Top of the web 2007 by The Crunches Released

Best technology innovation / achievement:

Earthmine
http://www.earthmine.com/
We’re creating an entirely new datamine about our earth that is open, connected, flexible, immersive and scalable. A spatially accurate, truly 3D inventory of our world. It just may be the link that’s been missing between information and places.

Best bootstrapped start-up

Techmeme
http://www.techmeme.com/
A software agent to surface top tech-news stories from across the web and display them in a running stream on there site.Coverage is driven by a mix of industry insiders, passionate independents, and established journalists. So Techmeme gets the story no matter where it appears, and often days before it hits major sites.

Best new gadget / device

iPhone
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
iPhone is a revolutionary new mobile phone that allows you to make a call by simply pointing your finger at a name or number in your address book, a favorites list, or a call log. And it lets you select and listen to voicemail messages in whatever order you want–just like email.

Best business model

Zazzle
http://www.zazzle.com/
Infinite and instant, Zazzle is the only on-demand retail platform for consumers and major brands, offering billions of retail quality, one-of-a-kind products

Best design

SmugMug
http://www.smugmug.com/
The ultimate in photo sharing. Easily create online photo albums. Share, store, organize and print.But setting it apart from literally hundreds of other photo sites is its elegant design

Best enterprise start-up

Zoho
http://www.zoho.com/
Zoho offers a suite of online web applications geared towards increasing your productivity and offering easy collaboration. Zoho’s online office tools include a word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation tool, hosted wiki, notebook, CRM etc

Best consumer start-up

Meebo
http://wwwl.meebo.com/
Meebo, the web messenger that lets you access IM from absolutely anywhere. Meebo supports msn, yahoo, aol/aim, google talk (gtalk), jabber and icq.

Best mobile start-up

Twitter
http://twitter.com/
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing? (Note dont answer this question on Twitter there a 100% chance you might get addicted to it I did and now i am addicted)

Best international start-up

Netvibes
http://www.netvibes.com/
Netvibes pioneered the personalized startpage, an alternative to traditional Web portals. With millions of users in more than 150 countries, Netvibes lets individuals assemble all in one place their favorite websites, blogs, email accounts, social networks, search engines, instant messengers, photos, videos, podcasts, widgets, and everything else they enjoy on the Web. Founded in 2005 by Tariq Krim, Netvibes has offices in Paris, London and San Francisco.
>> Tariq Krim(co-founder Netvibes) is on Twitter too

Best user-generated content

Digg
http://www.digg.com
Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users
>> Kevin Rose (co-founder Digg) is on Twitter too

Best video site

Hulu
http://www.hulu.com
At Hulu, you’ll find a vast selection of premium programming across all genres and content types including hit shows, movies, clips and more. Hulu offers current primetime shows like The Office, Prison Break, Bionic Woman, House and Bones, and episodes from TV classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Miami Vice, Arrested Development and more. We’ve also partnered with premier content owners like E! Entertainment, FUEL TV, SciFi Network and USA Networks to add to our growing collection of premium programming.

Best clean tech start-up

Tesla Motors
http://www.teslamotors.com/
Tesla Motors, makers of the Tesla Roadster, the high-performance electric sports car. Electric cars from Tesla Motors are developed with an emphasis on design, performance, and efficiency.

Best use of viral marketing

SumbleUpon
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
Channel surf the internet with the StumbleUpon toolbar to find great sites, videos, photos and more based on your interests. StumbleUpon learns what you like and makes better recommendations.

Best time sink site

Kongregate
http://www.kongregate.com/
Founded in 2006 and currently in a state of heavy development, Kongregate seeks to create the leading online hub for players and game developers to meet up, play games, and operate together as a community.

Most likely to make the world a better place

DonorsChoose
http://www.donorschoose.org
DonorsChoose.org is dedicated to addressing the scarcity and inequitable distribution of learning materials and experiences in our public schools.

Most likely to succeed

Wordpress
http://www.wordpress.com
Express yourself. Start a blog.

Best new start-up of 2007

iMedix
http://www.imedix.com/
iMedix is a free website that helps you find and share health information.At iMedix, you are not alone, coping with fear and confusion regarding your medical condition. Whether you’re looking for symptoms, diseases, treatments, or simply general health information, you will be searching together with many other people. Members of the iMedix community assist each other by sharing their experiences and ranking medical content in order to make health information personal, organized and accessible to any individual.

Best overall

Facebook
http://www.facebook.com
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet