Top 100 Products of 2008
Over December we've published ten top 10 lists of the top products of 2008. We intend to open these lists up for public voting in 2009, to tap into the wisdom of the intelligent crowd that reads our site. But for now, you'll have to make do with the choices of us here at ReadWriteWeb. In this post we've done a megalist, the top 100 products of 2008. Come join us on RWW Live - our live podcast show - at 3pm PST today, as we discuss these products and the big trends of 2008.
Of course there are far more than 100 great Web products out there, so there are some excellent ones not included in our megalist. Please leave a comment here and tell us what we've missed!
The ultimate 100 list was compiled from these posts:
- Best LittleCo of 2008 & Most Promising for 2009
- Best BigCo of 2008: Apple
- Top 10 Semantic Web Products of 2008
- Top 10 International Products of 2008
- Top 10 Consumer Web Apps of 2008
- Top 10 RSS and Syndication Products of 2008
- Top 10 Mobile Web Products of 2008
- Top 10 Enterprise Web Products of 2008
- Top 10 Real World Web Apps of 2008
- Top 10 Digital Lifestyle Products of 2008
- Top 10 Alternative Search Engines of 2008
- Top 10 Web Platforms of 2008
Note that seven products made it to more than one of our top 10 lists, so we've noted when that is the case and added some new products that just missed the cut somewhere along the line.
ReadWriteWeb's Top 100 Products
This list is in alphabetical order, with category noted beside each item.
- Adobe AIR; Platforms
- Afrigator; International
- Amazon Web Services; Platforms & Enterprise *
- Android; Platforms & Digital Lifestyle *
- App Store (iPhone); Digital Lifestyle
- Basecamp; Enterprise
- BBC iPlayer; Digital Lifestyle
- BlueOrganizer (AdaptiveBlue); Semantic Web
- BooRah; Semantic Web
- Brightkite; Mobile Web; Most Promising for 2009
- ChaCha; Alternative Search Engines
- Chrome; runner-up Platforms
- Cooliris; Consumer & Alternative Search Engines
- Confluence (Atlassian); Enterprise
- Dapper; RSS/Syndication & MashupAds for Semantic Web *
- Digg; runner-up, Consumer
- DimDim; Enterprise
- Dopplr; International
- Facebook Platform; Platforms
- Faroo; Alternative Search Engines
- Feedburner; RSS/Syndication
- FFtoGo; Mobile Web
- Fire Eagle; Platforms
- Firefox; Consumer
- Flickr; runner-up Consumer
- Force.com (Salesforce); Enterprise
- FreshBooks; International
- FriendFeed; RSS/Syndication
- Fring; Mobile Web
- Gnip; RSS/Syndication
- Google Apps; Enterprise
- Google Maps; Mobile Web
- Google Reader; RSS/Syndication
- Google Reader RSS Subscriber Count Greasemonkey Script; RSS/Syndication
- Hakia; Semantic Web
- Hulu; Digital Lifestyle & Consumer *
- Imeem; runner-up Consumer
- IntenseDebate; Consumer
- iPhone SDK; Platforms
- i.TV; Mobile Web
- KallOut; Alternative Search Engines
- Kiva; Real World
- Kosmix; Alternative Search Engines
- Last.fm; Consumer
- LinkedIn; Enterprise
- Live Mesh; Platforms
- Maxthon; International
- Mednar; Alternative Search Engines
- Meebo; Consumer
- MindTouch Deki; Enterprise
- Mint; Real World
- Mixi; International
- Mogulus; Consumer
- Mozilla Weave; Platforms
- MySpace; runner-up Consumer
- Netbook; Digital Lifestyle
- Netflix; Digital Lifestyle
- Netvibes; International
- Ning; Consumer
- Nokia E71; Digital Lifestyle
- NYTimes iPhone App; Mobile Web
- OpenCongress; Real World
- OpenSocial; Platforms
- Open Calais; Semantic Web
- Opera Mini/Mobile; Mobile Web
- Pandora; Mobile Web
- PatientsLikeMe; Real World
- PlayStation 3; Digital Lifestyle
- PlanetEye; Real World
- Postrank (ex-AideRSS); RSS/Syndication
- Powerset; Semantic Web
- Qik; Consumer
- Quintura; Alternative Search Engines
- Remember The Milk; International
- Rudder; Real World
