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As a result of my suggestion that Jim West be given serious competition for the status of top biblioblogger. Debate is raging on Facebook, and a new blog dedicated to the \u201cBibliobloggers Top 10\u201d has been created<\/a>, the idea presumably being that voting may be better than simply measuring traffic.<\/p>\n

I think the fairest way to settle this is simply to put it to a vote. Below is a completely unbiased poll, in the spirit of old style Soviet elections. Click on whichever biblioblog you think deserves to win. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Try this audience polling system<\/a> at Poll Everywhere<\/a><\/div>\n
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As a result of my suggestion that Jim West be given serious competition for the status of top biblioblogger. Debate is raging on Facebook, and a new blog dedicated to the \u201cBibliobloggers Top 10\u201d has been created, the idea presumably being that voting may be better than simply measuring traffic. I think the fairest way […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nVoting for the Best Biblioblog?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As a result of my suggestion that Jim West be given serious competition for the status of top biblioblogger. 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