Thursday, December 11, 2008

Open Web Awards Winners!

Source from Mashable.


Announcing Blogger's Choice Open Web Awards Winners!


While voting continues until midnight Sunday to decide who is crowned the Open Web Awards “People’s Choice”, today we announce the winners of our Blogger’s Choice voting, as selected by our Blog Partners.


Over 100 Blog Partners have helped make this the biggest Open Web Awards to date with over 100,000 confirmed nominations and votes so far. Our blog partners come from 25 countries and are written in 10 different languages.


This year’s winners will be receiving the Open Web Award, thanks to Zazzle, just in time to celebrate the holiday season.


Remember: voting for the People’s Choice Open Web Awards ends this Sunday night at 11:59 pm PST, with a winners announcement on Tuesday.


Blogger’s Choice Winners








Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks



Winner: Twitter
Runner-up: Facebook





Embeddable Widgets



Winner:
Clearspring

Runner-up: Sprout





Blog Plugins



Winner: ShareThis
Runner-up: AddThis





Social News



Winner: Digg
Runner-up: Mixx





Social Networking Applications



Winner: Ping.fm
Runner-up: Twitterfeed





Social Bookmarking



Winner: Delicious
Runner-up: StumbleUpon





Search & Social Search



Winner: Google
Runner-up: Scour





Sports & Fitness



Winner: Gyminee
Runner-up: Oneseason





Photo Sharing



Winner: Flickr
Runner-up: Picasa





Video Sharing



Winner: YouTube
Runner-up: Vimeo





Start Pages



Winner: iGoogle
Runner-up: Netvibes





Places & Events



Winner: Doodle
Runner-up: Eventbrite





Travel



Winner: TripIt
Runner-up: GeckoGo





Music



Winner: Last.fm
Runner-up: Pandora





Social Shopping



Winner: Wishpot
Runner-up(s): Tigerbow/Pikaba (tie)





Fashion



Winner: Coolspotters
Runner-up: Gift Girl





Celebrity & Gossip



Winner: Perez Hilton
Runner-up: Popvine





Mobile Applications



Winner: Evernote
Runner-up: Qik





Dating & Romance



Winner: SpeedDate
Runner-up: OKCupid





Wiki



Winner: Wikipedia
Runner-up: PBWiki





Politics



Winner: Huffington Post
Runner-up: CreateDebate





How-to



Winner: eHow
Runner-up: Howcast





Environmental



Winner: ThinkGreen
Runner-up: SocialVibe





Non-Profit Causes



Winner: SocialVibe
Runner-up: Kiva





Online Games



Winner: Playfish
Runner-up: Kongregate





Niche Social Networks



Winner: Wadja
Runner-up: Lifeblob





Congratulations!


Congratulations! Now it’s time to boast your win! When you receive your award, feel free to proudly display it. In the meantime, feel free to grab one of these graphics and place it on your site:





OWA Sponsors Love The Web


The Open Web Awards is made possible by our sponsors. By supporting the Open Web Awards, these companies reward and encourage innovative web technologies. We can’t thank them enough for sharing our passion: building great web companies.


Platinum Partner



PartnerUp brings small business and social networking together to create a community where entrepreneurs find the people, resources and information to grow their businesses.”


Gold Sponsors



iStockphoto is the world’s leading image market and a revenue-sharing social network. Browse 3.5 million images and videos starting at $1 or become a contributor.”



“With Quintura's advanced visual-based search and analytics solution, content publishers can increase site usage while creating new ad revenues”


Prize Sponsor



“Infinite and Instant, Zazzle is the only on-demand retail platform for consumers and major brands, offering billions of retail quality, one-of-a-kind products, most of which are produced within 24 hours.”


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