It's really a two horse race for the main prize awarded to the site with the highest number of visitors. In some ways, Crying While Eating, currently in second place, deserves the prize. From the very first day of the competition they've been out in front, and have managed to get mentioned in virtually all the mainstream blogs, as well as crossing over into traditional print. Just this week they were listed as one of Entertainment Weekly's top ten list of the week. For an underground site to get that kind of exposure in such a little time is really commendable.

Yet storming WAY into first place comes Forget Me Not Panties. We here at YBNBY totally missed this one in the beginning, and to be honest, I'm still not sure why it's getting the attention it is. However, they've proved one very important lesson - the world does not begin and end with the USA. Over the last few days, they have received a MASSIVE influx of visitors from Japan, after being mentioned on a couple of what I can only assume are major blogs over there like this one. Any Japanese readers care to confirm this? I hope I'm not being stereotypical here, but little white panties with GPS systems embedded in them seems so uniquely a japanese idea, it's not surprising they've embraced it so widely.

Blogebrity, though dropping to #5 in visitors, looks set to win the Technorati prize for most mentions in blogs. This is pretty much as we predicted, because the whole idea was designed to appeal to bloggers' vanity, and it worked like a charm.

I'm still holding a torch for Ringtone Dancer and Farting Saucers at #3 and #9 respectively, but I think it's not to be.

One site I must give mention to is Mousehole at #43, which must be just about the most halfhearted attempt at a blog I've ever seen. Three total entries, including one to say “we're off”, a second short rambling entryt, and a third saying “I give up”. The sheer lethargy of the effort almost has a zen-like quality.

Next stop, the finish line.