And I am beat!

A few weeks ago I was honored when Rand Fishkin (via Rebecca Kelley) asked if I wanted to participate as a judge for the 2007 awards (I said yes). So when it came time to actually vote I dove into the process with gusto.  Little did I know that there are a ton of categories, and quite a few contestants per category, so it took a heck of a lot longer than I had anticipated.

(FYI: The list of last year’s winners, plus honorable mentions can be found over here)

Having said that, I discovered a *lot* of Web2.0 applications, services, and products — more than I had ever encountered, in categories that I thought I was quite familiar with.  And I thought that was a great part of the exercise — getting exposed to sites that I haven’t seen before.

There were some that I really liked, and some … well,  less so.  I can’t say any more than that right now, unfortunately.

Voting for the judges ends within the next week or so, so I imagine that the actual results will probably be revealed sometime after that.