François says:
December 13th, 2007 at 3:36 am

‘Hope we’ll see TVtrip.com somewhere

Ruth says:
December 13th, 2007 at 4:02 am

A Great Success for the Crunchies. Congrats.

http://www.MyZwap.com…..Fast Game Trades

igor says:
December 13th, 2007 at 4:12 am

good idea, i nomined
http://www.postcrossing.com

Igor

John Spector says:
December 13th, 2007 at 4:46 am

The nomination page states…”Check back again on Thursday, December 13 for finalist voting.” The home page states… “Monday, December 17. Make up your minds and fix your inconsistent statements.

dodo says:
December 13th, 2007 at 6:42 am

Hope Netineo could be in the finalists list

Fred Oliveira says:
December 13th, 2007 at 7:01 am

John: fixed. Thanks for the notice.

safe rude boys says:
December 13th, 2007 at 7:56 am

SAFE rude peeps!!!!!!!!!!!!

GZYN says:
December 13th, 2007 at 9:28 am

will you give the finalists advance notice to help them prep their sites to direct users to your voting page.

caroline says:
December 13th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

Goooooooooooooooooooo nextnewnetworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve Jabs says:
December 13th, 2007 at 7:42 pm

Thanks again techcrunch! Can’t wait until Monday!

http://www.20dc.com

Ashley says:
December 13th, 2007 at 9:21 pm

I hope to http://theuniversitytube.com in one of finalist. The largest University Video Hub on the internet.

Nann says:
December 14th, 2007 at 5:50 am

What’s the selection criteria by the way Hope there’s no black operation like SeedCamp or Techtour.

Alicia from Skimbit says:
December 14th, 2007 at 9:56 am

How is Best Boot-Strapped startup judged? How do you know how well a boot-strapped company coped with lack of funds? Any chance to put a good word in for us starving and bedraggled founders

Angel says:
December 14th, 2007 at 1:32 pm

Best Business Model

http://www.myzwap.com

katrin says:
December 15th, 2007 at 3:43 am

I really hope that my beloved hatebook will be placed here ! thanks again for this nice hint on your techcrunch several weeks ago!

marsha says:
December 15th, 2007 at 7:55 am

EOPLEX ROCKS! ART CHAIT IS THE BEST CEO IN ANY INDUSTRY.

Ago says:
December 15th, 2007 at 12:31 pm

I nominate Passpack. I HOPE IT WIN eheh

HITECHEASY says:
December 16th, 2007 at 7:16 am

a cross my finger and hope..and….YES!!! the best start up is HITECHEASY.
Thank you

b says:
December 16th, 2007 at 11:55 pm

art,travel,wierd fun and a giveback mentality what else could one love.Bootstrapped but not over… not in the least .good luck to everyone ! finality is something to look forward to.

anon says:
December 17th, 2007 at 1:56 am

It’s Monday!

Ana says:
December 17th, 2007 at 4:07 am

I voted for ProjectOffice.net… hope it will be a finalist:-)
I thought today was the day to announce the finalists, where are they?

norah says:
December 17th, 2007 at 7:24 am

It’s 17th Dec, still can’t see where to vote!!!!!!

impatient anonymous says:
December 17th, 2007 at 7:55 am

c’mon people, it’s already tuesday in new zealand!

john says:
December 17th, 2007 at 8:25 am

Any word on when they will announce the finalists?

Franh L. says:
December 17th, 2007 at 9:13 am

Good luck to Sphere Networks.

Jadmire says:
December 17th, 2007 at 9:38 am

Sooooo….what time today is this goin down? Gettin a little antsy here!

Jadmire says:
December 17th, 2007 at 9:41 am

Good luck collegebars.net!

Mark G. says:
December 17th, 2007 at 9:43 am

Looking forward to it. Hoping to see fanbunker.com on the list!

gee says:
December 17th, 2007 at 11:36 am

Let’s hope http://www.doodle.ch wins!

Annette says:
December 17th, 2007 at 1:57 pm

Good luck to Cagora.com: the Community of Communities

Stephanie says:
December 17th, 2007 at 2:37 pm

Are the finalists going to be announced today? When?

Lapp says:
December 17th, 2007 at 2:40 pm

Ok we are ready to see who made it!

