One Week Till The Startupocalypse

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Over the past month, thousands of nominees were narrowed down to a mere 79. Over 150,000 votes and nominations were placed. Now, your judgement day awaits: in one week, final voting closes in our search for the 26 best web startups and services this year. Will your favorite startup survive?

That's right: you have until midnight PST on December 14th to pick the winners of this year's Open Web Awards, an open, international contest to find the web’s best sites and services. Vote now!

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, December 16th.

VOTE NOW: One Vote Per Category Per Day

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The Finalists: The Full List

Here they are, the companies that could win next week.

Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks

Netlog

http://netlog.com/

Platinum Lounge

http://www.platinumlounge.com/

Twitter

http://twitter.com/

Embeddable Widgets

Clearspring

http://www.clearspring.com/

Qoof

http://www.qoof.com/

Sprout

http://sproutbuilder.com/

Blog Plugins

AddThis

http://addthis.com/

ShareThis

http://sharethis.com/

Zemanta

http://www.zemanta.com/

Social News

Help a Reporter Out

http://www.helpareporter.com/

Hubdub

http://www.hubdub.com/

regator

http://regator.com/

Social Networking Applications

Artition

http://www.artition.com/

Digsby

http://www.digsby.com

Ping.fm

http://ping.fm/

Social Bookmarking

AddThis

http://addthis.com/

Diigo

http://www.diigo.com/

ShareThis

http://sharethis.com/

Search & Social Search

Artiklz

http://www.artiklz.com/

findingDulcinea

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/

Scour

http://www.scour.com/

Sports & Fitness

FitFiend

http://www.fitfiend.com/

Gyminee

http://www.gyminee.com/

OneSeason

http://www.oneseason.com/

Photo Sharing

flickr

http://www.flickr.com/

ipernity

http://www.ipernity.com/

TinyPic

http://tinypic.com/

Video Sharing

ffwd

http://www.ffwd.com/

Vimeo

http://www.vimeo.com/

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/

Start Pages

Google

http://www.google.com/

iGoogle

http://www.google.com/ig

Yahoo!

http://yahoo.com/

Places & Events

City Data

http://www.city-data.com/

Doodle

http://www.doodle.com/

Muchmor

http://www.muchmormagazine.com/

Travel

CouchSurfing

http://www.couchsurfing.com/

GeckoGo

http://www.geckogo.com/

Spotted by Locals

http://www.spottedbylocals.com/

Music

Last.fm

http://www.last.fm/

NoiseTrade

https://www.noisetrade.com/

Pandora

http://www.pandora.com/

Social Shopping

A Full Cup

http://www.afullcup.com/

Pikaba

http://www.pikaba.com/

Tigerbow

http://www.tigerbow.com/

Fashion

Chictini

http://www.chictini.com/

Coolspotters

http://coolspotters.com/

Polyvore

http://www.polyvore.com

Celebrity & Gossip

Bollyscoops

http://bollyscoops.com/

Oh No They Didn't

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/

Superficial Gallery

http://www.superficialgallery.com/

Mobile Applications

Evernote

http://evernote.com/

MocoSpace

http://www.mocospace.com/

Viigo

http://viigo.com/

Dating & Romance

DateHookup

http://www.datehookup.com/

SpeedDate

http://www.speeddate.com/

zoosk

http://www.zoosk.com/

Wiki

Encyclopedia Dramatica

http://encyclopediadramatica.com

wikiHow

http://www.wikihow.com/

Wikipedia

http://www.wikipedia.org/

Politics

CreateDebate

http://www.createdebate.com/

Politics4all

http://www.politics4all.com/

PreciseNews

http://www.precisenews.us/

How-to

A Full Cup

http://www.afullcup.com/

College-Cram

http://www.college-cram.com/

Howcast

http://www.howcast.com/

Environmental

ecomii

http://www.ecomii.com/

gazelle

http://www.gazelle.com/

neighBorrow

http://neighborrow.com/

Non-Profit Causes

DiscoverScholars

http://discoverscholars.org/

SocialVibe

http://www.socialvibe.com/

Stop Political Calls

http://stoppoliticalcalls.org/

Online Games

Armor Games

http://armorgames.com/

Playfish

http://www.playfish.com/

Powerpets

http://powerpets.com/

Niche Social Networks

Lymabean

http://www.lymabean.com/

The Star Tracker

http://www.thestartracker.com/

Wadja

http://us.wadja.com/

Top Tip For Finalists

You got through? Congratulations! Did you know you can create a custom version of our voting widget above to post to your company blog or website? Just visit the Open Web Awards Widget Creator and check the box to preset a category or company. This means your fans only need to enter an email address to vote - simple!

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Gold Sponsors

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"iStockphoto is the world's leading image market and a revenue-sharing social network. Browse 3.5 million images and videos starting at $1 or become a contributor."

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