The About.com Reader’s Choice Awards have come to a close and I am now announcing the winners in the social anxiety disorder category. Unfortunately, there were not even votes cast to determine a clear winner in the “Best SAD Self-Help Tool” category. While I am a little disappointed, this was the first year for the SAD categories and a chance to find out what readers are passionate about.
It turns out you are passionate about your SAD websites! Out of the five nominees, you choose Social Anxiety UK as the clear winner; this website received 50% of the votes cast. Second place went to Social Phobia World with 25% of the votes, and in third place was The Social Phobic with 12%.
My own site, About.com at SAD only brought in 3% of the votes but I am not taking it personally! I am just glad that readers came out to vote and support their favorite sites. I know that every site has something different to offer and perhaps caters to a different audience; hopefully my site fills a niche that the others do not.
Where do we go from here? I would love to get your feedback about whether I should run the awards again next year, and if so, what new categories I could introduce?
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Vote for the best social anxiety disorder Website from among the five finalists. These are the sites that readers have found most helpful, informative, interesting, or useful for making connections with others with SAD.
Details on Each SAD Website Finalist
Voting is open from February 22nd through March 21st, 2012 with winners being announced March 30th, 2012. Readers are permitted to vote once per day.
The finalists are presented in alphabetical order.
Filed under Social Anxiety by on Mar 4th, 2012.
Voting is now open for the 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards for the best SAD website and self-help tool. Nominations were tallied and five finalists were chosen in each category. It is now your chance to choose the winners by casting your vote; readers are permitted to submit one vote per day per category. Winners will be announced on March 30th, 2012.
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Interested in voting for other categories at About.com? There are literally hundreds of categories in which you can cast your vote across the About.com network.
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Every year About.com hosts an awards program to choose the best products and services in various categories across the network. The About.com 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards will showcase the best of the best based on nominations and votes submitted by visitors to the site.
Although social anxiety disorder (SAD) is not a heavily product-based topic, I did think there were a couple of categories that would be interesting to include as part of the awards program. These are the best SAD websites and the best SAD self-help tools. Websites can include blogs, forums, article-based sites, and any other helpful website you have come across. Self-help tools might include books, apps, DVDs, audio programs and other products you have found helpful.
You can submit your nominations in these two categories up until February 15th:
For more details about the process and the categories you can visit the main SAD awards nomination page.
After the nomination period I will tally up the reccommendations and choose finalists in each category. Voting will then begin and extend until March 21st, with winners being announced on March 30th.
Please also note that in order to vote you will need to log in with an About.com username or your Facebook profile.
Since this is the first time I have participated in the Readers’ Choice Awards I am excited to see the nominations that arrive. I think this is a great chance for readers to share the resources that are most valuable to them and to showcase all of the great sites and self-help tools that are available for SAD.
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