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Best Political Web site to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best political Websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including political web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for political web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
“Politian’s running for office and their staff understand the importance of a using a website to reach out to voters,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Their websites should provide a resource for their key audiences and demonstrate their position on various issues. Having that aspect of your political website reviewed is just one benefit of participating in the annual WebAward program. Being recognized as an award winner can’t hurt either”.

Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the advertising category is judged against other advertising entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.

Here are the past Best Political Website WebAward winners:

Year  Winner Site Name
2014 Dallas CVB and Weber Shandwick Dallas 2016
2013 NJI Media Team Boehner
2012 Overdrive Interactive Unshackle Upstate Website Re-Launch
2011 The Web Development Group The Online Office of Congressman Steve King (IA-05)
2010 Orange Hat Group Scott for GA
2009 NJI Media Group American Issues Project
2008 Syrup Hope. Act. Change.
2007 Molecular and Mitt Romney for President Mitt Romney for President
2006 The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal’s OpinionJournal.com
2005 The Wall Street Journal’s OpinionJournal.com The Wall Street Journal’s OpinionJournal.com

All political entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

newtrophy_2015Winners of a WebAward in the political categories will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume.
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Political Websites wishing to be considered for the Best Political Website can submit their website for consideration at WebAward.org.

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

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Best Radio Web site to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best radio Websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including radio web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for radio web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
“The radio industry has become to rely on their websites for an important stream of advertising revenue,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Their websites should provide a resource for their target audience. Having that aspect of your association website reviewed is just one benefit of participating in the annual WebAward program. Being able to say you have an award-winning website can’t hurt either”.

Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the advertising category is judged against other advertising entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.

Here are the past Best Radio WebAward winners:

Year  Winner Site Name
2014 MogerMedia, Inc. HomeShow Radio
2013 WebmasterRadio.FM WebmasterRadio.FM
2012 Southern California Public Radio 89.3 KPCC
2011 WebmasterRadio.FM WebmasterRadio.FM
2010 LeapFrog Interactive This I Believe
2009 CBS RADIO 923 NOW FM
2008 Digitaria KCRW Media Player
2007 Avenue A | Razorfish XMRadio.com
2006 BubbleUp and Jimmy Buffett Radio Margaritaville
2005 KDFC Radio Classical 102.1 KDFC
2004 live365 Live365 Internet Radio
2003 WBCL Radio Network WBCL Radio Network

All radio entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

newtrophy_2015Radio station websites and others in the radio industry wishing to be considered for the Best Radio Website can submit their website for consideration at WebAward.org. Winners of a WebAward in the radio category will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume.
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

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Best Consulting Web site to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best Consulting Websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including consulting web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for consulting web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
Consulting is important to almost every industry,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Their websites should provide a resource for networking and gathering important industry trends and data. Having that aspect of your association website reviewed is just one benefit of participating in the annual WebAward program”.

Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the advertising category is judged against other advertising entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.

Here are the past Best Consulting Website WebAward winners:

Year  Winner Site Name
2014 Accenture Accenture Corporate Website
2013 Pontoon Launching pontoonsolutions.com
2012 Landor Associates Landor.com
2011 Cru Digital Onirik Web site
2010 Accenture Accenture Corporate Website
2009 Landor Associates Landor Associates Corporate Web Site
2008 Exponent Exponent Website
2007 Michaels & Associates Management Consulting Website | www.docntrain.com
2006 Landor Associates Landor Associates – Corporate Web Site
2005 Jack Morton Worldwide Jack Morton Worldwide
2004 Redhead Interactive Synthesis
2003 PRTM Management Consulting www.prtm.com

 

newtrophy_2015All consulting entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

Winners of a WebAward in the consulting categories will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume.
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

Consulting Firms wishing to be considered for the Best Consulting Website can submit their website for consideration at WebAward.org.

