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JANUARY 5, 2011 - EXPERTS OF THE YEAR

Congratulations to this year's Top Experts and all of the exceptional people that make up Experts Exchange. Without you, Experts Exchange would not be the #1 technology site in the world. While we all know that seeing your name in lights on the Annual Awards page is gratifying to the ego, don't you want something a little more?

The winners of the Eighth Annual Expert Awards will receive a platinum-plated trophy in the spitting image of the hard drive that recorded the first solution on Experts Exchange, back in 1996. As nice as the trophies are, though, they pale in comparison to the thanks we want to give all our Experts for a truly outstanding year!

The Best of 2011 | The Top Ten Lists | The Top Fifty Zones

The Best Of The Best of 2011

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The expert with the most points for the year

hanccocka
4,688,803POINTS

most points throughout the year, starting the year off with 0 points

for_yan
3,472,520POINTS

most points from assists

hanccocka
835,014POINTS

most solutions to questions

hanccocka
3,277ANSWERS

highest percentage of accepted solutions out of questions participated

Gertone
98.02%SOLUTIONS

highest percentage of points within a zone

for_yan
36.30%PTs in New_to_Java

Most solutions to questions of 100 pts or less

for_yan
75QUESTIONS

Solutions posted through mobile.e-e.com

aarontomosky
700MOBILE SOLUTIONS

Author of the YEar

younghv

Ultimately, Experts Exchange is about helping people find solutions. This year's Author of the Year produced only seven articles, but four of them accounted for nearly ten per cent of all of the "Helpful" votes cast for articles written in 2011, and four of the top eight spots on the Helpful list. By edging out three great producers -- matthewspatrick (20 articles), harfang (18) and Ray_Paseur (14) -- and his colleague, rpggamergirl (who had three of the top eight article "Helpful" vote totals), younghv is the 2011 Author of the Year.
 

Impact Award

Lunchy

For over a decade, Lunchy has been making his mark on Experts Exchange, both as an Expert, where he has consistently been near the top of our "Sniper" awards for having a high percentage of awarded posts, but more profoundly as a Moderator. His calm, consistent demeanor is the prototype after whom the entire Moderator team is modeled; his CSToolkit -- originally developed at least three versions of EE ago -- has made it possible for a relatively small group of people to manage the needs of hundreds of thousands of users, and saved EE countless hours of development.

The Top Ten Lists

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Expert of the Year
Username Points
hanccocka 4,688,803
leakim971 3,855,664
CodeCruiser 3,762,164
for_yan 3,472,520
Ray_Paseur 3,326,679
capricorn1 3,007,572
kaufmed 2,984,214
DaveBaldwin 2,659,638
slightwv 2,590,471
alanhardisty 2,426,068
Rookie of the Year
Username Points
for_yan 3,472,520
dgofman 1,283,171
ronnypot 1,140,919
yobri 1,036,560
jacko72 985,654
OP_Zaharin 899,544
amitkulshrestha 774,868
Papertrip 748,746
wdosanjos 708,488
JamesBurger 576,169
The Ally
Username Assist Points
hanccocka 835,014
Ray_Paseur 677,473
nobus 610,652
for_yan 522,538
johnb6767 491,446
DaveBaldwin 488,528
slightwv 470,869
CodeCruiser 443,525
kaufmed 333,022
arnold 331,335
The Juggernaut
Username Answers
hanccocka 3,277
CodeCruiser 2,388
for_yan 2,376
Ray_Paseur 2,358
leakim971 2,319
kaufmed 2,052
DaveBaldwin 2,031
slightwv 1,932
capricorn1 1,874
johnb6767 1,797
The Sniper
Username % Solutions
Gertone 98.02%
willmcn 92.20%
oBdA 89.58%
ralmada 87.33%
woolmilkporc 86.24%
wilcoxon 85.89%
RobSampson 85.12%
dgofman 83.78%
for_yan 83.69%
yv989c 83.03%
The Titan
Username % Points - Zone
for_yan 36.30% pts - New to Java
thinkpads_user 36.21% pts - Quickbooks
breadtan 35.49% pts - Forensics
clayfox 33.24% pts - Infopath
sdstuber 31.21% pts - PL/SQL
vadimrapp1 30.52% pts - Installation
Joe_Woodhouse/td> 29.09% pts - Sybase
TommySzalapski 28.77% pts - Prog. Theory
ewangoya 26.31% pts - Pascal
FernandoSoto 25.84% pts - LINQ
The Philanthropist
Username Questions
for_yan 75
CEHJ 33
hanccocka 31
matthewspatrick 31
kaufmed 29
DaveBaldwin 24
nobus 22
leakim971 22
slightwv 21
rorya 21
The Addict
Username Mobile Solutions
aarontomosky 700
kevinhsieh 456
MegaNuk3 425
slightwv 377
erniebeek 213
Vinchenzo-the-Second 168
nappy_d 163
yobri 156
Russell_Venable 133
OP_Zaharin 130

The Top Fifty Zones

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Below are stats from the 50 most active zones based on the total number of questions asked and answered, and the number of page views for the year 2011.

