2008

Web 2.0 Awards

Announced May 9, 2007

174 Web 2.0 Sites in 41 Categories

Web 2.0 Award Medal

Rated, Ranked, and Awarded

After scouring the web for Web 2.0 sites both new and old, we developed a "short list" of over three-hundred sites in forty-one categories. From there, we had some of the web's best bloggers, entrepreneurs and business people vote on winners, narrowing the field to 174 place-getters and Honorable Mentions.

12 Interviews with Founders of Winning Sites

The creators of the winning sites share their insight and approach, including technology, funding and methods for attracting traffic.

Contributors

The inaugural Web 2.0 Awards were staged by SEOmoz in 2006. This third edition was compiled by Jane Copland, SEOmoz's social media expert. The Awards were designed by Ben Bleikamp, with winner's prizes designed by Timothy Christensen.

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  • Bookmarking

    • 1st

      Place

      Save and share the best web content. Discover both the favorite content of others and browse what's currently popular on Del.icio.us' home page.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Let StumbleUpon know what your interests are and have it show you more websites and web pages that you'll like. Thumb up content you like and thumb down that which you don't.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Store your favorite online finds and let others discover the cool stuff you've bookmarked. Comment on the content you find and read what other users are saying about your bookmarks.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Mister Wong (http://www.mister-wong.com) Ma.gnolia (http://ma.gnolia.com)

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  • Books

    • 1st

      Place
      "Lulu.com's goal is to be a global marketplace for our users and letting the community decided the best sellers. Our hope has been to have 1 million users that sell 10 books instead of 10 authors that sell 1 million books -so far over the past five years, we're on the right track."
      Read our full interview with Lauren B. Parker, Senior Communications Specialist, Lulu.com

      Avoid the hassles of publishers and agents: publish your own manuscripts with Lulu. Browse the content that others have published via the site and vie to be featured on Lulu's front page!

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 1/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Search for out-of-print books from independent booksellers and buy them through Biblio's user-friendly site.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Specifically designed for libraries, VuFind works to replace traditional library catalog by digitizing the process and using easily-modified open source software.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 1/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      WorldCat (http://worldcat.org) LibraryThing (http://www.librarything.com)

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  • Classifieds and Directories

    • 1st

      Place

      Everything and anything you could want to buy, sell, find or read in one place. Look for dates, apartments, jobs and much more. Craigslist also has a popular "Best Of" section where the public votes on its most interesting or entertaining content.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 3/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      A comprehensive classified site that lets users refine their searches in many awesome ways, such as by what college they attend.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Parking Search helps both parking garage owners and individuals to buy, sell and rent parking spaces across the United States.

      • Usability 3/5
      • Usefulness 3/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Go2Web2.0 (http://www.go2web20.net)

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  • Collaborative Writing and Word Processing

    • 1st

      Place

      Create, store and share documents within your Google accountwith Google's free online document management feature.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Writeboard lets users edit documents while still being able to access earlier versions of the same text. Subscribe to RSS feeds of documents' changes and share documents with as many people as you like.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      From content creation to storage and collaboration, Thinkfree brings the functionality and features of a desktop office application to the Internet.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Celtx (http://www.celtx.com)

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  • Content Aggregation and Management

    • 1st

      Place

      Create forms for every survey you'd care to perform. From the daily "what to have for lunch" question to more in-depth questionnaires, Wufoo has a solution for most queries.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Create reports, calendars, charts and whole databases in an sharable format. Easily import data and present it in simple, attractive ways.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Collaborate and save spreadsheets online. Share your spreadsheets or make them private. View public templates and browse by top EditGrid users.

      • Usability 3/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Instant Bull (http://www.instantbull.com)

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  • Digital Storage and Remote Access

    • 1st

      Place

      Storing content online couldn't be easier than it is with this drag-and-drop tool. Edit, share and publish documents with Omnidrive, even if you or your users don't have the software to open documents on your computers.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 0/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Speficially designed for small or medium-sized businesses to store files and share them with whom they choose, Fluxiom provides a range of features that make online storage easier.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Store cool content, from documents to music tracks, online. Easily access your "snips" at a later date and share the content with other users.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Totoexpress (http://totoexpress.com)

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  • Education

    • 1st

      Place

      .Docstoc (dot-doc-stock) compiles a wealth of legal, educational, technical and business documents for you to download for free. You can upload your own files in a number of formats.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Mango brings total immersion language learning to the Internet, exposing students to conversations with native speakers.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Go through 183 free Spanish lessons and read 5050 Spanish conversations. Learn conversational skills and connect with other students.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Livemocha (http://www.livemocha.com)

