Month: March 2016

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best education Websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 education, schools and university websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for education websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2016.

“The education industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and need to be because of the expectations of their young consumers,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Education web sites tend target youth and their parents. Students today have grown up with the Internet and expect a lot to be impressed from an educational institution.”

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

All education 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.
Winners of a WebAward in the education 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 education categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.
Recent winners of the Best Education Web Site include:

• 2015 – C&G Partners LLC for Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
• 2014 – Risdall Advertising Agency for Minneapolis School Finder
• 2013 – RED Interactive Agency for Walking with Dinosaurs
• 2012 – Jude Children’s Research Hospital for Cure4Kids for Kids
• 2011 – Florida Institute of Technology for Florida Tech Decision Dashboard
• 2010 – Risdall Marketing Group for Mounds View Public Schools
• 2009 – American University for American University Web Site
• 2008 – TribalDDB for START A CHAIN REACTION
• 2007 – Creative Channel Services, LLC for Virgin Mobile – Train on Your Terms
• 2006 – National Geographic for Discover Antarctica
• 2005 – Disney Online for Hot Shot Business
• 2004 – General Motors for GMability Education
• 2003 – Disney Online for Hot Shot Business
• 2002 – Freddie Mac for Your Route to Homeownership

 

Recent winners of the Best Schools Web Site include:

• 2015 – Blackboard Schoolwires Design Team for Barrington 220 Community Unit School District
• 2014 – Bradley Chee Web Design for Granite Bay High School Website
• 2013 – Brightlabs for Mentone Girls’ Grammar School
• 2012 – Bluetube Interactive for UGA Performing Arts Center
• 2011 – WhippleHill Communications for Glenelg Country School
• 2010 – Designkitchen for Wheaton College 150th Anniversary Web Site
• 2009 – WhippleHill Communications for Latin School of Chicago
• 2008 – WhippleHill Communications for Vail Mountain School
• 2007 – Tellus for Bethany School
• 2006 – WhippleHill Communications for St. George’s School
• 2005 – Tellus for West Clermont School District
• 2004 – eSiteful Corporation for Plano Independent School District

 

Recent winners of the Best University Web Site include:

• 2015 – Westwerk for FOCUS.BoiseState.edu
• 2014 – Systems Alliance, Inc. for Stevenson University
• 2013 – Behavior Design for The Cooper Union Website Redesign
• 2012 – University Marketing and Communications for 30 Days of EnTERPreneurship
• 2011 – Denison University & Fahlgren Mortine for TheDEN
• 2010 – Corey McPherson Nash for University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business
• 2009 – BrowserMedia for University of Maryland Women’s Basketball
• 2008 – Market United for Murdoch University Switching
• 2007 – The Art Institute of Pittsburgh for The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
• 2006 – Xavier University for The Road to Xavier
• 2005 – Geary Interactive for Sand Diego State University Timeline
  2004 – School of Visual Arts for School of Visual Arts web site
  2003 – 160over90 for Chestnut Hill College Admissions site
  2002 – University of Houston for University of Houston – Division of University Advancement

The 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

Educational Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2016 Best Educational Website and other related WebAwards at the WebAward Website.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best B2B Websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 31, 2016.
“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 WebAward winners:

Year	Winner	Site Name
2015	Red Hat Website	Red Hat Website
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

All 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 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, 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.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best advertising Websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 advertising, design and marketing 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 31, 2016.
“The advertising 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. “Advertising websites need to balance their wish to show off creativity and capability via their webs design with the equally important need to inform prospects and clients.” Increasingly awards have been added to new business pitches to demonstrate third party validation of skills and to increase creative credibility to prospective clients.

All advertising 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

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

 

Recent winners of the Best Advertising Web Site include:
2015 – MediaMath for Marketing’s Big Moment

2014 – The Engine is Red for The Engine is Red Website

2013 – LIQWID for LIQWID

2012 – Venables Bell & Partners for Slim Jim’s Center for Spice Loss

2011 – Corey McPherson Nash for Corey McPherson Nash Website

2010 – Metia for Mass Effect 2 Silverlight Campaign

2009 – Red Square Agency for the Red Square Agency Website

2008 – Sharpe Partners for the Burns Group Website.