Exchange Email Server
alanhardisty 1,886,214 Points
ronnypot 690,222 Rookie Pts.
alanhardisty 1,141 Answered
alanhardisty 218,348 Assist Points
Programming for ASP.NET
CodeCruiser 1,133,043 Points
jacko72 389,231 Rookie Pts.
CodeCruiser 708 Answered
CodeCruiser 132,145 Assist Points
Windows 2003 Server
iSiek 510,102 Points
Vinchenzo-the-Second 146,770 Rookie Pts.
iSiek 379 Answered
iSiek 104,602 Assist Points
Microsoft Access
capricorn1 2,973,172 Points
TheHiTechCoach 344,500 Rookie Pts.
capricorn1 1,852 Answered
capricorn1 265,925 Assist Points
C# Programming Language
kaufmed 1,260,682 Points
dj_alik 227,235 Rookie Pts.
kaufmed 857 Answered
kaufmed 149,294 Assist Points
Microsoft Excel
rorya 2,094,889 Points
andrewssd3 225,697 Rookie Pts.
rorya 1,373 Answered
rorya 208,881 Assist Points
Windows Server 2008
dariusg 1,230,490 Points
ronnypot 251,926 Rookie Pts.
dariusg 906 Answered
dariusg 218,323 Assist Points
SQL Server 2005
acperkins 628,814 Points
anujnb 145,008 Rookie Pts.
acperkins 517 Answered
acperkins 152,147 Assist Points
Microsoft Outlook
alanhardisty 580,651 Points
yobri 375,313 Rookie Pts.
alanhardisty 363 Answered
alanhardisty 65,664 Assist Points
Windows XP
johnb6767 975,371 Points
Jim-R 71,746 Rookie Pts.
johnb6767 814 Answered
johnb6767 212,331 Assist Points
JavaScript
leakim971 2,852,075 Points
sonawanekiran 189,278 Rookie Pts.
leakim971 1,724 Answered
leakim971 243,584 Assist Points
Microsoft Visual Basic.Net
CodeCruiser 3,703,531 Points
JamesBurger 338,776 Rookie Pts.
CodeCruiser 2,352 Answered
CodeCruiser 435,893 Assist Points
PHP Scripting Language
Ray_Paseur 3,023,913 Points
Rik-Legger 153,605 Rookie Pts.
Ray_Paseur 2,205 Answered
Ray_Paseur 614,417 Assist Points
SQL Server 2005
Lowfatspread 653,226 Points
Daniel_PL 140,028 Rookie Pts.
Lowfatspread 498 Answered
cperkins 125,007 Assist Points
Active Directory
mkline71 1,238,861 Points
Sandeshdubey 350,677 Rookie Pts.
mkline71 948 Answered
mkline71 175,737 Assist Points
Miscellaneous Networking
erniebeek 227,868 Points
craigbeck 88,360 Rookie Pts.
erniebeek 177 Answered
Soulja 42,514 Assist Points
SBS Small Business Server
cgaliher 982,569 Points
ronnypot 353,569 Rookie Pts.
cgaliher 699 Answered
cgaliher 130,253 Assist Points
Java Programming
for_yan 3,326,821 Points
for_yan 3,326,821 Rookie Pts.
for_yan 2,278 Answered
for_yan 509,731 Assist Points
Oracle Database
slightwv 2,369,332 Points
OP_Zaharin 579,311 Rookie Pts.
slightwv 1,772 Answered
slightwv 434,445 Assist Points
Network Routers
Soulja 535,837 Points
craigbeck 177,924 Rookie Pts.
Soulja 378 Answered
Soulja 107,371 Assist Points
NET Programming
CodeCruiser 997,313 Points
JamesBurger 231,460 Rookie Pts.
CodeCruiser 636 Answered
CodeCruiser 124,170 Assist Points
Windows 7
johnb6767 936,617 Points
yobri 81,668 Rookie Pts.
johnb6767 764 Answered
johnb6767 219,003 Assist Points
Visual Basic Programming
GrahamSkan 205,773 Points
jacko72 28,800 Rookie Pts.
GrahamSkan 134 Answered
aikimark 24,683 Assist Points
Microsoft Operating Systems
johnb6767 390,213 Points
ronnypot 46,504 Rookie Pts.
johnb6767 314 Answered
johnb6767 84,272 Assist Points
Microsoft SharePoint
ACH1LLES 831,366 Points
abhitrig 341,453 Rookie Pts.
ACH1LLES 516 Answered
ACH1LLES 87,548 Assist Points
Linux
wesly_chen 1,055,952 Points
Papertrip 198,398 Rookie Pts.
