Semi - Latin prefix meaning half.

Semi - Slang for a semi articulated truck.

The SEMMYS - The year’s best posts in Search Engine Marketing.

Today marks the official announcement of the first annual SEMMY awards. The 2008 SEMMYs list posts from 127 authors from 111 blogs / sites in 15 different categories such as SEO, PPC, Local Search, Analytics, and Rants… The list of nominees is sourced from the month end ‘Best of the month’ posts on Matt McGee’s SmallBusinessSEM blog, and the judges include such luminaries as Rand Fishkin, Debra Mastaler, Vanessa Fox, Andy Beal, Aaron Wall, and for some strange and bizarre reason yours truly was obviously accidently asked to be a judge (maybe Matt had been watching watching some American Idol previews, and decided that he had to have an English judge named Simon).

Not only am I a judge in the Social Media section (a section which has 37 nominees!), but a post from this blog has also been nominated in the Local Search section, so I’m doubly honored. So now it’s time for you to head over to the SEMMYs, take a look at the different nominees in the different sections, and comment on your favorites, don’t take too long though, as fairly soon Matt will be standing in his tux at his virtual podium opening the envelope and saying “The SEMMY goes to…”

Oh, and next year I fully expect to see nominations for 2 new sites that I heartily recommend - EndlessPlain.com, and OldSchoolSEO.com.