Webby Awards

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Image:Webbylogo.gif Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the Webby Awards are a set of awards presented to the "world's best websites". The awards have been given out since 1996. There is also a second set of awards called the People's Voice Awards for the same categories which are given by popular vote.

1 Awards granted
2 External links

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Awards granted

The IADAS has awarded Webby Awards and People's Choice Awards each Spring (since 1996), and Webby Business Awards and Honorable Mentions each fall (since 2003).

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Webby Awards categories

In each category, two awards are handed out: a Webby Award selected by a panel of judges, and a People's Voice Award selected by the votes of visitors to the Webby Awards site.

Activism: Sites facilitating political change, social movement, rights, public education, or revolution.
Best Practices: Sites demonstrating unparalleled excellence in six areas:

Content
Structure & Navigation
Visual Design
Interactivity
Functionality
Overall Experience

Broadband: Sites fully integrating bandwidth-intensive interactive content.
Commerce: Sites dedicated to selling goods and products online, or using a 'particularly innovative' take on e-commerce.
Community: Sites creating/facilitating online community, connectedness and communication around shared interests.
Education: Sites promoting education or providing learning materials, for children or adults.
Fashion: Sites dedicated to personal style, clothing, design, and accessories.
Film: Sites dedicated to preservation, celebration and presentation of film and film culture.
Finance: Sites providing financial services and/or information.
Games: Sites dedicated to (the culture of) computer gaming.
Government & Law: Sites dedicated to legal and government matters.
Health: Sites dedicated to improving personal health and well-being.
Humor: Sites dedicated to comedy or the art of laughter.
Kids: Sites created for "the under-18 set".
Lifetime Achievement: An honorary award granted to individuals who have been integral to the growth of the Web.
Living: Sites providing information and resources that allow people to live on their own terms.
Music: Sites dedicated to the distribution and presentation of music or its culture.
NetArt: Sites that integrate art and technology, exploring and expanding the distinctive capacity of the medium.
News: Sites dedicated to announcing and tracking recent goings-on.
Personal Web Site: Sites created by an individual about themselves, or sites dedicated to an individual.
Politics: Sites providing political information.
Print & Zines: Sites dedicated to the written word, including online versions of print publications.
Radio: Sites with ties to a radio network, station, or program.
Rising Star: Given to the site with the greatest percent increase in visitors from April to May of the year in question, according to Nielsen//NetRatings data. Sites must meet a minimum cutoff of 500K unique visitors for April and May to be considered.
Science: Sites dedicated to scientific exploration and news.
Services: Sites that enable real world activities online.
Spirituality: Sites dedicated to the spirit or the soul, or on any Divine power.
Sports: Sites dedicated to athletics.
Technical Achievement: Sites implementing technology that pushes the envelope, inviting visitors to believe in what once seemed impossible.
Top Global Properties (Top U.S. Properties): Given to the site that draws the most visitors in the 14 countries that Nielsen//NetRatings measure (the U.S.).
Travel: Sites dedicated to travel services and information.
TV: Sites which are online counterparts of television programs or networks.
Weird: Sites so forward thinking they seem strange when viewed without the future in mind.
Youth: (see Kids)