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Compete.com Awarded For Best Community/Blogs At The 2006 MITX Awards
Eleventh Annual Awards Celebrates New England’s Best Interactive Work
Boston, MA, November 15, 2006 — Compete’s Consumer Services, located at Compete.com, has been selected as a winner in the category of Community / Blogs for the 2006 MITX Awards. The annual MITX Awards is the largest awards competition in the country that recognizes achievements in the development and implementation of interactive technologies. Winners were announced in 25 categories, including five “Best of” awards, at a ceremony attended by more than 800 industry professionals held on November 8th at the Boston Copley Place Marriott.
“Compete.com brings people together to share information about the websites they visit everyday, so that all community members benefit,” said Don McLagan, chairman, president and CEO of Compete. “Through the experience of its members, Compete.com helps the community stay safe when they surf, save when they buy and discover great new sites. Compete.com provides transparency to the edge of the Internet.”
“This year’s award submissions showed the most impressive elevation of ambition in quality, functionality, creative and technological achievements we’ve seen to date,” said Kiki Mills, executive director of MITX. “These awards provide a forum to showcase the finalists and winners, and acknowledge the sophisticated work that is being created locally for nationally and internationally recognized brands.”
Entries were judged by over 100 industry professionals representing various disciplines including creative directors, designers, technologists, online media representatives, investors and business professionals.
The 2006 MITX Awards were sponsored by 24/7 Media, Adobe, Atlas Solutions, Backbone Media, DLA Piper, Doubleclick, Eyewonder, IBM, Miller Systems, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The media partner was MIT’s Technology Review.
For the full list of winners, please visit http://www.mitxawards.org/.
About Compete, Inc.
Compete, Inc. is the only online market research firm that creates value for both consumers and marketers. Compete’s research is powered by millions of people who share their online behavior to create a more trusted, transparent, and valuable Internet. Consumers use Compete to stay safe when they surf, save when they buy, and discover the best new websites. Leading companies turn to Compete to understand how these consumers consider, buy and engage with their own and rival brands. Carlson Hotels Worldwide, Esurance, Hyundai Motor America, Upromise, DaimlerChrysler and other innovative companies rely on Compete’s real-time insights to improve the return on their marketing investments.
Compete is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with offices throughout the US. For more information, please visit http://www.competeinc.com/.
About MITX
Established in 1996, MITX—the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX: “my-techs”) —is the industry and professional organization where technology, marketing and digital media intersect. Reaching more than 6,000 professionals in New England, MITX is a dynamic and growing community for thought leadership, building business relationships and professional training and development. Members of the MITX community take advantage of events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities and networking to make meaningful business connections and exchange innovative leadership, management and technical ideas. With more than 60 events each year, MITX provides its members with the opportunity to promote their companies to targeted audiences. MITX events also provide a valuable forum for networking to source potential business leads, partnerships, ideas, funding and other likeminded peers in the industry. MITX is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. For more information please go to http://www.mitx.org/.
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