Austin Hallock says:
December 17th, 2007 at 2:45 pm

Seriously people, are you kidding me? When I see you post “Good luck to [insert my site here] or I hope [url to my site] is a finalist. Have some dignity!

Niner says:
December 17th, 2007 at 2:49 pm

Good luck to Google.com! You’re the best!!!!11

Christene says:
December 17th, 2007 at 4:42 pm

It’s after 7:30 pm Eastern. How long are you going to keep us in suspense?

Kevin C says:
December 17th, 2007 at 6:14 pm

Is this the beginning of the end of TechCrunch? Editorial dates being missed is a sure sign of possible internal problems… Especially published public dates being missed with zero response from the editorial staff on reasons behind the lag.

Steve Jabs says:
December 17th, 2007 at 7:11 pm

Oh let it be. It’s not the end of the world either way if it is posted today or tomorrow or whenever. I’d rather have them do it right than put it up instantly and have to fix it or have it broken.

Uncle Jules says:
December 17th, 2007 at 8:46 pm

So theres 15 minutes left for today eastern time and still nothing. Guess today there wont be any finals listed?

monsieurgrand02 says:
December 17th, 2007 at 10:29 pm

Well, they did have to sort through 82,000 nominations…I can’t imagine how long that would take.

al says:
December 17th, 2007 at 11:55 pm

I hope http://www.budgetedge.com gets picked. Are you guys hand counting all 82,000 nominations?

P says:
December 17th, 2007 at 11:59 pm

patience…

Scoop says:
December 18th, 2007 at 12:47 am

At least a statement about a delay would be nice

b says:
December 18th, 2007 at 12:49 am

yes it is a long haul when you get such a huge response. I like the fact that I myself from these posts are learning about other sites out there. Other idea’s and it is invigorating to see.
budgetedge I say you have a cool site good luck.
In time we will have the list of nominees I trust in that…. but look at the sheer entertainment we have created for ourselves by continually posting…. it speaks to me of the community that is out there and wants to make their voice heard…..even in the most insignificant way as to say pick me…love me…oh no I am watching too many grays anotomy. And please don’t bash me for knowing pop culture… it is my job. I cannot imagine parseing through so many entry nominations. I say the time and attention being paid to this task will show itself soon with impressive results.
Good night!

g says:
December 18th, 2007 at 12:51 am

would techcrunch or webreakstuff please have the decency of stepping forward and explaining the delay?

Mandy says:
December 18th, 2007 at 4:53 am

Everyones excited! It is a good time to check out all the great nominations.

http://www.myzwap.com

A long over due concept everyone will love from parents to gamers! The potential is huge. The service much needed. Check it out!

umberto says:
December 18th, 2007 at 5:41 am

Hey dumbos the voting is over, there is no need to try to promote your website on this!

al says:
December 18th, 2007 at 5:53 am

thanks b! I’m glad you liked the concept.

Any update on when the finalists will be announced?

Jo says:
December 18th, 2007 at 8:15 am

I mean, Really Techcrunch? 80,000 voters and you don’t even put up a post explaining the delay? A simple, ‘ our vote counters are sick, we’ll get back to you as soon as possible’ would suffice. I expected more out of you.

Tim says:
December 18th, 2007 at 8:22 am

What is going on?

Gizmodo was able to sort through over 600,000 votes in a few cases within half the time. What is taking so long?

Niki says:
December 18th, 2007 at 8:37 am

Any update on when the finalist are coming it says the 17th but today is the 18th?

James says:
December 18th, 2007 at 8:59 am

It’s a shame no one from techcrunch seems to be monitoring this thread. How much longer can they go on without giving an explanation?

in the know says:
December 18th, 2007 at 9:00 am

It has been cancelled.

Jo says:
December 18th, 2007 at 9:03 am

Pretty unprofessional of them. That’s too bad.

Fake Arington says:
December 18th, 2007 at 9:06 am

TechCrunch answers to no one. Your complaints fall upon deaf ears oh puny startups. We will select five of you to put on our pedestal, but only those five who will wash our feet and … you get the idea. We don’t need to stick to deadlines, yes we said the 17th, but it could be today, tomorrow, or a week from now and there is nothing you can do mwah ha ha ha.

