Wink Named a Finalist in the “Webware 100″ Awards by CNET Webware Editors and the Web 2.0 User Community

Wink Named a Finalist in the “Webware 100″ Awards by CNET Webware Editors and the Web 2.0 User Community

Online Voting Poll Open to Public to Select the Top 100 Winners

Wink Technologies, Inc., today announced that it has been selected by the editors at CNET Webware as a finalist in the first ever “Webware 100″ awards for its Wink People Search , the world’s largest index of people online, in the Webware 100 Data Category covering search engine technologies. Chosen from more than 5,000 user-submitted nominations, Wink People Search was selected by CNET editors as a finalist for the “Webware 100″ Awards. Voting begins at CNET’s Webware 100 today and winners will be announced on Monday, June 18 and posted on Webware.com, a CNET site.

Wink provides a unique way to find and connect with people online. Using Wink, people can search for old friends, relatives, colleagues and classmates, or find new friends. By searching across multiple social networks and other online communities, for the first time people have one place to find people, discover new interests and stay connected. Wink People Search is the first search engine dedicated to searching people’s online presence such as their profiles, social networks and blogs, all of which provides a more accurate picture of their interests and how they want to be found online. More than just a name search, Wink People Search also provides several ways to search for people by their location, interests, age, school, occupation and more.

“As the largest and fastest growing people search engine of online profiles, Wink.com provides the most comprehensive search results to help people discover and connect with other people online,” said Michael Tanne, founder and CEO of Wink.com. “With over 175 million people profiles, Wink help you find just about anyone online and gives you complete control over your profile to make it easier for the people you like to find you.”

The “Webware 100″ Awards recognizes the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Voting is open to the public from Monday, May 14 through June 3, where the top 25 finalists in each category will be listed.

The ten categories are Browsing (web browsers, extensions, widgets, and security); Communications (e-mail, chat, VOIP); Community (social networks, groups); Data (search, storage, backup, sharing, and sync); Entertainment (games and contests); Media (audio, video, photo); Mobile (portable utilities and apps); Productivity (apps, business tools, commerce); Publishing (blogging, web content, design tools); and Reference (mapping, reference works, and education).

More information about the award program can be found at www.webware.com/100

About Wink

Wink is a People Search Engine that makes it easier to find people across the Web by providing search of over 175 Million profiles across social networks and on-line communities. Wink users can claim their on-line profiles to get control of their on-line presence. Wink’s patent-pending PeopleRank technology analyzes people’s input to continually refine the search results. Wink’s team of experienced search engineers come from Yahoo, Inktomi, Excite, and Google. Find more at http://wink.com.

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