Me.dium Makes the Finals of Webware’s Top 100
May 24, 2007 |
Me.dium has just been selected as one of the finalists for the CNET Webware TOP 100 Awards, and Profy could not be happier for them. Me.dium is situated in the Community category with several other excellent finalists to be voted on by YOU from May 23rd through June 11th at the Webware site.
Me.dium, as most of you know, is one of the most innovative startups of this year and we have probably covered their progress as extensively as anyone. The folks at Me.dium are some of my favorites and their service is absolutely deserving of recognition.
Webware announced the kick-off of the awards back in April in an effort to make some sense (literally) of the onslaught of Web 2.0 sites. The contest has 10 categories where nominees have been selected.
Those categories are:
Browsing – Web browsers, extensions, widgets and security
Communications - E-mail, chat, VOIP
Community – Social networks and 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, online stores
Publishing - Blogging, Web content, design tools
Reference - Mapping, reference works, blogs, content sites, and education
All together there are 250 finalists across the 10 category listing. I must say that Me.dium's category is chock full of excellent nominees including: Bebo, Del.icio.us, Facebook, Digg (ugh), MyBlogLog, Reddit, Tangler, MySpace (ugh), LinkedIn, Netscape and other great sites. To vote in this tough category please go here, and may the best site win!
I am going to have to think about this one long and hard as many of these CEO's and companies have been great to me and Profy. In the final analysis I guess we have to make the tough decision based on who actually has the greatest innovation and service. I will leave all my readers to their own devices on this one. Personally, I utilize 18 of these 25 finalists in this category. I bet our readers are in the same boat too, so it should be interesting to see the numbers. I hope everyone is as objective as I am though, because just numbers and popularity do not always indicate excellence just as Walmart is not a place you would want to buy a wedding dress.
Medium vs. Tangler
My Me.dium pals sent me a special link so that Profy readers who have not experienced their service can now sign up. If you have not had the opportunity to check out this fantastic resource use this link to sign up now. I see another one of my favorites there in the list but my good friend Marty Wells, CEO of Tangler did not tell me he was nominated even. Shame on you Marty, I should vote for Me.dium just on principal!
The Winners
The top 10 winners in each of the 10 categories will be featured on Webware.com, CNET.com, CNET TV and other CNET properties worldwide. CNET is one of the "go to" places for companies wanting their brands out there, so this is a great opportunity for all our friends across Web 2.0. We wish them all the best and applaud their great efforts toward making Web 2.0 the sensation it is. The screen below illustrates two of my favorites.
