Interactive Media Awards -- Q2, 2007

The Interactive Media Awards™ recognize the highest standards of excellence in website design and development and honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding achievement.

The awards are annual, but are judged on a quarterly basis, with categories rotating every three months.

Judges evaluate websites based on the following five criteria:

• Design
• Content
  
• Feature Functionality
  
• Usability
  
• Standards Compliance

Web designers and developers can benchmark their projects against these award-winning sites to stimulate creative thinking.

The Categories and Best in Class Award winners for the second quarter of 2007 are listed below:

Airline:

• HondaJet
• Iberia.com
  
• JetBlue

Association:

• Amnesty International: Instant Karma Site

Beauty/Cosmetics:

• Color Showdown
  
• NIVEA Touches New York

Community:

• Command & Conquer
  
• Digg.com
  
• FilmCatcher
  
• Noisetap
  
• Toyota Motor Sports

Consumer Services:

• Charcol
• Digitronix
  
• H2O Valet
  
• StudioDell
  

E-commerce:

• Fandango
• FilmCatcher
  

E-Zine / Newsletter:

• Priority Club Rewards: eMagazine

Financial Information:

• Charcol
  
• Flexicard

Government:

• Home Office

Health/Nutrition:

• Animas 2020 Micro-Site
• Discovery Health: Parenting Games
  
• ReNu Cares
  

Newspaper:

• U.S. News & World Report

Real Estate:

• Istanbul Sapphire
  
• Rentometer

School:

• BrainPOP

Search Engine/Directory:

• Yellow Pages Re-Launch

Teens:

• mycoke

Training / Vocational:

• Allen School Online

Created by the Interactive Media Council, Inc. (IMC), a nonprofit organization of leading web designers, developers, programmers, advertisers and other web-related professionals, the competition is designed to elevate the standards of excellence on the Internet.

Awards for Outstanding Achievement and winners in other categories and previous years can be accessed by using the Interactive Media Awards search engine.