- SearchMonkey; Semantic Web
- SeeqPod; Alternative Search Engines
- Sermo; Real World
- Shazam; Mobile Web
- Snackr; RSS/Syndication
- Songbird; Digital Lifestyle
- Surf Canyon; Alternative Search Engines
- Taggalaxy.de; Alternative Search Engines
- TeachStreet; Real World
- Techmeme; runner-up RSS/Syndication
- TripIt; Semantic Web
- Twitter; Mobile Web & Consumer; Twitter API, Platforms *
- Twitterfeed; RSS/Syndication
- UpTake; Semantic Web
- UStream; runner-up Consumer
- Wii Fit; Digital Lifestyle
- Wild Apricot; Real World
- Wordpress; Enterprise
- Wuala; International
- Xing; International
- Yahoo! Pipes; RSS/Syndication
- Yapta; Real World
- YouTube; runner-up Consumer
- Zemanta; Semantic Web
- Zoho; Enterprise & International; Best LittleCo *
* products in more than one list. There were seven of these: Amazon Web Services, Android, Cooliris, Dapper, Hulu, Twitter, Zoho
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What a list!
Posted by: Robert Scoble
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December 23, 2008 12:33 PM
Great list!
Thanks for taking the time to put this post together. I can only imagine how long it took!
I like this list, but I wonder where Ubiquity or GreaseMonkey ranks. The latter was a great tool that was talked up quite a bit.
No category for small business?
The list is great except Twitter. It is a platform that need to be forgotten.
Greats Work to listed all of product.
Hi Richard,
here at Zemanta we are very proud to be on this list! And will do anything we can to get among top 100 in 2009 also!
If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear it, so we can improve further.
bye
Andraz Tori, CTO at Zemanta
thanks for the list! there are many things o would have overseen otherwise.
Thanks for the great list...some of them are still new to me.
I really love reading your articles. Great work!
Wish u a marry Christmas & a wonderful new year!!!!
Great list. I agree, ZOHO is fast becoming an awesome web app.
No Dropbox!? Blasphemy!
Sweet! As always, thanks for supporting FreshBooks! Happy holidays, Richard (and the rest of the RWW team)!
Rayanne Langdon -- Marketing Coordinator, FreshBooks.com
amazing putting together all the effort making this list. thumbs up!
Richard, this is fantastic, thank you!
-k
Kevin Micalizzi, Community Manager
Dimdim Web Conferencing / www.dimdim.com
e: kevin@dimdim.com / twitter: @meetdimdim
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ı have followed your writing for a long time.really you have given very successful information.
Mahalo didn't make the list. This must be some mistake?
Great job. Mind if I link it from my site http://unitedstatesvicepresident.com ?
Thanks
Steve
nice list, there's a few there I've never considered before now. Thanks Mally
Thx for putting together this great list. It's 2008 in nerdism.
i would like to let u know, that buxfer.com (at https://www.buxfer.com ) is a great personal financial site. i love it very much.
Great motivation for struggling companies in these trying time. Thanks for the list.
It's a privelage to be listed with so many other great companies and amazing applications. Thanks to the RWW team for taking the time to put this list together.
Lester Hein
Product Manager
Afrigator Internet
Good list! I agree with the rankings of these products. I am expecting to maintain the list this year especially those who are really good in their field.
Another invoicing option is Time59 (www.time59.com). It’s targeted at solo professionals and is a great solution if you don’t need (or want to pay for) the multi-user capability of Freshbooks (great product by the way). Bottom line: If you are solo and bill by the hour it is definitely worth a look. The first 30 days are free.