time to vote for any of these blogs unless they are emotionally connected and very passionate about the writers. It’s all about building relationships with readers through a variety of sources, you get it

The quality of this contest and language bloggers’ desire to participate in it begins to wane unless the folks at lexiophiles and bab.la (brilliant marketers in their own right) include in the ranking whether the site in question is an authentic member of an online community.

Good marketing is about building relationships, not “leveraging resources.”

You’re correct on all 3 points. TranslationGuy does have a post about the contest nomination from almost 7 days after it started. He probably does have close to 10,000 subscribers. And you probably know about these subscribers because you may very well run his social media campaigns (ie. http://en.reddit.com/domain/1-800-translate.com, @VinceBucciachio, @SociallyInfused). I’m not joking when I say you’ve done a really good job so far. You’ll probably get 1st place.

Maybe next year, though, some of the smaller blogs on this list with really great content about language (and fewer financial resources for marketing) can have some kind of handicap going into the contest. Can anyone say campaign finance reform?