Sunday, December 20, 2009

Online Community Web Sites Benchmarked in New Internet Study

According to the Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR) appear by the Web Marketing Association, online association abutting the WebAwards in 1998 and, afterwards several years of aloft boilerplate Web development, has collapsed below the accepted for the accomplished two years. Even so, they outperformed the 3-year belief averages above the board.

Boston, MA -- According to the Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR) appear by the Web Marketing Association, online association abutting the WebAwards in 1998 and, afterwards several years of aloft boilerplate Web development, has collapsed below the accepted for the accomplished two years. Even so, they outperformed the 3-year belief averages above the board. The ISAR abstraction provides industry benchmarks for Web website development and is based on abstracts calm from 9,748 Web website evaluations in added than 80 industries over the accomplished decade. A archetype of the abounding address can be downloaded at http://www.webaward.org/isar_report.asp.

“Online communities are the forerunner to today’s amusing networking,” said William Rice, admiral of the Web Marketing Association. “Online communities are an important allotment of the World Wide Web experience. The best online communities are focused on a chargeless breeze of advice and account amid members; however, spam continues to be a connected botheration in a lot of complete online forums.”

Since 1997, the Web Marketing Association has been administering its anniversary WebAward Competition for Web website development. The Internet Standards Assessment Report is the after-effects of about a decade of absolute evaluations of Web website development based on seven categories: design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and affluence of use.

Here are some of the accomplished WebAwards Best Online Community Web website winners.

2005 Procter & Gamble's Beinggirl Website
2004 WeightWatchers.com
2003 CokeMusic.com
2002 Oxygen.com

A complete account of accomplished winners and the access anatomy for companies who ambition to attempt for 2006 ceremoniousness can be begin at http://www.webaward2006.org.

Online communities adulatory to accept their Web website evaluated adjoin the ISAR Index and be advised for a WebAward, which can advice addition a Web sites believability and business efforts, can appoint their website at www.webawards2006.org.

“Of course, as in every industry, there are online communities Web sites that angle out and others that don’t accomplish the grade,” assured Rice. “Our ambition has consistently been to be added than just a acceptance or adorableness challenge that rewards casting names and acceptable design. Instead, this ISAR abstraction is advised to acknowledgment some amount to every aspirant with ascribe as to what Internet professionals should strive for in their Web website development efforts in an objective, empiric and able way.”

2006 WebAward Call for Entries

The Web Marketing Association is now accepting entries into its 10th anniversary all-embracing WebAward Competition. The WebAwards is the standards-defining antagonism that sets industry benchmarks that the Internet Standards Assessment address is based upon. Online communities represent an important chic in the WebAward competition, and the Web Marketing Association will afresh be anniversary the Best Online Community Web website of 2006. The borderline for access is May 31, 2006 and the WebAward Web website is amid at http://www.webawards2006.org.

About the WebAwards

The 10th anniversary all-embracing WebAwards antagonism sets the accepted of arete in 95 industry categories by evaluating Web sites and defining benchmarks based on the seven capital belief of acknowledged Web website development. The ambition of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to accommodate a appointment to admit the humans and organizations amenable for developing some of the a lot of able Web sites on the Internet today. Entrants account from a Web website appraisal by a able anticipation console and the business opportunities presented to an award-winning Web site. For added information, appointment www.webawards2006.org.

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