The Inaugural YouTube Awards: What Could The Voting Categories Be?

Online video hosting site YouTube have announced plans for their first ever awards, celebrating the people and videos that make the site so popular and dominant in today's web world. Both categories and nominees are yet to be announced, with the promise of a nominee shortlist by the 17th October. Lady GaGa, Arcade Fire and Eminem have all been booked to perform at the November 3rd ceremony.

Vlogs still very much have a place in YouTube's hierarchy of videos. Lonelygirl15 won one of the original YouTube awards with her candid vlogging but a new generation of vloggers has risen up since. Daym Drops reviews fast food from his car whilst ChunkyMark is politically enraged from his taxi driver seat. 'charlieissocoollike' and 'danisnotonfire' have also risen up as some of the site's most beloved vloggers.

Inspirational videos will always have a cosy place in a YouTubers heart. Whether it's amazing sporting clips, motivational speeches, videos documenting amazing charity work or wellness clips, the site attracts those looking to inspire others or be inspired by great feats. Much in the same way as Baz Luhrmann's 'Sunscreen' helps to inspire millions of school leavers each year, the life lessons, motivational speeches and philosophical musings of users such as One Red Paperclip, Andrea Dorfman and Blind Painter can be an inspirational boost to many.

But what about sports? Impressive filmmaking? Instructional? Magic tricks? Honey badgers?! There's many more categories that could be included but we'll have to wait until mid-October to find out!