Web Marketing Association to Name Best Education Website of 2005
The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 9th annual international WebAward Competition (http://www.2005webaward.org), the Internet’s premier award competition for Website Development. The Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best Education Web site of 2005. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2005.
(PRWEB) April 1, 2005 -- The Web Marketing Association announces the call for
entries for its 9th annual international WebAward Competition (http://www.2005webaward.org), the Internet’s premier award
competition that judges website development against an ever increasing Internet
standard of excellence and against peer sites within an industry. The education
industry represents an important category in the WebAward competition, and the
Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best Education Web site of
2005. The deadline for entry is June 1, 2005.
“The education industry is
very competitive when it comes to Web development. These companies can benefit
from the independent evaluation of their online efforts that the award judges
provide,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “That
is the goal of the WebAward Competition - to provide a forum to recognize the
people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective
websites on the Net today. Winning a WebAward also provides a great opportunity
to market your success to the outside world.”
Here are some of the past
education related WebAward winners:
Best Education Website
- 2004
GMability Education - http://GMability.com/education
- 2003 Hot Shot Business
(2003 Best of Show Winner) - http://www.disney.go.com/hotshot/index2.html
- 2002 Your
Route to Homeownership - http://www.freddiemac.com/homebuyers ;
- 2001 eTech Planner - http://www.etechplanner.org
Best University
Website
- 2004 School of Visual Arts Website - http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu ;
- 2003 Chestnut Hill College Admissions Site - http://www.chc.edu
- 2002 University of Houston - Division
of University Advancement - http://www.advancement.uh.edu/ ;
-
2001 The Juilliard School - http://www.juilliard.edu
Best School Website
- 2004
Plano Independent School District - http://www.pisd.edu ;
- 2003 Hot
Barbizon Modeling Schools - http://www.modelingschools.com
- 2002 VFS Education - http://www.vfs.com ;
A complete
list of past winners and the entry for companies who wish to compete for 2005
honors can be found at http://education.webaward.org
Web sites are judged on
design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, navigation and ease of
use. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in the category and
then against an overall standard of excellence. The Best of Industry WebAward, a
handsome plaque with the image of the winning site embossed, will be given in
each of the more than 90 industry categories, including university, school,
small business, travel, advertising, transportation, and healthcare.
The
competition’s highest honor, the 2005 WebAward Best of Show, will be given to
the one site that the judges believe represents outstanding achievement in Web
development. Last year’s Best of Show winner was Arc Worldwide for their work on
Behr Paint Interactive. (http://www.behr.com)
The Web Marketing Association will
also recognize the interactive agency winning the most awards in the competition
with the Top Interactive Agency WebAward. The 2004 Top Agency award was
presented to Arnold Worldwide for their outstanding achievements in Web site
development.
Judging for the WebAwards will take place in July and
August, and winners will be announced in September, 2005. Judges will consist of
a select group of Internet professionals who have direct experience designing
and managing corporate web sites –including members of the media, advertising
executives, site designers, content providers and webmasters – with an in-depth
understanding of the current state-of-the-art in Web site design and technology.
Past Web Marketing Association WebAward competition judges have included top
executives from leading corporations, institutions and media organizations such
as Ogilvy Interactive, Saatchi & Saatchi, Blattner Brunner, Comedy Central,
Sun Microsystems, Refinery, Euro RSCG, EPB Interactive, New York Post
Interactive, The Cincinnati Enquirer, J. Walter Thompson, Xerox, Art Institute
of Pittsburgh, Modem Media, Answerthink, and Zentropy Partners.
The 2005
WebAwards are sponsored by Burst! Media, Burrelle’s/Luce, O’Dwyer’s PR Daily,
PRWeb, NewsUSA, Small Army Creative Services, Perseus Software, Line56 Media,
OddCast and AdTools, Inc.
About the Web Marketing Association
The Web
Marketing Association is an organization working to create a high standard of
excellence for Web site development and marketing on the Internet. Staffed by
volunteers, it is made up of Internet marketing, advertising, PR and design
professionals who share an interest in improving the quality of advertising,
marketing and promotion used to attract visitors to Web sites. Since 1997, the
Web Marketing Association’s annual WebAward Competition has been helping
interactive professionals promote themselves, their companies, and their best
work to the outside world. Now in its ninth year, the WebAward Competition has
become the premier award event for Web developers and marketers
worldwide.
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