Web Marketing Association Names Best Web Sites in the Investment Industry During 2006 WebAward Competition
Best Web sites announced in 10th Annual WebAward Competition covering 96 industries including investment and finance.
West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) October 4, 2006 -- www.webaward.org -- The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the investment-related Best of Industry Winners for the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internet’s premier Web site award competition.
The investment and finance industries represent significant categories in the WebAward competition including Best Investment Website, Best Mutual Fund Website and Best Credit Union Website among many others.
“Web sites are extremely important to company success in the investment industry because both individuals and companies crave the ability to track their money online. Being able to do so gives investors peace of mind,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Investment companies benefit from the independent evaluation and recognition of their online efforts provided by the WebAward competition allowing them to make changes to better benefit end-users.”
Investment websites entered in the WebAward competition are judged on the following seven criteria:
- Design
- Innovation
- Content
- Technology
- Interactivity
- Copy writing
- Ease of use
The overarching goal of the WebAward Competition is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective websites on the Net today.
This year’s best web sites along with past WebAward winners in investment and financial related categories are:
Best Investment Website
2006 BetterInvesting Website Redesign
2005 BusinessWeek Online
2004 Allied Capital Corporation
2003 Summit Partners
2002 Strong Financial Corporation
2001 Frank Russell Company
Best Mutual Funds Website
2006 Cohen & Steers 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
2006 Wachovia Championship 17
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
2006 Ameritrade Spotting/Seizing Opportunity
2005 A Defining Year: Charles Schwab
2004 Strong Financial Corporation
2003 Strong Financial Corporation
2002 Strong Financial Corporation
2001 Solomon Smith Barney Young Investors Network
Best Credit Union Website
2006 Union America Mortgage
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
2006 Chase card with Blink
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
2006 Blue Shield of California
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 and present WebAward winners can be found at: http://investment.webaward.org
The WebAward competition awards web sites in 96 industries as well as determining overall web site awards including Best of Show.
The 2006 Best of Show WebAward was presented to New York-based Big Spaceship (www.bigspaceship.com), for its outstanding work on the "TBS: Department of Humor Analysis" web site at www.tbshumorstudy.com. Big Spaceship joined forces with Mother Interactive to turn their very silly questionnaire into an addictive, fully interactive web site.
R/GA (www.rga.com) was named Top Agency at the 2006 WebAward Competition, taking home 19 WebAwards.
The 2006 WebAward Competition sponsors include:
BURST! Media (www.burstmedia.com)
Misukanis & Odden (www.misukanisodden.com)
SimpleFeed (www.simplefeed.com)
Register.com (www.register.com)
NewsUSA (www.newsusa.com)
AdTools Inc(www.adtoolsinc.com.)
Small Army (www.smallarmy.net)
TopRank Online Marketing (www.toprankresults.com)
Creative Chocolate Printing Company (www.creativechocolateprinting.com)
Perseus Development Corp (www.perseus.com)
PRWeb (www.prweb.com)
Media Sponsors include:
Website Services Magazine (www.websiteservices.com)
AdRants (www.adrants)
MarketingVox (www.marketingvox.com)
MediaPost (www.wediapost.com)
eComXpo (www.ecomxpo.com)
Ad:Tech (www.ad-tech.com)
Macworld (www.macworldexpo.com).
The Web Marketing Association thanks all of its sponsors for helping to make this annual competition possible.
About the Web Marketing Association
The Web Marketing Association is 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 Website development and marketing on the Internet.
Since 1997, the Web Marketing Association’s 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.
Learn more at www.webward.org
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