"Greatest Living American" Steven Colbert (or is it Gregg Easterbrook) Wins Webby Person of the Year
Colbert was given the title of "Greatest Living American" on Google by fans who "Google-bombed" him to the top.Fans posted comments all over the Internet that contained his name and "Greatest Living American" to make him the top result when anyone searched Google for the title.
On Monday night, Colbert earned the title "Webby Person of the Year" due to his success and use of the Internet, which involved questioning the "truthiness" of Wikipedia, his immense adulation as a presidential candidate on Facebook and his ability to get fans to offer donations online for DonorsChoose.org.
The Webby Awards honor excellence on the Internet, including Web sites, online film and video, mobile Web sites and interactive advertising from around the world. The Awards are selected by the Academy and popular vote.
• Blog-Political: Huffington Post
• Blog-Cultural: PostSecret
• Magazine: National Geographic
• Newspaper: NYTimes.com [I visit here often]
• Politics: FactCheck.org
• Community: Flickr [I use this often too]
• Do-It Yourself/HowTo-Video: My Damn Channel's "You Suck at Photoshop"
• Weird: Passive-Aggressive Notes (Academy), I Can Has Cheezburger? (Popular Vote)
• Social Networking: Flock The Social Web Browser (Academy), Facebook (Popular Vote)
• Comedy - Long Form or Series: "Wainy Days"
From Transworldnews.com
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