 

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Best Financial Services Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best legal websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including bank, credit union, insurance, investment, mutual funds and financial services websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Financial Services web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.

“The financial services industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Financial websites going forward will need to find a balance between what the web visitor craves in terms of innovation and technology and what the industry demands in terms of regulation.”

Websites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the Financial Services category is judged against other financial services entries and then against an overall standard of excellence.

All financial services entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific criteria scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.
newtrophy_2015Winners of a WebAward in the financial services categories will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume.
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year, the Web Marketing Association names the Best of Industry for the various financial services categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.
Winners of the Best Financial Services Website include:

  • 2014 – Nimble for Nimble Website
  • 2013 – Nimble for Nimble Website
  • 2012 – InvestLab & Comrade for InvestLab Tradepop Branding & Design
  • 2011 – Brightworks Interactive Marketing & RBC for RBC Better Student Life
  • 2010 – Standard Chartered Bank and TBWA\TEQUILA\Hong Kong for The Standard Chartered Bank Homepage
  • 2009 Standard Chartered Bank and TBWA\TEQUILA\Hong Kong for The Standard Chartered Private Bank Global Website
  • 2008 Organic Inc for Bank of America Fees & Processes
  • 2007 John Hancock Funds, LLC for Financial Professional Website
  • 2006 T3 (The Think Tank) for Chase Card with Blink
  • 2005 Merrill Lynch for Merrill Lynch Gateway Website
  • 2004 Moving Minds, LLC for Trancentrix Corporate Payment Solutions Website
  • 2003 Weber Shandwick Worldwide for CNBC on MSN Money

 

Winners of the Best Bank Website include:

  • 2014 – Ally Bank for Ally Bank Product Pages
  • 2013 – Group Digital Banking for The New Standard Chartered Bank India Website
  • 2012 – Cleartag SAL for Audi Card Artist Website
  • 2011 – Finn Digital on behalf of Johnson Financial Group for Johnson Bank Website Redesign
  • 2010 – Standard Chartered Bank and TBWA\TEQUILA\Hong Kong for The Standard Chartered Bank Homepage
  • 2009 – Organic, Inc. for Bank of America – Morris on Campus (2009 Best of Show Winner)
  • 2008 – TBWA\TEQUILA\ HK for Standard Chartered Bank/People in Action
  • 2007 – Organic, Inc. for Bank of America No Fee Mortgage Plus
  • 2006 – Carat Fusion for Wachovia Championship 17
  • 2005 – Agency.com for co.uk
  • 2004 – Ion Global Limited for HSBC Card Services HK

 

Winners of the Best Credit Union Website include:

  • 2014 – ZAG Interactive for SF Police Credit Union
  • 2013 – Extractable for Logix Federal Credit Union Website
  • 2012 – Boston Interactive for IC Federal Credit Union
  • 2011 – Extractable for Security Service Federal Credit Union
  • 2010 – Extractable for Citizen’s Equity
  • 2009 – America First Credit Union for www.americafirst.com
  • 2008 – Delta Community for CU Delta Community Credit Union
  • 2007 – Extractable for SAFE credit union
  • 2006 – Webnbeyond forUnion America Mortgage
  • 2005 – America First Credit Union foramericafirst.com
  • 2004 – Imirage, Inc for APCI Federal Credit Union

 

Winners of the Best Insurance Web site include:

  • 2014 – TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Co. for Life Wizard
  • 2013 – Cigna for Health Care Reform for YOU Infographic
  • 2012 – The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies for The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, Agency
  • 2011 – American Family Insurance for www.amfam.com
  • 2010 – Liberty Mutual, Hill Holiday, and RED Interactive Agency for 2099 Online Racing Game, Presented by Liberty Mutual
  • 2009 – AXA Equitable for www.axa-equitable.com
  • 2008 – Blue Shield of California for blueshieldcachatbox.com
  • 2007 – Progressive Insurance for Progressive Corp.
  • 2006 – Blue Shield of California
  • 2005 – Internet Communications for Medical Mutual – Ohio’s Get-Well Card TM
  • 2004 – Graficalnter.active for Horizon Empire Blue Cross BlueShield
  • 2003 – Empire BlueCross BlueShield for Empire BlueCross BlueShield web site
  • 2002 – Progressive Insurance for progressive.com

