The Web Marketing Association recently announced the winners of its eleventh annual WebAward Competition for Web site development. More than 2,400 sites from 40 countries were considered during this year's competition.
Entries were judged on the following criteria:
- design
- copy writing
- innovation
- content
- interactivity
- navigation
- use of technology
Web designers and developers can review these award-winning websites to spark inspiration and benchmark industry trends.
Best of Show
Disney took home the best of the best award for the following site: Disney.com / Disney XD
Best of Industry
Here are the Best of Industry winners in 96 categories:
- Advertising | Spot Runner Website
- Advocacy | Banner Moments
- Airline | AirTran Raceway
- Application Service Provider | iCIMS Web site
- Architecture | Built Form Web Site
- Arts | Artware Limited
- Associations | American Bar Association
- Auction | Leading B2B Online Auction Marketplace
- Automobile | Toyota PitPass
- B2B | UPS Whiteboard
- Bank | Bank of America No Fee Mortgage Plus
- Beverage | SoBe Beverages
- Biotechnology | Prolastin
- Blog | 2007 Offscreen Education Student Expedition Website
- Broadcasting | KCET Online
- Brokerage | XPRESSTRADE
- Catalog | Touchstone Catalog
- Computer: Hardware | StudioDell
- Computer: Retailer | Dell Virtual Office
- Computer: Software | Adobe
- Construction | MGA Roofing
- Consulting | Michaels & Associates
- Consumer Goods | Aquafresh White Trays Product Launch
- Credit Union | SAFE Credit Union
- Design | Disney.com / Disney XD
- Directory or Search Engine | Live Search Sport Maps
- Diversified Business | Eaton Corporation 2006 Annual Report
- Education | Virgin Mobile - Train on Your Terms
- Electronics | BlackBerry Corporate Site
- Email | VerticalResponse
- Employment | FedEx Air Ops Microsite
- Energy | Dell Earth
- Entertainment | Knocked Up Official Website
- Events | UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz
- E-Zine | Slate Magazine
- Faith-based | Wycliffe Bible Translators
- Family | SixFlags.com
- Fashion | Nautica Jeans Company
- Financial Services | John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website
- Food Industry | Pop-Tarts "Great Fruit Escape"
- Game Site | BSA Cyber Tree House
- General Interest | ALPO Redesign
- Government | Do Something Amazing
- Health Care | LIVE Outside the Bottle
- Healthcare Provider | The Methodist Hospital System
- Home Building | The Home Depot Roofing, Siding, Windows
- Hotel and Lodging | Stonewall Resort
- Information Services | Yellowpages ReLaunch
- Institutional Services | Smith System
- Insurance | Progressive Corp.
- Interactive Services | Official Bigpond V8 Supercars Australia
- International Business | BizFilings
- Internet Service Provider | Yahoo! Be A Better Director
- Intranet | Avenue A | Razorfish Wiki
- Investment | 55 West Wacker- Cape Horn Group
- Investor Relations | Brown-Forman
- Legal | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
- Leisure | Arkansas Hot Deals & Packages
- Magazine | LIV- The Volvo Magazine
- Manufacturing | Eaton Corporation 2006 Annual Report
- Marketing | Lime Product Launch
- Media | USANetwork.com
- Medical Equipment | Cynosure Corporate Web Site
- Medical | CDC.gov
- Military | Do Something Amazing
- Movie | Disney*Pixar's 'Cars' :: The Official Movie Site
- Music | Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville.com
- Mutual Fund | John Hancock Funds Financial Professional Website
- News | Slate Magazine
- Newspaper | TheJewishDailyForward.Com
- Non-Profit | Singing Cowpoke
- Online Community | mycoke
- Other | HP/Disney Days to Dream
- Pharmaceuticals | Perrigo
- Photography | Planet Billard
- Political | Mitt Romney for President
- Portal | Freewebs
- Professional Services | LanguageScape.com
- Public Relations | Official Site of Dan Wheldon
- Publishing | Entrepreneur Media Inc.
- Radio | XMRadio.com
- Real Estate | Verandah Website
- Regional | digphilly.com Website
- Restaurant | Mr. Broadway Kosher Restaurant
- Retail | The Home Depot Home Services
- School | Bethany School
- Shopping | Gilchrist & Soames
- Small Business | dLife
- Sports | Golf Pride Website
- Technology | WIRED.com
- Telecommunication | Vonageland
- Toy & Hobby | BarbieGirls.com
- Transportation | Reach Higher
- Travel | Hungry Suitcase
- TV | USANetwork.com
- University | The Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Additional websites are available for review in each category by searching the WebAward site. A press release is also available for review.
