Sunday, June 10, 2007

Oscars of the Internet


The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The Webby Awards presents two honors in each of more than 100 categories -- The Webby Award and The People's Voice Award -- in each of its four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile.

Beantown Web highlights this year's Webby Award winners in the Websites entry type. The 11th Annual Webby Awards received a record 8,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. In addition, more than 400,000 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:

Boston area readers should make special note of the Webby Award Winner in the Government category: MBTA.com -- The Official Website for Greater Boston's Public Transportation System.

Also, fans of LinkedIn will be pleased to know that this business-oriented site walked away with two awards -- Services and Social Networking.

The 2007 Webby Awards winners are as follows:
You can review 100s of additional Websites including The People's Voice Winners in each category and additional category nominees at the Webby Nominees Website.

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