Webware 100 Finalists

Several US property portals, classifieds and property search websites are finalists in the 2009 Webware 100 Awards.

craigslist.com, oodle.com, trulia.com, zillow.com and ziprealty.com have all been listed as finalists in the “commerce” category.

The Webware 100 is an annual competition which allows Webware users to vote for their favourite Web 2.0 applications. Over 5,000 web services were entered and the editors at Webware narrowed the list down to the top 300.

There are 10 categories, and an 11th category for editor’s picks.

In 2008 over 1.9 million votes were cast, and the winners in the commerce category included zillow.com, amazon.com, craigslist.com, ebay.com, kayak.com, etsy.com, Google AdWords, woot.com, Paypal and Yahoo Shopping.

Voting is open until 30 April 2009 and the winners will be revealed on 19 May.

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