I. It must be Filipino owned

II. It should not be a blog that belongs to a publishing or media groups.

III. Blogs that focuses on the Filipino and the Philippines (ie Filipiniana) can join the Foreign Blog/Pinoy at Heart Blog

III. Philippine Blog Awards Founders, officers and members of the Philippine Blog Awards Board of Directors, their blogs, blog projects, posts, videocasts, photos and podcats they worked on are automatically disqualified from being nominated.

IV. For the Best Blog Division: The blog must have been established before June 1, 2009.

V. For the Top Ten Post for 2009: The post/videocast/podcast must have been been published before August 28, 2009. Only five posts per blog can be submitted.

VI. For the Special Awards Division: The nominee and blog for the award must at least have been established, introduced, and blogging before June 1, 2009.

VII. Submitted blogs and post should contain the necessary authorization to use the images, audio, text and other content.

VIII. Only the owner/blogger of the blog can fill up and submit the nomination form.*

NOTE: If you know any blog that should be a nominee, you can refer them to the page or by filling out this form.