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Over a quarter of a million readers from 30 renowned blog sites such as Mashable!, Blognation, Alarm:Clock and Social Networking Watch have nominated and voted Netlog as winner of the Open Web Award in the category Mainstream and Large Social Networks. The award ceremony will take place in San Francisco on January 10th. The first ever Open Web Awards were organized by Mashable!, the world’s largest blog on social networking and sponsored by Wired, the world’s leading technology and innovation magazine.
Earlier this month Netlog also was awarded the Web Site of the Year Award as best community site in Italy, the UK, France, Germany and Spain.

The winners of the European competition ‘Site of the Year 2007’ - the most important election of public and professional websites – were revealed yesterday. Every year this survey is organized by Metrixlab in 9 European countries, and contestants are reviewed on content, navigation and design. Netlog won the award for Community of the Year in no less than 5 countries: Germany, France, Spain, UK and in Italy (more details below)!

It is highly unique for a community site to win in as many European countries. We can proudly say this demonstrates the flexiblity in which Netlog leaps language barriers. And even more important in the end, it shows how 30 million happy Netlog members recognize our efforts. These awards highlight the growing importance of social communities in the day-to-day life of youngsters in Europe and the rest of the world.

• UK: Best Community Site
• Germany: Beliebteste Communities Seite
• France: Meilleur site communautaire
• Spain: Mejor página de Comunidades
• Italy: Il sito più popolare per le comunità