Winners of the Best Investment Web site include:

  • 2014 – Behringer for BehringerInvestments.com
  • 2013 – Behringer Harvard for Behringer Harvard.com
  • 2012 – Extractable for Motif Investing Website Redesign
  • 2011 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website
  • 2010 – Lending Club Corporation for Lending Club
  • 2009 – Razorfish for Investor’s Business Daily
  • 2008 – John Hancock Annuities for jhannuities.com
  • 2007 – Frank Worldwide Inc. for 55 West Wacker- Cape Horn Group
  • 2006 – i33 communications LLC for BetterInvesting web site redesign
  • 2005 – BusinessWeek Online for BusinessWeek Online web site
  • 2004 – Alliet Capital Corporation for Allied Capital Corporation web site
  • 2003 – Summit Partners for Summit Partners web site
  • 2002 – Frank Russell Company for Russell.com

Winners of the Best Mutual Fund Web site include:

  • 2014 – Aston Asset Management for Aston Funds Website
  • 2013 – John Hancock Investments for John Hancock Investments Advisor Site
  • 2012 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Public Website
  • 2011 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website
  • 2010 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for Mutual Fund Financial Professional Website
  • 2009 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website
  • 2008 – John Hancock Funds John for Hancock Funds Public Website
  • 2007 – John Hancock Funds, LLC for John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website
  • 2006 – Cohen & Steers for Cohen & Steers website
  • 2005 – Cohen & Steers for Cohen & Steers website
  • 2004 – bbdigital/SEI Investments for HighMark Funds web site
  • 2003 – Barclays Global Investors for iShares.com
  • 2002 – Pioneer Investments for pioneerfunds.com

Financial Services Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2015 Best Financial Services Website and other financial related WebAward at the WebAward Website.

Participants can improve their chances on winning a WebAward by visiting the Web Marketing Association Facebook Page and becoming a fan of the page. The Web Marketing Association will be providing hints and tips on how to improve your chances on winning a top award though out the award program entry period.

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

About the WebAwards

The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help define the standard of excellence for online marketing. Our internationally known award programs, such as WebAward Competition for Website Development, Internet Advertising Competition and the MobileWebAwards, recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective online marketing programs on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from assessment of their marketing efforts by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented by being recognized as an award-winning web developer.

 
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Best Technology Websites to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best technology websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including technology, computer hardware, computer software, electronics, information services, applications services providers, interactive services and internet service provider websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for technology web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.

“The technology industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Technology web sites have scored the highest in interactivity and design, but in past years, judges have shown they can do even better by getting innovative to stand out from the other sites and make the visitors remember them, even after they’ve left the site.”

Websites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the technology category is judged against other technology websites and then against an overall standard of excellence.

All technology entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific criteria scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.
newtrophy_2015Winners of a WebAward in the technology categories will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year, the Web Marketing Association names the Best of Industry for the various technology categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.
Winners of the Best Technology Web Site include:

  • 2014 – SharpMotion for AceCGT NutriGene Website
  • 2013 – Euroweb Internet GmbH for Ulrich Berninger Wassertechnik
  • 2012 – Cisco Systems, Inc for Cisco Support Community
  • 2011 – Intel Corporation for Intel Reinvents Its Online Newsroom
  • 2010 – Cisco for Cisco.com
  • 2009 – Venables Bell & Partners for Sponsors of Tomorrow
  • 2008 – eBusiness Marketing & Strategies for Gene.com
  • 2007 – WIRED Digital for WIRED.com
  • 2006 – R/GA for Nokia Nseries Sitelet
  • 2005 – Streamload for MediaMax, powered by Streamload

