At the recent Search Engine Strategies conference in Toronto Canada, Sage Lewis from Web Marketing Watch interviewed William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association about the 2007 WebAwards.

Here is the video clip of the interview.

Posted by Bill at 08:10 AM

The Call for Entries for the Web Marketing Association's 2007 WebAward competition for Web site development is now officially closed and judging will being on Monday.

Good luck to all who entered and winners will be announced in Mid-September.

Posted by Bill at 08:07 AM

I guess the title says it all.

If you have entered the WebAwards this year, please check your nominator account before Friday to see if your entry fees have been paid and all of your edits are complete. After Friday, the sites are off to the judges and editing will be turned off.

If you did not enter yet, what are you waiting for? You only have a few more days submit your web site to be recognized and earn itself a great marketing opportunity (it won't hurt your reputation either!). To create a nominator account and enter for the first time, go to our new account form.

Posted by Bill at 11:04 AM

William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association was asked to contribute an article to iMedia Connection,

His article Web Awards: More Than Just Fame and Glory appeared the June 13th issue. It discussed how web site awards, like the WebAwards, are newsworthy events that can parlay into website recognition as well as outstanding marketing opportunities.

Posted by Bill at 08:09 AM

Today the Web Marketing Association is exhibiting at the Search Engine Strategies Conference in Toronto Canada. There are a lot of Canadian Internet professionals here to keep up with the latest developments in SEO and PPC to help their marketing efforts.

Unfortunately, a case of WebAward brochures went AWOL while crossing the boarder. Other than that, it's a great conference. The WMA booth is right next door to N49, a new Canadian business search engine and online community at www.N49.ca They seem to be drawing the biggest crowds by giving away tee shirts customized with your personal URL on their site.

I was also video taped for The Daily Web Marketing Show on Web Marketing Watch for a video posting that should be live tomorrow. If I find it, I will pass it along.

Search Engine Strategies, Toronto
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada

Posted by Bill at 10:49 PM

The Web Marketing Association has extended the deadline for entering its 11th annual WebAward Competition until June 15th to allow final entries to be submitted and existing entries to be edited if needed. This will be the only extension as judging begins June 18th.

The WebAwards are the premier internet award competition that judges website development against an ever increasing Internet standard of excellence and against peer sites within an industry. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence. Web sites are judged on design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, navigation and ease of use.

A Best of Industry WebAward, a handsome plaque with the image of the winning site embossed, will be given in each of the 96 industry categories, including financial services, health care, small business, travel, marketing, photography, education and government.

The competition’s highest honor, the 2007 WebAward Best of Show, will be given to the one site that the judges believe represents the pinnacle of outstanding achievement in Web development. Last year’s Best of Show winner was Big Spaceship for their outstanding work on TBS: Department of Humor Analysis.

The Web Marketing Association will also recognize the interactive agency winning the most awards in the competition with the Top Interactive Agency WebAward. The 2006 Top Agency award was presented R/GA, which also was recognized for winning more WebAwards in the past decade than any other organization.

To learn more about the 2007 WebAwards, visit www.webaward.org

Posted by Bill at 02:13 AM