Small Business – 2010 Winner

Let’s skip the corny, canned jokes and the awkward moments at the podium and just open the envelope, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the 2010 SEMMY Award in the Small Business category is … drum-roll, please …

If I Were Launching a New Small Biz Web Site Today
Matt McGee, Small Business Trends | 5/26/09

Congratulations to our winner! Here’s a choice bit from the winning post:

4. Buy Directory Links. It gets a bit complicated here. At $299, the Yahoo Directory is steep for someone on a budget, but it’s a trusted link. Ezilon is another solid directory that costs either $69/year or a $199 single payment. BOTW.org is either $100/year or a $250 one-time payment. Choosing the best directories is another article altogether, but I’m basically going to analyze the pages where my link would appear, see which ones offer the strongest links, and submit there. To make things easy for this article, let’s choose Yahoo as the best link and the one we can afford.

Runners-Up

The top two runners-up in public voting were:

1. Why Yelp Is Awesome for Small Businesses
   Lisa Barone, Outspoken Media | 9/3/09
2. Local Small Businesses and Social Media Marketing
   Liana Evans, Search Engine Watch | 12/7/09

The winner and runners-up are welcome to grab the appropriate badge — we have a badge for both winners and runners-up.

How the Voting Ended

Here’s a look at how each finalist fared in the public voting:

Thanks to all who voted, and congrats again to the winner, runners-up, finalists, and all nominees. We look forward to reading your acceptance speech soon!