The best of the web are chosen

On Tuesday evening, the "Best of Swiss Web 2008" award ceremony took place in Zurich's Kongresshaus. In addition to the announcement of the lucky winners in seven categories, the event also featured an honorary award and a show block with Mörgeli impersonator Fabian Unteregger.
The winners in the individual categories are: Iconomix.ch (Swiss National Bank client; Liip execution), Tvprogramm.sf.tv (Swiss Television; Namics), Oskope.com (SCT Communications; Oskope Media), Freitag.ch (Freitag lab.; Unic), Laax.com (Weisse Arena Group; Assai Interactive) and Remix.graubuenden.ch/remix.php (Graubünden Ferien; Jung von Matt/Limmat). The site Iconomix.ch won in two categories. The jury did not award any prize in the "Usability" category.
This year's honorary award went to David Nüscheler from the Basel-based company Day. He joined Day's predecessor company in 1994 and, as "chief technology officer," has made a significant contribution to the growth of the Web developer, according to the award organizers. The award is intended to honor Nüscheler's role in the development of standards for content management systems.
The "Master of Swiss Web 2008" was also chosen in a public vote: The votes of the guests at the Award Night, together with the results of a vote among Netzwoche readers, decided on the winner. His name is
. Cmsbox is a content management system designed to enable inexperienced users to create and manage the content of a website themselves. Cmsbox.com won with 22.4 percent of all votes. Right behind them were Freitag.ch and Tvprogramm.sf.tv. In Euro 2008, there was also a football prize up for grabs at the "Best of Swiss Web". The winner was determined by voting on Punkt.ch and the votes of the jury. They have
voted the best football marketing site. Dominique Herr, Switzerland's 1994 World Cup player in the USA, announced the winner. The best website of the countries participating in the European Championship was that of Italy.

 
Category website client execution
Quote from the jury's appreciation of Technology Quality

Swiss National Bank (SNB)
Liip AG,
Berne/Fribourg/Zurich

"Iconomix is a playful easy to understand ELearning site. It has been implemented in a very solid technological way."
 
Technology Innovation

Swiss television
Namics AG, St. Gallen
"It is an innovative solution with sensible, appropriate, yet consistent use of new technologies."
 
Creation
 
 
SCT Communications, Zurich
oSkope Media GmbH,
Zurich
 
"Successful application with zeitgeist charm for visual search in the flood of images from Amazon, Flickr, Ebay & Co". Business Efficiency
Friday lab., Zurich
Unic AG, Zurich/Bern
"The site impresses with its design reduced to the essentials, a very innovative and intuitive visual presentation, as well as a high level of interactivity and a clean implementation."
 
Online marketing
White Arena Group
Assai Interactive Inc,
Zurich
 
"The site manages to stand out from the usual tourism offerings." Online & Mobile
Campaigns
Grisons vacations
Jung von Matt/Limmat,
Zurich
"The campaign manages to create a real viral effect with innovative use of the online medium."
 
Usability No Winner "Despite an above-average usability year, the judges found no entries worthy of gold this year."
 
Public Affairs Swiss National Bank (SNB)
Liip AG,
Berne/Fribourg/Zurich
 
The Swiss National Bank's e-learning site is "playfully easy to understand".                
The silver and bronze winners: "Technology Quality" category

Silver seal:
Cmsbox - The content management with system:
Cmsbox GmbH / Cmsbox GmbH 105TV - Interactive WebTV: Radio 105, Music First Network AG / Divio GmbH
Bronze seal:
Le Menu: Swiss Milk Producers SMP, Bern / Netvertising AG
Friday: Freitag lab. AG / Unic AG
Oskope visual search: Oskope Media Gmbh / SCT Communications
International HolidayCalendar: Swiss Post International Management AG / Werbal GmbH
Business Efficiency" category
 
Silver seal:
Eventbooster: Cinergy AG / Cinergy AG
PostFinance, Redesign: PostFinance / Crealogix AG / Zeix AG
Einsiedeln Monastery Square: Pro Kloster Einsiedeln Foundation / Crealogix AG
Bronze seal:
Advertisement Editor: Autobörse Medien AG / Local.ch AG / Zeix AG
Fleurope.ch: Fleurop-Interflora Schweiz AG / Fleurop-Interflora Switzerland AG
Category "Online Marketing

Silver seal:
Swisscom Broadband: Swisscom Fixnet AG / Contexta AG / Planetactive GmbH, Zurich Office
Bronze seal:
Nivea Deodorant Pearl & Beauty: Beiersdorf AG / 316tn interactive and classical media GmbH
Actilife.ch: Migros Cooperative Alliance / Assai Interactive AG
Ringier online kiosk Online-kiosk.ch: Ringier AG / Orange8 interactive AG
Online & Mobile Campaigns" category

Silver seal:
KPT einzeltraining.ch: KPT/CPT Insurance / Netvertising AG
Sunrise: Sunrise Communications AG / Spielplatz.cc Mobile Marketing GmbH
Autoscout24 Hot Cars quartet: Autoscout24 / Maxomedia
Bronze seal:
Namics Christmas Website: Namics AG / Namicsrotweiss
Bock Buster: Breso AG / Orange8 interactive AG
Bruno Bondi Show: Swisscom Fixnet AG / Contexta AG
Hilti "40 Years More than a Tool" Microsite: Hilti Befestigungstechnik AG / Crealogix AG
 
 
Usability" category
Silver seal:
Cmsbox - The Content Management with System: Cmsbox GmbH / Cmsbox GmbH
Le Menu: Swiss Milk Producers SMP, Bern / Netvertising AG
Oskope visual search: Oskope media Gmbh / SCT Communications
Blick Online, Redesign: Ringier AG / Orange8 interactive AG
Bronze seal:
Hausinfo - Guide to home ownership: Gebäudeversicherung Bern / Born Informatik AG
Keystone image portal: Keystone / Nose AG Design Intelligence
Public Affairs" category

Silver seal:
University of Zurich: University of Zurich, Unicom / Eyekon AG
Sf.tv Tubii: Swiss Television / Gosub Communications Gmbh
Bronze seal:
Swissinfo New English Portal: Swissinfo / Swissinfo
Swissmem: Swissmem / Swissmem
Creation" category

Silver seal:
Laax.com: Weisse Arena Group / Assai Interactive AG
Friday: Friday lab. ag / Unic AG
Bronze seal:
KPT einzeltraining.ch: KPT/CPT Insurance / Netvertising AG
Peugeot.ch, Virtual Showroom Homepage: Peugeot (Suisse) SA / Orange8 interactive AG
Sauerland Archive: Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek / Futurecom
Category "Technology Innovation

Silver seal:
Oskope visual search: Oskope Media Gmbh / SCT Communications
Cmsbox - The Content Management with System: Cmsbox GmbH / Cmsbox GmbH
Bronze seal:
Capricorn Remix: Graubünden Ferien / Jung von Matt / Limmat
Friday: Freitag lab. AG / Unic AG
Homeservice portal: Swisscom (Schweiz) AG / Crealogix AG
International HolidayCalendar: Swiss Post International Management AG / Werbal GmbH
Tel.search.ch, Instant feedback: Räber Information Manag. GmbH / Räber Information Manag. GmbH