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The leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile content. In its 11th year, The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, and creative celebrities.

Category Definitions

The Webby Awards accept four types of entries: Websites, Interactive Advertising, which includes banners, viral, branded content and more; Online Film & Video, premiering on the Web including Comedy, Live Events, Music and more; and Mobile, which recognizes the emerging category of Mobile Websites.

Websites

The Webby Awards recognizes outstanding Websites in 65+ categories. A Website may be entered into multiple categories if appropriate. Sites entered into multiple categories will be reviewed separately for each category entered. Websites entered into more than one category may win multiple awards.

The categories are as follows, click on the category to see a full definition.

Categories

Features Categories

To enter a specific feature or component of your Website, you may choose from the categories below. You may enter multiple Features categories.

*denotes $125 categories.

Category Definitions

If you are unsure of which category or categories to select for your entry, consult the complete category definitions below.

Activism
Sites facilitating political change, social movement, human rights, public education and reform, or revolution. 
Art
Sites primarily to display or promote art of any medium, art galleries, art auctions or content focused on art criticism or the art world.  
Associations
Sites for industry or trade associations or groups. 
Automotive
Sites providing information or commerce for the automotive industry, including sites for auto makers, current car models, auto dealers (new or used), new cars for sale, used cars, car parts or accessories, car culture or car customizing. 
Banking/Bill Paying
Sites providing online consumer banking and bill paying services or other consumer related saving and lending services. 
Beauty and Cosmetics
Sites promoting beauty and cosmetic-related products, health and beauty aids, hair and makeup products, skincare, and commentary or content related to any of the above. 
Blog - Business
Sites that serve as weblogs or online journals for professional and business related topics.  
Blog - Culture/Personal
Sites created by individuals or groups that serve as weblogs or online journals for cultural or personal topics. 
Blog - Political
Sites that serve as weblogs or online journals for political and civic oriented topics. 
Broadband
Sites fully integrating bandwidth-intensive interactive content. This content may include video, animation, and like dynamic elements that bring the computer, television, radio and film one step closer to convergence. 
Celebrity/Fan
Sites focused on celebrating, promoting or honoring celebrities, personalities, bands, athletes, movie actors, or other people of note. 
Charitable Organizations / Non-Profit
Sites for charities and charitable organizations whose primary purpose is helping people or other worthy causes. 
Community
Sites creating and facilitating online community, connectedness and/or communication around shared interests. These sites can target either a broad-based or niche audience. 
Consumer Electronics
Sites marketing or promoting items and services that would be classified as consumer electronics such as handheld devices, PDAs, personal computers, televisions, stereos, home audio/video equipment, home theater systems, video game platforms and consoles and other related electronic products. 
Corporate Communications
Sites that serve as online identities for corporations, organizations, businesses or professional individuals. These sites may promote, market or provide information and a point of contact for products, services, corporate individuals or companies involved in on or offline commerce.  
Cultural Institutions
Sites for museums, parks, zoos, gardens, aquariums, theatres, arenas and any other institutions of cultural significance. 
Education
Sites that are educational, promote education, or provide online curriculum or education services. This category includes educational content for children or adults, resources for educators, and "distance learning" courses. Does not include school sites, see School. 
Employment
Sites featuring job and employment listings, job and career search services, recruiting services, career advice, headhunting or other career or job related information. 
Events
Sites promoting specific events including concerts, fairs, festivals, sporting events, tours, or other events. 
Family/Parenting
Sites providing content related to family issues, child rearing, family activities, pregnancy, parenting tips and other information. 
Fashion
Sites promoting personal style, clothing, design, and accessories. These include sites selling fashion items or promoting designers, and editorial sites with fashion news and information. 
Financial Services
