We closed the voting for the 2008 Webware 100 today, after recording more than 1.9 million votes. Webware 100 Winners will be announced April 21 (we need time to go over the polling logs and write up blurbs for the winners). But in the meantime, we can already spot the major trends. The biggest shift, from last year, is that fewer sites for geeks are in the winners’ circle.
In the hotly-contested Social category, for example, only the very largest sites generated enough votes to place in the top 10. Even sites considered must-reads by the powerful nerd intelligentsia didn’t have the pull to displace the major branded social nets.
Webware.com will continue to report on what’s new, and will continue to evaluate the most recent innovations on the Web — the products of greatest interest to those of us who like to experiment with the newest ideas. We use programs like the Webware 100 as a backstop, to show us which of these products and ideas are getting traction out there in the real world.
Vote distribution: Browsing and Social were the most contested.
Original post by Rafe Needleman and software by Elliott Back