 

Winners of the Best Computer Hardware Web Site include:

  • 2014 – Cibo for Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Launch
  • 2013 – SapientNitro for Intel Ultrabook – Sponsor of Tomorrow
  • 2012 – VML for Dell The Power to Do More
  • 2011 – Velocity Micro Electronics for Cruz by Velocity Micro
  • 2010 – Extractable for SanDisk
  • 2009 – 6Connex and HP for HP Virtual Event Central
  • 2008 – HL2 Microsoft Hardware Sidewinder Mouse
  • 2007 – Dell Global Site Design for StudioDell
  • 2006 – Broadcom Corporation for the Broadcom web site
  • 2005 – HP for HP.com
  • 2004 – Hill & Knowlton for HP com
  • 2003 – HP for the HP Public web site
  • 2002 – Palm Inc. for Palm.com: Products, Services & Company Information

 

Winners of the Best Computer Software Web Site include:

  • 2014 – Cuker Interactive for Web Cube Site Redesign
  • 2013 – DVDVideoSoft Limited for DVDVideoSoft
  • 2012 – Global Intelligence Alliance for The Intelligence Plaza
  • 2011 – VML for Sound of Code
  • 2010 – AGENDA (H.K.) Limited for Microsoft Office 2010 – I love Mum and Dad e-card competition
  • 2009 – Ounce Labs/iMarc for Ounce Labs
  • 2008 – FINE Design Group for Norton Today
  • 2007 – BLITZ for Adobe
  • 2006 – Worktank for See Windows Vista Website
  • 2005 – Avid Technology for Avid Technology corporate website
  • 2004 – Wind River for Wind River Website
  • 2003 – Novell, Inc. for Novell Worldwide Web Site

 

Winners of the Best Electronics Web Site include:

  • 2014 – Cuker Interactive for Nixon Blaster Microsite
  • 2013 – Unbridled Brain/Leftlane Creative for Electrorent.com Redesign
  • 2012 – Valtech for Jabra
  • 2011 – LEVEL for BlackBerry Playbook
  • 2010 – Bump Networks Inc. for HD Relay
  • 2009 – Media Explorer Limited for Sony A900
  • 2008 – Casio / Zugara for Casio Exilim You Tube Capture Mode Campaign
  • 2007 – Web Associates for BlackBerry Corporate Site
  • 2006 – Cheil Communications America for Z5 Digital Audio Player

 

Winners of the Best Information Services Web Site include:

  • 2014 – Faction Media for CSC CIO Barometer Microsite
  • 2013 – World Wide Web Domination for Perbadana Putrajaya Portal
  • 2012 – SAI Global for NCC Standards Interactive House
  • 2011 – World Wide Web Domination for Lesotho High Commission – Malaysia
  • 2010 – One to One Interactive for Iron Mountain Corporate Site
  • 2009 – The BrainStorm Group for hireimmigrants.ca Roadmap
  • 2008 – EMC Corporation for One EMC
  • 2007 – Sapient for Yellowpages ReLaunch
  • 2006 – Greg Kaplan for Help Desk II
  • 2005 – Intelithought, Inc. for Intelithought, Inc.
  • 2004 – Hoover’s, Inc. for Hoover’s Online
  • 2003 – MarketResearch.com for MarketResearch.com – Strategy Starts Here

 

Winners of the Best Application Services Provider Web Site include:

  • 2014 – Fuzz – Credly for Credly
  • 2013 – Luca De Rosso, Saskia Ketz, SumAll Team for SumAll – Damselfish Release
  • 2012 – ThoughtMatrix for DocuSign
  • 2011 – Second Thought, Inc. for Logicworks BUILDER
  • 2010 – YourMembership.com Inc. for YourMembership.com
  • 2009 – VerticalResponse for VerticalResponse Website
  • 2008 – VerticalResponse for VerticalResponse Website
  • 2007 – iCIMS for iCIMS Web Site
  • 2006 – Offermatica for Offermatica
  • 2005 – The rocket Science Group for MailChimp
  • 2004 – Leopard for Leopard em Web Site
  • 2003 – Exciting New technologies for Exciting New Technologies

