The TechCrunch blog has launched the Crunchies 2007, a new awards scheme intended to recognise the best start-ups in 2007. Visitors to the site will be able to vote on a shortlist from Thursday, December 13. The winners will be announced on January 18 at a ceremony at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco.
It's not just a TechCrunch project, but is said to have the backing of GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb and VentureBeat.
So far there have been 18,186 nominations. However, I'd bet that the majority are for start-ups that were launched in 2006 or earlier.
Sites that want to be nominated can wear a badge.
The net already has award schemes that few people care about, but could the Crunchies develop into something more useful than a TechCrunch promotional device.
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