---
title: "Tis the season for Best Of and Top Ten lists"
date: 2005-12-11
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Tis the season for Best Of and Top Ten lists

It’s that time of year when everyone brings out their Best Of 2005 and Top Ten lists. I wrote a post this time last year entitled [Best Web 2.0 Companies of 2004](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230164048/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/best_web_20_com.php). It didn’t get much of a response, because it was well before the Web 2.0 hype kicked in. Over the past couple of weeks Mike Arrington from [TechCrunch](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230164048/http://www.techcrunch.com/) and I have been compiling a follow-up to my inaugural Web 2.0 Best Of, which we plan to publish this week. In the meantime it looks like Dion Hinchcliffe has beaten us to the punch and released [his own](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230164048/http://web2.wsj2.com/the_best_web_20_software_of_2005.htm) Best Of list. Fair play, the Web 2.0 blogging market is no longer as empty as it was last year when I posted my 2004 list 🙂 So go read Dion’s list, but also remember to check out good old Read/WriteWeb and TechCrunch this week for our take on the year past. I’ll also have a Top Ten list coming out on [my ZDNet blog](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230164048/http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/) and perhaps a 2006 predictions post. I’m eagerly awaiting [John Battelle’s predictions](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230164048/http://battellemedia.com/archives/002108.php) for 2006. I recall printing them out last year, they were that good.

Oh and [last year](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230164048/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/best_web_20_com.php) I chose Google as Best Web 2.0 Bigco of 2004, Ludicorp as Best Smallco, Feedburner as Most Promising. Things have changed a lot this year, since Web 2.0 has hit the big time (and my blog with it). There’s a lot more competition, which makes for an interesting selection process. Stay tuned 🙂 Tis the season…

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tis_the_season.php))*