2007 – SpotRunner for SpotRunner Website

2006 – SpotRunner for SpotRunner Website

2005 – Young & Rubicam Brands/Wunderman, Detroit for Meet the Lucky Ones
2004 – Hanon McKendry/The Brand Consultants for Lake Effect Website

2004 – Oasis for Toyota Scion
2003 – Google for Google AdWords

2002 – Fusebox, Inc for JCDecaux Airport US

Recent winners of the Best Design Web site include:

2014 – Ideas On Purpose for United Technologies Corporation Web Site

2013 – SapientNitro for Palms.com Redesign

2012 – Valtech for Normann Copenhagen

2011 – Activeark for Marimekko.com

2010 – H2O Associates for Tom Hoch Design Web site

2009 – Tribal DDB Worldwide for Warehouse 13

2008 – Azavar Technologies for Justyna Collections Catalog

2007 – Walt Disney Internet Group for Disney.com / Disney XD

2006 – Publicis Net for Experience Wonder You

2005 – R/GA for Nokia Nseries Sitelet
2004 – Gigapixel Creative for Gigapixel Creative, Inc.
2003 – Arnold Worldwide for The Touareg
2002 – PriceWeber, Inc. for Canadian Mist web site
Recent winners of the Best Marketing Web site include:

2014 – R2integrated for R2integrated Website

2013 – WebbMason for Rebranding for Interactive Success: WebbMason

2012 – UrbanDaddy for UrbanDaddy + Herradura Mixology Battle Royale (which also won Best of Show 2012)

2011 – IQ for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

2010 – Physicians Interactive for Physicians Interactive Corporate Website

2009 – Arc Worldwide for Leo Burnett’s Big Black Pencil Goes Global

2008 TYS Creative for Ensemble HD Home Cinema System by Epson

2007 Hanson Dodge Lime for Product Launch

2006 Rare Method for Silvertip Resort

2005 Nurun | Ant Farm for Nurun | Ant Farm Interactive Website Interactive

2004 Vérité, Inc. for Symantec Client Security 2.0 Channel Launch Kit

2003 Zugara for The Getaway

2002 Disc Marketing, Inc. for Disc Marketing Corporate Website
Advertising related Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2016 Best Advertising Website and other related WebAwards at the WebAward Website.

The 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best travel sites in the world as part of their 20th 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 travel, airline and hotel & lodging websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for the best travel web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2016.

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

“The travel 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. “Travel web sites have been doing great in terms of creating dynamic portals to keep up with the shift in the industry that removed agents as the source of travel information. Judges have looked highly upon travel web site’s use of design, copywriting and interactivity.”

All travel 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.
Winners of a WebAward in the travel 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
• Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

 

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

• 2015 – TripCreator ehf. for TripCreator.com
• 2014 – USDM for Colorado Springs
• 2013 – Pixo Punch Limited for Hong Kong Summer Spectacular Campaign
• 2012 – Boyd Gaming Corporation for B Connected Online
• 2011 – Civic Resource Group for Wyoming Travel and Tourism Web Portal and Online Management System
• 2010 – TravelChannel.com & Razorfish for The New TravelChannel.com
• 2009 – VisitSweden for VisitSweden
• 2008 – Teehan+Lax Inc for AirMiles Make Like Miles
• 2007 – Arnold Worldwide for Hungry Suitcase
• 2006 – Hospitality eBusiness Strategies for RIU Cancun Portal
• 2005 – Yellowstone Journal Corporation for YellowstonePark.com
  2004 – Quicksilver Associates for Seabourn Cruise Line
  2003 – Apollo Interactive for Excalibur Las Vegas Resort Hotel & Casino
  2002 – Arnold Worldwide for Alaska

Winners of the Best Airline Website include:

• 2015 – DigitasLBi for Virgin Atlantic Airways
• 2014 – Icelandair & TM Software for Icelandair
• 2013 – ROKKAN for JetBlue
• 2011 – Carlson Marketing for JetBlue – “TrueBlue Be True”
• 2010 – Lufthansa in partnership with Amadeus for Lufthansa Website
• 2009 – Blast Advanced Media for nature Air – Eco Friendly Costa Rica Airline
• 2008 – Atmosphere BBDO for Emirates.com
• 2007 – Cramer-Krasselt for AirTran Raceway
• 2006 – TM Interactive for American Airlines
• 2005 – TM Interactive for American Airlines
• 2004 – Cramer-Krasselt for AirTran Airways – E-Annual 2003
• 2003 – Agence Braque for Jetsgo
• 2002 – Air Jamaica for Air Jamaica

