The ninth annual 2005 Webby Awards ceremony was held in New York City on June 8, 2005. It was hosted by comedian Rob Corddry, and judging took place covering 4,300 sites from more than 40 countries by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.[1][2] Al Gore was awarded a lifetime achievement award and for his five-word acceptance speech he delivered the frequently-cited line, "Please don't recount this vote" – a reference to the 2000 Florida election recount.[3][4]
Nominees and winners
| Category | Winner | People's Voice winner | Other nominees |
| Activism | World Citizen's Guide (Archived 6 June 2005 via Wayback) |
IFAW |
The Great Divide Website (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) |
| The Migration Information Source (Archived 9 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Voices of Civil Rights (Archived 7 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Art | Graffiti Archaeology (Archived 9 June 2005 via Wayback) |
WordCount / Tracking the Way We Use Language (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) |
Electric Sheep (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) |
| Horizons: Canadian and Russian Landscape Painting (1860-1940) (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Tate Online (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Best Practices | Google (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) |
HBO: Ali G micro site (Archived 7 June 2005 via Wayback) | |
| NetSmartz Kids (Archived 6 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| PBS FRONTLINE/World | |||
| The Merck Manual -- Second Home Edition Online | |||
| Broadband | Elevator Moods (http://www.elevatormoods.com) |
Headline History (Archived 5 June 2005 via Wayback) |
AdCritic.com |
| Capote Circus (Archived 11 April 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| CBC Radio 3 (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Games | Metaphorical.net (Archived 7 June 2005 via Wayback) |
Miniclip (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) |
Hot Shot Business |
| Myst Revelations Web Site | |||
| Spooks 3 Games - The Grid (Archived 25 May 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Games-Related | i love bees (Halo 2 Promotion) |
GameSpot |
GameSpy |
| Metacritic (Archived 7 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Archived 17 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Humor | Rathergood |
Eddie Izzard (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) |
National Lampoon |
| The Subservient Chicken | |||
| Four Word Film Review (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Sports | WhatIfSports (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) |
ESPN.com (Archived 13 June 2005 via Wayback) |
BBC Sport (Archived 14 June 2005 via Wayback) |
| Marmot - Climb Sepu (Archived 27 April 2005 via Wayback) | |||
| Mavericks Surf Contest (Archived 8 June 2005 via Wayback) | |||
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.
- ↑ Staff. "Reporter's Notebook: GEICO wins insurance site Webby." Claims. 1 July 2005.
- ↑ Staff. "Beyond the Bottom Line." Stanford Social Innovation Review. 1 July 2005.
- ↑ Walker, Leslie. "Mercora Turns to Users To Generate Streaming Music." The Washington Post. 12 June 2005.
- ↑ Staff. "Names & Faces." The Washington Post. 8 June 2005.