Sites providing financial services and/or information. These include online stock trading, financial news, mortgage information, credit cards, or investor relations and services. Does not include online banking sites. See Banking/Bill Paying. 
Food and Beverage
Sites promoting food and beverage products including snack foods, candy, confections, chewing gum, fresh and frozen food, soft drinks, juices, energy drinks and water. Also sites featuring content about food or beverages, including recipes or recommendations. 
Games
Sites featuring direct online gaming for individuals or multi-player. Includes games of any type including action, sports, fantasy, skill, or logic. 
Games-related
Sites devoted to the world and culture of computer gaming. This includes gaming news, gaming magazines, and gaming resources. 
Government
Sites providing information and services pertaining to government matters. These include sites that enable online citizen action, offer self-help information, publish government documents and forms, and provide access to services provided by government agencies. 
Guides/Ratings/Reviews
Sites that provide reviews of products or services for either consumer or business audiences. These include restaurant reviews, travel reviews, business product or service reviews, buying guides, best-of resources, product and price comparison sites. 
Health
Sites providing information and resources to improve personal health and well-being. These may include medical news sites, health information, and online diagnosis. Health includes not only medicine but also includes alternative and mental health and fitness Web sites. 
Humor
Sites dedicated to comedy or the art of laughter. 
Insurance
Sites providing information, commerce or other services featuring insurance products and services for home, auto, liability, business or any other purposes. 
IT Hardware/Software
Sites providing information or commerce for information technology, hardware and software, including computers, servers, networking equipment, business or consumer software products and services, and all other technology and information services related to hardware or software.  
Law
Web sites for law firms, legal service providers, pro-bono legal services, litigation support, and self-help legal information. Sites that feature content on legal issues, trials, law and business issues, court decisions or legal advocacy. 
Lifestyle
Sites featuring commentary, commerce and advice on lifestyle and living topics such as gardening, home improvement, interior design, architecture, and like subjects. Sites touching on the personal side of life by providing information and resources that allow people to live on their own terms. 
Magazine
Sites that are online editions or companions to offline business or consumer magazines, or sites published only online ('zines). 
Movie and Film
Sites dedicated to promotion, celebration and presentation of films, movies and film culture. These include movie promotional sites, film news, film resources, film magazines and film archives. This does not include fan sites - See Celebrity/Fan. 
Music
Sites dedicated to the distribution and/or presentation of music or musical information. These sites may provide a direct listening experience, commerce, or promote musical awareness including musicians' or record labels' sites, sites that promote musical events, or those that teach music or about music. 
NetArt
Projects that integrate art and technology, exploring and expanding the distinctive capacity of the medium. Projects must include a Web-based component and may include an offline element. 
News
Sites developed for the distribution of recent happenings. These may be offshoots of established broadcast or other existing news operations, or developed specifically for online news. 
Newspaper
Sites that are online editions or companions to offline newspapers. 
Personal Web Site
Sites about individuals. These personal sites are created by you about you, by you about someone else, or by someone else about you. 
Pharmaceuticals
Sites promoting or marketing prescription or non-prescription drugs and medical treatment or sites providing information on pharmaceutical products. 
Podcasts
Sites dedicated to the distribution and/or presentation of podcasts or podcast information. These sites may provide a direct listening experience, commerce, or promote podcasting awareness, including individuals' or portals' podcast sites, those that teach podcast practices, or are generally about podcasts. 
Politics
Sites providing political information. These may include campaign or candidate sites, political resources, or political news sites promoting a political cause or action. 
Professional Services
Sites for professional service firms including consultants of any type, accountants and other business service providers. 
Radio
Sites with ties to a radio network, station, or program, either on the air or on the Web. This category includes sites that relate to a specific musical or talk-radio show, segment, or station. 
