Mat Luebbers of About.com Swimming Guide is conducting the 2011 About Swimming Readers’ Choice Awards. Swimmer Joe won by a comfortable margin and is considered as the top swimming blog by the About.com audience. Mat explained, “It gives [Swimmer Joe] the bragging rights that come with getting recognized by the readers of one of the biggest networks on the web.”
The winners, chosen from 1,538 total votes, include:
1.. Swimmer Joe – 43%
2. Swim Smooth – 27%
3. Rob Aquatics – 15%
4. Louis Tharp – 8%
5. GoSwim – 4%
Four of the five finalists (Feel for the Water, GoSwim, Louis Tharp and Rob Aquatics) have strong ties to the open water swimming community and are the crème de la crème of the virtual swimming world.
With 80% of the world’s top bloggers with at least one foot in the open water, the world’s top English-language swimming blogs and twitter feeds are helping promote and celebrate the fastest growing discipline in the aquatic universe.
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