Mr Bagel Chatter: Steamrolled by an A7

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Saturday, May 12, 2007

Steamrolled by an A7

by Aussie Dave on May 11, 2007 10:27AM (IDT)

Hey, my koala got rolled!

But in Tamar Yonah's defense, she at least partially seems to understand that the purpose of the awards is not to win, but rather bring exposure to blogs that deserve a wider readership. And she hearts Israellycool, so I've been softened up a bit (not just by the steamroller, I guess).

Her employer, Arutz Sheva, on the other hand...they have an article on the JIBs, but instead of trying to do good and bring readers to the plethora of Jewish, Israeli, and Israel advocacy blogs on display, they are merely asking their readers to go to specific Arutz Sheva affiliated blogs and vote for them. What's more, when I pointed this out to them, they did not publish my comment. So I've decided to try again.

"Not sure what happened to my original comment, but I'll try again.

Guys, the whole point of these "awards" is to introduce new readers to Israeli, Jewish, and pro-Israel blogs. So I would hope you would encourage your readers to look at the other such blogs, rather than just ask them to vote for Arutz Sheva affiliated blogs. After all, these "awards" are meaningless as actual awards. I should know - I invented them. "

Now that I've alerted this to a wider readership, I wonder if they'll publish the comment or - more importantly - encourage their readers to explore the other blogs.

By the way, their article makes no mention of the JIBs' real purpose, except "to provide recognition for bloggers." This is so not the purpose of the JIBs. But I guess it would have helped if they had bothered contacting me.

Update: Well, they've now published my comment, but are still not making any attempt to promote any blogs but their own.

With thanks to Dave at IsraellyCool for this post

Original article here: Steamrolled by an A7