Last March 5, we recognized thirty-nine (39) websites as winners of the DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2014. They were recognized at the Amphitheater of Ateneo Graduate of School of Business, Rockwell Drive, Makati City. Most winners gave a 5-minute presentation discussing their website covering what they did in 2013, lessons learned, and plans for 2014. The event was a follow-up of our recent E-Commerce Entrepreneurs Summit that happened last February 15, 2014. The 6th DigitalFilipino Web Awards recognized the changes with the way web sites are being perceived now and how it’s valued. As Filipinos primary Internet activity today is to search and interact through social networks, high quality websites filled with relevant content and its attractiveness for social media sharing influences which websites matter more than the rest. This year – DigitalFilipino Web Awards was made possible with the support of GMO GlobalSign Inc.. To determine the list of winners, we did a scan of local websites in 50 to 100 categories to create the DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2014 list of winners. Selection criteria includes: - Search engine competitiveness - Website traffic stickiness - Technical performance - Social media engagement Congratulations to all the winners and we thank you for accepting our humble recognition. (not in any particular order) Classifieds Category - Sulit.com.ph Retail Store Category - Lazada.com.ph Television – GMANetwork.com New Media Category – Rappler.com Community Category – PinoyExchange.com Broadcast News Category – ABS-CBNNews.com Broadcast News (Emerging) Category – Interaksyon.com Showbiz Category – PEP.ph Fashion Store Category - Zalora.com.ph Retail Store (Emerging) Category - cdrking.com Specialist Marketplace Category - Nuffnang.com.ph Specialist Marketplace (Emerging) Category – Freelancer.com Technology Category – Yugatech.com Real Estate Category – MyProperty.ph Logistics Category - Xend.com.ph Sports Category – Spin.ph Video-on-Demand Category - iwantv.com.ph Government Category - DOST.gov.ph Newspaper Category – Philstar.com Newspaper Category – Inquirer.net Entertainment Blog Category – FashionPulis.com Personal Blog Category – FrancRamon.com Entrepreneur Blog Category – PartyDollManila.com Messaging Category – Chikka.com New Media (Emerging) Category – TenMinutes.ph Bank Category – UnionBankPH.com Bank Category – BPIExpressOnline.com Jobs Category - JobStreet.com.ph Airline Category – CebuPacificAir.com Telecommunication Category - Globe.com.ph Society Category – Spot.ph Guide Category – ClickTheCity.com Restaurant Category – MunchPunch.com Internet Service Category – PLDTHome.com Directory Category - Topblogs.com.ph Magazine Category - FHM.com.ph Magazine Category - TopGear.com.ph Daily Deals Category – MetroDeal.com Food Blog Category – ThePeachKitchen.com Should you have any questions, Janette Toral can be reached through Facebook private message (http://facebook.com/janettectoral). P.S. We initially dubbed this as a 2013 award. However, as we got input from present stats in finalizing the winners and the next one will take quite sometime (in 2 to 3 years), we decided to refer to this recognition as a 2014 award. As we also got several “tie” situations, we recognize that we need to improve our input signals and shall study this in preparation for our next award that may happen within the next 3 years.
