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Website awards

The internet industry has established various award schemes for websites, following the example of the Tony, Oscar, BAFTA, Cannes Film Festival and Emmy awards which are granted in the fields of theatre, film and television. This article covers notable awards....

 competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating websites and defining benchmarks based on the seven essential criteria of successful website

Website

A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...

 development. The goal of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to provide a forum

Internet forum

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 to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 today. Entrants benefit from a website assessment by a professional judging panel and the marketing

Marketing

Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

 opportunities presented to the award-winning websites.

The WebAwards use seven criteria to evaluate award-winning websites.

• Design
  Design
  Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
  
  
• Content
  Web content
  Web content is the textual, visual or aural content that is encountered as part of the user experience on websites. It may include, among other things: text, images, sounds, videos and animations....
  
  
• Copywriting
  Copywriting
  Copywriting is the use of words and ideas to promote a person, business, opinion or idea. Although the word copy may be applied to any content intended for printing , the term copywriter is generally limited to promotional situations, regardless of the medium...
  
  
• Use of Technology
  Technology
  Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
  
  
• Innovation
  Innovation
  Innovation is the creation of better or more effective products, processes, technologies, or ideas that are accepted by markets, governments, and society...
  
  
• Interactivity
  Interactivity
  In the fields of information science, communication, and industrial design, there is debate over the meaning of interactivity. In the "contingency view" of interactivity, there are three levels:...
  
  
• Ease of use

Top Agency WebAward Winners

The Top Agency Award recognizes the organization who wins the most WebAwards in a single competition. Here are past Top Agency winners and the number of WebAwards they received:

• 2010 Extractable (27)
• 2009 Extractable (25)
• 2008 Risdall Advertising Agency (29)
• 2007 Biggs/Gilmore (20)
• 2006 RG/A (19)
• 2005 Zugara (20)
• 2004 Arnold Worldwide (13)
• 2003 Fry, Inc. (17)
• 2002 Fry, Inc. (17)
• 2001 Arnold Worldwide (12)
• 2000 Sieglegale (13)
• 1999 R/GA Interactive (12)
• 1998 AGENCY.COM and iXL (10)
• 1997 CKS Partners (8)

Best of Show Winners

Each year one site is selected as the best site in the WebAward competition and awarded the WebAward Best of Show. Winning Best of Show is a special distinction that signifies the best of the best. The Best of Show web site winner is selected by a hand select group of experienced WebAwards judges from the top scoring Best of Industry web sites.

Here are the past Best of Show WebAward Winners

• 2010 Hitchcock Fleming & Associates Inc. - Glidden Website
• 2009 Organic, Inc. - Bank of America - Morris on Campus
• 2008 Trailer Park - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix website
• 2007 Walt Disney Internet Group - Disney XD
• 2006 Big Spaceship - TBS: Department of Humor Analysis
• 2005 IQ interactive - National Geographic Inside The Mafia
• 2004 Arc Worldwide - Behr Paint
• 2003 Disney Online - HotShot Business
• 2002 Campbell-Ewald - Accelerate Your Life, NAVY
• 2001 AGENCY.COM - Experience British Airways
• 2000 Stan Lee Media - Stan Lee Website
• 1999 Rare Medium Inc. - Artmuseum.net
• 1998 AGENCY.COM - British Airways London Destination Web site
• 1997 Organic, Inc. - Philips Home Theater Web site

Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and development of the best websites on the World Wide Web. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of Internet marketing, online advertising, PR, and top web site design professionals who share an interest in improving the quality of online advertising, internet marketing, and website promotion.

External links

• The WebAwards (Official Website)
• Current WebAward Winners
• Web Marketing Association (Program Sponsor)
• WebAward Update Blog