The first ever Open Web Awards voting is almost over. The polls officially close tonight at 8:59 PM PST. In order for us and Vizu to verify the votes, we will be announcing our winners on Friday afternoon.
However, I am proud to announce that behind the scenes the judges (our 30 blog partners) have also been casting their own votes, and without further ado, we are announcing the winners who will be receiving the first ever Open Web Awards at our event on January 10th at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco.
Here are the 13 winners in each respective category of the Judge's Choice component of the awards:
Mainstream and Large Social Networks
Applications and Widgets
Social News and Social Bookmarking
Social Search
Sports and Fitness
Photo Sharing
Video Sharing
Start Pages
Places and Events
Music
Social Shopping
Mobile
Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Once again, a thank you to our sponsors:
Reddit.com - Reddit.com is a social news aggregation website where readers, not editors, determine the top stories.
WIRED - WIRED is the first word on technology, exploring how ideas fueled by innovation change the world.
Cohn and Wolfe - Our PR partner and co-producer.
Quintura - Quintura makes you control your web search. You will find what you want as quickly as possible.
RetailMeNot - The RetailMeNot.com community saves you money by sharing 50,000+ coupon codes for 10,000+ stores.
Streakr - Discover more of the web you love together with Streakr.com
A Big Thanks to Our Blog Partners