FREEWEBS WINS OUTSTANDING WEBSITE AWARD.Freewebs, Silver Spring, Md., the company that offers the web's most open personal publishing See blog, wiki and citizen journalism. platform and helps people unleash their creativity online with free website building tools (www.freewebs.com <http://www.freewebs.com/> ), today announced it received the award for "Best Portal Site Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. " by the Web Marketing Association (www.webaward.org <http://www.webaward.org/> ). The Web Marketing Association's annual WebAwards are highly coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. by web designers and developers and distinguish the best-of-the-best in the industry. "We are thrilled to be recognized by the Web Marketing Association for this prestigious award," said Haroon Mokhtarzada, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Freewebs. "Great design and usability are integral parts of our effort to remain the absolute best personal publishing platform on the web." Freewebs also recently announced it has launched a beta version A pre-shipping release of hardware or software that has gone through alpha test. A beta version of software is supposed to be very close to the final product, but, in practice, it is more a way of getting users to test the software in the first place under real conditions. of a social networking See social networking site. social networking - social network and Web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both. site, Pagii (www.pagii.com <http://www.pagii.com/> ), which combines the features of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook with the innovative approach of Web and desktop publishing. Pagii's browser-based technology allows users to use the project flexibly, from anywhere, without having to download software. Now in its 11th year, the annual WebAward competition received nominations from 2,400 sites from 40 countries in 96 industry categories. Entries were judged on design, copy writing, innovation, content, interactivity, navigation, and use of technology. A complete list of the winning sites can be found at the WebAward Website: http://www.WebAward.org About Freewebs.com Freewebs is the company that offers the web's most open personal publishing platform, dedicated to ensuring everyone in the world can create a quality multimedia website. For anyone with an Internet connection and something to share, Freewebs provides the toolkit to express their voice on the Web through its versatile publishing platform. To date, Freewebs members have created more than 17 million comprehensive websites including blogs, photos, videos, music, e-commerce and more. Founded in 2001, Freewebs is privately held and based in Silver Spring, MD. For more information, call 646/382-4291. |
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