Ronaldo (1)The Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2008
For quite sometime now, I have distanced myself from this contest from the Influential Blogger blog of Ms. Janette Toral. I just started blogging for real last January 2008 (my first blog, blogRebel was actually started in November 2007, but there’s not much content in there – I must admit, I am a poor writer, and shun socializing with bloggers online).
Last January when I registered this domain Bloggista.com, I didn’t have any idea what to do with it. I just loved the way it sound – bloggista. And I thought the word Bloggista exactly describes a blogger, a passionate blogger at that. If Fashion is to a Fashionista, then Blog is to a Bloggista. So I decided to make Bloggista.com a newbie blogger’s blog – about his journey towards making money online. In a span of 6 months, I have grown my website network to more than a dozen of websites – each slowly giving nice returns on investment.
Then several people nominated the Bloggista to the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2008. Exactly why I avoided this contest – Bloggista doesn’t want to put himself in the limelight – even for a few seconds. I was already having fun browsing through blogs, finding bloggers to idolize, spending so many hours a day thinking what to blog and how to blog. Bloggista just don’t want complications. Bloggista just want to exist in his own share of the blogosphere.
But then some nice people “wasted” a vote for a blogger who doesn’t want himself included – I am already happy with what I am doing… But should those votes be wasted? After some deep thinking – I decided to reconsider and instead recognize those people that made me buy my own domain, and made me prefer blogging over hours of online games, billiards and bar-hopping. And of course I should be giving justice to those kind enough to give me a vote.
So, in return, here’s my list of the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs in 2008. The first 3 blogs are those blogs that influenced me to start my own blog. I have already visited their blogs even before I started blogging. Not included, unfortunately are the other blogs that influenced me a lot but are disqualified from being nominated because of the rule that says blogs nominated should be created between July 1, 2007 up to present. But still I want to mention them, they are: Pinoyambisyoso, Manilenya, Misyel and Unwritten Thoughts.
My top 3:
1. Mapiles.com| Your Partner Online
2. Mga Kwentong Kengkay
3. Making Scenes, Cents and Sense
Bloggers that influenced me to strive to write better and inspired me to improve my blogging skills, contents and blog ideas – I also discovered their blogs when I already started blogging.
4. Blog From Cebu To The World
5. Humane Blogging Tips
6. Pinaymommy Online
7. WPThemeDesigner
So my list still needs 3 more to be complete. I intentionally left 3 slots for my readers to nominate someone. The 3 bloggers who got the top 3 nominations by 31st of July will complete the 8th, 9th, and 10th spots.
Which blog you would like me to nominate?
Final Update: Tan ta ran tan tannn! (LOL) – here are the last 3 nominees!
10. Bloggista.com – shameful deed 
Special Thanks to those who nominated me!
Jan Alvin, SoNn, Scotty’s Princess, Juler, Pinaymommy… Did I missed out anyone?
oh, i’m in the list! hehe. i got to make one too. perhaps to bolster yours and joliber’s chances.
ceblogger’s last blog post..Why Should I Link To You?
hey my humble “poor writer” and yet influential bloggista. anyway, just passed by to inform you’ve been tagged by moi of course. just check my page, you know the site. the recent that is – the one invaded by a man with tyrant mind. remember?
i didn’t want to include you in that game but I have no one else to tag. poor me. LOL. besides it’ll give you a reason, silly as it may seem, to have a slight shift from your serious posts. you know, wake up from too much sobriety. LOL 
wowowee!! i didn’t know i got nominated here. thank you very very much!!
tama si martini. you are humble and yet very influential.
GO GO PINOY!!
pinaymommy’s last blog post..The Tale of the Time Machine
Thank you for including me in the list.. btw, will you be at wordcamp? i hope to meet u then.
ChiQ Montes’s last blog post..Contest: Win Flip Mino Video Camera!
@Ceblogger – LOL, hehe, but i know you’re watching this one.
@Martini – Im just having fun blogging – nothing influential in there. Btw, you should have put your url on the comments. Be proud of your blog – “virgin blogger”. You write pretty well and that’s something I don’t have.
@Pinaymommy – well, if there’s one thing to define an influential blog, people just have to visit your blog to find out. Other moms should learn a lot from you.
@ChiQ, ohh, yeah, I almost forgot about the WordCamp.
Hey, you ought to be in the top 10 – the way you grow your blog in just a few months, that’s amazing. More power!
hehehe, you deserved nman to be voted for top 10 emerging influential blogs in 2008. btw, i’ve voted you bloggista,
Make Money Online w/ Gusher’s last blog post..Matched.co.uk Payment of Proof 3
I hope one day my blog can be one of the most influential blog on the blogosphere
Til then, better pump up more quality contents!
Michael Aulia’s last blog post..iPod, iMac, iPhone, and now iRing?
@Ceblogger, salamat po sa mention
@Gusher you’re right, “Bloggista.com” deserves to be there.. so for the 8th spot, nnother nomination for Bloggista..
Joliber Mapiles’s last blog post..Joliber Mapiles for US President?
Please do check out http://marroxas2010.blogspot.com if it deserves to complete your list. Thanks!
Kevin Ray N. Chua’s last blog post..Senator Mar Roxas’ statement on the proposed ARMM polls postponement
Coolio to all, but where’s techjaws.com
Frank J’s last blog post..Howard Stern Excited Over Sirius-XM Merger
Ohh, yeah, Frank. I will be nominating you too.
Thanks for dropping by buddy – you’re doing great over at Techjaws.
Miss Elle’s last blog post..Krista Ranillo: August 2008 FHM Cover Girl
Hello. This is to mark your entry as complete. See you on August 11!
Janette Torals last blog post..August 11 Eyeball: Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs 2008 Winners Announcement
+100. Respect.
Hello…
I hope to see you on bloggers EB… Hehe
On monday…
Lionhearts last blog post..I will Attend the August 11, 2008 Pinoy Bloggers Eyeball
[...] Bloggista [...]
i hope to include your pinoy blogs sites link in my project to collect all pinoy blogs that are existing around the web..
here’s my site http://youtalk2much.info
thanks