TechCrunch UK named best Web 2.0 and business blog
by Mike Butcher
on August 21, 2008

TechCrunch UK has been named the best “Web 2.0 and business blog” in the UK, by the readers of Computer Weekly magazine.

The ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 08 sifted hundreds of entries and asked readers to vote on their favourite blogs.

The judges said:

In the Web 2.0 and business blogs category we were looking for our readers’ pick of blogs about social media and web 2.0 and how they impact on business, from benefits to risks, and the way that they change society and the demands and expectations of corporate employees. All the blogs listed were nominated by Computer Weekly readers, whittled down to a final shortlist by our judges, and then put back to our readers for the final vote to select the winner and runner-up.

After closing for nine months and being re-launched in September last year, I’m happy to say TechCrunch UK & Ireland is on a great footing going forward and is well placed to expand its coverage across Europe. Huge thanks are due to you the readers, commenters, and now our guest authors, for your support and encouragement.

Mike Butcher, Editor

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  • http://middledigit.net Jonathan

    Congratulations Mike. Well deserved. Still can’t believe I was on the shortlist with you. (I voted for TC too!)

  • http://eisokant.com Eiso Kant

    Congratulations!

    Keep up the great writing!

  • http://thayer18.livejournal.com Thayer Prime

    w00t! Congratulations Mike, you totally deserve it :)

  • http://www.watzatsong.com Raphael Arbuz

    Good Job Mike!

    And congratulations especially for the European coverage you’re giving to it!

    Keep up the good work!

    Raphael

  • http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/blogs/arcade/ Dom Pannell

    Just desserts for your sustained efforts, Mike.

    Keep up the great work!

    /Dom

  • http://www.techcrunchit.com Nik Cubrilovic

    Well deserved, you have been kicking ass.

  • http://www.therealbennylava.com Andrew Fielding

    Congratulations, keep up the awesomenss.

  • http://www.guava.co.uk/ Mark

    Congrats, well deserved.

  • http://www.zero.gr istor

    Congrats from Greece! The Europe needs frontend technological & inovation voices! :)

    keep up!

  • http://www.arnoldaranez.com Arnold – Mr.Gadget

    Well done guys! Well deserved :)

  • http://blogs.msdn.com/stevecla01 steve clayton

    congrats Mike – richly deserved!

  • http://blog.glassesdirect.co.uk Ran

    congratulations Mike! Keep on the great local coverage.

    Ran

  • http://www.t3.com Katherine Hannaford

    Just congratulated you on Twitter, but thought I better do the right thing and comment here too – well done, sir!

  • http://www.winston.com/dbaillieu Danvers Baillieu

    Good work Mike. Congrats.

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  • Chris Thorpe

    Nice one… Congrats. Keep up the good work, it’s a great read everyday.

  • http://omgponi.es Peter C

    what

  • D

    Congrats.

    Keep the good work up.

  • http://aftnn.org Ben Godfrey

    It’s been a whirlwind year. Congratulations Mike and good on the readers of Computer Weekly for recognising a serious journalist in a space mostly filled with hyperbole.

    BTW, the articles from guest authors have been uniformly great, so more congratulations there.

  • http://uHavePassed.com Al Briggs

    Well done Mike – will you be updating the title to TechCrunch Europe soon?

  • http://www.broadstuff.com alan p

    Good one Mike – we were on the shortlist too, such August company! No resting on laurels now, next year is not that far away :)

  • http://www.tipped.co.uk/ Charles Olive

    Excellent, congratulations Mike – when’s the next London meet up?

  • http://www.bunder.com Leslie Bunder

    Mazel tov and well done!
    Keep up the good work and also the guest posters which are making me return here on a daily basis to see what great new posts you’ve got.

  • http://phreadz.com Kosso

    Great stuff Mike! Congratulations! ;)

    What is interesting though, about the shortlist, is the competition doesn’t seem to be as ‘high profile’ as ‘TechCrunch’ (as a brand)

    There really needs to be more of these sorts of blogs over here in Europe, focussing on Technology and startups.

    Not that I’m saying TC needs the competition, but do you know what I mean?

    :)

  • http://thenextweb.org Ernst-Jan Pfauth

    From one competitor to another, congratulations Mike!

  • http://ontechnology.wordpress.com/ Robleh

    Well done Mike.

  • Agency guy

    Mike, I can’t believe this, you’re shit.

    Just kidding, congrats.

    AG

  • AndyP

    Well done Mike, don’t let your head get any bigger though!
    Now Mr. Arrington – About that pay rise!

  • http://www.chinwag.com Sam Michel

    Congratulations Mike, top work and about time that your un-ceasing devotion to TC bloggage and promotion of the start-up world in witty prose was recognised. Chuffed for ya.

  • http://www.greekestate.gr Johnyzar

    Congratulations Mike,
    I hope you will expand your coverage about Start ups all over Europe especially after your tour!!
    Johny!

  • http://www.siliconglen.com/news Craig Cockburn

    From on tech blog to another, many thanks for the hard work and great content.

  • http://twitter.com/mikebutcher Mike Butcher

    Muchas gracias amigos! :-)

    (And congrats to my colleagues on the CW shortlist)

    FYI Next TCUK event in London is TechCrunch Talk:
    http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/08/05/techcrunch-talk-and-seedcamp-party-a-great-combination/

    Stay tuned for more next week… ;-)

  • http://maxniederhofer.com Max N

    Well deserved!

    MN

  • http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/08/21/techcrunch-uk-named-best-web-20-and-business-blog nick halstead

    Fantastic news Mike, well done.

    sent from: fav.or.it [FID1333505]

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