CNET’s Webware 100 contest results

By Ben Gross

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The results are in from CNET’s Webware 100 contest to rank the top 100 Web 2.0 products and services. Webware’s editor Rafe Needleman posted analysis of the results. There were nearly half a million votes cast for the 250 finalists. The winners of were not ranked, however the top ten received 45 percent of the total votes. They are in alphabetical order:

Bebo

Firefox

Gaia Online

Gmail

Google

MySpace

Stardoll

Wikipedia

WordPress

YouTube

The ten categories in the contest:

Browsing: Web browsers, extensions, widgets, and security

Communications: e-mail, chat, VOIP

Community: social networks, groups

Data: search, storage, backup, sharing, and sync

Entertainment: Games and contests

Media: audio, video, photo

Mobile: portable utilities and apps

Productivity: apps, business tools, commerce

Publishing: blogging, web content, design tools

Reference: Mapping, reference works, and education

Web based polls are notoriously difficult to protect from fraud. It’s a shame that there was no substantial discussion of the vote taking methodology or any fraud protections employed. In any case, the list is interesting to peruse as a glimpse at what is currently popular.

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