Web Marketing Association Announces 2006 Winners in its Annual Web Site Awards Competition, WebAwards

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) September 27, 2006

The Web Marketing Association (http://www.webaward.org) announced today the winners of its tenth annual WebAward Competition for outstanding web site development. More than 2,300 web sites from 35 countries were adjudicated in 96 industry categories during this year's WebAward competition.

Entries were judged on top web site design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology.

The World Wide Web continues to evolve in terms of Web site development and the expectations of visitors to sites, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. The Web sites today are more integrated than ever and have multimedia tools embedded into the site rather than as links. The WebAward winning Websites have once again set the standard for all Web development. This accomplishment serves as an invaluable marketing opportunity for both the winning website and company and serves as a benchmark for all Websites within the each industry.

The 2006 Best of Show WebAward is presented to New York-based Big Spaceship (http://www.bigspaceship.com), for its outstanding work on the "TBS: Department of Humor Analysis" web site at http://www.tbshumorstudy.com. The web site also won for Best TV WebAward. TBS's Dept. of Humor Analysis works hard to put the "very-" in front of "funny." To help TBS steer clear of common pitfalls in this cut-throat, dog-eat-dog, rabbit-outwit-duck, duck-shoot-pig, anvil-smush-coyote, Chico-trip-Zeppo field of funny business, Big Spaceship joined forces Mother Interactive to turn their very silly questionnaire into an addictive, fully interactive web site.

R/GA (http://www.rga.com) was named Top Agency at the 2006 WebAward Competition, taking home 19 WebAwards. The Top Agency Award recognizes the consistently outstanding development pursued by interactive firms when creating top website designs. R/GA has also won more WebAwards than any other organization during the past decade, although this is their first Top Agency Award. R/GA, headquartered in New York, won 12 Outstanding and 7 Standard of Excellence WebAwards.

Agencies or companies winning six or more WebAwards in 2006 include the following:

Agency - # of Website awards in 2006

Web Marketing Association Names Best Web Sites in the Investment Industry During 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006

http://www.webaward.org -- The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the investment-related Best of Industry Winners for the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier Web site award competition.

The investment and finance industries represent significant categories in the WebAward competition including Best Investment Website, Best Mutual Fund Website and Best Credit Union Website among many others.

Web sites are extremely important to company success in the investment industry because both individuals and companies crave the ability to track their money online. Being able to do so gives investors peace of mind, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Investment companies benefit from the independent evaluation and recognition of their online efforts provided by the WebAward competition allowing them to make changes to better benefit end-users.

Investment websites entered in the WebAward competition are judged on the following seven criteria:

Web Marketing Association Names Best Web Sites in Faith-Based Industry as Part of 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006

http://www.webaward.org -- The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the faith-based Best of Industry Winners for the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier Web site award competition.

The faith-based entries in the WebAward competition are still relatively new having only been added in 2004.

Faith-based websites play an important role in society and have the opportunity to stand out from both competitor websites and websites in general when well-designed, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Faith-based websites can leverage the valuable feedback provided by WebAward judges and become an industry powerhouse on the Net.

Websites across all industries are judged on the following seven criteria:

Web Marketing Association Names Best University Web Sites in 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the University named Best of Industry Winner for the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier Web site award competition.

Higher Education websites represent a unique category in the WebAward competition. University sites have to be at the top of website design, technology and ease of use in order to attract prospective students to their institution.

Web sites play an extremely important role within universities, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Not only do they have to attract potential students but they also have to satisfy the faculty, staff and incredibly Internet savvy student body.

University websites entered in the WebAward competition are judged on the following seven criteria:

Web Marketing Association Names Best Web Sites in Blogging Industry as Part of 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best of Industry Winner for Blogging during the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internets premier Web site award competition.

Blogs offer extremely dynamic content and can represent a human voice for a large organization, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Blogs lead the way with unique benefits such as highly evolved interactivity and RSS Feeds that other static websites need to follow.

Blogging Websites, which made their first appearance as a category at the 2006 WebAwards competition, were judged on the following seven criteria: