The Webby Awards honors the best in Websites, Interactive Advertising & Media, Online Film & Video and Mobile & Apps. The Academy evaluates Web sites based on six criteria: content, structure and navigation, visual design, functionality, interactivity, and overall experience.

Adobe recognizes projects based on strong visual design, technical execution, usability, interesting and/or timely content, ROI and benefit to the organization as well as overall innovative use of Adobe products.

The Dell Small Business Excellence Award honors businesses that apply technology in innovative ways to improve the customer experience and grow. "Any business or organization needs the Web today to tell a story, and we know that content-rich applications help tell a story the best. Unfortunately the next thing we all learn is that managing that content and keeping it fresh can quickly become very expensive or very time consuming. That’s exactly what GroundWork Design, based in Richmond, Virginia, helps clients address."