Congratulations to Our ‘Bloggers Who Really Count’
We were thrilled to see several WordPress.com blogs — Eat Like a Girl, James Ramsden, Inspector Gadget, and Stilettoed Socialist — make the list of The Times article “40 bloggers who really count.”
On Eat Like a Girl, The Times noted the blog’s unique approach to cooking, stating “if you’re after a recipe for slow-roast wild boar belly, look no further.” The newspaper also praised fellow food blogger James Ramsden for writing about “cooking handsomely on a budget.”
Inspector Gadget was dubbed “invaluable” for providing “insight into life on the policing front line in 2010″ and Stilletoed Socialist was hailed as the “poster girl for political social networking.”
Additionally, two WordPress VIP blogs were honored: Guido Fawkes’ blog and TechCrunch.
Congratulations to all of you, and keep up the great work! (And of course, we think ALL our bloggers count, but we’re always happy for these special accolades nonetheless.)
May 13th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
That’s it, I’m firing my press agent!
May 13th, 2010 at 5:35 pm
Wow, congratulations to the four!
Keep up the great work!
May 13th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Congrats to these awsome people
HIM
xxx
May 13th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Congratulations!!! *Drum-roll*
May 13th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Wonderful,Wonderful! My congratulations to all the winners.
May 13th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
One day, I might make it into the top 40, if I ever get out of Ikea and get write another post…. *sighs whilst trying to find a yellow shirted helper’
May 13th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I was hoping my name would be there too
May 13th, 2010 at 5:49 pm
Congratulations!!!
May 13th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
It is really outstanding to see how fast and how big this community gets every day !
Congratulations !
May 13th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
CONGRATS!
I’m sssssssssooooooooo envious. I wish I had interesting sex, a weird job, or enlightening ways to fix the planet to write about…ho, hum!
May 13th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
This is great!!! Really something to be proud of!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
That’s wonderful! Congrats to each of them
May 13th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
wow congrats! by golly id love to make that list next year!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
That is awesome news. Congrats to the 4 and I wish them continued success! Keep up the great work. I just want to say that I wish everyone great success in wordpress.com not just the featured people. We all have a great story to tell!!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
There’s no list for bilingual/bicultural bloggers out there. I (ahem, WE) want to be represented too!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Wow, that’s awesome! Congrats to those bloggers. They really deserve it!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I’d like to do this…. Great!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Ok, I’m a little jealous of the cool kids, but proud to be a classmate!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Nice! Go WordPress! Congrats Everyone!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
That’s so great! Congrats to the winners!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
It is a good news indeed. I am proud to be associated with WordPress. Congratulation to the Four current flag carriers for WordPress…Cheers!!!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Congrats to the awesome bloggers!!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Congratulations people. I’m still new to this, but I’m pretty sure the full potential of blogging isn’t even close to being utilized yet. People like you broaden the rest of our horizons.:-)
May 13th, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Woo!Hoo! Congratulations to these bloggers. I’ll have to check these out.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Thanks to you all for the kind comments, and thanks to WP for giving me the platform for my work.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
I second that; “Congratulations to all of you, and keep up the great work!”
May 13th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Hmmm I hate to be the grouch here, but perhaps detachment is a bit more in order. Do the rest of our blogs cease to matter just because they lack the popularity, oddity, or influence of these select few? I don’t think so. Blogging shouldn’t be a race. I like what Adrian Laurentiu said: we should instead celebrate WordPress as a community.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
I must find a way to get my message across, through the medium of cookery. The best way would still appear to be through the belly.
Congratulations to the winners. And I am very happy to be part of the WordPress community.
I have had endless hours of laughter and fun since taking up blogging. Thankyou WordPress.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
Hmmm . . . Either everyone really counts . . . Or no one does.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Wow! Thats great! Congrats to all of them
May 13th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
That is pretty awesome! I admit I am a fan of TechCrunch. Congrats to all!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Pretty impressive stuff. There’s a lot to be learned here, thanks!
May 13th, 2010 at 6:56 pm
That’s incredible and so wonderful! Congratulations. Here’s to the power and influence of WordPress.com.
May 13th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
I guess the rest of us should work a little harder on improving our writing!
May 13th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Congrats!! I’m jealous!! xoxo
May 13th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Congrats to them all!
May 13th, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Congrats indeed to them all.
But congrats also to all the other bloggers out there who many have smaller readerships but keep on writing.
Thank you so much to WordPress. I am a teacher and you make it so easy for me to provide information to my students.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Something to aim for!!
May 13th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Congratulations, with shades of admiration and jealousy, are surely required! We should all aspire to be so relevant!
May 13th, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Excellent! Well done, those blogs!
May 13th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
That’s awesome! Congrats to those bloggers. Something for all of us to aspire to one day. I love that there is an entire community of people with an endless supply of stories to tell.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
Congrats !!!!
May 13th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
I’m still hoping to make Mad Magazine’s Top 40.
May 13th, 2010 at 7:40 pm
congratz
May 13th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Congratulations to you bloggers. This inspires us to make our blog even better!!!:)
May 13th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
I’m all a-tingle just having a similar URL to these people! Congratulations.
May 13th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
it’s a bit sad to see the triumph of trivia – of these 40 selected blogs (respect for the few exceptions, one of them – inspector gadget). if these were the blogs that matter, that would have been quite an insult on the human dignity.
May 13th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Congratulations you guys! You are an inspiration to us all!
May 13th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
These people keep raising the bar for the rest of us… jerks!
Just joking, congrats to those four. I hope they have many more great years of blogging.
~Sara
May 13th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Awesome news… I’m rather chuffed that I moved to this community recently.. .congratulations to ALL of you!
May 13th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Very great Grats to everyone. You had to work very hard to come to the honor bestowed on you and your works.
I hope you received some money, or at least a plaque.
Blog On!
May 13th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Thanks so much all & thanks WP for posting! Chuffed.
May 13th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Thanks for the inspiration…! I am proud to be a WordPress blogger as well. I’m doing my best to live up to their standard. I also like the cool kid / classmate analogy…!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
I’m going to be on that list one day.
May 13th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Nice. Sooooo jealous!!!!!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Well done all of the above! Love TechCrunch
May 13th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Cheers to all WordPress bloggers!! It’s always great to see colleagues recognized!!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Supercool, congratulations!!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Congratulations all of you!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
Good luck to people across the pond that work WordPress!…….
May 13th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
Congrats to you all! I hope to be on that list one day =)
May 13th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
I’m glad to have become a part of the WordPress excitement! This has been a great experience so far! Can’t wait to see what happens next!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Naomi Klein is a chef?
May 13th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Congratulations to all & an inspiration to the rest of us.
May 13th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
I am very new to the wonderful world of blogging! I love to write about just about anything, just not real up on new trends, yet. Hope to change that soon, I am sure that I will by reading some of the posts on WordPress. Thanks everyone for getting this thing going so well.
May 13th, 2010 at 9:45 pm
Thanks for letting us all know, that is inspiring. Blessings, Elena
May 13th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Something ELSE to aspire to!!
May 13th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
How exciting. It would be fun to be recognized. Maybe someday. I’ll be sure to check all of those blogs out!
May 13th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Thats wonderful! CONGRATULATIONS.
May 13th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
And of course, the rest of us do NOT count.
no offense to those who made the list
May 13th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Congratulations….
May 13th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
Excellent Work! Way to go to everyone…..!
May 13th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Congratulations to all the mentioned bloggers
And an encouraging well done and pat on the back to every WordPress user to keep on blogging!
May 13th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
Nice Work!
May 13th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Congrats, guys! Keep up the great work!
May 13th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Congrats…. WordPress is best platform for bloggers….
May 13th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Time to set up the typewriter, I must find a way onto this list! XD
May 13th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Congratulations to the four WordPress bloggers to be named “bloggers who count.”
Although I’ve worked with language all my life, until recently I’ve never been able to confidently type these nine letters:
I – A-M – W-R-I-T-E-R
Unpublished as yet but working on building a platform through my blog. I have learned a lot in the six weeks I’ve been using WordPress.
Joanna
May 13th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
It is really outstanding to see how fast and how big this community gets every day !
Congratulations !
May 13th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
Congratulations bloggers! Also much thanks to WordPress for a great platform to post our views and our passions with the world.
May 14th, 2010 at 12:01 am
Congratulations, I’m proud to use WordPress.
May 14th, 2010 at 12:02 am
I wonder how many hits they get on a daily basis?
May 14th, 2010 at 12:03 am
Well….congratulations and all that stuff…
May 14th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Wow! Congratulations, guys! You deserve the recognition. Keep it up!
May 14th, 2010 at 12:18 am
Impressive – I should visit these blogs as I don’t think I have yet.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:14 am
That’s really wonderful and encouraging. Congrats to them.
May 14th, 2010 at 1:21 am
Congratulations… Hopefully I will make this list one day!
May 14th, 2010 at 1:26 am
Wow! Congratulations to you four. Praying to be one of you soon
May 14th, 2010 at 1:30 am
That’s Fantastic! Congratulations!
May 14th, 2010 at 2:03 am
Congratulations to all the winners!!
May 14th, 2010 at 2:40 am
Congrats to these awsome people. I love them.
May 14th, 2010 at 2:55 am
Great job. Congratulations. Keep writing like this.
May 14th, 2010 at 2:56 am
What? My blog about has-been 80′s Hair Bands didn’t make the list? Unacceptable!
Congratulations to the winners. Keep up the good work.
May 14th, 2010 at 3:05 am
I guess I can’t make a list like that with 10 hits per day, huh?
May 14th, 2010 at 3:09 am
Aw! I wanna be in it! Oh well, we can’t have everything. ;D
May 14th, 2010 at 3:12 am
Great Job to all the winners.
May 14th, 2010 at 3:16 am
Congrats to these! That is incredibly exciting for them!!
May 14th, 2010 at 3:20 am
Wow, wonderful, congrats!