While voting continues until midnight Sunday to decide who is crowned the Open Web Awards “People’s Choice”, today we announce the winners of our Blogger’s Choice voting, as selected by our Blog Partners.

Over 100 Blog Partners have helped make this the biggest Open Web Awards to date with over 100,000 confirmed nominations and votes so far. Our blog partners come from 25 countries and are written in 10 different languages.

This year’s winners will be receiving the Open Web Award, thanks to Zazzle, just in time to celebrate the holiday season.

Remember: voting for the People’s Choice Open Web Awards ends this Sunday night at 11:59 pm PST, with a winners announcement on Tuesday.

Blogger’s Choice Winners

Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks

Winner: Twitter

Runner-up: Facebook

Embeddable Widgets

Winner:

Clearspring

Runner-up: Sprout

Blog Plugins

Winner: ShareThis

Runner-up: AddThis

Social News

Winner: Digg

Runner-up: Mixx

Social Networking Applications

Winner: Ping.fm

Runner-up: Twitterfeed

Social Bookmarking

Winner: Delicious

Runner-up: StumbleUpon

Search & Social Search

Winner: Google

Runner-up: Scour

Sports & Fitness

Winner: Gyminee

Runner-up: Oneseason

Photo Sharing

Winner: Flickr

Runner-up: Picasa

Video Sharing

Winner: YouTube

Runner-up: Vimeo

Start Pages

Winner: iGoogle

Runner-up: Netvibes

Places & Events

Winner: Doodle

Runner-up: Eventbrite

Travel

Winner: TripIt

Runner-up: GeckoGo

Music

Winner: Last.fm

Runner-up: Pandora

Social Shopping

Winner: Wishpot

Runner-up(s): Tigerbow/Pikaba (tie)

Fashion

Winner: Coolspotters

Runner-up: Gift Girl

Celebrity & Gossip

Winner: Perez Hilton

Runner-up: Popvine

Mobile Applications

Winner: Evernote

Runner-up: Qik

Dating & Romance

Winner: SpeedDate

Runner-up: OKCupid

Wiki

Winner: Wikipedia

Runner-up: PBWiki

Politics

Winner: Huffington Post

Runner-up: CreateDebate

How-to

Winner: eHow

Runner-up: Howcast

Environmental

Winner: ThinkGreen

Runner-up: SocialVibe

Non-Profit Causes

Winner: SocialVibe

Runner-up: Kiva

Online Games

Winner: Playfish

Runner-up: Kongregate

Niche Social Networks

Winner: Wadja

Runner-up: Lifeblob

Congratulations!

Congratulations! Now it’s time to boast your win! When you receive your award, feel free to proudly display it. In the meantime, feel free to grab one of these graphics and place it on your site:

OWA Sponsors Love The Web

The Open Web Awards is made possible by our sponsors. By supporting the Open Web Awards, these companies reward and encourage innovative web technologies. We can’t thank them enough for sharing our passion: building great web companies.

Platinum Partner

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Gold Sponsors

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Prize Sponsor

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