The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web’s infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.
The Webby Awards presents two honors in every category — The Webby Award and The People’s Voice Award — in each of its four entry types: Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile. Members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences select the nominees for both awards in each category, as well as the winners of the Webby Awards. However, you, the online community, determine the winners of The People’s Voice by voting for the nominated work that you believe to be the best in each category. Each year, the People’s Voice Awards garners hundreds of thousands of votes from the Web community all over the world.
The Webby awards are like the Academy Awards for the internet. They have been around for 12 years now, which is ancient in the life of the internet. There are nearly 70 categories. Including Art, Automotive, Bill Paying, Politics, Podcasts, Radio, and even Personal Websites just to name a few. The sites that win theses awards should be the best of the internet. Let’s take a look at some.
| Category | Webby Award | People’s Choice |
| Art | Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years | Artocracy |
| Best Use Of Photography | Your Shot – National Geographic Magazine | PENTAX Photo Gallery |
| Blog-Cultural or Personal | Post Secret | Post Secret |
| Movie and Film | The Simpsons Movie | The Simpsons Movie |
| Music | BBC Radio 1 Meet the DJs | Resident Advisor |
| Personal Web Site | The Whale Hunt | Skull A Day |
| Podcasts | TED.com | The Onion |
| Portfolio | RED Universe | RED Universe |
| Weird | Passive-Aggressive Notes | I Can Has Cheezburger? |
That is just a small sample. The rest can be found here. What do you think artists? Is your web site worthy of a Webby? Is it a worthy goal? If your interested in marketing yourself via the internet I think it is a worthy goal. All the sites that are Webby Nominees are good places to go when researching what people look for in a website. What features and content get people to visit your website and more importantly what gets them coming back for more?
Maybe next season Art Palaver can find itself being nominated for a Webby. If that is to be the case I have a lot of work do and a tough journey ahead of me. Want to join me?
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