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  • Employment and Jobs

    • 1st

      Place
      "StandoutJobs.com serves as a portal to all of our customers - so people can visit the site and discover great companies and opportunities. We're not trying to build a destination site per se, but we leverage search engine optimization where we can to drive customers and job seekers."
      Read our full interview with Benjamin Yoskovitz, CEO & Co-Founder, Standout Jobs

      Standout Jobs bring Web 2.0 to the recruiting space. Attempting to make the recruiting process more user-friendly and streamlined, Standout Jobs offers resources for both employers and candidates.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      A more traditional employment and recruitment website, CareerBuilder attempts to match professionals with their ideal job.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      One of the online employment-search mainstays, Monster provides not long job listings and resume services, but job fair information and all-around career advice.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Mployd (http://mployd.com)

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  • Events

    • 1st

      Place

      Keep track of your events and find new events to attend in your area and around the country. Join groups and find out what people who share your interests are attending.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      For the larger metropolitan areas in the U.S., Going keeps users up to date with the events that are going on in their towns and allows them to connect with people who share their interests.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Keep track of the best conferences to attend on one site. Search by category, speaker and add conferences to the directory.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Eventful (http://eventful.com)

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  • Food

    • 1st

      Place

      An entire site dedicated to food, Im Cooked lets members share recipes, make friends, watch cooking videos and learn more about culinary arts without the frills that often come with gourmet food television shows and websites.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Get a great view of the restaurants in your area via Urbanspoon's great collection of maps, reviews and links. Browse menus before you leave home and contribute your own information about local eateries. Most larger U.S. towns, plus three cities in Canada, are currently included in Urbanspoon's network.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Connect with fellow cooks from across the world, or just browse iFoods' collection of recipes, food-related discussions and blog posts. Enter competitions and prove yourself to be a superior chef!

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Recipe Key (http://www.recipekey.com) Crazymenu (http://www.crazymenu.com)

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  • Fun Stuff

    • 1st

      Place
      "A big bet with Cocktail Builder is that you can see not only the cocktails you can make from the stuff you have in the bar, but the cocktails you can almost make. Let's say you have limes and mint; you can almost make a mojito. Why don't we tell you that you're missing just 1 ingredient, rum? Maybe you'd be willing to buy it?"
      Read our full interview with Alex Weinstein

      Have a lot of bar fixings lying around and aren't sure what to do with them? Enter your ingredients into the Cocktail Builder and let it tell you which concoctions you can make! Find recipes, drink suggestions and purchase bar paraphernalia.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 1/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Have you ever wondered what you'd look like with someone else's hairstyle? Wonder no more: match your face with one of HairMixer's pictures or upload pictures of your own.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 3/5
      • Social Aspects 0/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 3/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Easily create comic strips out of your own images and browse the work of others.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 2/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      One Sentence (http://www.onesentence.org)

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  • Games and Entertainment

    • 1st

      Place

      Zango houses a virtually limitless database of free games, tools, videos and applications. Monetized by advertising and thus free to use, Zango offers hours of online entertainment.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 2/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      A science fiction and fantasy wiki, the site is home to a fictional galaxy over which the community as total control.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 1/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Pitching itself as a "social gaming" website, Doof promotes social networking through competition. Doof's games range from word puzzles to action games, while its social features include game playing statistics, private messaging and more

      • Usability 3/5
      • Usefulness 1/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Guess The Google (http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google) Arcaplay (http://arcaplay.com)

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  • Genealogy

    • 1st

      Place

      MyHeritage has taken hold as one of the web's leading family networks. Its incredibly popular Face Recognition widget has propelled it into the blogosphere and social networking scene as well.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Geni provides a free, private forum for members to construct a family tree and a family history.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Aside from just building a family tree, Amiglia lets people share photos and calendars, acting as a "family Facebook."

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      GeneTree (http://www.genetree.com) AncestryPress (http://ancestrypress.ancestry.com)

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  • Guides and Reviews

    • 1st

      Place
      "My co-founder Russ Simmons and I realized that word of mouth was the best way to find great local businesses, but we weren't sure how we'd bring that to the web. We ended up building a website about asking friends for recommendations and later realized some of our early users really just wanted a platform for sharing their favorite local businesses, which is what you see today."
      Read our full interview with Jeremy Stoppelman

      Yelp is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what's great -and not so great- in your area.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Find the location of virtually anything. Get directions, phone numbers, reviews and more with maps and aerial views of the world.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      With reviews of just about everything, Citysearch is a great resource of information on businesses all over the United States.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Yahoo! Local (http://local.yahoo.com) Menuism (http://www.menuism.com)

