Editing Webby Awards (section)

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{{short description|Award for online content}}
{{Infobox award
| name           = The Webby Awards
| image          = Webby Awards.svg
| imagesize      = 150px
| caption        = Webby Awards logo
| awarded_for    = "Excellence on the Internet including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video and Mobile content."<ref name="about">{{cite web| url=http://www.webbyawards.com/about/| title=About The Webby Awards| publisher=Webby Awards| access-date=November 14, 2017| archive-date=August 27, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150827020442/http://www.webbyawards.com/about/| url-status=live}}</ref>
| presenter      = [[International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences]]
| country        = 
| year           = {{start date and age|1996}}
| website        = {{url|webbyawards.com}}
}}

The '''Webby Awards''' (colloquially referred to as the '''Webbys''') are [[List of web awards|awards for excellence]] on the [[Internet]] presented annually by the [[International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences]], a judging body composed of over three thousand industry experts and technology innovators. Categories include [[websites]], advertising and media, online film and video, mobile sites and apps, and social.<ref name="about"/>

Two winners are selected in each category, one by members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and one by the public who cast their votes during Webby People's Voice voting.<ref name="about"/> Each winner presents a five-word acceptance speech, a trademark of the annual awards show.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Castillo|date=May 20, 2014|first1=Michelle|title=The Most Memorable 5-Word Webby Award Speeches Expressing gratitude in sound bites|url=http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/most-memorable-5-word-webby-award-speeches-157864|publisher=AdWeek|access-date=May 5, 2015|archive-date=May 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513012650/http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/most-memorable-5-word-webby-award-speeches-157864|url-status=live}}</ref>

In its early years, the award was hailed as the "Internet’s highest honor" and was associated with the phrase "The [[Academy Award|Oscars]] of the Internet."<ref>{{cite news|last1=HEFFERNAN|first1=VIRGINIA|title=Broadcast Spoofs|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/magazine/20wwln-medium-t.html?_r=0|work=[[New York Times]]|access-date=May 5, 2015|date=April 20, 2008|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115083201/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/magazine/20wwln-medium-t.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Richtel, Matt. ''[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE5D8123EF934A35752C0A96F958260 NEWS WATCH; Forget the Oscars, Here Come the Webbys] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318100227/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/07/technology/news-watch-forget-the-oscars-here-come-the-webbys.html |date=March 18, 2020 }}''. [[New York Times]]. January 7, 1999.</ref><ref>Kaplan, Karen ''[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-14-fi-53879-story.html Awards Count On Firm for Accuracy] ''. [[Los Angeles Times]]. December 14, 1998.</ref><ref>''[https://www.theguardian.com/advertising/history-of-guardian-online A brief history of guardian.co.uk]''. [[The Guardian]]. April 30, 2010.</ref>