The people have spoken and the grand prize winner of the Yahoo! Search BOSS Mashable Challenge, who will receive $2,000 and the chance to elaborate on their submission on Mashable is: KallOut! Congratulations!
The "Runner Up" winner and recipient of $1,000 is: Socialmention! Congratulations and Kudos!
KallOut, described by the developers as “Search is trapped inside the browser. KallOut sets it free. Get results in context over any website or Microsoft Office,” has become a favorite application of mine since the submission came through. The ability to enhance the desktop applications I am addicted to, including Microsoft Outlook, has become an obsessions of mine. KallOut joins my ranks of best Outlook plugins with Xobni, LinkedIn Plugin and SimplyFile.
Socialmention, first covered by Mashable as "Twitter Search for the Whole Web," is described by their developers as “Socialmention allows you to track conversations about you, your company, a new product, or any topic across the Web’s social media landscape.” When it comes to brand management and tracking, socialmention is one of the top options available. While the site is relatively new, by offering an API, I'm sure we'll see some interesting growth from them in the upcoming months.
Congratulations again to the winners, many thanks to all the developers who submitted and thanks to everyone who participated with your support, comments and votes.
*As a note, PopGist and Duck Duck Go were removed from the voting platform due to malicious voting. No accusations are being made against the companies themselves, but after votes were discounted, the winning vote counts are represented above. Many thanks to the IP Security and analysis provided by PollDaddy.