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Webby Awards — People’s Voice… vote now!

Al Gibes

April 30, 2008 - 9:54 am

May 1 is the final day to cast ballots in the People's Voice Awards part of the annual Webby Awards.

From a Webby Awards "The 411" press release that flowed to my in-box today:

"There are only 2 days left to vote for your favorite sites in the webby people's voice awards presented by Nokia! vote by May 1st to show your support for the sites you think deserve a webby. See who's in the lead, and if you don't agree, rally some voters for the sites you think should be named best of the web."

Vote here (pv.webbyawards.com/).

Learn more about the 12th Annual Webby Awards here (webbyawards.com/).

I plan to share my thoughts on the Webby's in an upcoming column.

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