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"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.\nHowever, 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.\nHere are the 13 winners in each respective category of the Judge's Choice component of the awards:\nMainstream and Large Social Networks\n\nApplications and Widgets\n\nSocial News and Social Bookmarking\n\nSocial Search\n\nSports and Fitness\n\nPhoto Sharing\n\nVideo Sharing\n\nStart Pages\n\nPlaces and Events\n\nMusic\n\nSocial Shopping\n\nMobile\n\nNiche and Miscellaneous Social Networks\n\nCongratulations to all of the winners!\nOnce again, a thank you to our sponsors:\n\nReddit.com - Reddit.com is a social news aggregation website where readers, not editors, determine the top stories.\nWIRED - WIRED is the first word on technology, exploring how ideas fueled by innovation change the world.\nCohn and Wolfe - Our PR partner and co-producer.\nQuintura - Quintura makes you control your web search. You will find what you want as quickly as possible.\nRetailMeNot - The RetailMeNot.com community saves you money by sharing 50,000+ coupon codes for 10,000+ stores.\nStreakr - Discover more of the web you love together with Streakr.com\n\nA Big Thanks to Our Blog Partners\nTechdirt/MessageBlognationAndy BeardCollective ThoughtsGadgetellWatch MojoHow to Split an AtomLuca Filigheddu.comMarketing PilgrimPulse 2.0ParisLemonUnBlogged (Spanish)Stuff We Like KinedaCrenkWebAppersRotorBlogSmall Business TrendsSkype JournalBuzzMag (Czech)Disruptive ConversationsAkimoto@CybozuLabs (Japanese)BlogOnExpoUnder the RadarAlarm:Clock901amLiewCFSocial Networking WatchDownload Squad "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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