Internet: Revealed - Britain's websites of the year

The winners of the 2008 edition of the Website of the Year awards -UK's most important people's choice award for websites- are revealed today on http://www.websiteoftheyear.co.uk.

This year, 223 websites were nominated over 18 categories. More than 1.500.000 votes were cast between November 3 and December 8.

Everyclick.com was chosen UK's "Best Website of 2008" because of its content, navigation and design. Wayn.com was chosen by the public as UK's "Most popular website of 2008" with more than 15.000 votes.

In each category there are two prizes to win: The title 'Best Website of the Year' is provided to the website with the highest average score on content, navigation and design. The title 'Most Popular Website' is provided to the website with the highest number of votes.

The following websites are the winners of the 2008 Best Website of the
Year awards:

Best and most popular career site: CharityJob.co.uk
Best and most popular community: Wayn.com
Best and most popular fun & games site: Zylom.co.uk
Best and most popular ISP & Telecom site: Nokia.co.uk
Best and most popular Media sharing site: YouTube.com
Best and most popular Real Estate site: Zoopla.co.uk
Best and most popular Non Profit site: CancerResearchUK.org
Best and most popular portal: iGoogle

Best Automotive Site: Autoexposure.co.uk
Most Popular Automotive site: Autotrader.co.uk
Best Entertainment Site: Kontraband.com
Most Popular Entertainment Site: MTV.co.uk
Best Finance Site: BBC business news
Most Popular Finance site: Paypal.com
Best News Site: Newsnow.co.uk
Most Popular News site: BBC News
Best Search and Find site: Everyclick.com
Most Popular Search and Find site: Google.co.uk
Best Shopping site: Dooyoo.co.uk
Most Popular Shopping site: Ebay.co.uk
Best Sports site: Arsenal.com
Most Popular Sports site: ManUtd.com
Best Travel site: Trivago.co.uk
Most Popular Travel site: Tripadvisor.co.uk
Best TV & Radio site: Discovery.com
Most Popular TV & Radio site: BBC.co.uk
Best Body & Mind site: Womens-Health.co.uk
Most popular Body & Mind site: MensHealth.co.uk

About the Website of the Year

"Website of the Year" is the people's-choice website award initiative by online research agency Metrixlab.

Source: Metrixlab Bv

Published by Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting
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