The Webby Awards is the leading international honor for Web sites and the innovators behind them. New York Times proclaimed the Webby Awards "the online equivalent of an Oscar." This year's winners have been announced in 69 categories.The 10th Annual Webby Awards received a record 5,500 entries from over 40 countries around the world. In addition, more than 300,000 votes were cast by people around the world to identify the People's Voice Awards.
Organizers also announced recipients of this year's Webby Special Achievement awards, including the following:
- Artist of the Year > Gorillaz
- Breakout of the Year > MySpace.com
- Entrepreneur of the Year > Marc Cuban
- Lifetime Achievement > Dr. Robert Kahn
- Person of the Year > Thomas Friedman
The 2006 Webby Awards winners are as follows:
- Activism > Youthink!
- Art > MoMA: Contemporary Voices
- Associations > Cotton Inc - Team Cotton
- Automotive > Mercedes-AMG
- Banking / Bill Paying > Bank of America
- Beauty & Cosmetics > Redken Haircolor
- Best Copy/Writing > NewYorker.com
- Best Home/Welcome Page > Remember Segregation
- Best Navigation/Structure > Flickr
- Best Practices > Flickr
- Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics > Bebop Jeans
- Best Use of Video or Moving Image > Freedom of the Seas
- Best Visual Design - Aesthetic > Big Ideas Come From Big Pencils
- Best Visual Design - Function > Google Earth
- Blog - Business > 5 Blogs Before Lunch
- Blog - Culture/Personal > we make money not art
- Blog - Political > The Huffington Post
- Broadband > Google Earth
- Celebrity/Fan > NPG Music Club
- Charitable Organization Nonprofit > Katrina Help Center
- Community > BBC Cumbria website/Digital Lives
- Consumer Electronics > The Official PSP (PlayStation Portable) Website
- Corporate Communications > The Observatory
- Cultural Institutions > Monticello Explorer
- Education > Can I have a word?
- Employment > Monster Career Advice
- Events > New Zealand International Arts Festival 2006
- Family/Parenting > GoCityKids
- Fashion > Style.com
- Financial Services > PayPal, Inc.
- Food & Beverage > Epicurious.com
- Games > Stackopolis
- Games-Related > Gamasutra
- Government > 72hours.org
- Guides/Ratings/Reviews > UCS HybridCenter
- Health > The InVision Guide to a Healthy Heart
- Humor > The Onion
- Insurance > Now What?
- IT Hardware/Software > Dell Small/Medium Business
- Law > Justice Learning
- Lifestyle > Epicurious.com
- Magazine > National Geographic Magazine Online
- Movie & Film > 2006 Sundance Film Festival
- Music > Fabchannel.com - Concerts Online
- Netart > PostSecret
- News > BBC News
- Newspaper > Guardian Unlimited
- Personal Website > stevensebring.com
- Pharmaceuticals > Change of HAART
- Podcasts > Yahoo! Podcasts
- Politics > OpenSecrets
- Professional Services > mediaBOOM
- Radio > NPR.org
- Real Estate > Building Green: From Principle to Practice
- Religion & Spirituality > NPR: This I Believe
- Restaurant > Big Time Restaurant Group
- Retail > Sherwin-Williams Color Visualizer
- School > School of Visual Arts Web site
- Science > The Genographic Project
- Services > Google Maps
- Social Networking > JDate
- Sports > ESPN.com
- Student > 4178° - Chicago Architecture
- Telecommunications > Orange 'Talking Point'
- Television > Creating the Scene
- Tourism > www.newzealand.com/travel
- Travel > Expedia.com
- Weird > Snopes.com
- Youth > Above the Influence
