The 2010 Best IM Awards/Reader's Choice on About.com

[Eric Richie]

To be honest, I really don't ever pay much attention to it.  As you saw, it always gets spammed pretty heavily so the results tend to be a joke.  Last year was Y! (as you saw) even though I can't say I've ever seen a real person using it... And the year before that Digsby won most of it by a very, VERY (suspiciously) large margin.  But yeah, if we want to promote it then I can add it to the blog.

-Eric



On Jan 9, 2010, at 2:14 AM, Ryan Govostes wrote:

> Kind of odd that almost all of last year's winners were various Y!
> Messenger implementations.
> 
> Is this going on the blog?
> 
> -- Ryan
> 
> On 1/6/10 4:05 PM, Eric Richie wrote:
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Brandon De Hoyos <im.guide at about.com>
>> Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:03 PM
>> Subject: The 2010 Best IM Awards/Reader's Choice on About.com
>> To: Brandon Bernard De Hoyos <im.guide at about.com>
>> 
>> 
>> Dear Instant Messenger Developers:
>> For the third year, About.com is hosting the Reader's Choice Awards,
>> honoring the year's best
>> in technology, including the best IM clients in the industry.
>> 
>> Now through midnight EST, on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, we are
>> accepting nominations through
>> our easy-to-use nominations form (located at
>> http://im.about.com/library/blnominate.htm) in the following
>> categories:
>> 
>> Best IM Client Overall
>> Best Third-Party IM Client
>> Best Mac IM Client
>> Best Mobile IM Client
>> Best IM Feature
>> Best Chat Rooms on IM
>> Best IM Design
>> Developers of the Year (IM)
>> 
>> We invite you to tell your fellow developers, associates and users to
>> vote! The top five nominees in each category will go on to the voting
>> phase beginning February 1.
>> 
>> Winners in each category will be given featured Essentials placement
>> for one year on http://im.about.com, in addition to all the bragging
>> rights among the IM community.
>> 
>> May the best IM win!
>> 
>> Brandon De Hoyos
>> Guide to IM
>> About.com | Guidance. Not Guesswork.
>> 
>> C: 832.352.8617
>> 
>> IM (All Networks): Brandon4IMHelp
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> About.com is part of The New York Times Company
>> 
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