Turns out Slaw didn’t do so bad in the ABA blog awards Tech category. After a recount, we’ve placed second! [1]
Now for the fun part… Google cache [2] (while it lasts) shows a significant number of votes were removed from the system from the time the contest closed and the final numbers being released. (Hat tip to Bob Ambrogi [3])
Before the recount:
- FutureLawyer, 1930 votes
- Technolawyer blog, 1545 votes (Corrected as noticed by Neil Squillante below)
- Mac Lawyer, 509 votes
- Ross Ipsa Loquitur, 348 votes
- Slaw, 317 votes
- Jim Calloway, 169 votes
- Real Lawyers Have Blogs, 132 votes
- Ernie the Attorney, 93 votes
- Dennis Kennedy, 81 votes
- Inter Alia, 64 votes
AND after the recount:
- Technolawyer blog, 1499 votes
- Slaw, 295 votes
- Mac Lawyer, 256 votes
- FutureLawyer, 241 votes
- Jim Calloway, 150 votes
- Real Lawyers Have Blogs, 105 votes
- Ross Ipsa Loquitur, 102 votes
- Ernie the Attorney, 93 votes
- Dennis Kennedy, 82 votes
- Inter Alia, 64 votes
Not to throw stones without blame here — we did have 22 votes removed (for which I’ll take full credit – I voted on my mother’s computer at Christmas, and once on IE, FF, Safari, etc.) — but… I KNEW there must be some shenanigans going on.
Top marks to ABA Journal staff for checking duplicate IP addresses. Well done, and crisis averted! … At least for the contest itself. :)