Mashable Announces Winners in 2008 Open Web Awards

New York, NY, December 16, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Google, Twitter, and Facebook Take Home Top Prizes in World’s Only Multilingual Online Voting Competition.

Mashable, the popular social media news blog, today announced the winners of its annual Open Web Awards (www.openwebawards.com), the only multilingual international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements in 26 categories. There were two sections in the Open Web Awards, the People’s Choice and the Blogger’s Choice.

In Mashable’s People’s Choice Open Web Awards portion, the winners and runner-ups are:

• Blog Plugins
Winner: ShareThis
Runner-up: AddThis
• Celebrity & Gossip
Winner: Oh No They Didn't
Runner-up: Bollyscoops
• Dating & Romance
Winner: Zoosk
Runner-up: DateHookup
• Embeddable Widgets
Winner: Qoof
Runner-up: Sprout
• Environmental
Winner: Ecomii
Runner-up: Gazelle
• Fashion
Winner: Coolspotters
Runner-up: Polyvore
• How-to
Winner: A Full Cup
Runner-up: College-Cram
• Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks
Winner: Netlog
Runner-up: Platinum Lounge
• Mobile Applications
Winner: Evernote
Runner-up: MocoSpace
• Music
Winner: NoiseTrade
Runner-up: Last.fm
• Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
Winner: The Star Tracker
Runner-up: Wadja
• Non-Profit Causes
Winner: Stop Political Calls
Runner-up: SocialVibe
• Online Games
Winner: Playfish
Runner-up: Powerpets
• Photo Sharing
Winner: ipernity
Runner-up: TinyPic
• Places & Events
Winner: Doodle
Runner-up: Muchmor
• Politics
Winner: Politics4All
Runner-up: CreateDebate
• Search & Social Search
Winner: Scour
Runner-up: Artiklz
• Social Bookmarking
Winner: Diigo
Runner-up: ShareThis
• Social Networking Applications
Winner: Aritition
Runner-up: Digsby
• Social News
Winner: Help a Reporter Out
Runner-up: HubDub
• Social Shopping
Winner: Pikaba
Runner-up: A Full Cup
• Sports & Fitness
Winner: Gyminee
Runner-up: FitFiend
• Start Pages
Winner: Google
Runner-up: iGoogle
• Travel
Winner: Spotted by Locals
Runner-up: GeckoGo
• Video Sharing
Winner: ffwd
Runner-up: YouTube
• Wiki
Winner: Encyclopedia Dramatica
Runner-up: wikiHow

In the Blogger’s Choice portion, as selected by more than 100 blog partners, the winners and runner-ups included:

• Blog Plugins
Winner: ShareThis
Runner-up: AddThis
• Celebrity & Gossip
Winner: Perez Hilton
Runner-up: Popvine
• Dating & Romance
Winner: SpeedDate
Runner-up: OKCupid
• Embeddable Widgets
Winner: Clearspring
Runner-up: Sprout
• Environmental
Winner: ThinkGreen
Runner-up: SocialVibe
• Fashion
Winner: Coolspotters
Runner-up: Gift Girl
• How-to
Winner: eHow
Runner-up: Howcast
• Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks
Winner: Twitter
Runner-up: Facebook
• Mobile Applications
Winner: Evernote
Runner-up: Qik
• Music
Winner: Last.fm
Runner-up: Pandora
• Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
Winner: Wadja
Runner-up: Lifeblog
• Non-Profit Causes
Winner: SocialVibe
Runner-up: Kiva
• Online Games
Winner: Playfish
Runner-up: Kongregate
• Photo Sharing
Winner: Flickr
Runner-up: Picasa
• Places & Events
Winner: Doodle
Runner-up: Eventbrite
• Politics
Winner: Huffington Post
Runner-up: Create Debate
• Search & Social Search
Winner: Google
Runner-up: Scour
• Social Bookmarking
Winner: Delicious
Runner-up: StumbleUpon
• Social Networking Applications
Winner: Ping.fm
Runner-up: Twitterfeed
• Social News
Winner: Digg
Runner-up: Mixx
• Social Shopping
Winner: Wishpot
Runner-up: Tigerbow/Pikaba (tie)
• Sports & Fitness
Winner: Gyminee
Runner-up: Oneseason
• Start Pages
Winner: iGoogle
Runner-up: Netvibes
• Travel
Winner: TripIt
Runner-up: GeckoGo
• Video Sharing
Winner: YouTube
Runner-up: Vimeo
• Wiki
Winner: Wikipedia
Runner-up: PBWiki

“Mashable is delighted at the success of this year's Open Web Awards contest, which has awarded great websites and services the recognition they deserve. We're also thankful to our more than 100 blog partners, all of whom helped to make this year's Open Web Awards a hit,” said Pete Cashmore, Mashable Founder and CEO.

For this year’s Open Web Awards, Mashable received 50,000 total nominations, 80,000 total votes in the first round, and 90,000 votes in the final round. Additionally, Mashable partnered with Poll Daddy for this year’s Open Web Awards to ensure extra security and ease of voting.

About Mashable
Founded in 2005 by noted social media expert Pete Cashmore, Mashable is a leading Internet news blog that regularly writes about MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Google and startups, as well as up-and-coming social networking sites. Mashable also features its own social network, beta invites, a job board, customized profiles, and MySpace layouts. With a reported 5+ million monthly page views, a Technorati authority of 8,875, and an Alexa ranking around 6,500, Mashable ranks among the largest blogs on the Internet. For more information, please visit www.mashable.com.

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