Clearspring Wins Blogger’s Choice Mashable Open Web Award in Best Embeddable Widget Category
Mashable Open Web Awards allows bloggers and peers to recognize favorite online communities and Web innovations
McLean, Va. - Dec. 23, 2008 — Clearspring Technologies, the leading widget and sharing network connecting publishers and advertisers to audiences on the Social Web, was awarded Best Embeddable Widget in the Blogger's Choice category in the 2008 Mashable Open Web Awards.
The winners were announced on Wednesday, Dec. 10 after bloggers were asked to vote for their favorite services. The 2008 Open Web Awards mark the second annual contest in which winners are determined by a multilingual and international online nomination and voting process.
Clearspring is at the forefront of the widget revolution. In October, comScore reported that Clearspring logged more than 332 million unique visitors worldwide across its AddThis and Launchpad platforms, outperforming competitors and demonstrating that sharing is truly the heart of the social web.
The desire to share compelling, relevant and personal content with friends, family and colleagues has continued to increase as the web continues to transform from a simple publishing mechanism, into a true platform. It is nearly impossible to visit any Web site without coming across a link or button encouraging sharing of some kind. Clearspring continually strives to innovate in this area, creating powerful and customizable tools that inspire interactive and meaningful sharing across the Web.
"The response has been simply overwhelming. We are so grateful to all those who took the time to vote and have helped us drive our product development," said Hooman Radfar, Clearspring's chief executive officer. "This is a great award as we really value the blogging community, who are users of our sharing services. The success and acceptance of Clearspring's offerings speak volumes about our team and their dedication to providing valuable and engaging services to the online community."
About Clearspring
Clearspring is the leader in social distribution, connecting publishers and advertisers to audiences on the social Web. Clearspring's content sharing products, ranked No. 1 by comScore, enable publishers, developers and advertisers to easily distribute and track digital content such as widgets, videos, photos and links to the most popular destinations, including social networks, start pages, bookmarking sites, blogs, mobile devices and desktop platforms. The company provides additional distribution of content on a paid performance basis to the world's leading brands through a targeted social distribution network of affiliate partners. The company reaches over 534 millionusers worldwide. Its tools are served billions of times monthly and they power programs for many major brands and over 400,000 other long-tail developers. To learn more, visit www.clearspring.com.