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  • Health

    • 1st

      Place

      Your go-to resource online for health information, Revolution Health includes articles, discussions, polls and a range of other resources.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Connect with other people who are interested in fitness and training. Join team activities and find support from users who share the same goals as you.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Find and share health information with other members of this new online health resource.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Icyou (http://icyou.com) Health Ranker (http://www.healthranker.com) Medstory (http://www.medstory.com)

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  • Hosted Wikis

    • 1st

      Place

      Simple and free to use, PBWiki allows users to upload HTML in order to customize their pages. Create a wiki for fun or for use within your business.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 3/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Wetpaint provides wikis to some of the web's most visible media entities. Fully equipped with smart navigation elements and neat customization features, Wetpaint wikis are often fully-functioning, well presented websites.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 3/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Simplifying the process of making and using a wiki, Wikispaces allows anyone to create a public or private place for their content.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Wikidot (http://www.wikidot.com)

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  • Mapping Applications

    • 1st

      Place

      Create maps for people of certain interests, or browse and join the maps of other users, adding yourself and your location.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 3/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Create and share maps with friends or the Wayfaring community.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      CommunityWalk provides simple interfaces for users to create useful maps. Upload photographs, comments and more to create truly useful maps for your family, team or community.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 3/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Rrove (http://www.rrove.com) InteractiveMaps (http://www.interactivemaps.org)

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  • Maps

    • 1st

      Place

      The web's leading mapping application, Google maps is more than just lines on the screen. With Street View, Aerial View, advanced directions and integration with Local Search, Google Maps leads the mapping field.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Live Maps, by Microsoft, include directions and other regular mapping functions, but its really neat feature is "bird's eye view," where you can see a cityscape or terrain as though you were on an airplane, flying above.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 0/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Fly around the world with Google's amazing maps and information mash up. View pictures, attractions and local venues, and keep up to date with the ever-improving technology of Google Earth.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 3/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Yahoo! Maps (http://maps.yahoo.com/index.php)

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  • Mobile Technology

    • 1st

      Place

      A social networking, micro-blogging and communication phenomenon, the revolutionary service connects people from all over the world via the question, "What are you doing?"

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 3/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      A genuinely useful ringtone, wallpaper, games and mobile videos application, Myxer aims to make the mobile experience fun and free.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 2/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 3/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Social networking and new media taken mobile, Juicecaster gives users easy ways to post to their blogs, update their statuses on Facebook and Twitter and make new friends.

      • Usability 3/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 2/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Plusmo (http://plusmo.com)

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  • Music

    • 1st

      Place
      "We could see that Napster had fulfilled a real need amongst music fans, because there was so much music out there and people didn’t know where to get hold of it, or how to discover new music that they’d like. The music press wasn’t doing it, magazines were closing all the time, and you couldn’t rely on TV or radio either unless your tastes were very mainstream. Once Napster was gone, there was no platform, online or offline, which fulfilled that need, so we decided to make it ourselves."
      Read our full interview with Christian Ward, PR Manager, Last.fm

      Billing itself as the social music revolution, Last.fm lets you connect with friends, discover music they like, discover music you'll probably like and keep up with music events and news. Download tracks from Amazon or listen to free online radio.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Let Pandora's player know what music you like and it will find new music you'll want to hear. Discover new artists or less-common tracks from the artists you already know and like.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 0/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Another site that promotes the sharing and discovery of music, Mog also features videos, concert reviews and music news.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Amie Street (http://amiestreet.com) LyricsMode (http://www.lyricsmode.com)

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  • News and Blog Guides

    • 1st

      Place
      "Blog search as a product has focused on search so far, but our vision certainly extends beyond it. We have never lost sight of the fact that many Google users are interested in discovering what stories are getting the most attention in blogs but may not visit blog search to issue explicit queries. This is one of the directions we're thinking about for blog search in the future."
      Read our full interview with Jeremy Hylton

      Search the blogosphere in real-time. Get almost instantaneous alerts when someone is said about your interests online and sort results by relevance or date.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 0/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 3/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Search and share news feeds, blog content and create a personalized news page for your most valuable content.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Monitor your links and reputation through the world's leading provider of blog information. Find new blogs to read and attempt to get into Technorati's list of top blogs.