Real Estate
Sites marketing or promoting the sale or rental of residential or commercial real estate, including real estate listings, brokers and brokerage services, real estate agents, and sites for developments, buildings or other real estate holdings. 
Religion and Spirituality
Sites focusing on the spirit or the soul, evangelizing spiritual practice, celebrating God(s) or any other divine power - traditional or otherwise. These include sites which provide information about the ritual, history and practice of all forms of spirituality, church and temple sites, online confessions, virtual prayer groups, and astrology sites as well as sites that provide a platform for direct online spiritual experience. 
Restaurant
Sites for restaurants, bars, restaurant chains, and other food and drink establishments. Does not include Review sites. See Guides/ Ratings/Reviews. 
Retail
Sites providing consumers online commerce and retail sales of any products or services. 
School/University
Sites for schools (high school, secondary school, elementary school), specialty school, technical school, colleges, universities and other schools. 
Science
Sites distributing information related to scientific exploration. These include science exhibits, science museums, science organizations, science laboratories, and academic institutions. 
Self-Promotion/Portfolio
An individual's creative work or collection of examples of prior projects, used to promote experience, qualifications, and skills. An online resume and demonstration of professional abilities on an individual basis. For companies, see Professional Services. 
Services
Sites allowing real world activities to be done online. These include agent or bot sites as well as sites that help people find jobs, houses, dates, or which otherwise facilitate typically offline activities from a keyboard. 
Social/Networking
Sites that facilitate the process of connecting individuals through the Internet. Their purpose may be business or pleasure. They may use friend-of-friend connections to form a social network or use technology to make the connection. Includes dating and matchmaking sites. 
Sports
Sites for sports news, sporting culture, sports teams, sports statistics, sports data, sporting events, and sports history. Includes fantasy sports sites. 
Student
For students who have designed web sites for academic purposes or as part of developing a portfolio. Category limited to works of students. 
Telecommunications
Sites for cellular or mobile phones, accessories, voice over IP, phone service, long distance service, ring tones, or any other mobile or land-line phone or phone service. 
Television
Sites which are online counterparts of television programs, promote television programs, television networks, or cable networks. 
Tourism
Sites that promote travel and tourism destinations, specific travel activities or promotional and informational tourism websites. Includes city, country or regional sites, tourist attractions, and chamber of commerce sites. 
Travel
Sites that provide travel services and information. These include online agents for purchasing tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, vacation packages and other travel services. Includes online travel guides, travel writing, and travel tools. 
Weird
Sites that just seem strange, offbeat or odd. This category includes sites that reflect a fresh perspective in thought and action strong enough to start a revolution, change a behavior pattern, or advance old thinking lodged in bad habits, or that are just plain weird. 
Youth
Sites for those under 18: kids, youth, adolescents, teens and young adults. 
Best Copy/Writing
Only copy and writing judged. 
Best Home/Welcome Page
Only home or welcome page judged. 
Best Navigation/Structure
Only information architecture judged. 
Best Practices
Best Practices sites serve as an industry benchmark for the most current, innovative, and advanced practices in Web development. Sites demonstrating unparalleled excellence across The Academy's six criteria: content, structure & navigation, visual design, interactivity, functionality, and overall experience. 
Best Use of Animation or Motion Graphics
Only animation and motion graphics judged. 
Best Use of Photography
Only photography as it's used throughout the site is judged. Geared toward sites that rely heavily on photographic imagery as a critical part of the user experience. 
Best Use of Typography
Only the typographical elements of the site, as they work together, are judged. Geared towards sites focused heavily on type design as a means of informing the user experience. 
Best Use of Video or Moving Image
Only video or moving image judged. 
Best Visual Design - Aesthetic
Only visual design judged. Geared toward sites and experiences where visual design is intended to be beautiful, emotional, and appeal to the senses.  
Best Visual Design - Function
Only visual design judged. Geared toward sites that rely on visual design as a critical part of a functional user experience. 

