Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services and the registry operator for the .INFO top-level domain (TLD), announced that the 2010 .INFO Awards is now open for public vote. Anyone around the world can now vote for their favorite of the top 10 .INFO nominees selected by a panel of judges. Each voter will also automatically be entered to win a new Apple iPad.
“With over six and a half million domain names and millions of live sites, .INFO is the home of information on the Web and we look forward to the opportunity each year to reward the best .INFO sites out there,” said Roland LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer for Afilias. “Now you have the opportunity have a voice in the program, and show your support for your favorite of this year’s nominees.”
The 2010 panel of judges included seven distinguished individuals from the online, media and technology industries. They included: Dominik Grollmann, editor in chief, Internet World Business (Germany); Grant Allaway, group managing director, AD2ONE (UK); Peter Prestipino, editor in chief, Website Magazine (US), Liam Eagle, editor in chief, the Web Host Industry Review (Canada); Anand Parthasarathy, editor, IndiaTechOnline.com (India); Katy Tafoya, creator and editor, ConstantChatter.com (US); and Philipp Grabensee chairman of the board, Afilias (Germany).
This panel selected the following websites as the top 10 nominees for the Best .INFO website of 2010:
http://www.mailworx.info
http://www.greentravelclub.info
http://www.eifel.info
http://www.hotel.info
http://www.baden-wuerttemberg.info/
http://www.biohotels.info
http://www.glutenfreehelp.info
http://www.traumpfade.info
http://www.klimaretter.info
http://www.slimaway.info
Over 130 sites were submitted from over 20 countries for this year’s Awards. Entries spanned a number of categories including: business websites (25 percent), personal websites (23 percent), blogs (17 percent) and non-profit websites (10 percent).
You can read the entire press release here .
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