The Web Marketing Association announced the winners of its twelfth annual WebAward Competition for Web site development.
A snapshot of the competition:
- 2,400 website entries
- 45 countries
- 96 industry categories
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 sites to stimulate creativity and benchmark Web creation standards.
The Best of The Web
The Best of Show Winner was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Here are the Best of Industry award winning websites for 2008:
- Advertising | Burns Group
- Advocacy | Are You Ok With That?
- Airline | emirates.com
- Application Service Provider | VerticalResponse
- Architecture | The Michelle Kaufmann Blog
- Arts | Connect: The Dot Project
- Associations | DiscoverBoating.com
- Auction | Government Liquidation, LLC
- Automobile | Inspired by nature
- B2B | The Occasions Group – Stratford Hall division
- Bank | Standard Chartered Bank
- Beverage | Carte Noire
- Biotechnology | Gene.com (Beantown Web's personal favorite)
- Blog | SiteLA
- Broadcasting | USANetwork.com
- Catalog | SeaBear Smokehouse
- Computer: Hardware | Microsoft Hardware Sidewinder Mouse
- Computer: Retailer | The HP Home & Home Office Store
- Computer: Software | Norton Today
- Construction | Johns Manville Building Materials
- Consulting | Exponent
- Consumer Goods | Ban
- Credit Union | Delta Community Credit Union
- Design | Justyna Collections Catalog
- Directory or Search Engine | SearchMedica
- Diversified Business, Investor Relations, Public Relations | GE Corporate
- Education | Philips - A Simple Switch
- Electronics | Casio Exilim YouTube Capture Mode
- Email | MailerMailer Email Marketing
- Employment | Microsoft Diversity
- Energy | DuPont in Energy
- Entertainment | Alliance Theatre
- Events | Lock 3 Live
- E-Zine | Envisage
- Faith-based | Park West Church
- Family | Bee Movie Official Movie Website
- Fashion | Dolce&Gabbana
- Financial Services | Bank of America Fees & Processes
- Food Industry | Jack Link's Beef Jerky
- Game Site | www.onlinerealgames.com
- General Interest | Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
- Government | City of Frisco Texas
- Health Care | Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
- Healthcare Provider | Washington Hospital Center
- Home Building | Armstrong Residential Ceilings
- Hotel & Lodging | Hotel Terra Jackson Hole
- Information Services, Technology | One EMC
- Institutional Services | Preparedness and Catastrophe Event Response
- Insurance | Blue Shield of California -- Chat Box
- Interactive Services | adidas miCoach
- International Business | FedEx -- Behind the Scenes
- Internet Service Provider | SSI Micro
- Intranet | Jet Blue - Blue Tube
- Investment | John Hancock Annuities
- Legal | Get Legal
- Leisure | Nautiques.com
- Magazine | Saudi Aramco World
- Manufacturing | BFGoodrich LTT Tire
- Marketing | Ensemble HD Home Cinema System
- Media | Newseum -- World's Most Interactive Museum
- Medical Equipment | Guardian REAL-Time Glucose Monitor Tutorial
- Medical | MerckMedicus
- Military | NAVYForMoms.com
- Music | Philips - Aurea Flat TV
- Mutual Fund | John Hancock Funds
- News | iCue
- Newspaper | Variety.com
- Non-Profit | Leading to Reading
- Movie | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Online Community | Toys Revolution
- Other | FedEx -- Launch a Package
- Pharmaceuticals | RA Advisor Program
- Photography | Picnik
- Political | Hope. Act. Change.
- Portal | Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Professional Services | BGT Partners
- Publishing | My1Stop.com
- Radio | KCRW Media Player
- Real Estate | Elizabeth Lofts
- Regional | Billburg.com -- Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Restaurant | Four
- Retail | Hallmark Journeys
- School | Vail Mountain School
- Shopping | Cooking.com
- Small Business | Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- Sports | RBK DGK 2007
- Telecommunication | Nokia Jealous Computers
- Toy & Hobby | Activision
- Transportation | HondaJet
- Travel | AirMiles Make Like Miles
- TV | Psych
- University | Murdoch University Switching Campaign
Additional award-winning categories can be searched at the WebAward site.