The Webby Awards recognizes outstanding Interactive Advertising in 15+ single and campaign categories. An entry may be entered into multiple categories if appropriate. Entries in multiple categories will be reviewed separately for each category entered and may win multiple awards.

9th Annual Webby Awards Special Achievement Award Winners:

See full profiles.

  • The Webby Lifetime Achievement Award: Former Vice President Al Gore
  • Webby Person of the Year: Craig Newmark of craigslist
  • The Webby Artist of the Year: The Kleptones
  • The Webby Breakout of the Year Award: Flickr

9th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners:

The Best Sites of
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  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  World Citizen's Guide    InSite Interactive  
  http://www.worldcitizenguide.com/

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  IFAW    Kintera  
  http://www.ifaw.org

  NOMINEES
 
  IFAW    Kintera  
  http://www.ifaw.org

  The Great Divide Website    Newdle Strategic Media  
  http://www.retrovsmetro.org

  The Migration Information Source    Migration Policy Institute  
  http://www.migrationinformation.org

  Voices of Civil Rights    AARP  
  http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org

  World Citizen's Guide    InSite Interactive  
  http://www.worldcitizenguide.com/

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ART

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  Graffiti Archaeology    Graffiti Archaeology  
  http://grafarc.org

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  WordCount / Tracking the Way We Use Language    Number 27  
  http://www.wordcount.org

  NOMINEES
 
  Electric Sheep    SPOTWORKS  
  http://electricsheep.org

  Graffiti Archaeology    Graffiti Archaeology  
  http://grafarc.org

  Horizons: Canadian and Russian Landscape Painting (1860-1940)    Canadian Heritage Information Network / Virtual Museum of Canada  
  http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhib...

  Tate Online    Tate  
  http://www.tate.org.uk

  WordCount / Tracking the Way We Use Language    Number 27  
  http://www.wordcount.org

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ASSOCIATIONS

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  New York Academy of Sciences    Enforme Interactive  
  http://www.nyas.org

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  State Bar of Arizona - Public Information Site    State Bar of Arizona  
  http://www.azbar.org

  NOMINEES
 
  AOPA Runway Saftey Program    Immersion Active  
  http://flash.aopa.org/asf/runwayS...

  National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions    National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions  
  http://www.childrenshospitals.net

  New York Academy of Sciences    Enforme Interactive  
  http://www.nyas.org

  People Living With Cancer    American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)  
  http://www.plwc.org

  State Bar of Arizona - Public Information Site    State Bar of Arizona  
  http://www.azbar.org

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AUTOMOTIVE

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  Mercedes-Benz USA SLK    Critical Mass  
  http://www.mbusa.com/microsite/sl...

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  Cars.com    www.cars.com  
  http://www.cars.com

  NOMINEES
 
  Cars.com    www.cars.com  
  http://www.cars.com

  Jeep Trail Rated Challenge    Organic, Inc.  
  http://www.jeep.com/4x4

  Mercedes-Benz USA SLK    Critical Mass  
  http://www.mbusa.com/microsite/sl...

  Subaru All-Wheel Drive Microsite    TM Interactive  
  http://www.subaru.com/allwheeldri...

  Yahoo! Autos    Yahoo!  
  http://autos.yahoo.com

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BANKING/BILL PAYING

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  E*TRADE FINANCIAL    E*TRADE FINANCIAL  
  http://www.etrade.com/bank

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  ING DIRECT    ING DIRECT  
  http://home.ingdirect.com/

  NOMINEES
 
  Banking at its best    Liquid  
  http://www.bankofthewest.com

  E*TRADE FINANCIAL    E*TRADE FINANCIAL  
  http://www.etrade.com/bank

  FedEx Billing Online     FedEx  
  http://www.fedex.com/us/account/fbo

  ING DIRECT    ING DIRECT  
  http://home.ingdirect.com/

  Pay By Touch Website    Pay By Touch  
  http://www.paybytouch.com

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BEAUTY AND COSMETICS

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  Come Clean    Crispin Porter + Bogusky  
  http://www.comeclean.com

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  Mary Kay Personal Web Site    Mary Kay Inc.  
  http://www.marykay.com/suzie.consultant

  NOMINEES
 
  BORBA Nutraceuticals HEALTHY SKIN FROM WITHIN    Cole & Weber/Red Cell  
  http://www.Borba.net

  Come Clean    Crispin Porter + Bogusky  
  http://www.comeclean.com

  JouerCosmetics.com    Jouer Cosmetics  
  http://www.jouercosmetics.com

  Mary Kay Personal Web Site    Mary Kay Inc.  
  http://www.marykay.com/suzie.consultant

  The Body Shop    AKQA  
  http://www.thebodyshop.com

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BEST COPY/WRITING

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  McSweeney's Internet Tendency    McSweeney's Publishing  
  http://www.mcsweeneys.net

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  McSweeney's Internet Tendency    McSweeney's Publishing  
  http://www.mcsweeneys.net

  NOMINEES
 
  Discover Magazine    Discover Magazine  
  http://www.discover.com

  Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation    WGBH Interactive  
  http://www.fffbi.com

  McSweeney's Internet Tendency    McSweeney's Publishing  
  http://www.mcsweeneys.net

  Mother Jones    Mother Jones  
  http://www.motherjones.com

  Yahoo! Television Without Pity    yahoo!  
  http://www.televisionwithoutpity....

