MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--()--ShareThis, the universal sharing platform, topped a strong list of competitors as the winner of the Best Blog Plugin in the 2nd Annual Mashable Blogger’s Choice and People’s Choice Open Web Awards, Mashable.com’s international online voting competition honoring major innovations in Web technology. ShareThis was also selected as the runner-up in the People’s Choice social bookmarking category.
“ShareThis is a clear leader in content sharing on the web. In fact, ShareThis had the rare distinction of winning both the Blogger's Choice and People's Choice selections in the Blog Plugins category of the Open Web Awards. Both knowledgeable commentators and the Web community agree: ShareThis is a winner”
"ShareThis is a clear leader in content sharing on the web. In fact, ShareThis had the rare distinction of winning both the Blogger's Choice and People's Choice selections in the Blog Plugins category of the Open Web Awards. Both knowledgeable commentators and the Web community agree: ShareThis is a winner," said Pete Cashmore, CEO of Mashable.com.
ShareThis is listed alongside some of the world’s most visible Web companies including Google, Twitter, and Digg, and was the selected as the top blog plugin after the Mashable Open Web Awards reviewed over 200,000 total nominations and votes.
“We couldn’t be more excited to receive this award, and are grateful to the bloggers and loyal users who voted for us,” said Tim Schigel, CEO of ShareThis. “We believe this recognition is a testament of our continued efforts to make online sharing easy and seamless for consumers, and as efficient and actionable for the bloggers, publishers and content providers using ShareThis.”
About ShareThis
ShareThis is the universal sharing platform that makes it simple and easy to share any online content. With the click of a button on a webpage or browser plug-in, ShareThis allows users to seamlessly access their contacts and networks from anywhere online and share the content through email, IM, Facebook, Digg, mobile SMS, etc. without ever leaving the current page. Publishers can deploy the ShareThis button to tap the universal sharing capabilities of ShareThis' platform to drive traffic, stimulate viral activity and track the sharing of online content. ShareThis also simplifies social media services by reducing clutter on web pages and providing instant distribution of content across social networks, affiliate groups, and communities.
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