2003 Webby Awards

US internet awards ceremony February 2025 The 7th Annual Webby Awards were held in San Francisco, California on June 5, 2003. Due to budget cutbacks made in response to the 2002 Internet bubble, the decision was made to hold this year's ceremony partially online. This would be the last year that the Webbys would be presented in California prior to their relocation in New York City.Rose, Derek. "City Nets Webby Awards." Daily News. 5 April 2005. For this award ceremony, the business category was expanded with the addition of a new award for "Best Online Businesses."Winter, Christine. "South Florida Sun-Sentinel Christine Winter Column." Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. 10 November 2003. This award would be presented for "sites that excel at achieving fundamental business goals such as increasing sales lead generation or enhancing customer loyalty and retention, marketplace impact and innovation."Bainbridge, Jim. "Wal-Mart halts online code site." The Gazette. 21 April 2003. Nominees and winners (from 2003 Webby Awards Winners https://winners.webbyawards.com/search?years=24&sort=0 March 18, 2026 Webby Awards) CategoryWebby Award WinnerPeople's Voice WinnerOther nomineesActivismActForChangeGreenpeaceThe Jane Goodall Institute, Voice Yourself, World Resources InstituteBest PracticesMovable TypeWired NewsCommanding Heights Online, Edutopia Online, Theban Mapping ProjectBroadbandCBC Radio 3CBC Radio 3BET Hollagram, Commanding Heights Online, Heavy, HomelessCommerceAmazon.comAmazon.comArt.com, Fresh Direct, RedEnvelope, The Tire RackComedyget your war onThe OnionEric Conveys an Emotion, oddtodd.com, White HouseCommunityMeetupGeocachingBBC Video Nation, LiveJournal, Nervous IndustriesEducationNASA Earth ObservatoryNASA Earth ObservatoryBrainPOP, Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus, sodaplay, The New York Times Learning NetworkFashion, Style & BeautySHOWstudioStyle.comHint Fashion Magazine, JAPANESE STREETS, LucireFinancial Services & BankingPayPalPayPalClearStation, E-LOAN, Quicken.com, Yahoo! FinanceGamesOrisinalSwirveA Tale in the Desert, Disney's Toontown Online, Indie Game Jam, PopCap GamesGovernment & LawNASANASANational Weather Service, Publius, Rete Civica Iperbole - Comune di Bologna, United NationsHealth & Wellnessteenwire.comHIV STOPS WITH MECancer.gov, lifeclinic.com, Planned Parenthood Golden GateLivingDo-It-Yourself NetworkDo-It-Yourself NetworkBad Girl Swirl, Girl-on-the-street, Kitchens.com, oddtodd.comMovie & FilmindieWireRotten TomatoesBright Lights Film Journal, Metacritic, SPONGIMusicThe Flaming LipsThe Flaming LipsMetacritic, Okayplayer.com, pinknoises.com, Tech.NitionsNetArtListening PostPenny ArcadeAndy Deck-Art Context, BlinkenLights, NYC Surveillance Camera PlayersNewsGoogle NewsBBC News OnlineallAfrica.com, MSNBC, RomeneskoPersonal Blog/WebsiteNobodyHereCockeyed.comDavid Still, Jeff Harris, JenvillePoliticsMoveOn.orgThe NoteCongress.org, Environmental Working Group, IssuesPAPrint & ZinesAlterNetThe OnionBoxes and Arrows, Metropolis Magazine, Shift OnlineRadioEpitonic RadioCBC Radio 3KEXP, This American Life, Transom, Youth RadioReligion & SpiritualityPluralism ProjectGreek Orthodox Archdiocese of AmericaBBCi Religion & Ethics, Girardian Reflections on the Lectionary, Parish of Trinity Church, Ritualwell.orgScienceexploreMarsnowHowStuffWorksEric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, SCIENCE HOBBYIST, ScirusServices & UtilitieseBayeBayEvite, Netflix, Paytrust, VolunteerMatchSportsESPN.comESPN.comNBA.com, Surfline, The Official Site of The America's Cup, Tour de France - 2002Television, Film & StreamingNick.comCartoonNetwork.comAnimal Planet: Future is Wild Interactive, Frontline/World, HBO OnlineTravel & LifestyleLonely Planet OnlineLonely Planet OnlineIgoUgo, Joe Sent Me, SeatGuru, The New York Times: TravelTechnical AchievementApache Web ServerGoogleLaszlo Presentation Server, Linux, phpBBWeirdrathergood.comrathergood.com20th Century Castles, David Hasselhoff Video: Hooked on a Feeling, FORTEAN TIMES ONLINE, Pole Shift PreparationYouth3d&iDisney's Toontown OnlineBAMboozled.org, sodaplay, Whyville References Winners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, the web design firm or internal department that created the winning site and in the case of corporate websites, the designer's client. Web links are provided for informational purposes, both in the most recently available archive.org version before the awards ceremony and, where available, the current website. Many older websites no longer exist, are redirected, or have been substantially redesigned. External links Official website 2003 Category:2003 awards in the United States Category:2003 in San Francisco Category:June 2003 in the United States Category:2003 in Internet culture