Open Web Awards : Social Search

Until recently search was a closed book. Done deal. Google won, everyone else lost. Then a few brave (or fool-hardy) pioneers decided they'd had enough of the link farming, the Google bombing, and all the manipulation which comes with Google's page-rank. They decided they could do it better.

Soon a host of new sites were popping up like dandelions in spring, each lobbying for your attention and using some form of human interaction to preen and polish your searches for Brittney Spears, Justin Timberlake, and the phrase "Chocolate Rain". Those few and proud pioneers have carved out the niche we now call Social Search.

It's time to vote for the best of the best. The nominees for Social Search in the Open Web Awards are...


You are voting for your favorite Social Search in the Open Web Awards, a distributed contest to find the best sites on the web. The top three sites in this category will proceed to the final round starting December 17th, and there will be an awards ceremony at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco on January 10th, 2008.

Category: Social Search

Sponsors: Cohn & Wolfe PR & Mashable Web Poll by Vizu

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