Word came today that PhishTank wins the PC World award for Top Product of 2008. Cheers to the entire PhishTank community for being awesome enough to make the award happen.

Regardless of whether you’re new here, or have been submitting and verifiying since the beginning, you should head on over to OpenDNS.com to get the benefit of the community’s hard work. Turning on OpenDNS means all PhishTank-verified phishing sites are blocked on your network. It’s free and takes just a few minutes.

We at OpenDNS couldn’t be more excited about the Top Products honor. Here’s how PC World describes the award and selection process:

The respected 100 Best Products Awards honor products that meld practical features with innovation and reflect the rapidly changing technology marketplace. To select the winners, PC World’s editors examined hundreds of products, including those that have appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months. The 100 winning products and services were selected for their exemplary design and usability, features, performance and innovation.

The Tank’s come a long way in less than two years, having verified and effectively disabled more than a quarter-million individual phishing scams. Congrats everyone!