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



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 Internet's8217;s premier Web site award competition.

's8220;Blogs offer extremely dynamic content and can represent a human voice for a large organization,'s8221; said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. 's8220;Blogs lead the way with unique benefits such as highly evolved interactivity and RSS Feeds that other static websites need to follow.'s8221;

Blogging Websites, which made their first appearance as a category at the 2006 WebAwards competition, were judged on the following seven criteria:
>    Design
>    Innovation
>    Content
>    Technology
>    Interactivity
>    Copy writing
>    Ease of use

The overarching goal of the WebAward Competition is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective blog websites on the Net today.

This year's8217;s best web site award winner in the blogging industry is Bannerblog at www.bannerblog.com.au.

A complete list of 2006 WebAward winners can be found at: www.webaward.org/winners.asp

The WebAward competition awards web sites in 96 industries as well as determining overall web site awards including Best of Show.

The 2006 Best of Show WebAward was presented to New York-based Big Spaceship (www.bigspaceship.com), for its outstanding work on the TBS: Department of Humor Analysis web site at www.tbshumorstudy.com. Big Spaceship joined forces with Mother Interactive to turn their very silly questionnaire into an addictive, fully interactive web site.

R/GA (www.rga.com) was named Top Agency at the 2006 WebAward Competition, taking home 19 WebAwards.

The 2006 WebAward Competition sponsors include:
BURST! Media (www.burstmedia.com)
Misukanis & Odden (www.misukanisodden.com)
SimpleFeed (www.simplefeed.com)
Register.com (www.register.com)
NewsUSA (www.newsusa.com)
AdTools Inc(www.adtoolsinc.com.)
Small Army (www.smallarmy.net)
TopRank Online Marketing (www.toprankresults.com)
Creative Chocolate Printing Company (www.creativechocolateprinting.com)
Perseus Development Corp (www.perseus.com)
(www.prweb.com)

Media Sponsors include:
Website Services Magazine (www.websiteservices.com)
AdRants (www.adrants)
MarketingVox (www.marketingvox.com)
MediaPost (www.wediapost.com)
eComXpo (www.ecomxpo.com)
Ad:Tech (www.ad-tech.com)
Macworld (www.macworldexpo.com).

The Web Marketing Association thanks all of its sponsors for helping to make this annual competition possible.

About the Web Marketing Association
The Web Marketing Association is 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 Website development and marketing on the Internet.

Since 1997, the Web Marketing Association's8217;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.
Learn more at www.webward.org





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