wesly_chen 702 Answered
wesly_chen 141,648 Assist Points
VMware
hanccocka 3,592,739 Points
jordannet 18,150 Rookie Pts.
hanccocka 2,505 Answered
hanccocka 644,188 Assist Points
Miscellaneous Hardware
nobus 383,742 Points
Jim-R 16,296 Rookie Pts.
nobus 444 Answered
nobus 170,104 Assist Points
VB Script
RobSampson 1,159,980 Points
prashanthd 159,686 Rookie Pts.
RobSampson 693 Answered
RobSampson 104,764 Assist Points
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
leakim971 561,815 Points
nap0leon 110,850 Rookie Pts.
leakim971 349 Answered
Ray_Paseur 69,907 Assist Points
MySQL Server
Ray_Paseur 522,807 Points
johanntagle 217,624 Rookie Pts.
Ray_Paseur 389 Answered
Ray_Paseur 100,917 Assist Points
SQL Server 2008
Lowfatspread 606,894 Points
Daniel_PL 181,828 Rookie Pts.
Lowfatspread 476 Answered
acperkins 146,182 Assist Points
Miscellaneous Web Development
Ray_Paseur 338,292 Points
dgofman 69,851 Rookie Pts.
Ray_Paseur 234 Answered
Ray_Paseur 75,103 Assist Points
Microsoft IIS Web Server
hades666 380,702 Points
sanjsantoki 79,386 Rookie Pts.
hades666 222 Answered
Rovastar 39,549 Assist Points
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
LZ1 522,121 Points
jonahzona 191,622 Rookie Pts.
LZ1 325 Answered
LZ1 55,227 Assist Points
Databases Miscellaneous
slightwv 210,417 Points
OP_Zaharin 106,622 Rookie Pts.
slightwv 164 Answered
slightwv 37,549 Assist Points
Miscellaneous Programming
TommySzalapski 262,973 Points
for_yan 158,828 Rookie Pts.
TommySzalapski 172 Answered
TommySzalapski 52,580 Assist Points
Microsoft Office Suite
chris_bottomley 250,382 Points
xtermie 81,319 Rookie Pts.
matthewspatrick 162 Answered
GrahamSkan 40,889 Assist Points
Microsoft Applications
capricorn1 200,309 Points
yobri 83,946 Rookie Pts.
capricorn1 122 Answered
boag2000 31,026 Assist Points
Active Server Pages (ASP)
sammySeltzer 244,675 Points
pateljitu 211,386 Rookie Pts.
sammySeltzer 141 Answered
sammySeltzer 30,233 Assist Points
Hard Drives & Storage
andyalder 379,898 Points
ReclaiMe 20,644 Rookie Pts.
andyalder 320 Answered
andyalder 128,830 Assist Points
C++ Programming Language
jkr 540,026 Points
sarabande 344,514 Rookie Pts.
jkr 379 Answered
sarabande 97,368 Assist Points
Delphi Programming
jimyX 530,545 Points
sinisav 36,250 Rookie Pts.
jimyX 393 Answered
ewangoya 85,641 Assist Points
Crystal Reports Software
mlmcc 2,097,624 Points
vasto 47,526 Rookie Pts.
mlmcc 1,404 Answered
mlmcc 252,083 Assist Points
SQL Query Syntax
sdstuber 361,367 Points
wdosanjos 63,906 Rookie Pts.
sdstuber 245 Answered
Lowfatspread 50,812 Assist Points
Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
erniebeek 243,732 Points
Syed_M_Usman 69,907 Rookie Pts.
erniebeek 152 Answered
Qlemo 46,006 Assist Points
Computer Servers
andyalder 650,719 Points
Syed_M_Usman 36,268 Rookie Pts.
andyalder 543 Answered
andyalder 196,359 Assist Points
Cisco PIX Firewall
erniebeek 674,014 Points
fgasimzade 128,058 Rookie Pts.
erniebeek 434 Answered
erniebeek 93,919 Assist Points
Microsoft Word
GrahamSkan 962,487 Points
yobri 86,102 Rookie Pts.
GrahamSkan 613 Answered
GrahamSkan 99,647 Assist Points
Operating Systems Miscellaneous
arnold 58,126 Points
yobri 9,004 Rookie Pts.
arnold 55 Answered
nobus 17,586 Assist Points

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