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OPEN WEB AWARDS – 26 People’s Choice Winners
The winners of Mashable’s 2nd annual Open Web Awards was announced Dec 16, 2008. The Open Web Awards are a multilingual, international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. By way of an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements of websites and services in 26 categories.
Twitter appeared to be the frontrunner for the “Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks” category, but the European social portal Netlog took that honor.
People’s Choice Winners
Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks
Winner: Netlog
Runner-up: Platinum Lounge
Embeddable Widgets
Winner: Qoof
Runner-up: Sprout
Blog Plugins
Winner: ShareThis
Runner-up: AddThis
Social News
Winner: Help a Reporter Out
Runner-up: Hubdub
Social Networking Applications
Winner: Artition
Runner-up: Digsby
Social Bookmarking
Winner: Diigo
Runner-up: ShareThis
The rest of the 26 Winners after the jump:
Search & Social Search
Winner: Scour
Runner-up: Artiklz
Sports & Fitness
Winner: Gyminee
Runner-up: FitFiend
Photo Sharing
Winner: ipernity
Runner-up: TinyPic
Video Sharing
Winner: ffwd
Runner-up: YouTube
Start Pages
Winner: Google
Runner-up: iGoogle
Places & Events
Winner: Doodle
Runner-up: Muchmor
Travel
Winner: SpottedByLocals
Runner-up: GeckoGo
Music
Winner: Noisetrade
Runner-up: Last.fm
Social Shopping
Winner: Pikaba
Runner-up: A Full Cup
Fashion
Winner: Coolspotters
Runner-up: Polyvore
Celebrity & Gossip
Winner: Oh No They Didn’t
Runner-up: BollyScoops
Mobile Applications
Winner: Evernote
Runner-up: MocoSpace
Dating & Romance
Winner: Zoosk
Runner-up: DateHookup
Wiki
Winner: Encyclopedia Dramatica
Runner-up: WikiHow
Politics
Winner: Politics4All
Runner-up: CreateDebate
How-to
Winner: A Full Cup
Runner-up: College Cram
Environmental
Winner: Ecomii
Runner-up: Gazelle
Non-Profit Causes
Winner: Stop Political Calls
Runner-up: SocialVibe
Online Games
Winner: Playfish
Runner-up: Power Pets
Niche Social Networks
Winner: The Star Tracker
Runner-up: Wadja
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