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2010 Webby Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2010 Webby Awards have been announced. Here are some of the winners in notable categories.

Viral Video
The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY (Webby and People's Voice)

Video Remixes/Mashups
Auto-Tune the News - http://www.barelypolitical.com/remix/episode/BP_20090903/auto-tune-the-news-8-with-t-pain (Webby and People's Voice)

Individual Performance
Isabella Rossellini in Green Porno - http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno (Webby)
Amir Blumenfeld - http://www.collegehumor.com/jakeandamir (People's Voice)

Celebrity/Fan
Jim Carrey Official Site http://www.jimcarrey.com (Webby and People's Voice)

Documentary Series
Davidlynch.Com Presents Interview Project http://interviewproject.davidlynch.com (Webby and People's Voice)

Variety Video
Live From Daryl's House http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/ (Webby)
Reel Good Show http://www.indymogul.com/reelgood (People's Voice)

Comedy: Individual Short or Episode
The Onion - http://www.theonion.com/content/video/sony_releases_new_stupid_piece_of (Webby)
Web Site Story - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1913584 (People's Voice)

Comedy: Long Form or Series
Web Therapy II - http://www.lstudio.com (Webby)
Jake and Amir - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcVllWpwGs (Webby)
Axe "Clean Your Balls" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bevJr3Ra84Q (People's Voice)

Activism
Make it Right - http://makeitrightnola.org/ (Webby)
Renew the world - http://www.stemcellfoundation.ca (People's Voice)

Best Practices
Twitter - http://twitter.com (Webby)
NPR - http://www.npr.org (People's Voice)

Mobile Social Networking
Foursquare - http://foursquare.com (Webby and People's Voice)

Mobile Application
Evernote - http://www.evernote.com (Webby and People's Voice)

Weird
Selleck Waterfall Sandwich - http://www.selleckwaterfallsandwich.tumblr.com (Webby)
FAIL Blog - http://www.failblog.org (People's Voice)

Personal Blog/Website
Indexed - http://www.thisisindexed.com (Webby)
Broken Secrets http://brokensecrets.com/ (People's Voice)

Humor
The Onion - http://www.theonion.com (Webby and People's Voice)

Broadband
Hulu - http://www.hulu.com (Webby and People's Voice)

Television
Colbert Nation - http://www.colbertnation.com (Webby and People's Voice)

Best Web Service and Application
Tumblr - http://tumblr.com (Webby)
99designs.com - http://99designs.com (People's Voice)


Posted on May 30, 2010
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Webby Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2007 Webby Awards have been announced. Some of the websites winners included Flickr (Best Practices, Best Visual Design and Community), Pan's Labyrinth (Movies), Last.fm (Music), HowStuffWorks (Education), The Onion (Humor) and CurrentTV (Television). The Webby Awards has nearly 70 categories so you will need to look at the complete list to see more of the winners.

Variety has an article about the Webby Awards and says a ceremony will be held for the winners hosted by comedian Rob Corddry will be held on June 4th.


Posted on May 2, 2007
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Webby Award Winners Announced

The winners of the Webby Awards have been announced. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences says over 300,000 people voted online for this year's Webbys. The Webby Awards have 69 different categories and the winners in each category can be found here. Here are some of the highlights from this year's Webbys.
  • Winners ranged from new and up-and-coming sites like The Huffington Post (Political Blog), Style Wars (Best Visual Design) and FabChannel.com (Music) to powerhouses like Paypal (Financial Services), ESPN (Sports), Expedia (Travel), and Bank of America (Banking/Bill Paying).
  • Reflecting the past year's news, trends, and ideas, winners include The Katrina Help Center (Charitable Organization), San Francisco's disaster preparedness site 72Hours (Government) and hybrid vehicle guide UCS HybridCenter (Guides).
  • Sites winning in more than one category include BBC for BBC Cumbria/Digital Lives (Community) and BBC News (News); Google for Google Earth (Best Visual Design/Function and Broadband) and Google Maps (Services); and Flickr (Best Navigation/Structure and Best Practices). BOOK OF COOL won three People's Voice Awards for Best Navigation/Structure, Best Use of Video or Moving Image and Retail.
  • People's Voice winners included established sites like BabyCenter (Kids/Parenting), MyYahoo! (Best Home/Welcome Page), Library of Congress (Cultural Institution), and CNET (Guides/Reviews/Ratings), as well as popular favorites like TripAdvisor (Community), CuteOverload (Cultural/Personal Blog), and Bebo (Social Networking).
  • 19 sites won both a Webby Award and a People's Voice Award including: Redken Haircolor (Beauty and Cosmetics), Style.com (Fashion), The Onion (Humor), 2006 Sundance Film Festival (Movie and Film), mediaBOOM (Professional Services), Above the Influence (Youth) and Google Maps (Services).
  • International winners of The 10th Annual Webby Awards include: The United Kingdom's Official Portable PlayStation Site (Consumer Electronics), The Netherlands' Fabchannel.com (Music), New Zealand's NewZealand.com/travel (Tourism), and Canada's Big Ideas Come from Big Pencils (Best Visual Design/Aesthetic).
  • Arnold Worldwide, POKE, Avenue A/Razorfish , Critical Mass, DDB, Big Spaceship, Second Story Interactive, Framfab, Mullen, and Bloc Media are among the interactive, advertising, and design agencies behind the winning sites.