BigTone says:
December 18th, 2007 at 10:42 am

free content…quit whining

John R says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:39 am

This will be the last year I participate in one of these voting polls. It’s no wonder I hadn’t heard of tech crunch until someone at my company mentioned it. This has been a very unprofessional experience.

BigTone says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:50 am

wow..TC taking most of the beating here for the tardy posting of finalists. Thought this was a collaborative effort by four entities.

Steve Jabs says:
December 18th, 2007 at 12:46 pm

@ John R.

It’s not like you bought a service here and this isn’t eBay.

John R says:
December 18th, 2007 at 1:25 pm

@Steve jabs - no I didn’t buy the service but they shouldn’t offer it if they can’t provide. Its a voting system that takes longer than the Florida recount and its ridiculous.

Steve Jabs says:
December 18th, 2007 at 1:57 pm

@John R

I’m not really trying to open up a debate or an argument. I am merely saying that whether or not they posted them Monday, today, or tomorrow (which they are) it has little bearing on the end of it all. I am sure they will keep the voting period open just as long as they originally said, and there could easily be many factors that related into not getting the nominations out yesterday or today. Finally, it is something that they are doing for us, the start ups. It is free, it is beneficial, and it is just kind. To chastise them for it is actually just pretty lame and uncalled for. That goes for anyone. Not just you. They didn’t have to do this in the first place at all.

Impatient says:
December 18th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

You’re right, TechCrunch is a non-profit and we should all be grateful for their bestowing these awards upon us, in between caring for orphans, saving the environment and just making the world a better place. God bless you TechCrunch each and every one of your bloggers.

Seriously, it looks like they just got a lot more nominations than they had planned on. Good sign really for TC, shows how many people really care what TechCrunch thinks.

j says:
December 18th, 2007 at 4:29 pm

Thanks for the update, appreciate all that you are doing for startups!
Just wanted to let you know this is appreciated.
Good luck to everyone!

JadedTLC says:
December 18th, 2007 at 7:41 pm

I Love SodaHead - very fun; probably closer to web 2.5; innovative and a leader in technology.

Sean says:
December 18th, 2007 at 11:38 pm

My word you all are a bunch of whiny little children. Be patient… The results will show up eventually.

Leah Culver says:
December 19th, 2007 at 12:11 am

And where’s your API?

Alex says:
December 19th, 2007 at 12:37 am

Om mani padme hum.

min says:
December 19th, 2007 at 2:13 am

it’s 19th Dec. still can’t see the finalists online!!!!

James says:
December 19th, 2007 at 6:24 am

To all those who suggest we “quit whining”: what were you expecting to see on this thread? Why did you even read it? and why shouldn’t we be allowed to ask what’s going on?

jack b says:
December 19th, 2007 at 6:50 am

Its Wednesday and nothing yet?

John R says:
December 19th, 2007 at 7:15 am

at 12:00 tonight, the website will say “December 20th”

François says:
December 19th, 2007 at 7:41 am

Can’t wait

BigTone says:
December 19th, 2007 at 9:16 am

Shouldn’t you guys be running your start ups instead of whining and checking here all day to see if you got nominated?

John R says:
December 19th, 2007 at 10:01 am

Shouldn’t you be running your start up instead of whining about people whining on a tech blog voting forum?

Jason says:
December 19th, 2007 at 10:30 am

I love deadlines. I like the whoooshing sound they make as they go by!

Rami says:
December 19th, 2007 at 10:32 am

Thank you for organizing this event.
I urge each of you to visit http://www.wikinvest.com and vote for
because I believe that it is the most amazing user-driven content website on the net now after wikipedia.

Franh L. says:
December 19th, 2007 at 10:47 am

Very strange TC usually is on the ball. Must be some serious technical issues they are facing. Whats a few days here and there, as long as this happens.

Mrknowitall says:
December 19th, 2007 at 1:21 pm

my guess is that they are having issues parsing the information

Joe says:
December 19th, 2007 at 2:54 pm

Cant stick to the first deadline.
Cant stick to the second deadline.

Just cancel the fucking thing.

Jo says:
December 19th, 2007 at 3:04 pm

Techcrunch = balldroppers on this one..