 

Winners of the Best Interactive Services Web Site include:

  • 2014 – Duda for DudaOne
  • 2013 – Competir for Aula365 – Kids News
  • 2012 – Bozell for QRinkle Web App
  • 2011 – Blenderbox for blenderbox.com
  • 2010 – Draftfcb Healthcare for dDFCB Web Site
  • 2009 – Loewy Design for Loewy Design Website Redesign
  • 2008 – Molecular & adidas for adidas miCoach
  • 2007 – Massive Interactive & Bigpond for Official Bigpond V8 Supercars Australia
  • 2006 – nurun | ant farm for It’s a Wonderful Internet
  • 2005 – AgencyNet Interactive for www.agencynet.com
  • 2004 – Arc Worldwide for Behr Paint
  • 2003 – Behr Interactive Marketing Team for Behr Paint

 

Winners of the Best Internet Service Provider Web Site include:

  • 2014 – Adam Internet for Adam Internet Website | www.adam.com.au
  • 2013 – Adam Internet for Adam Internet Website | www.adam.com.au
  • 2012 – Euroweb Internet GmbH for Corporate Website
  • 2011 – Lopez Negrete Communications for Verizon FiOS Website
  • 2010 – WhittmanHart / AT&T for AT&T Web Hosting
  • 2009 – GE and frog design for GE intranet
  • 2008 – JWT INSIDE for Jet Blue – Blue Tube
  • 2007 – Avenue A | Razorfish for Avenue A | Razorfish Wiki
  • 2006 – Merrill Lynch for Merrill Lynch Intranet: WorldNet
  • 2005 – MetLife for My MetLife
  • 2004 – Ogilvy PR Creative Studio for DHL Merger Intranet
  • 2003 – FedEx for AGFS Human Resources Find-It-Fast

Technology Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2015 Best Technology Website WebAward at the WebAward Website.

Participants can improve their chances on winning a WebAward by visiting the Web Marketing Association Facebook Page and becoming a fan of the page. The Web Marketing Association will be providing hints and tips on how to improve your chances on winning a top award though out the award program entry period.

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

About the WebAwards

The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help define the standard of excellence for online marketing. Our internationally known award programs, such as WebAward Competition for Website Development, Internet Advertising Competition and the MobileWebAwards, recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective online marketing programs on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from assessment of their marketing efforts by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented by being recognized as an award-winning web developer.

 

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Best B2B Web site to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best B2B Websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including business to business, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for B2B web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
“B2B websites are important to almost every industry,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Websites that target other businesses focus on the technical needs of their users. Many of these websites provide a resource for industry trends as well as providing product information. Having that aspect of your B2B website reviewed is just one benefit of participating in the annual WebAward program”.

Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the advertising category is judged against other advertising entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.

Here are the past Best B2B Website WebAward winners:

Year  Winner Site Name
2014 Property Solutions Property Solutions Summit
2013 Flightpath TransitChek Website
2012 Imprivata Imprivata Corporate Website
2011 Blue Fountain Media Blue Fountain Media Website
2010 Zer0 to 5ive Airclic Website
2009 Eden Springs Europe SA Eden Springs UK
2008 Risdall Advertising Agency The Occasions Group – Stratford Hall division
2007 IQ INTERACTIVE UPS Whiteboard
2006 Luckie and Company- Interactive Bottlerocket Post
2005 WORX Multimedia Consulting GmbH Signity – Inspiration, Innovation, Information
2004 Universal Studios CPG Universal Studios Consumer Products Group
2003 Veer Veer web site

 

newtrophy_2015All B2B Website entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

Winners of a WebAward in the advertising and marketing categories will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume.
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

B2B Websites wishing to be considered for the Best B2B Website can submit their website for consideration at WebAward.org

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Best Small Business Web site to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best small business Websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including small business web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for advertising web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
“Small business marketing has been truly transformed by the Internet,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “A small business company’s websites can now allow that company to do business all over the world, if that website is effective. Having that aspect of your small business website reviewed is just one benefit of participating in the annual WebAward program. Being named an ‘award-winner’ can help with marketing as well”.

Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the advertising category is judged against other advertising entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.

Here are the past Best Small Business Website WebAward winners:

Year  Winner Site Name
2014 screenagers 99 reasons why our website is not online yet
2013 DASH Co. DASH Co.
2012 My1Stop.com My1Stop.com – Printing Made Easy
2011 Overstock.com Overstock.com
2010 CityMax.com Small Business Website Builder
2009 Risdall Marketing Group Peter’s Body Shop Web Site Design
2008 Hong Kong Trade Development Council hktdc.com – The trusted online marketplace with third-party authentication
2007 dLife dLife Website
2006 BusinessWeek Online BusinessWeek Online – Small Biz
2005 Mediapulse, Inc. Stuart Row Landscapes, Inc.
2004 Gerard Konars Bridal and Formal, Inc. Website
2003 Byte Interactive Byte Interactive

All small business entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

newtrophy_2015Small Business Websites wishing to be considered for the Best Small Business Website can submit their website for consideration at WebAward.org. Winners of a WebAward in the advertising and marketing categories will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume.
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

About the WebAwards

The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help define the standard of excellence for online marketing. Our internationally known award programs, such as WebAward Competition for Website Development, Internet Advertising Competition and the MobileWebAwards, recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective online marketing programs on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from assessment of their marketing efforts by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented by being recognized as an award-winning web developer.

 

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Best Food and Beverage Websites to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best food and beverage Websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including food and beverage websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for food and beverage websites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
“Both the foods and the beverage industries are very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Food web sites are usually well designed and contain well-written content. Areas of improvement include innovation and use of technology. Beverage websites have traditionally been innovative and score high in design aspects.”

Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.

All entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

newtrophy_2015Winners of a WebAward in the food and beverage categories will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year the Web Marketing Association names the best industry websites based on the scores submitted by the competition judges.

 

Recent winners of the Best Food Industry Web site include:
2014 – TBWA\Tequila\Johannesburg for McDonalds Monopoly

2013 – SapientNitro for President’s Choice Digital – Insider’s Report

2012 – Biggs|Gilmore for Froot Loops – Sooper Loopers

2011 – Biggs|Gilmore for Apple Jacks – Catch the Taste

2010 – Biggs|Gilmore for Apple Jacks – Catch the Taste

2009 – G2 interactive for Fishful Thinking

2008 – XylemCCI for Jack Link’s Beef Jerky Web site

2007 – Biggs|Gilmore for Pop-Tarts

2006 – Publicis Net for Coca Cola BlaK

2005 – These Days & Sara Lee for Jacqmotte Escape
2004 – Emerald of California for Emerald of California web site

2003 – Fairytale Brownies for brownies.com

 

Recent winners of the Best Beverage Web site include:
2014 – Arnold Furnace for Jack Daniel’s Christmas Hub

2013 – Arnold Worldwide for Jack Daniel’s

2012 – Odwalla & 360i for Odwalla Goodness Grows Here

2011 – Asterix Group for You Don’t Know Oz

2010 – Hungama Digital Media for Pepsi – The Game

2009 – BLITZ Agency forNaked Juice Web Site

2008 – Eurorscg 4D Amsterda, for Carte Noire: ‘Une Declaration Nommee Desir’

2007 – Squeaky Wheel Media forSoBe Beverages

2006 – Creative Presence Partners / MaxMedia Design for KING JAMES

2005 – Tribal DDB Sydney for Dare Shot

2004 – Brown-Forman for Early Times

2003 – Bacardi Global Brands / Motivo / cosmoblonde for BACARDI.COM
Food and Beverage Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2015 Best Food Website or Best Beverage Website WebAward at the WebAward Website.

