Taptu has picked up the top award for Overall mobile search company of the year at the Mobile Search Awards 2008, organized by Visiongain. Co-founder Bob Last said he was delighted at the outcome.
We were competing against some of the biggest players in the industry and the fact the judges commented on Taptus faster engine and its great user experience was fantastic, said Last. Its an honour to be recognised by the judges and we are also very grateful to our user community who continue to spread the word about Taptu.com to their friends.
The full list of winners and runners-up is as follows:

Best entertainment or information service:
Gold – IMImobile
Silver – Clickatell
Bronze – Thumbplay

Search engine optimization award:
Gold – Guava
Silver – Puretech Internet
Bronze – Red Clay Interactive

Best advertising or marketing service:
Gold – mcn
Silver – JumpTap
Bronze – Kooaba

Best technology innovation software:
Gold – Kannuu
Silver – io global
Bronze – Alabot

Best multimodal search service:
Gold – Novauris
Silver – call genie
Bronze – V-Enable

Most innovative business model:
Gold – Mobily
Silver – askmoby.com
Bronze – Admob

Best location-based search service:
Gold -Yell
Silver – Telmap
Bronze – Oxynade

Best content discovery experience on device:
Gold – Gracenote
Silver – Kiboo S A for Moblr
Bronze – Veveo