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Best Directory or Search Engine Websites

Each year the Web Marketing Association names the Best Directory or Search Engine web site as part of the annual WebAward Competition.  Now in it’s 14th year, the WebAwards are recognized as the premier industry based Website Award program in the world.

Here is your chance to stand out from your competitors and win the recognition you deserve while receiving valuable independent feedback on your development efforts.

Best websites are selected by judges who review the entered websites using the seven criteria below:


2009 Best Directory or Search Engine Site
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  • Design

  • Ease of use

  • Copywriting

  • Interactivity

  • Use of technology

  • Innovation

  • Content

 

As a participant, you will receive:

  • An independent evaluation of your Directory or Search Engine Website by independent expert judges

  • Valuable feedback to help Benchmark your efforts against other Directory or Search Engine industry websites.

 

If your site wins a Directory or Search Engine WebAward, you will also get:  

  • A beautiful image plaque or certificate of achievement to display proudly

  • Higher visibility for your company

  • A great marketing opportunity to promote your site to the media

  • Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO

  • The admiration of peers, friends and co-workers – maybe even a raise!

  • A personal achievement for your resume

Each year the Web Marketing Association's WebAward Competition names the Best Directory or Search Engine web site.  Best websites are selected by judging the entered websites using seven criteria - design, ease of use, copywriting, interactivity, use of technology, innovation and content.  Websites not selected as best Directory or Search Engine website are also eligible for an Outstanding Website Award or a Standard of Excellence Award.
 

Setting Directory or Search Engine Trends and making Directory or Search Engine News

Entering the WebAwards can help keep you up on Directory or Search Engine Trends by showing you how other Directory or Search Engine websites compare to the WebAward standards. You also can make Directory or Search Engine news if you have the Best Directory or Search Engine website. Directory or Search Engine news letters will want to cover you win bringing you additional visibility within your industry.

 

The 2010 Call for Entries is now underway! This is your opportunity to win the recognition you deserve.

Entering is easy. Simply create a new free Nominator Account or log into an existing Nominator Account. Enter information about your site and the judges do the rest.

Don’t wait enter your website today and win the recognition you deserve!

Click here to enter your Website into the Web Marketing Association’s 2010 WebAward Competition.
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ou might have the next Best Directory or Search Engine Web site waiting to be recognized!

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Here are the past Best Directory or Search Engine WebAward winners:

Year  Winner Site Name
2009 TheFind, Inc TheFind
2008 CMPMedica U.S. SearchMedica, professional medical searches
2007 VML Live Search Sport Maps
2006 Scirus Best Specialty Search Engine
2005 Scirus, the science-focused search engine
2004 Scirus Scirus Web site
2003 Insight Interactive Group Cancer.com Website

*some URLs may no longer be valid, especially for older WebAward winners.

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Be sure to download a free copy of the 2010 Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR) that benchmarks Web development in more than 80 industries, including Directory or Search Engine. ISAR is based on data collected from more than 18,000 Web site evaluations since 1997.
 

To view other industry winners, please click on the link below:

| Advertising | Advocacy | Airline | Application Service Provider | Architecture | Arts | Associations | Automobile | B2B | Bank | Beverage | Biotechnology | Blog | Broadcasting | Catalog | Computer: Hardware | Computer: Software | Construction | Consulting | Consumer Goods | Credit Union | Design | Directory or Search Engine | Diversified Business | Education | Electronics | Email | Employment | Energy | Entertainment | Environmental | Events | E-Zine | Faith-based | Family | Fashion | Financial Services | Food Industry | Game Site | Gay/Lesbian | General Interest | Government | Health Care | Healthcare Provider | Home Building | Hotel and Lodging | Information Services | Insurance | Interactive Services | International Business | Internet Service Provider | Intranet | Investor Relations | Investment | Legal | Leisure | Magazine | Marketing | Manufacturing | Media | Medical | Medical Equipment | Military | Mobile | Movie | Music | Mutual Fund | News | Newspaper | Non-Profit | Other | Pharmaceuticals | Photography | Political | Portal | Professional Services | Public Relations | Publishing | Radio | Real Estate | Regional | Restaurant | Retail | School | Science | Shopping | Small Business | Social Network | Sports | Technology | Telecommunication | Toy & Hobby | Transportation | Travel | TV | University

 

 

“The feedback from the judges is unique and provides a sense of where we score compared to the competition.”

– Maryalice Keller, VP Corporate Communications, Unity Health System, Rochester, New York

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