Erin BroadleyFrom Google Wave to mommy blogs to TechCrunch's Mike Arrington “stealing our tweets,” 2009 was a booming year for the Web and social media scene. To celebrate, LAWeekly.com is hosting the LA Web Awards 2009 and asked you to nominate the best in 36 categories. Who gives the best tweet? What's the best site for gamers? From over one thousand nominations, a team of expert judges from LA and SF's online communities — including Kevin Pereira, Andrew Nystrom, Gabe Rivera, Travis Keller, Sean Percival, Aubrey Sabala, Mike Prasad, Shira Lazar, John Resig, Maya Baratz, Andrew Sorcini, and VVM new media staff — combed through the sites and selected winners. And to keep it fair, none of the judges voted in a category they're affiliated with. Check out the winners below and stay tuned for information on how you can win a spot on the guest list for our private party at Bardot on January 21st to celebrate 2009's best online.
LA's Best Twitterer
LA's Best Flickr Pool
LA's Best Flamer (i.e. best shit talker)
LA's Best Food Blog
LA's Best Music Blog
LA's Best Police Blog
LA's Best Tech Blog
LA's Best Politics Blog
LA's Best Drinking Blog
LA's Best Low Brow Art Blog
LA's Best High Brow Art Blog
LA's Best Business Twitterer
LA's Best Local Activism Site
LA's Best Gamer Site
LA's Best MySpace Music Page
LA's Best iPhone App
LA's Best Most Shameless Self Promoter
Best Twitpic
LA's Best News Blog
LA's Best Counterculture Blog
LA's Sexiest Site
LA's Best Online Video
SecretSauce TV, “Where The Dirty Hipsters Are (Wild Things Spoof)”
LA's Best Home Page
LA's Best Designed Site Aesthetic
LA's Best Personal Blog
LA's Best Celebrity Fan Site
LA's Best Government Site
LA's Best Restaurant Site
LA's Best Retail Site
LA's Best Humor Site
LA's Best 12 Seconds Account
LA's Best Commenter
Sarah J. Gim, The Delicious Life
LA's Best Tweet of the Year
Roger Avary's tweet from jail:
@avary : “#34 is 'rolled up' to a higher security facility for exercising his first amendment rights. The truth he has discovered is too dangerous.”
LA's Best Blog Post of the Year
“100 Things to try in LA Before You Die,” Caroline on Crack
LA's Best Online Photo of the Year
“Walkabout,” by Mathieu Young, GOOD Los Angeles
LA's Best Comment Thread of the Year
“Nike Confuses USC With that School Near Diddy Riese,” Lost Angeles Blog
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