You know you are in Germany when the weblog of the biggest newscast (Tagesschau Blog) is nominated for the biggest german award in web excellence (Grimme Online Award).

You know you are in Austria when the weblog of the biggest newscast is called "presenter's journal" (Moderatorentagebuch) and nobody gives a sh*t -- although it's around for very much longer than the german sibling.

(Hell yeah, it doesn't allow comments; but that's just to protect Austria from further international sanctions.)