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BEST HOME/WELCOME PAGE

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  Words at Play    Adobe Systems Incorporated  
  http://www.wordsatplay.com

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  Words at Play    Adobe Systems Incorporated  
  http://www.wordsatplay.com

  NOMINEES
 
  newzealand.com    Shift  
  http://www.newzealand.com/travel

  Solar System Exploration    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory  
  http://solarsystem.nasa.gov

  Villa San Michele    Nucleus  
  http://www.villasanmichele.com

  Welcome to Creative Commons!    Adaptive Path  
  http://www.creativecommons.org

  Words at Play    Adobe Systems Incorporated  
  http://www.wordsatplay.com

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BEST NAVIGATION/STRUCTURE

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  10x10    Number27  
  http://tenbyten.org

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  Google    GOOGLE  
  http://www.google.com

  NOMINEES
 
  10x10    Number27  
  http://tenbyten.org

  Google    GOOGLE  
  http://www.google.com

  Graffiti Archaeology    Graffiti Archaeology  
  http://grafarc.org

  The Design Partnership of Cambridge Website    Stoltze Design  
  http://www.design-partnership.com

  Trollbck + Company Website    Trollbck + Company  
  http://www.trollback.com

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BEST PRACTICES

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  Google    GOOGLE  
  http://www.google.com

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  Google    GOOGLE  
  http://www.google.com

  NOMINEES
 
  Google    GOOGLE  
  http://www.google.com

  HBO : Ali G micro site    Glow Interactive  
  http://www.disbealig.com

  NetSmartz Kids    NetSmartz Workshop  
  http://www.NetSmartzkids.org

  PBS FRONTLINE/World    FRONTLINE/World  
  http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/

  The Merck Manual -- Second Home Edition Online    Merck & co, Inc  
  http://www.merckhomeedition.com

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BEST USE OF ANIMATION OR MOTION GRAPHICS

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  SK Telecom Mobile Museum    Astrum Creative Group  
  http://www.momu.co.kr

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  SK Telecom Mobile Museum    Astrum Creative Group  
  http://www.momu.co.kr

  NOMINEES
 
  No Water No Life    IMG SRC, Inc  
  http://www.nowaternolife.net

  RBK Streets    Zugara  
  http://www.reebok.com/Static/usen...

  SK Telecom Mobile Museum    Astrum Creative Group  
  http://www.momu.co.kr

  The Getaway: Black Monday    Randommedia  
  http://www.blackmonday.co.uk

  Turner Classic Movies - The Essentials    Turner Classic Movies  
  http://www.turnerclassicmovies.co...

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BEST USE OF VIDEO OR MOVING IMAGE

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  spacesounds.com    Spacesounds.com  
  http://spacesounds.com

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap    POP  
  http://www.zelda.com/minishcap/

  NOMINEES
 
  Giant Radio    Giant Ideas  
  http://www.giantideas.com/giantra...

  Scenes from the Underground    CCA  
  http://samsungwireless.com/vip/

  spacesounds.com    Spacesounds.com  
  http://spacesounds.com

  The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap    POP  
  http://www.zelda.com/minishcap/

  Trattoria Acqua    AppealMedia.com  
  http://www.trattoriaacqua.com

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BLOG

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  Boing Boing    Boing Boing  
  http://www.boingboing.net

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER
 
  Boing Boing    Boing Boing  
  http://www.boingboing.net

  NOMINEES
 
  Boing Boing    Boing Boing  
  http://www.boingboing.net

  Flickr    Flickr  
  http://www.flickr.com

  hicksdesign    hicksdesign  
  http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/jour...

  The Snowsuit Effort    The Snowsuit Effort  
  http://snowsuit.net

  WorldChanging    WorldChanging  
  http://www.worldchanging.com

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BROADBAND

 
  WEBBY AWARD WINNER
CREDITED ORGANIZATION
  Elevator Moods    Betaville/EMIC  
  http://www.elevatormoods.com

  PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER