10th Philippine Web Awards

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief July 9, 2007 · 1 min read

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The 10th Annual Philippine Web Awards (or the Webby’s) is now up and online. This will be the second year in a row that they’ve added Blogs in their list of categories. Last year’s winner was Noemi with her aboutmyrecovery.com blog along with my two other group blogs in the finals.

Again, this year’s Webbys will require a nomination fee — Php2,500 for each nominee except for blogs, organizations and and personal sites which is just Php250.

You think it’s still worth to join the PWA? Here’s my take on that.

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24 Comments

seening.org · 19 years ago

the nominees were posted last week though there’s still no link on their site, i don’t know if it’s official or not.

http://philippinewebawards.com/nominees.asp

es-i-ow · 19 years ago

It is ironic that they are honoring the best of Filipino-websites, but their own website is not functioning as expected and have wrong information.

Media G8Way Corp (organizers of 10th PWA) · 19 years ago

Thank you for your interest in joining the 10th PWA. For all your inquiries about the Philippine Web Awards at en****@mediag8way.com, or phone our office at 812-8401 local 105 and look for Jerry.

seening.org · 19 years ago

well i tried depositing 250 bucks intot heir metrobank account as posted on their site. tried faxing the deposit slip to the number stated on the confirmation email 632-8128401 to 03 loc. 127… it turns out the local (127) didn’t exist -_-

after a week of calling through hoops they gave me a working fax line, though i wonder what happened to my fax.

Dessert Queen · 19 years ago

Nope… couldn’t contact them via: ad****@philippinewebawards.com

E-mail bounced.

http://www.animohosting.com · 19 years ago

The Best things in Life are free

Dessert Queen · 19 years ago

Ah, silly me… the confirmation e-mail that was sent after submitting nomination is valid:

ad****@philippinewebawards.com

Dessert Queen · 19 years ago

I had the same problem as Manuel Villoria. I think there’s a bug in the PayEasy ordering system.

Tried paying online for “Personal” category… which is supposed to be Php250 (or US $5)… but the fee shown was always for the other categories — for $45 instead of $5.

… can’t find a contact e-mail on the site… Who to contact about inquiring about $?

Jazzy · 19 years ago

so even if your site or blog is really the best there is but you didn’t pay to be nominated… you’re out?

I don’t think the result will represent the authentic meaning of what they say “Honoring the best Filipino-made web sites…”

WORDPRO Web Services · 19 years ago

expensive. hehe

Manuel Viloria · 19 years ago

Argh. Tried paying online for a site nominated under the “Blogs” category, and the fee shown was for $45 instead of $5.

Karlo.PinoyBlogero · 19 years ago

I have heard of the Webbys when my college’s website (Mapua) won the award as best college website last year. Wait, was it the webbys or another web award?

I think I’ll go and read the contest mechanics before deciding if I’m going to nominate my blog or not.

Hmm.. could my month-old blog compete with other well established blog in the blogosphere? I don’t think so, but I think I could benefit from the exposure.