The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best education 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 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 29, 2015.

“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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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

Educational Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2015 Best Educational Website and other related WebAwards at the WebAward Website.

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.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best travel sites 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 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 29, 2015.

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:

• 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:

• 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:

• 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 2015 Best Travel Website WebAward at the WebAward Website.

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.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best public interest and advocacy 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 advocacy, arts and non-profit websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for public interest websites to enter is May 29, 2015.
“Advocacy and non-profit websites are very competitive when it comes to Web development and organizations can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association.  “Advocacy sites tend to be very good a pulling at the heart strings to sway visitors to their particular point of view. Strong writing and good use of images make many of these sites successful. Sites entered into the non-profit category also benefit from a reduced entry fee which is our way of recognizing the budget constraints at many of these organizations. ”

There is also a reduced entry fee for sites entering the Non-profit industry category.

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.

Winners of a WebAward in the public interest 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 Advocacy Website based on the scores submitted by the competition judges.

Recent winners of the Best Advocacy Web site include:

2014 – Havas Worldwide Prague for 3 minutes are enough

2013 – Nebo for Eames House 250

2012 – Biggs|Gilmore for Kellogg’s Share Your Breakfast

2011 – IQ for American Cancer Society

2010 – Forum One Communications for County Sin Rankings

2009 – Clarity Coverdale Fury for We All Pay the Price for Tobacco

2008 – Clarity Coverdale for Fury Are You Ok With That?

2007 – Ignite Health for Banner Moments

2006 – Ignite Health for Live with it

2005 – Tribal DDB for Exhale

2004 – Change for Register and Vote 2004

2003 – International Fund for Animal Welfare for Protecting Animals and Their Environments

2002 – The Cato Institute for The Cato Institute
Recent winners of the Best Non-Profit Web site include:
2014 – dZi Foundation for Endless Ascent Website

2013 – Vector Media Group for Associated Press: 2012 Digital Annual Report

2012 – Mineral for Casa Pacifica Website

2011 – agency for National Cherry Blossom Festival

2010 – I-SITE for Anacostia Watershed Society

2009 – Arnold Worldwide for Tough Love 2 Game – Cupid’s Revenge

2008 – Reading Is Fundamental for Leading to Reading

2007 – Arnold Worldwide for Singing Cowpoke

2006 – Bridge Worldwide for VH1 Save The Music/P&G brandSAVER

2005 – IconNicholson for Project Rebirth Web Site
2004 – I.T. UNITED Corporation for WWF Children of the Earth
2003 – I-SITE and AWARE Foundation for Teen Health Talk
2002 – Interactive Knowledge for Corridos Sin Fronteras
Non-Profit and Advocacy Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2015 Best Advocacy Website WebAward at the WebAward Website.

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.

The 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 legal websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for legal websites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
“The legal 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. “Not surprisingly, legal websites are not known for taking risks – it’s the way their industry is. They score well in terms of ease of use, design and content, but past judges have noted they would like to see more use of technology and innovation.”

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

All legal 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 legal 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
• Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year the Web Marketing Association names the Best Legal Website based on the scores submitted by the competition judges. Recent winners of the Best Legal Web site include:

2014 – Postali LLC for Staver Law Group

2013 – Shine Lawyers for Shine Lawyers Website

2012 – Scorpion Design, Inc for Crary Buchanan Website

2011 – Clark/Nikdel/Powell for Peterson & Myers Website

2010 – WilmerHale for WilmerHale Careers

2009 – Thomson-FindLaw for Law Offices of Lisa L. Maki

2008 – The Attorney Store for GETLEGAL.COM

2007 – carbonhouse, inc. for Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

2006 – Thomson-FindLaw for Yanowitch Law, P.A.

2005 – Frost Brown Todd LLC for Frost Brown Todd LLC Attorneys at Law
2004 – Saturno Design LLC for Pierce Atwood – Attorneys at Law
2003 – Pepper Hamilton LLP for www.pepperlaw.com
2002 – Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP for Lanepowell.com

Legal Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2015 Best Legal 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.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best photography 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 photography web sites, based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site. The deadline for photo web sites to enter to be judged is May 29, 2015.
“Photographers have benefited greatly by the growth of the Internet,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Their websites have allowed them to by-pass the gate keeper and offer their images directly to those who wish to buy them. Other photo websites provide valuable services to consumers as well. Having that aspect of your photography 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 Photography WebAward winners:

All photography 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 photography 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

Photo Websites wishing to be considered for the Best Photography 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.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best faith-based Websites in the world as part of their 18th 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 all religious denominations 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.

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 Faith-based Website winners:

2014 – Communications Department for Dallas Theological Seminary

2013 – Mark Deitch & Associates, Inc. for Temple Aliyah

2012 – Webknowledgy for Calvary Lutheran Church

2011 – PARTNERS+simons for Portsmouth Abbey Monastery Website

2010 – Joel Osteen Ministries and Lakewood Church for Lakewood Church

2009 – Guideposts for Guideposts.com

2008 – Mediapulse for Park West Church

2007 – Bayshore Solutions for Wycliffe Bible Translators

2006 – Dallas Theological Seminary foor Dallas Theological Seminary Website

2005 – Biola University for Talbot School of Theology Website

2004 – PhotoMission, Inc. for A Worldwide Community of Christian Photographers

All faith-based 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 2014 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.

Faith-based or religious Websites of all denominations wishing to be considered for the Best Faith-based Website can submit their website for consideration at WebAward.org.

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best publishing 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 publishing 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.

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 Publishing Website winners:

2014 – SapientNitro for Activision.com Relaunch

2013 – The Family Cookbook Project for Familycookbookproject.com

2012 – Oxford University Press for BBC College of Journalism

2011 – The Family Cookbook Project for Familycookbookproject.com

2010 – Creativity-online.com for Creativity-Online

2009 – About.com for About.com

2008 – My1Stop.com for My1Stop.com

2007 – Entrepreneur.com for Entrepreneur Media Inc.

2006 – Arcadia Publishing for Arcadia Publishing

2005 – Kel Geddes Management Ltd for The Official Anne Geddes Website

2004 – Mediapulse for New Homes Guide Website

2003 – Association of American Colleges and Universities for AAC&U Web Site

All publishing 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.

Publishing Websites wishing to be considered for the Best Publishing 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.