Sunday, October 22, 2006

WebAwards -- 2006

The WebAwards for 2006 have been announced in the tenth annual competition for outstanding web site development. The awards are coordinated by the Web Marketing Association which was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and web development. More than 2,300 web sites were reviewed in this year's competition.

Entries were judged on the following criteria:

  • design
  • copy writing
  • innovation
  • content
  • interactivity
  • navigation
  • use of technology
The four WebAward levels are as follows:
  • Best of Show
  • Best of Industry
  • Outstanding Website
  • Standard of Excellence

Web developers can use these award-winning websites to benchmark design standards and to stimulate design ideas.

The design firms with offices in the Boston area that won awards at this year's competition included the following:

The Best of Show (overall winner) award went to the TBS: Department of Humor Analysis website.

Listed below are the Best of Industry award winners in 96 industry categories:

Additional winners in the categories of "Outstanding Website" and "Standard of Excellence" can be identified via searching the WebAwards Website.
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