Open Web Awards: Judge’s Choice Winners Announced

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

Techdirt
/Message
Blognation
Andy Beard
Collective Thoughts
Gadgetell
Watch Mojo
How to Split an Atom
Luca Filigheddu.com
Marketing Pilgrim
Pulse 2.0
ParisLemon
UnBlogged (Spanish)
Stuff We Like
Kineda
Crenk
WebAppers
RotorBlog
Small Business Trends
Skype Journal
BuzzMag (Czech)
Disruptive Conversations
Akimoto@CybozuLabs (Japanese)
BlogOnExpo
Under the Radar
Alarm:Clock
901am
LiewCF
Social Networking Watch
Download Squad