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Open Web Awards: Call for nominations
Download Squad is pleased to announce that we're participating in the Open Web Awards. What that means is you, our dear readers, get to participate in the first ever interblog collaborative award event designed to recognize excellence in the social networking world. The Open Web Awards are the brainchild of the folks over at Mashable, and about 30 blogs are participating.Over the next few weeks, we'll have voting rounds in several different categories. But today we're going to give you a list of categories and call for your nominations. To nominate a company or website, just leave a comment with the business name and the corresponding category. For example, if you want to nominate Hi5 in the Mainstream and Large Scale Networks category, just say so. That's all there is to it. Once we've got all the nominations in we'll add your votes to those gathered from other web sites and let you vote on the top companies in each category.
Here are the categories:
- Mainstream and Large Scale Networks
- Applications and Widgets
- Start Pages
- Mobile
- Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
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kingkool68 said 11:36AM on 11-29-2007
Startpage: NetVibes.com, my favorite start page.
Mobile: Digg River, everything I need to read Digg on my mobile.
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Chris Cox said 12:01PM on 11-29-2007
www.spill.com for Niche and Micellaneous
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John Zarkadas said 1:06PM on 11-29-2007
Nominate :www.wishdone.com
At WishDone:
Create two profiles; your own True profile according to your real life and your own Wish profile according to your dreams and imagination.
Stay connected with your wish done community from every place in the world using our suite of communication tools from your PC, PDA or mobile phone.
Develop your own media channels to share
Enter contests to win prizes you and your wish profile dream of
Express yourself easily through advanced blogging platforms.
Get rewarded with WishDone points that will take you closer to the fulfillment of your wishes.
Interact in groups with people around the globe that share the same aspirations and dreams as you.
Support global causes and raise awareness on the issues you find interesting.
Because WishDone is beyond freedom, communication and community…
And the Wishdone community has this request: believe in your imagination and believe in yourself
Get a myth in wishdone…
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Victor Agreda, Jr. said 1:37PM on 11-29-2007
start page: http://theweblist.net/
widget: slothcam
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John said 1:36PM on 11-29-2007
My favorite start page is www.dailywaste.com. Always a good way to start the day. Web365inc.com has a nice network of sites as well.
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Adam Healey said 2:06PM on 11-29-2007
http://www.vibeagent.com in Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
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Tyler said 2:18PM on 11-29-2007
Company: The Visionaire Group
http://www.thevisionairegroup.com/
Nomination: The Darjeeling Limited Widget
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thedarjeelinglimited/widget/
Category: 2) Applications and Widgets
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Jackie said 8:59PM on 11-29-2007
http://www.bakespace.com Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
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Lorenz said 9:38AM on 11-30-2007
Mainstream and Large Scale Networks : Netlog.com
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Mr.Kyle Sho said 11:41PM on 11-30-2007
hi
my favorite start page is : Netlog.com
Mainstream and Large Scale Networks
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Pamela said 9:29AM on 12-01-2007
Niche social network: http://www.francophilia.com. The only social network for Francophiles and French speakers. Members share photos, info, stories, tips, and more on French-speaking countries all over the world.
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townstuff said 11:24AM on 12-01-2007
datecraft.com for Niche/misc!
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darwin said 12:06PM on 12-01-2007
TripnTale http://www.TripnTale.com for Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks
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Ryan Thogmartin said 8:25AM on 12-03-2007
http://www.connectingdirectors.com in Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks.
This is a networking site for funeral professionals
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Roy said 11:17AM on 12-03-2007
Niche and Miscellaneous Social Networks: Multiply.com!
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Pavel Neuman said 10:57PM on 12-03-2007
Applications and Widgets:
Flempo (http://flempo.com)
Mobile:
Wirenode (http://wirenode.com)
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Chris Gardner said 11:06AM on 12-04-2007
For niche socials, I nominate http://www.librarything.com. If you are into books, this is the site.
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LF said 11:29AM on 12-04-2007
NOMINATE sportme (www.sportme.de / www.sportme.org)
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Diane said 12:54PM on 12-04-2007
I would like to nominate http://www.bigtent.com
A free, secure platform helps real-world communities share, communicate and organize online and in person.
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Dana said 5:11PM on 12-04-2007
Applications and Widgets: Flock.com
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