Only Two Weeks Before the 2008 WebAwards Entry Deadline

With only two weeks to go until the entry deadline, we thought we would give you our 10 reasons you should enter the Web Marketing Association's 12th annual WebAward Competition for Website development. If you have already completed your entries, congratulations. If you have not yet entered, stop waiting and get your Websites entered so you can receive the recognition you deserve.

Using data from award winning Websites of the 2007 WebAward competition, the Web Marketing Association has put together these interesting statistics:

• In-House vs. Agencies - 51% of websites which won a WebAward were designed by an in-house team alone while the other half were developed with the input of an agency or agencies. So both agencies and corporate marketing departments have been successful in entering the WebAwards.

• Large vs Small Sites - More than half (51%) of websites which won a WebAward were reportedly created on a budget of less than $50,000. So the WebAwards is not like some other Web site award programs that look to big name winners and celebrities to name as winners.

• Computer Platform - 58% of websites which won a WebAward were designed on a Windows-based PC compared to 42% of award-winning sites which used a Macintosh-based computer. When you look at which computer was used in the programming of the award-winning Websites, PC were used in 81% of the winning entries verses only 19% that used Macs. So sites developed on both systems can and will win.

• Of the participants who provided data, 74.3% of the winning entries last year used Flash to enhance the user experience.

• Almost 70% offered the ability to join a mailing list and only 29% offered RSS feeds. More winning sites are looking to add RSS (27.3%) than any other technology.

• 43% of winning entries used streaming video and 35.5% used streaming audio on their winning site.

• Only 10% of the winning sites currently offer live chat on their site.

• Finally, 21% offer their site in multiple languages. (and the WebAwards can judge sites in 7 languages)

Award winning Web development is what the WebAwards are all about. Winning accolades in the 2008 WebAwards - the Internet's premier award recognition program, is a great way to stand out from others in your industry. It creates a great marketing opportunity for your award winning site and it can't hurt your reputation in the industry to be winning awards! You will also receive valuable feedback from our judges and benchmarks for your industry. But you won't get anything if you don't enter!

To enter, log in to your Nominator account here. Entering is easy and re-entering a site from last year can be done with a single click! Just don't wait - the deadline is May 31st! www.webaward.org