Joe says:
December 19th, 2007 at 4:48 pm

CANCEL THE THING OR SHOW SOME TRANSPARENCY IN WHATS GOING ON.

IS THAT HARD? NO.

does SUCK says:
December 19th, 2007 at 5:59 pm

These events are great to go to for networking and stuff!

Im on the east coast and plan on going. If were nominated cool, if not it’s a great networking opp!

The longer they wait the higher airfare is for this bootstrapped company! Last checked DC to San Fran lowest was $350…..

Errrggggh!

Uncle Jules says:
December 19th, 2007 at 8:59 pm

another day goes by

jack b says:
December 19th, 2007 at 9:07 pm

This is a joke? Come on TC you are losing your credibility.

Say something,anything!

a cow says:
December 19th, 2007 at 9:55 pm

moo.

a duck says:
December 19th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

quack.

a pissed off reader says:
December 19th, 2007 at 10:02 pm

WTF? That’s 3 days late and counting…

Daniel says:
December 19th, 2007 at 10:32 pm

I was also hoping to see the results by now… It would be nice if there was some kind of response to the viewers.

Rami says:
December 19th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

why do my fingers look like small people???!?

i am just trying to entertain you guys since everyone seems to be bored or pissed off.

As for me I am calm… very caLM!!!!!! EXTREMELY CALM!!!

COMMMON!!!!!! I want to see who are the finalist!!!!!
Please tell me you didn’t loose all our nominations voting!

Josh says:
December 19th, 2007 at 11:09 pm

I agree with the poster above who said that if this had been a startup, Arrington would have reamed it.

Being overwhelmed by the response is ok but 0 communication is just class-less. I hope they didn’t lose the data because that would take this competition to 0 credibility and really piss a lot of people off.

anon says:
December 20th, 2007 at 12:10 am

better to be a puny startup than a big website that can’t keep its word. twice!

James says:
December 20th, 2007 at 2:22 am

weak.

Vibhu says:
December 20th, 2007 at 3:49 am

WTF !! no body is listening…this is crap

fake teccrunch says:
December 20th, 2007 at 4:26 am

Hi, this is (fake) Techcrunch just letting all of you know that have been visiting the site 50 times a day since last Thursday that we appreciate all the added traffic the crunchies have already gotten us. It was totally worth holding out, because it made us another $25k this month.

Oh yeah, we lost the nominations and had to dig them out of our backup tapes, so that’s what’s taking so long. We will be done by the end of the week.
*Now is that so hard? SOMEONE spend 2 minutes and tell us what’s going on!

al says:
December 20th, 2007 at 4:42 am

While we wait for the finalists to be announced, please check out http://www.budgetedge.com. I think this is one of the most comprehensive online budgeting/expense tracking tool.

All feedback will be welcome

Cobo says:
December 20th, 2007 at 4:45 am

Guys ever feeled ripped off when you trade in your games at the local video store. You now have an awesome alternative!

http://www.myzwap.com check it out

“Best Business Model” everyone wins

I am sure Tech Crunch will make it right
Patience

Inflamed says:
December 20th, 2007 at 5:09 am

Arrington you just lost a reader!

Fred Oliveira says:
December 20th, 2007 at 7:41 am

G: Well, unfortunately there’s nothing we (Webreakstuff) can do to speed up the nomination process. Right now the voting committee is going through the nominations (which were, as you know in the thousands) and should be done soon. We built the functionality, design and are helping out throughout the process, but it’s up to the 4 blogs to come out with a decision. Sorry I can’t be of more assistance at this point, but I would assume there will be some news today.

Isaac Garcia says:
December 20th, 2007 at 9:52 am

I think it is only appropriate that one of the sponsoring companies is named “We Break Stuff.”

Marcelo Calbucci says:
December 20th, 2007 at 11:51 am

Finally!!!

Here are some reasonable explanations:

http://marcelo.sampasite.com/brave-tech-world/Do-you-remember-The-Crunchies-Th.htm

[If you have a blog link to it to call attention to it ]

Jo says:
December 20th, 2007 at 12:01 pm

Sounds more like speculation, but makes sense to me.

