The 2009 Digital Filipino Web Awards will be the third straight year for this digital community of e-commerce enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and professionals to recognize the best website Philippine websites and blogs and right now, they are calling for nominations.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with what the Digital Filipino Web Awards is about, here’s a short description from the official website:
The 3rd DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards aims to advocate the use of Internet and e-Commerce for business development, through the identification, promotion, and highlighting of best e-Commerce practices from various websites in the Philippines.
Websites in over forty categories will be reviewed and judged for their ability to create a noticeable presence on the Internet — their ability to be seen and heard among all the noise and clutter of the Net. Commercial websites will also be reviewed for their ability to conduct e-Commerce in simple yet professional manner.
Below are the categories for the Digital Filipino Web Awards:
- Art
- Apparel / Fashion
- Association / Organization
- Automotive / Cars
- Beauty
- Blog – Corporate
- Blog – Personal
- Blog – Professional
- Books
- Computer / Consumer Electronics
- Community
- Consumer Banking / Bills Payment
- Corporate / Professional
- Education
- Events / Conferences
- Financial Services
- Food
- Games
- Gifts
- Government
- Guides / Review
- Home Furnishings
- Insurance
- Jobs / Employment
- Magazine
- Mobile
- Music / Movie / Film
- Newspaper
- Pharmaceuticals / Health
- Podcast
- Politics
- Real Estate
- Restaurant
- School / University
- Services
- Specialty / Non-Apparel
- Shopping Portal / Auction
- Social Networking
- Telecommunication / Value-Added Services
- Travel
- Tourism
All entries are nominated by the public, as well as from industry, and will be judged openly by members of the DigitalFilipino.com Club. Deadline for nominations is on October 19th. If you want to help and support this project, you are strongly encouraged to donate so that the organizers can sustain this project.
If you want to learn who the winners are from last year’s awards, check out the list of 2008 Digital Filipino Web Awards winners.
For further information regarding this event like the Timeline and Judging Criteria, check out the official Digital Filipino Web Awards website.
@Teejay – Did you forget about it or you didn’t know it was on going? Don’t worry, you can make up for it and do it next year. ;)
:( Never had the chance to nominate anyone.
@dimaks – Oh okay. You can do it next year. ;)
sad to say, i was not able to send any nomination.. i got flooded with office related assignments that day :|
@dimaks – You’re welcome! So were you able to send your nominations? :D
thanks for the heads up Jaypee.. the deadline is today, so barely a day to scour the web for the nominees :)