We have added the Blorge network to our watchlist. From their About page:

BLORGE is a highly integrated network of news sites covering technology, Vista, Macintosh, gaming, photography, and much more. It was founded in October 2006 by journalist, writer and publisher John Pospisil.

Blorge consists of seven blogs. The network was launched in November 2006 and is owned and operated by Cogent Insights Pty Ltd, which is based in Sydney, Australia.

Visit the Blorge network here.

We have added the Money Life Network to our watchlist. From their press release:

The Money Life Network of blogs is a group of personal finance bloggers who have banded together to bring you great content designed to help you improve your finances and increase your quality of life. We have common goals, but we come from diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives. In addition our blogs tend to focus on different aspects of financial life which we think will keep things interesting.

• Bible Money Matters – Finances transformed by faith.


• Free From Broke – Exploring ways to keep us Free From Broke.


• Milk Your Money – Got Money? Milk the most from it…


• My Investing Blog – A blog about money: Getting it, keeping it, and growing it.


• Prime Time Money – Learn to Save Money, Get Out of Debt, and Live a Frugal Life.

Visit the Money Life Network here.

We have added the Asia Blogging Network to our watchlist. From the network’s About page:

AsiaBlogging is a global new media network featuring more than 70 blogs (in the first phase) on a wide ranging of topics from movie and music to technology, sport and lifestyle. Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, AsiaBlogging invites bloggers, especially Asian bloggers to contribute their passionate postings.

Performancing.com has announced the winners of their 2007 Performancing Blog Awards. An excerpt from their announcement:

With help from our readers, Performancing chose 28 awards categories (one half of our collective brain wishes we could have done more, the other half wishes we had done less;-) and nominated six candidates per category.

With over 61,000 votes in one week of voting (Readers’ Choice) and ongoing behind the scenes deliberation (Editors’ Choice) we’ve selected the winners of this year’s Performancing Blog Awards.

First off, the BNW team would like to wish our readers happy holidays!

Speaking of holidays, you can now nominate several bloggers who you think should be having really joyful times soon by the merit of their blogs. The 2007 Performancing Blog Awards is now open!

From our sister site:

Official Categories For The 2007 Performancing Blog Awards:

1. The Best Overall Blog


2. The Most Influential Blogger


3. The Best Blog Design


4. The Best Blog Typography


5. The Best Blog Name


6. The Best New Blog


7. The Best Blog Community


8. The Most Improved Blog of 2007


9. The Best Blogs You’ve Never Heard Of


10. The Best Blog Podcast


11. The Best Use of a Corporate Blog


12. The Best Video Blog


13. The Best Writing/Blogging Blog


14. The Best Science/Technology Blog


15. The Most Controversial Blog


16. The Best SEO Blog


17. The Best Celeb/Style Blog


18. The Best Business/Money Blogs


19. The Best Photo Blog


20. The Best Sports Blog


21. The Best Blog WebHost


22. The Best Family and Parenting Blog


23. The Best Political Blog


24. The Best Food/Health Blog


25. The Funniest Blog

It’s the people’s awards afterall…

26. The Best Travel Blog


27. The Best Education Blog


28. The Best Entertainment Blog (Music, TV, Movies)

We have added to our list Manolo the Shoeblogger’s network of fashion and lifestyle blogs. From Manolo (no, not Blahnik!):

Currently the blogs number eight:

Manolo’s Shoe Blog
Manolo for the Men
Manolo for the Brides
Manolo for the Big Girl
Manolo’s Basement of the Bargains
Teeny Manolo
Manolo’s Food Blog
Ayyyy!

In the coming week, the Manolo will launch number nine, Manolo for the Home.

And, even better, early in the new year the Manolo will introduce two new Spanish blogs,  Manolo Moda and Manolo Novias.

These will be the first in what the Manolo hopes will become the successful network of Spanish-language fashion and lifestyle blogs.

We have added the newly unveiled Green Options network to our list. Green Options is billed as the “first green blog network”, and that it “has something for every reader”.

The network’s press release:

Berkeley, CA (December 7, 2007) – Green lifestyle company Green Options is now Green Options Media, and has repositioned its popular portal GreenOptions.com as the gateway to the first ever green blog network. Also anchored by activist portal Planetsave.com, the network will rapidly expand to a wide range of topics and voices, each focused on empowering consumers to make more sustainable choices.

“At GreenOptions.com we felt that our writers were so great, they shouldn’t have to share a soapbox,” says Jeff McIntire-Strasburg, GO Media’s Senior Editor. “We’ve created Green Options Media to give them a more flexible platform – a network of blogs covering the green issues that matter most.”

Green Options Media’s blog network will appeal to a wide cross-section of readers, featuring content ranging from environmental politics to guidance in adopting a more sustainable diet. Visitors to Green Options Media can:

• Follow GO Media writers as they dig deeper into important topics, from energy policy to responsible, green parenting
• Blog about their green passions (or struggles) with their free GO Journal at GreenOptions.com
• Get free personal webmail and daily green and oddball news at PlanetSave.com

“The GreenOptions.com team is very excited to launch the Green Options Media network,” says David Anderson, GO Media’s founder and Publisher. “We look forward to providing engaging content to everyone, from those just tapping into the green movement, to those already deeply involved in it.”

The company plans to build out its network of blogs through 2008, by spinning off original GO writers, and recruiting new writers, both externally and through user contributions at the new GreenOptions.com.

We have added the yaBloggy network to our watchlist. yaBloggy currently consists of 12 blogs and, on the average, boasts of >130,000 pageviews per month.

According to yaBloggy, they are a “new and young Blog Network with great plans for future. We are trying our best to make the blogs interesting, exciting and newsworthy.”

Visit the yaBloggy network here.

The Philippines has emerged as one of the world’s leading blogging (and problogging) countries, so it comes as no surprise that the archipelagic nation has given birth to another blog network, namely Blog Pilipinas.

Taking from the network’s About page:

Blog Pilipinas is a Philippine-based blog network that aims to provide free domains to Filipino bloggers while allowing them to generate income from blogging all together.

We’ve added the NinerNiner Blog Network to our list.

NinerNiner is a collaborative blog network with 28 blogs and counting. They have just launched Tie the Knot, a blog dedicated to Wedding Planning & Preparation.

View the full roster of NinerNiner blogs here.