      • Usability 3/5
      • Usefulness 3/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Icerocket (http://www.icerocket.com)

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  • Niche Social Networking

    • 1st

      Place

      A social network especially for mothers, MothersClick lets moms discuss their issues, problems and solutions. Read articles, post classified ads, recipes, photos and blogs.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      A social network specifically for people whose lives have been changed by diabetes. Connect with a worldwide network of people who are going through the same thing, make friends and gain invaluable information.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      This social networking site is restricted to use by people under the age of eighteen. Parental consent is required in order to access the site, and Imbee does its best to verify that parents are who they say they are by requiring credit card information, even though the service is free.

      • Usability 3/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Motortopia (http://www.motortopia.com/main/cars)

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  • Online Desktop / OS

    • 1st

      Place

      Allowing users to access an online drive and desktop with a fully-functioning range of applications, Zimdesk's mobile online operating system makes taking your computer with you easy.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 0/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Pitching itself as a "free web-based virtual computer for every human being", G.ho.st attempts to bring all the functionality of a regular computer to online applications.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 0/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Includes email, contact manager and games, this service gives you an email address that you can access from your online desktop. Easily customizable, you can incorporate a lot of cool applications into this one platform.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 0/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Glide Digital (http://www.glidedigital.com)

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  • Organization

    • 1st

      Place
      "We built Backpack because we wanted a solution to a problem we were having: Too many bits of information spread across various emails, post-it notes, to-do lists, and calendars. Backpack solves this problem by letting you keep all this stuff in a single place and sharing it easily."
      Read our full interview with Matt Linderman

      Backpack comes from the team at 37signals and is loaded with useful organizational tools. Keep your pages private or share them, schedule text message and email alerts and enjoy regular online-office services such as a calendar and to-do lists.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 0/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Includes Writer, Spreadsheet, Show, Wiki, Virtual Office, Project management, planner and chat feature. A complete office experience in one, users can take advantage of all or some of Zoho's features.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 0/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Create forms for every survey you'd care to perform. From the daily “what to have for lunch” question to more in-depth questionnaires, Wufoo has a solution for most queries.

      • Usability 3/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 0/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

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  • Philanthropy

    • 1st

      Place

      Incorporating petitions, donations, groups and tips, Care2 is an online hub of people who care about their world and want to make it better.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Through a philanthropic affiliate program, Giveness donates to charity the sales commission it makes through its online shopping tools.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Don't be concerned about where your donation money goes to anymore. Browse what teachers have said their classrooms need, and choose where your dollar goes.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 2/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      BeGreenNow (http://www.begreennow.com)

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  • Photos and Digital Images

    • 1st

      Place

      With a fantastic collection of images, Flickr is both a great place to store your photographs and to search for high-quality images.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      An online photo editor with tons of cool features, you can use Picnik to edit and enhance images on your computer.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 0/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Google's photo sharing service comes with excellent software for editing your pictures. Easy, fast uploads make Picasa fun and simple to use.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Splashup (http://www.splashup.com)

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  • Professional Networking

    • 1st

      Place

      A must for many professionals, LinkedIn allows people to recommend you, find you via your location and expertise, and prompts users to advertise their experience and education for potential clients and employers.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Biznik aims to connect people who have build or are building their own businesses. Connect with other entrepreneurs and take part in events and discussions.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Add you profile and portfolio to Professional On The Web and become part of a growing number of agencies and freelancers who connect over this professional network.

      • Usability 3/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      Xing (http://www.xing.com)

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  • Questions and Advice

    • 1st

      Place

      Help Yahoo! users answer questions on every topic imaginable. Ask questions and have the community help you out with answers.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 4/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 3/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Connect with parents worldwide. Ask and answer questions about all things child-care related.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 5/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place

      Fixya aims to bring together as much trouble-shooting information as possible. Ask and answer technical support questions, receive advice and browse old problems and solutions.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 4/5
      • UI & Design 3/5
      • Content Quality 4/5
    • Honorable Mention

      BuzzDash (http://www.buzzdash.com)

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  • Real Estate

    • 1st

      Place
      "We saw an opportunity to fill a huge brand void and build a company focused on helping consumers with one of life’s most complicated and important transactions. About three years ago, we started with “Zestimates” – free and instant valuations on almost every home in America. We now also have over 2 million listings of homes for sale."
      Read our full interview with Spencer Rascoff, Zillow

      Find out what the houses you're interested in should cost and browse listings nationwide.

      • Usability 5/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 0/5
      • UI & Design 5/5
      • Content Quality 5/5

    • 2nd

      Place

      Rentomatic attempts to make the process of renting easier for landlords and tenants. The service lets you manage your properties or pay your rent online, track rental histories and improve tenant - landlord communications.

      • Usability 4/5
      • Usefulness 5/5
      • Social Aspects 3/5
      • UI & Design 4/5
      • Content Quality 4/5

    • 3rd

      Place