Best Food and Beverage Websites of 2013 to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 17th Annual WebAward Competition

HARTFORD, Conn., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best food and beverage Websites in the world as part of their 17th annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including food and beverage websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for food and beverage websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2013.

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Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use.

Each year the Web Marketing Association names the best industry websites based on the scores submitted by the competition judges.

Recent winners of the Best Food Web site include:

2012 - Biggs|Gilmore for Froot Loops - Sooper Loopers
2011 – Biggs|Gilmore for Apple Jacks – Catch the Taste
2010 – Biggs|Gilmore for Apple Jacks – Catch the Taste
2009 – G2 interactive for Fishful Thinking
2008 - XylemCCI for Jack Link's Beef Jerky Web site

Recent winners of the Best Beverage Web site include:

2012 - Odwalla & 360i forOdwalla Goodness Grows Here
2011 – Asterix Group for You Don't Know Oz
2010  Hungama Digital Media for Pepsi - The Game
2009 BLITZ Agency for Naked Juice Web Site
2008 Eurorscg 4D Amsterda, for Carte Noire: 'Une Declaration Nommee Desir'

Food and Beverage Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2013 Best Food Website or Best Beverage Website WebAward at the WebAward Website.

The 2013 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: BGT Partners, PR Newswire, Burst Media, EContent Magazine, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, Internet World UK, SES Conferences, Webmaster Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

About the WebAwards

The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help define the standard of excellence for online marketing. Our internationally known award programs, such as WebAward Competition for Website Development, Internet Advertising Competition and the MobileWebAwards, recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective online marketing programs on the Internet today.  Entrants benefit from assessment of their marketing efforts by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented by being recognized as an award-winning web developer.

SOURCE Web Marketing Association