Since kicking off the voting round of the Open Web Awards yesterday, we’ve seen nearly 10,000 votes cast across 26 different categories. In the Mainstream Social Networks category, Twitter has the early lead, but has some tough competition from last year’s winners, Facebook and Netlog. With voting open until November 30th, perhaps one of these contenders can make a run for the award:
Dotblu – A social network geared primarily towards teens, where users compete in various games to earn virtual currency.
Facebook – Became the most popular social network globally this year. Recently launched a major re-design.
Fastpitch – Social network for business professionals with a focus on gaining “karma” through contributing to the site.
Friendfeed – Aggregator of activities from dozens of different social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Del.icio.us.
Koornk – Twitter-like service offered to international audiences in 5 different languages.
Multiply – Social network that likes to focus on “real world” relationships. Traffic more than doubled this year.
MyHeritage – Lets families work together to build an interactve family tree.
MySpace – World’s second largest social network, recently launched MySpace Music with free streaming tracks from the major labels.
Netlog – One of Europe’s biggest social networking sites. Recently launched support for OpenSocial applications.
Platinumlounge – Social network with a focus on entertainment news and nightlife.
Sharenow – Social network that includes unlimited file sharing with friends.
Smeet – Web-based virtual world where each user gets their own avatar and can communicate with others via text or voice.
Squidoo – Experts create pages about their favorite topics and earn revenue.
Twitter – Microblogging tool that lets users post 140 character updates about their activities. Grew rapidly in 2008.
VOTE OFTEN: One Vote Per Category Per Day
Now it’s time to vote for your favorite Mainstream Social Network in the first of two voting rounds. You can vote for one company per day until midnight on November 30th.
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