Pollock Pines, California - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - January 25, 2008 - The finalists for the SEMMYS annual awards event honoring content produced across the search and online marketing industry, has been released. 

Representing companies from a variety of disciplines, including blogging, social media, and reputation management, the Nominees come from tracking of search marketing blog posts, organized by category, by Matt McGee. The list is then posted every month, to provide a list of blog posts by the end of the year. The name SEMMYS was registered and well over 200+ blogs have been tracked from posts and articles, with nominees in each category.

A team of expert judges will review the nominees and select finalists in each category. At that time, public voting will determine the winners of each SEMMY. The nominees represent a wide variety of web sites and blogs, but there’s no way for one person to read everything written about search engine marketing. I tend to gravitate toward “how to” articles, so the great writers and blogs who produce more news-oriented content and/or thought pieces are likely underrepresented. Imperfect or not, I think it’s important to honor great content.

The SEMMYS is comprised of 127 authors nominated, representing 111 blogs/sites. To find out who the finalists in the SEO category for the 2008 SEMMY Awards are, please visit: www.semmys.org.

SEMMYS.org was developed by:

Matt McGee - Matt came up with the idea for the SEMMYS as a way to honor all the great content his SEM peers produce. Matt writes at Small Business SEM, although his articles and posts are not eligible for the SEMMYS. You can read Matt's best articles of 2007 on his blog.

David Mihm - David is a website designer based in Portland, OR. He came up with the original design and layout for SEMMYS.org, and installed his work into the WordPress platform. David specializes in great-looking, search-friendly designs for small businesses.

Logoworks - Logoworks by HP is the world’s largest and fastest-growing provider of logo design services to small businesses. The company’s mission is to help small businesses look great by solving a simple problem - small businesses don’t have good options for getting a well-designed logo, website, business card or other graphic design services at an affordable price. The company pioneered a new, disruptive model of design that leverages a team of designers on each project in order to create more variety and choice for the customer. To date, Logoworks has empowered thousands of businesses with the same quality of design that used to be available only to larger businesses, at prices just a fraction of the cost: $299-$599.

For more information about Logoworks, please visit www.logoworks.com.

To learn more about the SEMMYS, please visit: www.semmys.org.

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