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| Awarded for | "Excellence on the Internet including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile content. "[1] |
| Presented by | International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences |
| First awarded | 1994-1996 (World Wide Web Organization) 1996 - Present (International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences) |
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The Webby Awards is an international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites, presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences since 1996. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences or IADAS was founded in 1998 in New York to help drive the progress of the Internet and evolving The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences or IADAS was founded in 1998 in New York to help drive the progress of the Internet and evolving Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) There is also a second set of awards called the People's Voice Awards for the same categories which are given by popular vote.
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History
The phrase The Webby Awards was used from 1994-1996 by the World Wide Web Organization, [2] which was first introduced in 1994 by WebMagic, Cisco Systems and ADX Kentrox. As one of its services, it sponsored "the monthly Webby awards to spotlight online innovation. Web. org was decommissioned in 1997. [3][4]
The phrase The Webby Awards has been used since 1996 to describe an annual awards ceremony. It was initially sponsored by The Web magazine which was published by IDG, and produced by Tiffany Shlain. International Data Group ( IDG) is a technology media research and event management organization Tiffany Shlain is an acclaimed filmmaker and the founder of The Webby Awards. Winners were selected by a group which would officially become the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) in 1998. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences or IADAS was founded in 1998 in New York to help drive the progress of the Internet and evolving After The Web Magazine closed, the ceremonies continued. [5]
In 2006, The Webby Awards launched three new award programs including categories honoring interactive advertising, mobile content, and the Webby Film and Video Awards, which honors original film and video premiering on the Internet. In 2008, the 12th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries worldwide. [6]
Awards granted
Categories
The Webby Awards are presented in over 100 categories among all four types of entries. A website can be entered on multiple categories and receive multiple awards. [7]
In each category, two awards are handed out: a Webby Award selected by a panel of judges, and a People's Voice Award selected by the votes of visitors to the The Webby Awards site. [8]
Acceptance speeches
The Webbys are famous for limiting recipients to five word speeches, which are often humorous. For example, in 2006 Cute Overload's was "not bad for posting kittens" and TripAdvisor's was "because some hotels really suck". Cute Overload is a Weblog consisting of photos and videos of " cute " animals TripAdvisorcom is a free Travel guide and research Website that hosts reviews from users and other information designed to help plan a Vacation. At the 2007 awards, David Bowie's speech was "I only get five words? Shit, that was five. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Four more there. That's three. Two. "[9]
Criticism
The Webbys have been criticized for their pay-to-enter and pay-to-attend policies, and for not taking most websites into consideration before distributing their awards. [10][11]
See also
- List of Webby Award winners
- Web Marketing Association WebAwards
- Interactive Media Awards
References
- ^ About. This is a list of the winners of companies and websites that won the annual Webby Awards of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The international WebAwards Website awards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating websites and defining Benchmarks based The Interactive Media Awards Inc (IMA is an annual international Website awards competition designed to recognize excellence in website design innovation and development Webby Awards. Retrieved on 2008-06-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected
- ^ http://web.archive.org/19970129221734/web.org/webby/
- ^ WebMagic, Inc. Site Archive
- ^ This is Web dot Org!
- ^ Webby Awards - History
- ^ Webby Awards to honor David Burne and Lorne Michaels for lifetime achievment. The Webby Awards (2008-05-28). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Retrieved on 2008-06-01. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected
- ^ Category definitions. The Webby Awards. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
- ^ Webby Awards - Categories
- ^ Bowie, Beastie Boys honoured in Webbys
- ^ http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-hypertext-webbys-0514may14,0,6525152.column
- ^ http://www.slate.com/id/2188581/
Further reading
- Joanna Glasner, "Usual Suspects Dominate Webbys" - Wired News, May 9, 2006
- Leslie Walker, "Webby Awards Salute Online Originality", Washington Post, June 8, 2003
- Jack Shafer, "What? You've Not Been Honored by the Webbys?", Slate Magazine, April 9, 2008
External links
- The Webby Awards (Official Website)
- 2007 Acceptance Speeches
- Current Webby Award Winners
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