Very funny says:
December 20th, 2007 at 12:07 pm

Very funny read while you wait.
Rock, Paper Scissors, you have to read this too funny http://www.sonicnonsense.com/2007/12/02/rock-paper-scissors/

Enjoy…. i will always pick rock from now on!

Steven W. says:
December 20th, 2007 at 12:34 pm

Combined Joke & Shameless Plug:

I understand the reason is that they can’t pull themselves away from tracking the best and latest breaking news

http://www.preciseNews.us/pt/ticker/ticker.html

Seriously, my guess is they’re overwhelmed with the number of submissions and there’s no way to track all the submissions effectively so it’s it’s likely to be a disappointing experience for most … except those with spambots.

There’s an old “Startup 101″ adage about slipping deadlines and whenever that has to be done you always make sure the next date is ROCK solid (see above ).

Regards to all

Jadmire says:
December 20th, 2007 at 12:44 pm

Strange, I heard the delay was because they were too busy looking for drink specials at college campuses: http://www.collegebars.net

Also a shameless plug, I must admit, but given the lack of progress one must entertain oneself.

IF this whole contest takes shape, good luck to all.

JeffC says:
December 20th, 2007 at 12:47 pm

Anyone interested in leading everyone in campfire songs? I’m sure all parties involved are doing their best to get this ship launched. Let’s not get all bent out of shape over a delay.

Josh says:
December 20th, 2007 at 12:56 pm

The delay isn’t really the issue.

The lack of communication IS the issue.

It is a shame that TechCrunch has time to put up 10 posts a day about other companies, but doesn’t have the time to post a 50 word explanation of what is going on with a contest that bears its name.

jo says:
December 20th, 2007 at 1:02 pm

EXACTLY!!!!!!

Steven W. says:
December 20th, 2007 at 1:16 pm

Starup 102: When it comes to crunch time (pardon the cliche) some (OK, I’ll say it, marketing) folks want to just throw something out the door … except that then it goes splat when it lands on the other side. If it’s hot on this thread I imagine it’s hotter inside TC and one presumes they’re taking the time to get it right. This thread may ultimately be most valuable part of the experience as I’ve discovered some neat things posted here … aside from moo

does SUCK says:
December 20th, 2007 at 1:20 pm

The cost of airfare rising rapidly is an issue for all us bootstrapped companies!!!

Don’t want to buy 350 to 400 worth of airfare and then learn i missed out on getting a admission ticket.

Please delay this for the little guy! Thank you from all our wallets!

mrgreatness says:
December 20th, 2007 at 1:54 pm

does anyone have another tech blog they like to read that perhaps I should start going to instead. One that has time to keep its readers informed and doesn’t take them for granted and string them along?

EVA says:
January 21st, 2008 at 4:56 pm

MUY BUENO ES MUY BUENO

Igor says:
January 22nd, 2008 at 4:09 am

i think the is:
http://www.postcrossing.com

i hope it.

igor

Adolph says:
January 24th, 2008 at 3:29 am

yes, it is.
i like postcrossing, too

http://www.postcrossing.com
Adolph

HRC says:
January 25th, 2008 at 7:03 am

please, at what time is the next nomination??

AKW says:
January 27th, 2008 at 3:44 am

and the winner is???

freecard says:
February 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 am

kann jede Seite mitmachen bei dieser Wahl?

freecard

bikini says:
February 12th, 2008 at 6:06 am

und bis wann muß man sich angemeldet haben??
wann ist die nächste Wahl?

bikini

Ferdinand Aristico says:
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:32 am

I gotta go to school :’[ HELP MEEEE!!

Kevin says:
March 5th, 2008 at 4:19 am

All the links are add in the Dictionary of Web Content.

see: http://www.oriango.com

freecard says:
March 11th, 2008 at 5:42 am

i will look.
many thanks Kevin.

Blogi says:
March 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 am

Wann geht es denn wieder los?

Blogi

watch tv says:
April 14th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

good

frames says:
April 14th, 2008 at 7:08 pm

yun seee

Model says:
April 19th, 2008 at 7:17 am

Wann kann man wieder voten??

cscufyyug says:
April 26th, 2008 at 3:25 am

aaaddddddddddddddaaaaaaaaaa
inuhihiop