    • Posted on May 9, 2006
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    10th Annual Webby Award Nominees Announced

    The nominees for The 10th Annual Webby Awards have been announced. People can vote at peoplesvoice.webbyawards.com in the Webby's 65 different categories. The winners will be announced on May 9, 2006 and honored at The 10th Annual Webby Awards on June 12 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The gala event will be hosted by comedian Rob Corddry of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

    In the press release the Webby Award founders and staff noted this year's Web 2.0 influence.
    "For a decade, The Webby Awards has honored the new and groundbreaking Web sites that have changed the way we work and live," said Tiffany Shlain, the founder and ambassador of The Webby Awards. "This year's nominees provide us with an inside look at where we're going next." Webby Awards executive director David-Michel Davies agreed. "Whether you call it 'web 2.0' or nothing at all, this year's nominees reflect how consumers are taking the lead and reshaping the Web to make it even more vital, useful, and meaningful."
    Here are some of the highlights from this year's nominations.
  • Several agencies received more than one nomination including Arnold Worldwide, Avenue A/Razorfish, Crispin Porter, DDB Seattle, Euro RSCG and OgilvyOne.
  • The nominees for Best Practices - Bloglines, Flickr, Google Maps, Technorati, and Writely.com -- reflect the latest breakout technologies and trends reshaping the web.
  • Powerhouses like Expedia.com, ESPN.com, and Toyota and up-and-coming sites that have attracted major followings like Freakonomics, Flavorpill, and CuteOverload.
  • Several nominees highlight the emergence of online video, including Rocketboom, a popular videoblog, and Dutch site FabChannel, which broadcasts video from live concerts.
  • With six nominations, NPR received the most of any organization this year. Other teams receiving multiple nominations include Google Earth, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Krups USA, Library of Congress, Made In Montreal and The Book of Cool.
  • The 10th Annual Webby Awards boast a record 60 international nominees, including sites from Australia, India, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.K.
    • BloggersBlog.com provides a look at the nominees in the blog-related categories.


    Posted on April 19, 2006
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    Webby Award Winners Announced

    The winners of this year's Webby Awards have been announced. There are dozens of Webby categories and each category has a Webby Award Winner and a People's Voice Winner. Google.com won the Webby and People's Voice awards in the Best Practices category. Below are a few of this year's Webby Award winners. A complete list of the winners in all 60+ categories can be found here.

    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
    Best Use of Sound: Spacesounds.com
    Celebrity Website: Jamie Oliver website
    Community: Dogster
    Health: The Merck Manual -- Second Home Edition Online
    Magazine: AlterNet.org
    Sports: WhatIfSports
    Weird: Rathergood.com


    Posted on May 5, 2005
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    Webby Award Nominees Announced

    The nominees for the annual Webby Awards have been announced. Here is a list of nominees. The Webby Awards offers awards in over 60 categories including Best Navigation, Consumer Electronics, Education and Youth. The 9th Annual Webby Awards will take place in New York City on Monday, June 6, 2005, marking the first time the awards will be held outside their San Francisco birthplace, organizers announced today. Winners will be announced on May 3, 2005. That is the Webby Award pictured on the right. A complete list of the nominees can be found here.


    Posted on April 18, 2005
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