Well-known online properties participated in World Aids Day today to help create awareness for HIV and AIDS. This year the drive to raise awareness about AIDS was taken to a whole new level. Google, Mashable.com, Facebook and Twitter are a few of the brands that participated in the 2009 World Aids Day. Google did their bit by adding a ribbon beneath their search bar with a link to learn how you can help.Mashable.com, as a media partner to the World Aids Day, featured a prominent red banner on their home page linking to the (RED) Facebook fan page.The (RED) Facebook fan page urged people to help them turn Facebook red by changing their profile pictures to one of the pictures supplied by them.Twitter changed their login page and urged users to follow @JoinRED. If you tagged your tweets with #red duringWorld Aids Day, the tweet appeared in red font in your followers’ streams.According to Joinred.com 3 800 people die from AIDS every day – have you done your bit to help? Go to the Join Red take action page and see how you can make a difference.