The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the investment related best of industry winners for the 9th annual international WebAward Competition
(PRWEB) September 13, 2005 -- The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the investment related best of industry winners for the 9th annual international WebAward Competition (http://www.webaward.org), the Internets premier award competition. The investment industry represents significant categories in the WebAward competition, and the Web Marketing Association again honors the Best Investment Web sites of 2005
Web sites are extremely important to the investment industry," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. Companies can benefit from the independent evaluation recognition of their online efforts that the award judges provide. That is the goal of the WebAward Competition - to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective websites on the Net today."
Here are this years top sites along with past WebAward winners in investment and financial related categories.
Best Investment Website
2005 BusinessWeek Online
2004 Allied Capital Corporation
2003 Summit Partners
2002 Strong Financial Corporation
2001 Frank Russell Company
Best Mutual Funds Website
2005 Cohen & Steers Website
2004 HighMark Funds Website
2003 Barclays Global Investors iShares.com
2002 Strong Financial Corporation
2001 Frank Russell Company
Best Banking Website
2005 Sainsburysbank.co.uk
2004 HSBC Card Services HK
2003 Deutsche Bank Global Cash Management
2002 Freddie Mac - Your Route to Homeownership
2001 Dollar Bank Loans Website
Best Brokerage Website
2005 A Defining Year: Charles Schwab
2004 Strong Financial
2003 Strong Financial Corporation
2002 Strong Financial Corporation
2001 Solomon Smith Barney Young Investors Network
Best Credit Union Website
2005 America First Credit Union
2004 APCI Federal Credit Union
2003 U.S. Central Credit Union
2002 Santa Clara County Federal CU
2001 Security Service Federal Credit Union
Best Financial Services Website
2005 Merrill Lynch Gateway Website
2004 Trancentrix
2003 Deutsche Bank Global Cash Management
2002 CNBC on MSN Money
2001 Strong Financial Corporation
Best Insurance Website
2005 Medical Mutual - Ohio's get Well Card
2004 Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Website
2003 Empire BlueCross BlueShield Website
2002 progressive.com
2001 John Hancock eVariable Life
A complete list of past winners can be found at http://investment.webaward.org
Web sites are judged on design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, navigation and ease of use. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in the category and then against an overall standard of excellence. The 2005 Best of Show WebAward is presented to Atlanta -based IQ interactive (www.iqtv.com), for their outstanding work on "National Geographic – Inside The Mafia" at URL www.insidethemafia.com. The site was also awarded Best Entertainment WebAward.
Zugara (www.zugara.com) was named Top Agency at the 2005 WebAward Competition, taking home 20 awards, more that any other organization in the history of the competition. The Top Agency Award given to recognize the consistently outstanding development going on at interactive firms. Zugara is headquarted in Los Angles and took home Best Music site for Red Bull Music Labs, 11 Outstanding and 8 Standard of Excellence WebAwards.
The 2005 WebAwards are sponsored by BURST! Media (www.burstmedia.com), Oddcast (www.oddcast.com), NewsUSA (www.newsusa.com), ODwyers PR Daily (www.odwyerpr.com), Small Army Creative Services (www.smallarmy.net), Burrelles Luce (www.burrellesluce.com), Line 56 Media (www.line56.com), Perseus Software (www.perseus.com) and PRWeb (www.prweb.com). The Web Marketing Association thanks it sponsors for helping to make this annual competition possible.
About the Web Marketing Association
The Web Marketing Association is an organization 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 advertising, marketing and promotion used to attract visitors to Web sites. Since 1997, the Web Marketing Associations 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.
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