Best Technology Website of 2010 to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 14th Annual WebAward Competition

WEST SIMSBURY, Conn., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 14th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at http://www.webaward2010.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including technology, computer hardware, computer software, electronics, information services, applications services providers, interactive services and internet service provider websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for technology web sites to enter to be judged is May 25, 2010.

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"The technology industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "Technology web sites have scored the highest in interactivity and design, but in past years, judges have shown they can do even better by getting innovative to stand out from the other sites and make the visitors remember them, even after they've left the site."

Websites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the technology category is judged against other technology websites and then against an overall standard of excellence.

All technology entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific criteria scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward's professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

Winners of a WebAward in the technology category will also receive:

• Image plaque or certificate of achievement
• Increased visibility for their company
• Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
• Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
• Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year, the Web Marketing Association names the Best of Industry for the various technology categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.

Recent winners of the Best Technology Web Site include:

• 2009 – Venables Bell & Partners for Sponsors of Tomorrow
• 2008 – eBusiness Marketing & Strategies for Gene.com
• 2007 – WIRED Digital for WIRED.com
• 2006 – R/GA for Nokia Nseries Sitelet
• 2005 – Streamload for MediaMax, powered by Streamload

Recent winners of the Best Computer Hardware Web Site include:

• 2009 – 6Connex and HP for HP Virtual Event Central
• 2008 – HL2 Microsoft Hardware Sidewinder Mouse
• 2007 – Dell Global Site Design for StudioDell
• 2006 – Broadcom Corporation for the Broadcom web site
• 2005 – HP for HP.com
• 2004 – Hill & Knowlton for HP com
• 2003 – HP for the HP Public web site
• 2002 – Palm Inc. for Palm.com: Products, Services & Company Information

Recent winners of the Best Computer Software Web Site include:

• 2009 – Ounce Labs/iMarc for Ounce Labs
• 2008 – FINE Design Group for Norton Today
• 2007 – BLITZ for Adobe
• 2006 – Worktank for See Windows Vista Website
• 2005 – Avid Technology for Avid Technology corporate website
• 2004 – Wind River for Wind River Website
• 2003 – Novell, Inc. for Novell Worldwide Web Site

Recent winners of the Best Electronics Web Site include:

• 2009 – Media Explorer Limited for Sony A900
• 2008 – Casio / Zugara for Casio Exilim You Tube Capture Mode Campaign
• 2007 – Web Associates for BlackBerry Corporate Site
• 2006 – Cheil Communications America for Z5 Digital Audio Player

Recent winners of the Best Information Services Web Site include:

• 2009 – The BrainStorm Group for hireimmigrants.ca Roadmap
• 2008 – EMC Corporation for One EMC
• 2007 – Sapient for Yellowpages ReLaunch
• 2006 – Greg Kaplan for Help Desk II
• 2005 – Intelithought, Inc. for Intelithought, Inc.
• 2004 – Hoover's, Inc. for Hoover's Online
• 2003 – MarketResearch.com for MarketResearch.com – Strategy Starts Here

Recent winners of the Best Application Services Provider Web Site include:

• 2009 – VerticalResponse for VerticalResponse – On-Demand Solutions for the Small Business Market
• 2008 – VerticalResponse for VerticalResponse – On-Demand Solutions for the Small Business Market
• 2007 – iCIMS for iCIMS Web Site
• 2006 – Offermatica for Offermatica
• 2005 – The rocket Science Group for MailChimp
• 2004 – Leopard for Leopard em Web Site
• 2003 – Exciting New technologies for Exciting New Technologies

Recent winners of the Best Interactive Services Web Site include:

• 2009 – Loewy Design for Loewy Design Website Redesign
• 2008 – Molecular & adidas for adidas miCoach
• 2007 – Massive Interactive & Bigpond for Official Bigpond V8 Supercars Australia
• 2006 – nurun | ant farm for It's a Wonderful Internet
• 2005 – AgencyNet Interactive for www.agencynet.com
• 2004 – Arc Worldwide for Behr Paint
• 2003 – Behr Interactive Marketing Team for Behr Paint

Recent winners of the Best Interactive Service Provider Web Site include:

• 2009 – GE and frog design for GE intranet
• 2008 – JWT INSIDE for Jet Blue – Blue Tube
• 2007 – Avenue A | Razorfish for Avenue A | Razorfish Wiki
• 2006 – Merrill Lynch for Merrill Lynch Intranet: WorldNet
• 2005 – MetLife for My MetLife
• 2004 – Ogilvy PR Creative Studio for DHL Merger Intranet
• 2003 – FedEx for AGFS Human Resources Find-It-Fast

The 2010 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: BGT Partners, Burst Media, PR Newswire, AllBusiness, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences,  Internet World UK, Search Engine Strategies, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine.

About the WebAwards

Now in its 14th year, the annual international WebAwards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating Web sites and defining benchmarks based on the seven essential criteria of successful Web site development. The goal of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective Web sites on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from a Web site assessment by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented to an award-winning Web site. For more information, visit www.webaward2010.org.

SOURCE Web Marketing Association