Participants can improve their chances on winning a WebAward by visiting the Web Marketing Association Facebook Page and becoming a fan of the page. The Web Marketing Association will be providing hints and tips on how to improve your chances on winning a top award though out the award program entry period.

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

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Best Real Estate Web site to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best real estate Websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAward Web site. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including real estate web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for real estate web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
“Real estate industry marketing has been truly transformed by the Inernet,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Their websites should provide a resource for both investors and those looking for properties. Having that aspect of your real estate website reviewed is just one benefit of participating in the annual WebAward program. Being named an ‘award-winner’ can help with marketing as well”.

Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the advertising category is judged against other advertising entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.

Here are the past Best Real Estate WebAward winners:

Year  Winner Site Name
2014 JLOOP Leverage Global Partners
2013 Foxtons Foxtons.co.uk – Responsive Real Estate Website
2012 Douglas Elliman Douglas Elliman Corporate Website
2011 Cleartag Beirut Terraces
2010 Sabre Hospitality Solutions Montage Beverly Hills Residences
2009 Hawaii Life Real Estate Services Hawaii Life Real Estate Services
2008 Empire Group Inc Elizabeth Lofts
2007 Verandah by Bonita Bay Group Verandah Website
2006 Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation coldwellbanker.com
2005 Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation www.coldwellbankerpreviews.com
2004 RealEstateJournal.com The Wall Street Journal’s guide to property
2003 The Corcoran Group Exceptional Real Estate – corcoran.com | where do you want to live?

All real estate entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

newtrophy_2015Real Estate Websites wishing to be considered for the Best Real Estate Website can submit their website for consideration at WebAward.org. Winners of a WebAward in the real estate category will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume.
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

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Best Green Websites to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 19th Annual WebAward Competition

WebAward15 logoThe Web Marketing Association is looking for the best environmental Websites in the world as part of their 19th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including environmental web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for environmental websites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2014.
“More and more companies and organizations are finding that their customers are interested in the environment and prefer to deal with those who are like minded,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Companies and organizations are now using online tools such as websites to demonstrate to their constituents their commitment to green policies and practices. This is why the environmental category was recently added to the WebAward program – to recognize those organizations who are leading the way in developing environmentally themed websites.”

All events entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.
newtrophy_2015Winners of a WebAward in the environmental category will also receive:

  • Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
  • Increased visibility for their company
  • Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
  • A highlight for your resume
  • Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year the Web Marketing Association names the Best Environmental Website based on the scores submitted by the competition judges.

Recent Best Environmental Website winners include:

2014 – ISITE Design for Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) Website

2013 – Arnold Worldwide for Reality Drop

2012 – McMillan for Canadian WildLife Federation timeline

2011 – ARKive for ARKive: Promoting the Conservation of the World’s Threatened Species, Through the Power of Wildlife Imagery

2010 – Sabre Hospitality Solutions for See the Bigger Picture – National Geographic.

2009 – BLITZ Agency for Starbucks Shared Planet Web Site.

Environmental Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2015 Best Environmental Website WebAward at the WebAward Website.

Participants can improve their chances on winning a WebAward by visiting the Web Marketing Association Facebook Page and becoming a fan of the page. The Web Marketing Association will be providing hints and tips on how to improve your chances on winning a top award though out the award program entry period.

The 2015 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

About the WebAwards

The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help define the standard of excellence for online marketing. Our internationally known award programs, such as WebAward Competition for Website Development, Internet Advertising Competition and the MobileWebAwards, recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective online marketing programs on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from assessment of their marketing efforts by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented by being recognized as an award-winning web developer.