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
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Winner: The Star Tracker
Runner-up: Wadja
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