NOTE FROM KIM:

The winners of the Ninth Annual Webby Awards
will be announced on Thursday, May 12, 2005.

The Top 8 Surprises
at the 2005 Webby Awards

8> Best Java Enterprise: Starbucks.com!

7> The ceremonies are interrupted by lawyers for Marve

asserting that Webby” is a trademarked word and cann

used outside of a Spiderman comic.

6> “And the winner for Best Online Fight Game is… NBA LIVE with Ron Artest.”

5> Winners receive 10 free hours on AOL. Losers get 20.

4> Oddly enough, there are absolutely no rumors of any steroid abuse whatsoever.

3> “… and most of all I’d like to thank all the hackers who corrupted the voting database.”

2> “The winner of Best Original Idea for a Web Site is… Oh, sorry, we had no entries in that category this year.”

and the Number 1 Surprise at the 2005 Webby Awards…

1> Most improved blogger? John Ritter.

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Credits:

Selected from 31 submissions from 11 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 1, 6
Chuck Burke, Phoenix, NY — 2
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 3, 7
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 4
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 5
Laura Oberst, Columbus, OH — 7
Mark Zinck, Grand Rapids, MI — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic