4th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards
By Danny Sullivan, Editor-In-Chief & Chris Sherman, Executive Editor
February 6, 2004
The Search Engine Watch Awards recognize outstanding achievements in web searching. The winners for accomplishments during 2003 are below:
Outstanding Search Service
Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb & Yahoo
Honorable Mention: Ask Jeeves
Best Meta Search Engine
Winner: Dogpile
Second Place: Vivisimo
Honorable Mention: Mamma
Best News Search Engine
Winner: Google News
Second Place: Yahoo News
Honorable Mention: AltaVista News & Daypop
Best Image Search Engine
Winner: Google Images
Second Place: AltaVista Images
Best Shopping Search Engine
Winner: Yahoo Shopping
Second Place: Froogle & Shopping.com
Honorable Mention: Kelkoo, BizRate & mySimon
Best Design
Winner: Google
Second Place: Yahoo & AllTheWeb
Most Webmaster Friendly Search Provider
Winner: Google
Second Place: Yahoo
Honorable Mention: Inktomi & AllTheWeb
Best Paid Placement Service
Winners: Google AdWords
Second Place: Overture
Honorable Mention: FindWhat, Espotting & Mirago
Best Search Toolbar
Winners: Google & Groowe
Second Place: Alexa
Honorable Mention: Copernic Agent
Best Search Feature
Winner: Google Definitions & AllTheWeb URL Investigator
Second Place: Google Calculator & AllTheWeb Calculator
Honorable Mention: Google Web API & Ask Jeeves Dictionary Search
Best Specialty Search Engine
Honorable Mention: Internet Archive, Scirus & Google Groups
February 6, 2004
The Search Engine Watch Awards recognize outstanding achievements in web searching. The winners for accomplishments during 2003 are below:
Outstanding Search Service
Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb & Yahoo
Honorable Mention: Ask Jeeves
Best Meta Search Engine
Winner: Dogpile
Second Place: Vivisimo
Honorable Mention: Mamma
Best News Search Engine
Winner: Google News
Second Place: Yahoo News
Honorable Mention: AltaVista News & Daypop
Best Image Search Engine
Winner: Google Images
Second Place: AltaVista Images
Best Shopping Search Engine
Winner: Yahoo Shopping
Second Place: Froogle & Shopping.com
Honorable Mention: Kelkoo, BizRate & mySimon
Best Design
Winner: Google
Second Place: Yahoo & AllTheWeb
Most Webmaster Friendly Search Provider
Winner: Google
Second Place: Yahoo
Honorable Mention: Inktomi & AllTheWeb
Best Paid Placement Service
Winners: Google AdWords
Second Place: Overture
Honorable Mention: FindWhat, Espotting & Mirago
Best Search Toolbar
Winners: Google & Groowe
Second Place: Alexa
Honorable Mention: Copernic Agent
Best Search Feature
Winner: Google Definitions & AllTheWeb URL Investigator
Second Place: Google Calculator & AllTheWeb Calculator
Honorable Mention: Google Web API & Ask Jeeves Dictionary Search
Best Specialty Search Engine
Honorable Mention: Internet Archive, Scirus & Google Groups