Mashable announced the winners of The 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, a multilingual, international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Through an online nominating and voting process, the Open Web Awards recognizes and honors the top achievements of websites and services in 26 categories.

Over 100 Blog Partners  including ArabCrunch have helped make this the biggest Open Web Awards to date with 50,000 total nominations, 80,000 total votes in the first round, and 90,000 votes in the final round according to Mashable. The awards blog partners come from 25 countries and are written in 10 different languages.
There were two sections in the Open Web Awards: the People’s Choice and the Blogger’s Choice. The Blogger’s Choice winners, listed below, surfaced upcoming new sites in every category; the People’s Choice winners are equally diverse. We also present them below. This year’s winners will be receiving the Open Web Award.

People’s Choice Winners

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Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks

Winner: Netlog

Runner-up: Platinum Lounge

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Embeddable Widgets

Winner: Qoof

Runner-up: Sprout

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Blog Plugins

Winner: ShareThis

Runner-up: AddThis

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Social News

Winner: Help a Reporter Out

Runner-up: Hubdub

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Social Networking Applications

Winner: Artition

Runner-up: Digsby

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Social Bookmarking

Winner: Diigo

Runner-up: ShareThis

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Search & Social Search

Winner: Scour

Runner-up: Artiklz

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Sports & Fitness

Winner: Gyminee

Runner-up: FitFiend

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Photo Sharing

Winner: ipernity

Runner-up: TinyPic

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Video Sharing

Winner: ffwd

Runner-up: YouTube

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Start Pages

Winner: Google

Runner-up: iGoogle

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Places & Events

Winner: Doodle

Runner-up: Muchmor

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Travel

Winner: SpottedByLocals

Runner-up: GeckoGo

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Music

Winner: Noisetrade

Runner-up: Last.fm

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Social Shopping

Winner: Pikaba

Runner-up: A Full Cup

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Fashion

Winner: Coolspotters

Runner-up: Polyvore

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Celebrity & Gossip

Winner: Oh No They Didn’t

Runner-up: BollyScoops

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Mobile Applications

Winner: Evernote

Runner-up: MocoSpace

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Dating & Romance

Winner: Zoosk

Runner-up: DateHookup

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Wiki

Winner: Encyclopedia Dramatica

Runner-up: WikiHow

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Politics

Winner: Politics4All

Runner-up: CreateDebate

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How-to

Winner: A Full Cup

Runner-up: College Cram

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Environmental

Winner: Ecomii

Runner-up: Gazelle

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Non-Profit Causes

Winner: Stop Political Calls

Runner-up: SocialVibe

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Online Games

Winner: Playfish

Runner-up: Power Pets

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Niche Social Networks

Winner: The Star Tracker

Runner-up: Wadja

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Blogger’s Choice Winners

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Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks

Winner: Twitter

Runner-up: Facebook

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Embeddable Widgets

Winner:

Clearspring

Runner-up: Sprout

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Blog Plugins

Winner: ShareThis

Runner-up: AddThis

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Social News

Winner: Digg

Runner-up: Mixx

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Social Networking Applications

Winner: Ping.fm

Runner-up: Twitterfeed

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Social Bookmarking

Winner: Delicious

Runner-up: StumbleUpon

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Search & Social Search

Winner: Google

Runner-up: Scour

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Sports & Fitness

Winner: Gyminee

Runner-up: Oneseason

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Photo Sharing

Winner: Flickr

Runner-up: Picasa

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Video Sharing

Winner: YouTube

Runner-up: Vimeo

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Start Pages

Winner: iGoogle

Runner-up: Netvibes

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Places & Events

Winner: Doodle

Runner-up: Eventbrite

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Travel

Winner: TripIt

Runner-up: GeckoGo

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Music

Winner: Last.fm

Runner-up: Pandora

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Social Shopping

Winner: Wishpot

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

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Fashion

Winner: Coolspotters

Runner-up: Gift Girl

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Celebrity & Gossip

Winner: Perez Hilton

Runner-up: Popvine

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Mobile Applications

Winner: Evernote

Runner-up: Qik

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Dating & Romance

Winner: SpeedDate

Runner-up: OKCupid

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Wiki

Winner: Wikipedia

Runner-up: PBWiki

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Politics

Winner: Huffington Post

Runner-up: CreateDebate

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How-to

Winner: eHow

Runner-up: Howcast

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Environmental

Winner: ThinkGreen

Runner-up: SocialVibe

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Non-Profit Causes

Winner: SocialVibe

Runner-up: Kiva

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Online Games

Winner: Playfish

Runner-up: Kongregate

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Niche Social Networks

Winner: Wadja

Runner-up: Lifeblob

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