 

Winners of the Best Hotel & Lodging Website include:

• 2015 – HeBS Digital for Red Lion Hotels Website
• 2014 – Forte Village Resort for Forte Village
• 2013 – HeBS Digital for Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan
• 2012 – TravelClick Web Solutions for Puente Romano
• 2011 – Sabre Hospitality Solutions for The Shores Resort & Spa
• 2010 – TRAVELCLICK for Harbour Grand Kowloon Hotel
• 2009 – TravelCLICK for the Albert Hotel
• 2008 – E-site Marketing for Hotel Terra Jackson Hole
• 2007 – Cendyn for Stonewall Resort
• 2006 – T3 (The Think Tank) for ExperienceMarriott.com
• 2005 – Open World, LTD for WARWICK International Hotels
• 2004 – Interactive Sites for The New York Palace web site
• 2003 – Open World Limited for Le Meridien Hotels & Resorts
• 2002 – FreeRun Technologies for Simpson House Inn

Travel Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2016 Best Travel Website WebAward at the WebAward Website.

The 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, PR.com, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best healthcare websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 healthcare, healthcare provider, medical, medical equipment, biotechnology and pharmaceutical websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Healthcare websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2016.

“The healthcare 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. “Healthcare web sites are typically strong in terms of content and copywriting due to their role of helping the organization become a trusted medical source. In past years, judges have also scored these sites well in ease of use, and design; however, they tend to lag in innovation and use of technology.”

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

All healthcare 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.
Winners of a WebAward in the health care 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 of Industry for the various health care categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.
Winners of the Best Health Care Web Site include:

• 2015 – Ha Design Studio for Trainer Rx
• 2014 – Corcept Therapeutics & Heartbeat Ideas for Cushing’s Connection
• 2013 – Incubate for Shire: HealTogether
• 2012 – Cyber-Duck Ltd for London Cardiovascular Clinic
• 2011 – Siren Interactive for Diagnosing Acute Intermittent Porphyria
• 2010 – Bridge Worldwide for Prilosec OTC – The Official Sponsor of You
• 2009 – Healthline Networks for Healthline
• 2008 – Global Beach for Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
• 2007 – Rosetta for LIVE Outside the Bottle
• 2006 – Critical Mass for Kaiser Permanente Interactive Health Plan Advisor
• 2005 – DLC Solutions & Siteworx for Cochlear Website
• 2004 – Roche Diagnostics for Diabetes Assistant
• 2003 – Columbus Children’s Hospital for Columbus Children’s Hospital web site
• 2002 – Phoenix Children’s Hospital for Phoenix Children’s Hospital Web site

Winners of the Best Health Care Provider Web Site include:

• 2015 – Scorpion for Good Samaritan Hospital
• 2014 – Christiana Care Health System for Christiana Care News
• 2013 – Concord Hospital and Geonetric for Concord Hospital Website
• 2012 – Acodez IT Solutions for Mother Dental Super Speciality Clinic
• 2011 – St. Louis Children’s Hospital for St. Louis Children’s Hospital
• 2010 – Resurrection Health Care for Resurrection Health Care
• 2009 – Massachusetts General Hospital for Massachusetts General Hospital Redesign
• 2008 – Seena Rose Chettiveettil for Washington Hospital Center Website
• 2007 – eSiteful Corporation for The Methodist Hospital System
• 2006 – Clockwork Active Media Systems for J&D Dental
• 2005 – Twist Image for Mount Sinai Hospital Montreal

Winners of the Best Medical Web Site include:

