03/15/00
ConsumerREVIEW.com's MtbREVIEW Nominated For Best Community Web
Site For The Webby Awards 2000
MtbREVIEW.com Honored With International Online Community's Top
Accolade
Santa Clara, CA - March 15, 2000 - The Webby Awards, the leading
international honors for Web sites, today announced the nomination
of MtbREVIEW.com (http://www.mtbreview.com) for a Webby Award in
the category of Best Community Web site. MtbREVIEW.com is the leading
Web site for mountain bike enthusiasts. MtbREVIEW.com belongs to
the family of vertical sites that comprise ConsumerREVIEW.com, the
leading source of quality consumer-generated product reviews and
information.
The Webby Awards are a unique ovation for the people who push the
Internet envelope. Widely hailed as "the Oscars of the Internet",
the Webby Awards unite members of the international online community
for a celebration of the Internet's best.
"The Webby Awards showcase the best of what the Internet has
to offer in terms of innovation, creativity and originality,"
said Tiffany Shlain, President of The International Academy of Digital
Arts & Sciences. "MtbREVIEW.com's nomination for a Webby
Award is a testament to its contribution to the online community."
The Webby Awards will take place on May 11, 2000 in San Francisco
at a host of great venues atop San Francisco's historically rich
Nob Hill. Nearly 3,000 digerati from around the world will attend
the fourth annual Webby Awards.
As a nominee for a Webby Award, MtbREVIEW.com is also eligible to
win a People's Voice Award. Voting is open to the public from March
14 to April 30, 2000 at http://www.webbywards.com. People's Voice
Award winners will be announced during the webcast of The Webby
Awards on May 11, 2000.
"It is a great honor for MtbREVIEW.com to be nominated for
a Webby Award because this puts us among the top sites on the Internet,"
said Max Manicini, CEO of ConsumerREVIEW.com. "We look forward
to the ceremony on May 11 and will be thinking of which five words
to use to express our gratitude should we win."
MtbREVIEW.com was founded in 1996 and is a comprehensive Web site
for mountain bike enthusiasts. Visitors to the site can read and
contribute product reviews on bicycles, bicycle components, bike
wear and riding trails to get the information needed to make smart
buying decisions. The site also features message boards, classified
listings, industry news, auctions and information on races and events.
About ConsumerREVIEW.com
Founded in 1998, ConsumerREVIEW.com is the leading producer of quality
consumer-generated reviews on the Internet. ConsumerREVIEW.com develops
and manages Web communities around common product interests to meet
the needs of consumers researching purchases on the Web. The company's
review content is available to millions of consumers through partnerships
with sites like AltaVista, MountainZone.com, PlanetOutdoors.com
and Yahoo!. The company is focused on creating an online environment
that fosters communication, community spirit and quality product
reviews. ConsumerREVIEW.com is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.
About The Webby Awards
Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet by Entertainment Weekly,
The Webby Awards are the leading creative honors for digital media.
Nominees and winners are chosen by The International Academy of
Digital Arts and Sciences. The Webby Awards are an IDG event. Sponsors
for the 2000 Webby Awards include Intel, Hewlett-Packard, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Adobe, vivid studios, flyswat, Visa, Warburg Dillon Read, BeSeen,
Xpedior, AboveNet, Audi, commission junction, worldlyinvestor.com,
PlanetClick, Adauction.com, Fleishman Hillard, The Creative Group,Netpulse,
netRaker, Entertainment Weekly, Business 2.0,Access Magazine, NewCity.com,
Metropolis Editorial, ArtByte, Macworld, San Francisco Bay Guardian,
Macworld Expo, MSN bCentral, Internet World, We Also Walk Dogs.
Balloting is audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers. For more information,
visit www.webbyawards.com.
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