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Readers' Choice Awards 2012 - Google

By Marziah Karch, About.com Guide

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The 2012 About.com Readers' Choice Awards will showcase some of the best products and services offered by Google or using Google technologies or operating systems in their products. Nominations will be accepted starting January 18, 2012. Voting will take place from February 22 through March 21 with winners announced March 30, 2012. There's no prize to the winner -- just the bragging rights that come with getting kudos from the readers of About.com.

The list of finalists will be at About.com discretion. Submissions that don't meet the category criteria will be removed (such as submitting a BlackBerry Playbook as best Android Tablet).

Favorite Google Service or App (Besides Search)

Google does a lot of things besides search. Here's your chance to nominate your favorite service besides search. Any Google service from Android to Zeitgeist is eligible. Feel free to keep submitting nominations if you have a lot of favorites. I'll pare them down to some of the most popular choices and let them battle it out in a free-for-all to find the About.com readers' choice for 2012.

Favorite Android Tablet

We all know the iPad is cool, but Android tablets are getting hot. Nominate your favorite tablet. This category is specific to tablet devices only, but the tablets can be of any size or use any version of the Android operating system.

Best Android Non-Phone

Yes, Android makes a lot of phones. Be sure to nominate your favorite phones over with our Guide to Cellphones. Meanwhile, this category is for items that use Android but do not make phone calls. It could be your favorite Android watch, TV, car stereo system, tablet, reader, or toy, as long as it is powered by Google's Android operating system. Show your Android love and submit a nomination for your favorite in this category.

Favorite Blogger/Blogspot Blog

This category is for all you bloggers that love Google's Blogger platform. Eligible blogs should have been updated fairly recently and use the Blogger platform, whether they use a custom domain or have a .blogspot address.