About
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
Jump to category: ACTIVISM| WEBBY AWARD WINNER |
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| World Citizen's Guide | InSite Interactive | ||||||
| http://www.worldcitizenguide.com/ |
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| IFAW | Kintera | ||||||
| http://www.ifaw.org |
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| IFAW | Kintera | ||||||
| http://www.ifaw.org |
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| The Great Divide Website | Newdle Strategic Media | ||||||
| http://www.retrovsmetro.org |
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| The Migration Information Source | Migration Policy Institute | ||||||
| http://www.migrationinformation.org |
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| Voices of Civil Rights | AARP | ||||||
| http://www.voicesofcivilrights.org |
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| World Citizen's Guide | InSite Interactive | ||||||
| http://www.worldcitizenguide.com/ |
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ART
| WEBBY AWARD WINNER |
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| Graffiti Archaeology | Graffiti Archaeology | ||||||
| http://grafarc.org |
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| WordCount / Tracking the Way We Use Language | Number 27 | ||||||
| http://www.wordcount.org |
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| Electric Sheep | SPOTWORKS | ||||||
| http://electricsheep.org |
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| Graffiti Archaeology | Graffiti Archaeology | ||||||
| http://grafarc.org |
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| Horizons: Canadian and Russian Landscape Painting (1860-1940) | Canadian Heritage Information Network / Virtual Museum of Canada | ||||||
| http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhib... |
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| Tate Online | Tate | ||||||
| http://www.tate.org.uk |
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| WordCount / Tracking the Way We Use Language | Number 27 | ||||||
| http://www.wordcount.org |
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ASSOCIATIONS
| WEBBY AWARD WINNER |
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| New York Academy of Sciences | Enforme Interactive | ||||||
| http://www.nyas.org |
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| State Bar of Arizona - Public Information Site | State Bar of Arizona | ||||||
| http://www.azbar.org |
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| NOMINEES |
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| AOPA Runway Saftey Program | Immersion Active | ||||||
| http://flash.aopa.org/asf/runwayS... |
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| National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions | National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions | ||||||
| http://www.childrenshospitals.net |
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| New York Academy of Sciences | Enforme Interactive | ||||||
| http://www.nyas.org |
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| People Living With Cancer | American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | ||||||
| http://www.plwc.org |
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| State Bar of Arizona - Public Information Site | State Bar of Arizona | ||||||
| http://www.azbar.org |
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AUTOMOTIVE
| WEBBY AWARD WINNER |
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| Mercedes-Benz USA SLK | Critical Mass | ||||||
| http://www.mbusa.com/microsite/sl... |
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| Cars.com | www.cars.com | ||||||
| http://www.cars.com |
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| Cars.com | www.cars.com | ||||||
| http://www.cars.com |
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| Jeep Trail Rated Challenge | Organic, Inc. | ||||||
| http://www.jeep.com/4x4 |
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| Mercedes-Benz USA SLK | Critical Mass | ||||||
| http://www.mbusa.com/microsite/sl... |
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| Subaru All-Wheel Drive Microsite | TM Interactive | ||||||
| http://www.subaru.com/allwheeldri... |
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| 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 |
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| ING DIRECT | ING DIRECT | ||||||
| http://home.ingdirect.com/ |
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| Banking at its best | Liquid | ||||||
| http://www.bankofthewest.com |
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| E*TRADE FINANCIAL | E*TRADE FINANCIAL | ||||||
| http://www.etrade.com/bank |
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| FedEx Billing Online | FedEx | ||||||
| http://www.fedex.com/us/account/fbo |
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| ING DIRECT | ING DIRECT | ||||||
| http://home.ingdirect.com/ |
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| 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 |
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| Mary Kay Personal Web Site | Mary Kay Inc. | ||||||
| http://www.marykay.com/suzie.consultant |
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| NOMINEES |
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| BORBA Nutraceuticals HEALTHY SKIN FROM WITHIN | Cole & Weber/Red Cell | ||||||
| http://www.Borba.net |
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| Come Clean | Crispin Porter + Bogusky | ||||||
| http://www.comeclean.com |
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| JouerCosmetics.com | Jouer Cosmetics | ||||||
| http://www.jouercosmetics.com |
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| Mary Kay Personal Web Site | Mary Kay Inc. | ||||||
| http://www.marykay.com/suzie.consultant |
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| The Body Shop | AKQA | ||||||
| http://www.thebodyshop.com |
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BEST COPY/WRITING
| WEBBY AWARD WINNER |
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| McSweeney's Internet Tendency | McSweeney's Publishing | ||||||
| http://www.mcsweeneys.net |
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| McSweeney's Internet Tendency | McSweeney's Publishing | ||||||
