WebAward Judging Underway

The 17th annual WebAward Competition Call for Entries has ended and the judging is now underway.

We thank all of the participants and wish them the best of luck in the competition.

Winners will be announced in Mid-September.

One Month Until WebAward Deadline

Now is the time to enter the 17th annual WebAward Competition for Website Development. The deadline is now only one month away and you know you don't want to miss it! It's time to be recognized for your outstanding Web development by entering your work into the the Internet's premier award competition. The deadline for entry is May 31, 2013 at www.webaward.org.

Entering is easy. Simply create a nominator account or log into an existing account from past years. This password protected area will allow you to enter multiple sites, edit the information up to when the judging begins and receive updates, results and feedback on your entries throughout the competition. If you entered last year, you can resubmit your entry with a single click! 

Websites are judged on seven criteria, including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use and receive a numeric score.  Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.  Entrants also benefit from receiving valuable feedback from the WebAwards professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

The WebAward Top Agency award recognizes consistency of effort and is given to the interactive agency that wins the most WebAwards in a given year. All locations and offices of a specific agency will be consolidated for the purpose of determining the winner of this award. In a change from prior years, each entrant will be awarded points based on the level of award for each award received. A Best of Show will be worth 10 points, Best of Industry 5 points and each Outstanding award 3 points and a Standard of Excellence 1 point. The agency with the most points will be awarded the Top Agency Award for 2013.

Each year, many agencies and some corporations win multiple awards and deserve additional recognition. This year, we will recognize each organization that wins 6 or more WebAwards with an Outstanding Interactive Developer trophy. In 2012, there were 19 agencies recognized with this prestigious award.

Best Education Websites to be Named by Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best education Websites in the world as part of their 17th 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, 2013.

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.

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:

§  2012 - St. 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:

§  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:

§  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

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

Best Environmental Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best environmental Websites in the world as part of their 17th 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 31, 2013.

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.

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:
 

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.

All environmental industry 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 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

Best Advertising Websites to be Named by Web Marketing Association

The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best advertising Websites in the world as part of their 17th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at the WebAwardWeb 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, 2013.

All Websites 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 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.

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

Recent winners of the Best Advertising Web Site include:

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:

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:

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

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