Updated Web Marketing Association' Internet Standards Assessment Report Includes Historical Data Derived from a Decade of Hosting Internet Award Competition, WebAwards, and Provides Best Practices for Legal Web Design
West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) March 16, 2009 --WebAward.org - The Web Marketing Association, host of leading web site awards competition WebAwards, released the Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR) to help the legal industry learn to create more effective and engaging web sites.
"As the standard of excellence for web sites continues to increase, consumers (and WebAward judges) are increasingly picky about what they consider to be an effective web site," said William Rice, president of the Web Marketing Association, Inc. "Lawyers are not known to be risk takers and many of their web sites reflect that philosophy. The best legal Web sites are thought leaders for their areas of expertise, using corporate logs to write about important topics."
The WebAwards competition judges legal web sites on seven criteria that combined create award-winning web sites:
- Design
- Innovation
- Content
- Technology
- Interactivity
- Copywriting
- Ease of use
Legal Web sites are generally in line, but slightly below the overall ISAR index for web development. Legal sites score well in ease of use, content, copywriting, and design. They score lowest in technology and innovation. Legal Web sites have underperformed the 5-year criteria benchmark averages in all areas.
The 2008 WebAward for Best Legal Web site went to The Attorney Store for GETLEGAL.COM - Interactive Resource for the Public and Legal Professionals.
Other past winners include:
- 2007 carbonhouse, inc. for Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC.
- 2006 Thomson-FindLaw for Yanowitch Law, P.A.
- 2005 Frost Brown Todd LLC for Frost Brown Todd LLC
- 2004 Pierce Atwood for Pierce Atwood - Attorneys at Law
- 2003 Pepper Hamilton LLP for pepperlaw.com
- 2002 Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP for Lanepowell.com
A complete list of past winners can be found at legal.webaward.org.
Companies and organizations wishing to have their legal web site evaluated against the ISAR Index and be considered for a WebAward, which can help boost a Web site's credibility and marketing efforts, can learn more at WebAward.org.
To request your copy of the 2009 WebAward ISAR report, please visit: WebAward.org.
The Internet Standards Assessment report and the 2009 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: Burst Media, B2B Magazine, BGT Partners, PRWeb, AllBusiness, ExactTarget, ad:tech conferences, NewsUSA, Microsoft PhizzPop, Internet World, AllBusiness, Search Engine Strategies, Webmaster Radio, Rovion, and Website Magazine.
2009 WebAward Call for Entries
The Web Marketing Association is now accepting entries into its 13th annual international WebAward Competition. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks that the Internet Standards Assessment report is based upon. The legal industry represents an important category in the WebAward competition, and the Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best Legal Web site of 2009. The deadline for entry is May 29, 2009 and the WebAward Web site is located at WebAward.org.
About the WebAwards
Now in its 13th year, the annual international WebAwards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating Web sites and defining benchmarks based on the seven essential criteria of successful Web site development. The goal of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective Web sites on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from a Web site assessment by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented to an award-winning Web site. For more information, visit WebAward.org.
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