8211;- www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Computer Retailer Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual
international WebAward Competition, the Internet'ss premier website award competition.
Computer retailer sites are strongest in content, copywriting and interactivity while showing weakness in innovation, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. The
Computer retail category has been dominated by hpshopping.com winning Best of Industry for five years running 's8211; a feat unequaled in WebAwards history. This year, a new computer
retailer has stepped up the competition.
This year'ss best Web site in the computer retail industry is 2006 Dell Home/Home Office. http://www.dell.com/content/default.aspxc=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:
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Design
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Innovation
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Content
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Technology
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Interactivity
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Copy writing
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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 computer retailer Web sites
on the Net today.
A complete list of past winners and the entry form for companies who wish to compete for 2006 honors can be found at http://www.webaward.org.
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 (burstmedia.com)
Misukanis & Odden (misukanisodden.com)
SimpleFeed (simplefeed.com)
Register.com (register.com)
NewsUSA (newsusa.com)
AdTools Inc(adtoolsinc.com)
Small Army (smallarmy.net)
TopRank Online Marketing (toprankresults.com)
Creative Chocolate Printing Company (creativechocolateprinting.com)
Perseus Development Corp (perseus.com)
(newsusa.com)
Media Sponsors include:
Website Services Magazine (websiteservices.com)
AdRants (adrants.com)
MarketingVox (marketingvox.com)
MediaPost (wediapost.com)
eComXpo (ecomxpo.com)
Ad:Tech (ad-tech.com)
Macworld (macworldexpo.com)
The Web Marketing Association thanks all of its sponsors for helping to make this annual competition possible.
About WebAwards
The 10th annual international WebAwards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating Web sites and defining benchmarks based on the seven essential
criteria of successful Web site development. The goal of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations
responsible for developing some of the most effective Web sites on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from a Web site assessment by a professional judging panel and the marketing
opportunities presented to an award-winning Web site. For more information, visit www.webaward.org.