The Web Marketing Association is looking for the Best Government Websites in the world as part of their 28th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 90 industries, including Government websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Government websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2024.
“In the government sector, a website emerges as a formidable instrument for enhancing transparency, ensuring accountability, and facilitating access to public services,” remarked William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “The WebAward Competition offers a premier platform for the entities responsible for developing these exemplary government websites, allowing them to highlight their ingenuity, forward-thinking, and efficiency in meeting the needs of their constituents and enriching community living standards. This initiative celebrates their commitment to creating digital environments that foster open governance and serve the public good.”
Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence.
All entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.
Winners of a WebAward in the Government category will also receive:
- A limited-edition Commemorative NFT
- Increased visibility for their company
- Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
- Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
- Social media posts for your company and personal feeds
- A highlight for your resume.
- Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers
- Unlimited bragging rights
Winners of the 2024 WebAward Competition Best Government Website will receive a commemorative NFT to recognize their success. The Web Marketing Association WebAward Competition is the first award program to provide its winners a limited-edition Ethereum-based Non-Fungible Token (NFT) to commemorate their award-winning website achievement.
Each year the Web Marketing Association names the Best Government Website based on the scores submitted by the competition judges.
Here are the past Best Government Website WebAward winners:
- 2023 – East Bay Regional Park District for Providing Public Safety Messaging During the Seasonal Impacts of Climate Change
- 2022 – The State of Mississippi for ms.gov – The Official Website of the State of Mississippi
- 2021 – U.Group for NASA Earth Science Applied Sciences
- 2020 – Websparks Pte Ltd for Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC)
- 2019 – City of Brantford for Brantford.ca
- 2018 – Maryland Department of Information Technology for Maryland.gov – Official State Website
- 2017 – Hawaii State Public Library System for Hawaii State Public Library System Website
- 2016 – The State of Mississippi for ms.gov
- 2015 – The State of Utah for Utah.Gov
- 2014 – State of Hawaii for Hawaii.gov
- 2013 – The State of Utah for Utah.Gov
- 2012 – Alabama Interactive, LLC for State of Alabama’s Official Website
- 2011 – EXTRACTABLE for California Courts Website: Judicial Council of California
- 2010 – City of West Hollywood, CA for City of West Hollywood Website
- 2009 – Defense Information Systems Agency for BRAC Information Portal
- 2008 – Ektron for City of Frisco Texas
- 2007 – GSD&M and Zugara for Do Something Amazing
- 2006 – Digital Library Division for National Library of Scotland
- 2005 – USPS Mailing Standards for Postage Rate Calculator
- 2004 – Batiz.com, Inc. for Drive Clean
- 2003 – TMP Worldwide for United States Naval Reserve
Government websites can be entered into consideration for the 2024 Best Government Website WebAward at the WebAward Website.
The 2024 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, iContact, and eTailConferences. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.
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To learn more and to enter the 28th annual WebAward Competition for Website Development, please visit our website and create a nominator account.