| http://www.mcsweeneys.net |
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| NOMINEES |
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| Discover Magazine | Discover Magazine | ||||||
| http://www.discover.com |
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| Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation | WGBH Interactive | ||||||
| http://www.fffbi.com |
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| McSweeney's Internet Tendency | McSweeney's Publishing | ||||||
| http://www.mcsweeneys.net |
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| Mother Jones | Mother Jones | ||||||
| http://www.motherjones.com |
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| 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 |
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| Words at Play | Adobe Systems Incorporated | ||||||
| http://www.wordsatplay.com |
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| NOMINEES |
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| newzealand.com | Shift | ||||||
| http://www.newzealand.com/travel |
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| Solar System Exploration | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | ||||||
| http://solarsystem.nasa.gov |
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| Villa San Michele | Nucleus | ||||||
| http://www.villasanmichele.com |
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| Welcome to Creative Commons! | Adaptive Path | ||||||
| http://www.creativecommons.org |
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| 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 |
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| http://www.google.com |
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| 10x10 | Number27 | ||||||
| http://tenbyten.org |
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| http://www.google.com |
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| Graffiti Archaeology | Graffiti Archaeology | ||||||
| http://grafarc.org |
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| The Design Partnership of Cambridge Website | Stoltze Design | ||||||
| http://www.design-partnership.com |
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| Trollbck + Company Website | Trollbck + Company | ||||||
| http://www.trollback.com |
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BEST PRACTICES
| WEBBY AWARD WINNER |
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| http://www.google.com |
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| http://www.google.com |
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| http://www.google.com |
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| HBO : Ali G micro site | Glow Interactive | ||||||
| http://www.disbealig.com |
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| NetSmartz Kids | NetSmartz Workshop | ||||||
| http://www.NetSmartzkids.org |
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| PBS FRONTLINE/World | FRONTLINE/World | ||||||
| http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/ |
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| 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 |
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| SK Telecom Mobile Museum | Astrum Creative Group | ||||||
| http://www.momu.co.kr |
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| SK Telecom Mobile Museum | Astrum Creative Group | ||||||
| http://www.momu.co.kr |
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| NOMINEES |
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| No Water No Life | IMG SRC, Inc | ||||||
| http://www.nowaternolife.net |
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| RBK Streets | Zugara | ||||||
| http://www.reebok.com/Static/usen... |
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| SK Telecom Mobile Museum | Astrum Creative Group | ||||||
| http://www.momu.co.kr |
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| The Getaway: Black Monday | Randommedia | ||||||
| http://www.blackmonday.co.uk |
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| 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 |
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| PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER |
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| The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | POP | ||||||
| http://www.zelda.com/minishcap/ |
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| NOMINEES |
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| Giant Radio | Giant Ideas | ||||||
| http://www.giantideas.com/giantra... |
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| Scenes from the Underground | CCA | ||||||
| http://samsungwireless.com/vip/ |
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| spacesounds.com | Spacesounds.com | ||||||
| http://spacesounds.com |
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| The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | POP | ||||||
| http://www.zelda.com/minishcap/ |
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| 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 |
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| PEOPLE'S VOICE WINNER |
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| Boing Boing | Boing Boing | ||||||
| http://www.boingboing.net |
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| NOMINEES |
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| Boing Boing | Boing Boing | ||||||
| http://www.boingboing.net |
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| Flickr | Flickr | ||||||
| http://www.flickr.com |
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| hicksdesign | hicksdesign | ||||||
| http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/jour... |
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| The Snowsuit Effort | The Snowsuit Effort | ||||||
| http://snowsuit.net |
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| WorldChanging | WorldChanging | ||||||
| http://www.worldchanging.com |
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BROADBAND
| WEBBY AWARD WINNER |
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| Elevator Moods | Betaville/EMIC | ||||||
| http://www.elevatormoods.com |
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