Posted on Monday 12 December 2005 - Popularity: unranked
2005 was definitely the year of the Web 2.0 hype. However, not in all cases the hype was baseless, some sites have released some interesting and very useful innovations on the web, so many in fact, that it’s hard to keep track of all of them. Dion Hinchcliffe, known for his Web 2.0 blog has taken the time to make a best-of list, a great place for everyone that lost track on quality Web 2.0 releases. Here are the winners and runner-ups from social bookmarking to project management & team collaboration web services:
Social Bookmarking
Best Offering: del.icio.us - Runners-Up: blinklist, shadows and clipmarks
Web 2.0 Start Pages
Best Offering: Netvibes - Runner-Up: Protopage and start
Online To Do Lists
Best Offering: voo2do - Runner-Up: Ta-Da Lists and remember the milk
Peer Production News
Best Offering: digg - Runner-Up: diggdot, gabbr and reddit
Image Storage and Sharing
Best Offering: Flickr - Runner-Up: zoto, glidedigital and Shutterbook
3rd Party Online File Storage
Best Offering: Openomy - Runner-Up: Xdrive, omni drive and Allmydata
Blog Filters
Best Offering: Memeorandum - Runner-Up: Findory, Topix, Blogniscient and TailRank
Grassroots Use of Web 2.0
Best Offering: Katrina List Network - Runner-Up: democracy 2.0
Web-Based Word Processing
Best Offering: Writely - Runner-Up: Writeboard, Rallypoint and Zoho Writer
Online Calendars
Best Offering: BaseCamp - Runner-Up: kiko
Project Management & Team Collaboration
Best Offering: BaseCamp - Runner-Up: CentralDesktop
