Friday, December 12, 2008

FINAL REMINDER: Open Web Awards Voting Closes Sunday



 
 

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via Mashable! by Pete Cashmore on 12/12/08

Are you a Twitterer, a Netlogger or a Platinum Lounger?  Do you take your widgets Qoofy, Sprouting, or Clearspringy?   Would you rather AddThis, ShareThis or Zemanta it?  In short: what are the best sites on the web this year?  You have only days to tell us!

It's the final countdown.  You have until midnight PST on December 14th to pick the "People's Choice" winners in the Open Web Awards, an open, international contest to find the web's best sites and services. 

Winners receive the Open Web Awards sculpture (courtesy of Zazzle), coverage on Mashable and partner blogs and inclusion in press mentions of the contest.

The People's Choice winners will be announced on Tuesday, December 16th.    The Blogger's Choice OWA Winners were announced this week.


VOTE NOW: One Vote Per Category Per Day

Already know who you're voting for? Use the widget below to cast your vote for the Open Web Awards!

Feel free to embed this widget on your own blog or website by clicking the "Grab This" button! For a timeline, rules and information on our 100+ blog partners, please visit the Open Web Awards site.


The Finalists: The Full List

Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks

Netlog http://netlog.com/
Platinum Lounge http://www.platinumlounge.com/
Twitter http://twitter.com/

Embeddable Widgets

Clearspring http://www.clearspring.com/
Qoof http://www.qoof.com/
Sprout http://sproutbuilder.com/

Blog Plugins

AddThis http://addthis.com/
ShareThis http://sharethis.com/
Zemanta http://www.zemanta.com/

Social News

Help a Reporter Out http://www.helpareporter.com/
Hubdub http://www.hubdub.com/
regator http://regator.com/

Social Networking Applications

Artition http://www.artition.com/
Digsby http://www.digsby.com
Ping.fm http://ping.fm/

Social Bookmarking

AddThis http://addthis.com/
Diigo http://www.diigo.com/
ShareThis http://sharethis.com/

Search & Social Search

Artiklz http://www.artiklz.com/
findingDulcinea http://www.findingdulcinea.com/
Scour http://www.scour.com/

Sports & Fitness

FitFiend http://www.fitfiend.com/
Gyminee http://www.gyminee.com/
OneSeason http://www.oneseason.com/

Photo Sharing

flickr http://www.flickr.com/
ipernity http://www.ipernity.com/
TinyPic http://tinypic.com/

Video Sharing

ffwd http://www.ffwd.com/
Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/

Start Pages

Google http://www.google.com/
iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig
Yahoo! http://yahoo.com/

Places & Events

City Data http://www.city-data.com/
Doodle http://www.doodle.com/
Muchmor http://www.muchmormagazine.com/

Travel

CouchSurfing http://www.couchsurfing.com/
GeckoGo http://www.geckogo.com/
Spotted by Locals http://www.spottedbylocals.com/

Music

Last.fm http://www.last.fm/
NoiseTrade https://www.noisetrade.com/
Pandora http://www.pandora.com/

Social Shopping

A Full Cup http://www.afullcup.com/
Pikaba http://www.pikaba.com/
Tigerbow http://www.tigerbow.com/

Fashion

Chictini http://www.chictini.com/
Coolspotters http://coolspotters.com/
Polyvore http://www.polyvore.com

Celebrity & Gossip

Bollyscoops http://bollyscoops.com/
Oh No They Didn't http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/
Superficial Gallery http://www.superficialgallery.com/

Mobile Applications

Evernote http://evernote.com/
MocoSpace http://www.mocospace.com/
Viigo http://viigo.com/

Dating & Romance

DateHookup http://www.datehookup.com/
SpeedDate http://www.speeddate.com/
zoosk http://www.zoosk.com/

Wiki

Encyclopedia Dramatica http://encyclopediadramatica.com
wikiHow http://www.wikihow.com/
Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/

Politics

CreateDebate http://www.createdebate.com/
Politics4all http://www.politics4all.com/
PreciseNews http://www.precisenews.us/

How-to

A Full Cup http://www.afullcup.com/
College-Cram http://www.college-cram.com/
Howcast http://www.howcast.com/

Environmental

ecomii http://www.ecomii.com/
gazelle http://www.gazelle.com/
neighBorrow http://neighborrow.com/

Non-Profit Causes

DiscoverScholars http://discoverscholars.org/
SocialVibe http://www.socialvibe.com/
Stop Political Calls http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/

Online Games

Armor Games http://armorgames.com/
Playfish http://www.playfish.com/
Powerpets http://powerpets.com/

Niche Social Networks

Lymabean http://www.lymabean.com/
The Star Tracker http://www.thestartracker.com/
Wadja http://us.wadja.com/

Top Tip For Finalists

You got through? Congratulations! Did you know you can create a custom version of our voting widget above to post to your company blog or website? Just visit the Open Web Awards Widget Creator and check the box to preset a category or company. This means your fans only need to enter an email address to vote - simple!


Start Canvassing for YOUR Candidate!

Want others to vote for your favorite site? Of course you do! Why not leave a comment here and on any of our international partner blogs encouraging other readers to add their support? The more you promote your candidate across these blogs, the more likely it is for your site to win!


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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