• 2015 – Morrison for QSpex Technologies Website
• 2014 – CommonPlaces, Inc. for Capsule Tech
• 2013 – Bold Array for Summit Imaging Website
• 2012 – Overdrive Interactive for Cold-EEZE Website
• 2011 – Nobel Biocare for Nobel Biocare Dental Professional Website
• 2010 – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for Cure4Kids
• 2009 – Fullhouse for GE’s Healthcare’s RSNA 2008 Microsite
• 2008 – Digitas Health for MerckMedicus
• 2007 – Centers for Disease Control an for CDC.gov
• 2006 – WebMD Health for WebMD
• 2005 – Mojo Interactive for LocateADoc.com
• 2004 – Roche Diagnostics for ACCU-CHEK Web Site
• 2003 – ASCO for ASCO.org
• 2002 – MayoClinic.com for mayoclinic.com

 

Winners of the Best Medial Equipment Web Site include:

• 2015 – Morrison for QSpex Technologies Website
• 2014 – CommonPlaces, Inc. for Capsule Tech
• 2013 – Bold Array for Summit Imaging Website
• 2012 – pilot for Living with Michelangelo.
• 2011 – Pixel Light Digital Media, Inc. for Empi Active product web site
• 2010 – Boston Interactive – Palomar Medical Technologies
• 2009 – Extractable for Thermage Doctors
• 2008 – Great Than One for Guardian REAL – Time Glucose Monitor Tutorial
• 2007 – Cynosure and Small Army for Cynosure Corporate Web Site
• 2006 – Guidant.com for Guidant.com
• 2005 – Roche Diagnostics for MyLabOnline

Winners of the Best Biotechnology Web Site include:

• 2015 – Bridgeline Digital for YSI Website
• 2014 – SharpMotion for AceCGT NutriGene Website
• 2013 – Euroweb Internet GmbH for Ulrich Berninger Wassertechnik
• 2012 – Bluetube Interactive for Kimberly Clark Product Selector
• 2011 – Phenomenex, Inc. for Phenomenex.com
• 2010 – Naturxan \ CreatiVerge for Naturxan.com
• 2009 – Amgen Oncology for Pioneering New Frontiers in Tumor Angiogenesis
• 2008 – Avenue A | Razorfish for Gene.com
• 2007 – Euro Life x2 for Prolastin
• 2006 – AxxiemCorp for Cara Therapeutics
• 2005 – Risdall Advertising Agency for Hutchinson Technology
• 2004 – Genzyme Corporation/Stellent for Genzyme Web Initiative
• 2003 – Alken-Murray Corporation for Alken-Murray
• 2002 – Hanley-Wood Integrated Marketing for whybiotech.com

 

Winners of the Best Pharmaceutical Web Site include:

• 2015 – Lyons Consulting Group for Gene.com
• 2014 – Given Imaging and Intouch Solutions for PillCamCrohns.com (Best of Show)
• 2013 – BGT Partners for Quintiles Website Redesign
• 2012 – Intouch Solutions for iBGStar Blood Glucose Monitoring System
• 2011 – Campbell-Ewald for McKesson BOP
• 2010 – Heartbeat Ideas and sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC. for Xyzal Website
• 2009 – Digitas Health for PulmicortRespules.com
• 2008 – Publicis Modem for RA Advisor Program
• 2007 – Biggs|Gilmore for Perrigo
• 2006 – Studiocom for CVS Medicare Expert
• 2005 – SimStar for BotoxCosmetic.com
• 2004 – Abdi Ibrahim Pharma – MagiClick Digital Solutions for Healthcare Portal – Morning After Pill
• 2003 – Insight Interactive Group for CrohnsResource.com Website
• 2002 – ivpcare, inc for ivpcare, inc website

 

Healthcare Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2016 Best Healthcare Website and other medical-related WebAwards at the WebAward Website.

The 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best legal websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 31, 2016.

“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.
Winners 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.
Recent winners of the Best Financial Services Website include:

• 2015 – Prudential Financial for Sponsor Center – Supporting Retirement Security Plan Participants
• 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

 

Recent winners of the Best Bank Website include:

• 2015 – TURKIYE IS BANKASI (ISBANK) for Turkiye Is Bankasi New Privia Website
• 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

 

Recent winners of the Best Credit Union Website include:

• 2015 – CU Solutions Group for Water & Power Community Credit Union
• 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

 

Recent winners of the Best Insurance Web site include:

• 205 – GEICO for GEICO Website
• 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

 

Recent winners of the Best Investment Web site include:

• 2015 – Orbis Investments for Orbis Access
• 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

 

Recent winners of the Best Mutual Fund Web site include:

• 2015 – Aston Asset Management for Aston Funds Website
• 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 2016 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 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best PR Websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 advertising, PR and marketing web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for public relations web sites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2016.
“The public relations industry understands the importance of independent evaluation and third party endorsements of their of their online efforts on behalf of their clients,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Winning an independent award can provide PR firms with a newsworthy event to promote both externally to the public and internally to senior management.”

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.

All PR 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

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

Here are the past Best Public Relations websites include:

2015 – Allstate Corporate Relations for Allstate Bringing Good to Life

2014 – Waggener Edstrom Communications for Microsoft: Life in the Digital Crosshairs

2013 – BGT Partners for Brad Meltzer Website Redesign

2012 – LeapFrog Interactive for We THRIVE! Hamilton County Public Health

2011 – Finn Digital with Briggs & Stratton Corporation and Littlewood, Inc. for Briggs & Stratton Yard Smarts Yard Care Intervention

2010 – Rachel Meranus for PR Newswire’s Optimized News Platform: Speed, Content & Connectivity

2009 – BGT Partners for Sony CES 2009 Virtual Press Kit

2008 – frog design for GE Corporate Web Site

2007 – Wirestone, LLC for Official Site of Dan Wheldon

2006 – PRWeb for PRWeb.com

2005 – Peter A Mayer Advertising for Community Coffee History Site

2004 – Cisco Corporate PR for News@Cisco: Innovating Cisco’s Corporate Press Room

2003 – Weber Shandwick Web Relations and Benjamin | Irvine, on behalf of Toshiba for Toshiba Tablet PC Launch

 

Recent winners of the Best Advertising Web Site include:
2015 – MediaMath for Marketing’s Big Moment

2014 – The Engine is Red for The Engine is Red Website

2013 – LIQWID for LIQWID

2012 – Venables Bell & Partners for Slim Jim’s Center for Spice Loss

2011 – Corey McPherson Nash for Corey McPherson Nash Website

2010 – Metia for Mass Effect 2 Silverlight Campaign

2009 – Red Square Agency for the Red Square Agency Website

2008 – Sharpe Partners for the Burns Group Website.

2007 – SpotRunner for SpotRunner Website

2006 – SpotRunner for SpotRunner Website

2005 – Young & Rubicam Brands/Wunderman, Detroit for Meet the Lucky Ones
2004 – Hanon McKendry/The Brand Consultants for Lake Effect Website

2004 – Oasis for Toyota Scion
2003 – Google for Google AdWords

2002 – Fusebox, Inc for JCDecaux Airport US
Recent winners of the Best Marketing Web site include:

2015 – BETC/BETC Digital for The interactive form

2014 – R2integrated for R2integrated Website

2013 – WebbMason for Rebranding for Interactive Success: WebbMason

2012 – UrbanDaddy for UrbanDaddy + Herradura Mixology Battle Royale (which also won Best of Show 2012)

2011 – IQ for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

2010 – Physicians Interactive for Physicians Interactive Corporate Website

2009 – Arc Worldwide for Leo Burnett’s Big Black Pencil Goes Global

2008 TYS Creative for Ensemble HD Home Cinema System by Epson

2007 Hanson Dodge Lime for Product Launch

2006 Rare Method for Silvertip Resort

2005 Nurun | Ant Farm for Nurun | Ant Farm Interactive Website Interactive

2004 Vérité, Inc. for Symantec Client Security 2.0 Channel Launch Kit

2003 Zugara for The Getaway

2002 Disc Marketing, Inc. for Disc Marketing Corporate Website

 

PR and Advertising related Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2016 Best Public relations Website and other advertising related WebAwards at the WebAward Website.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best small business Websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 31, 2016.
“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
2015	TopSpot Internet Marketing	Punum Roofing of Houston Website
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.
Small 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 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best political Websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 31, 2016.
“Particularly in a Presidential election year, politicians running for office and their advisers 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 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.

Winners 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

The 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, ad:tech conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

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

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best Consulting Websites in the world as part of their 20th 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 31, 2016.
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 WebAward winners:

Year	Winner	Site Name
2015	Copious	ID Experts Corporate Design
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

All 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 2016 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, VerticalResponse, 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.