City’s website, best in gov’t category
The city government’s official website, www.zamboanga.gov.ph was chosen as winner in the government category in the Digital Filipino Web Awards 2009, a yearly competition among websites in the Philippines aimed to advocate the use of Internet and e-commerce for business development.
The Zamboanga City government website bested all other websites operated by local government units and agencies in the country in the award given annually by the DigitalFilipino.com whose members judge the nominations from the public in over 40 categories.
The awarding ceremony was held at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City November 13 as a highlight in the 2-day e-Commerce Summit 2009.
The Zamboanga City government through the Internet Committee, Computer Services Division, Public Information Division and the city website content management team under the office of Mayor Celso Lobregat, maintains www.zamboanga.gov.ph.
Prestigious website names consist the list of winners in this year’s Digital Filipino Web Awards, these include the Inquirer.net, the news website of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (best in news category); De La Salle University- Manila (best in school/ university category); Villman Computers Philippines (best in computer/ consumer electronics category); National Council on Disability Affairs (best in association/ organization category) and LevelUp! (best in corporate/ professional category) among others.
The websites were reviewed and judged “for their ability to create a noticeable presence on the Internet—their ability to be seen and heard among all the noise and clutter of the Net”, according to the award body,
Nominations were open from September 19-October 19 with the following criteria: search engine readiness—title tags, keywords and page strengths; content/ organization—clear purpose, target audience clearly defined, citation of sources whenever used, freshness, originality and accuracy of information; structure and navigation—opening page, content connection and transition, writing and conventions, ease of navigation and link usefulness; design and functionality—overall layout, colors, background and text; technical performance—page loading, browser flexibility and live links; interactivity—audience involvement and overall experience.
“The 3rd Digital Filipino.com Web Awards aims to advocate the use of Internet and e-commerce for business development, through the identification, promotion and highlighting of best e-commerce practices from various websites in the Philippines,” the DigitalFilipino web said.
City Internet Committee chair Erwin Bernardo and Computer Services Division Staff Allan Aizon received the award in Manila.