Best Pharmaceutical Website Trends Detailed in New Report from the Web Marketing Association
Updated Web Marketing Association Internet Standards Assessment Report Includes Historical Data Derived from a Decade of Hosting Premier Internet Award Competition, WebAwards, Provides Best Practices for Pharmaceutical Web Design.
West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) April 5, 2008 -- WebAward08.org - The Web Marketing Association, host of leading website awards competition WebAwards, recently released the Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR), which includes specific benchmarking data to help the pharmaceutical industry create more award-winning websites.
"As the standard of excellence for websites continues to increase, web visitors are increasingly picky about what they consider to be an effective website," said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association. "Pharmaceutical is one industry that has continuously kept in step with the overall ISAR index. Now that drug companies can market directly to the consumers, we are looking at the websites on a whole new level this year."
The WebAwards competition evaluates pharmaceutical websites on seven criteria that combined create effective websites:
| | - Design
- Innovation
- Content
- Technology
- Interactivity
- Copywriting
- Ease of use
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Pharmaceutical Web sites have closely mirrored the ISAR index for the past eleven years. These sites have outpaced the 5-year criteria benchmark averages for copywriting and ease of use. They have narrowly missed the benchmark in design and content. Pharmaceutical Web sites score higher in content and
The 2007 WebAward for Best Pharmaceutical Web site went to Biggs|Gilmore for Perrigo.
Other past winners include:
| | - 2006 Studiocom for CVS Medicare Expert
- 2005 SimStar for BotoxCosmetic.com
- 2004 Abdi Ibrahim Pharma - MagiClick Digital Solutions for Healthcare Portal - Morning After Pill
- 2003 Insight Interactive Group for CrohnsResource.com Website
- 2002 ivpcare, inc
- 2001 Ion Global China for Loreal Paris China Web Site
- 2000 Digitas LLC for Baush and Lomb Website
- 2000 AGENCY.COM for Alluna Sleep Web Site
- 1999 SmithKline Beecham for Avandia
- 1998 Nicholson NY for Zyrtec
- 1997 for SmithKline Beecham for Café Herpe
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Companies and organizations wishing to have their pharmaceutical Web site evaluated against the ISAR Index and be considered for a WebAward, which can help boost a Website's credibility and marketing efforts, can learn more at WebAward08.org.
To request your copy of the 2008 WebAward ISAR report, please visit: WebAward08.org and click on the ISAR text link
The Internet Standards Assessment report and the 2008 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, PRWeb, AllBusiness, Misukanis & Odden, Small Army, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, NewsUSA, MediaPost's OMMA conference, TopRank Online Marketing, Creative Chocolate Printing Company, PhizzPop, Internet World UK, Search Engine Strategies, Webmaster Radio, Rovion's InPerson, Snap Shots and Website Magazine.
2008 WebAward Call for Entries
The Web Marketing Association will soon be accepting entries into its 12th annual international WebAward Competition. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks that the Internet Standards Assessment report is based upon. The pharmaceutical industry represents an important category in the WebAward competition, and the Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best Pharmaceutical Web site of 2008. Participants will receive valuable feedback and the opportunity to earn peer recognition. The deadline for entry is May 31, 2008 and the WebAward Web site is located at WebAward08.org.
About the WebAwards
Now in its 12th year, the annual international WebAwards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating Web sites and defining benchmarks based on the seven essential criteria of successful Web site development. The goal of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective Web sites on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from a Web site assessment by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented to an award-winning Web site. For more information, visit WebAward08.org.
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