Australian Internet Awards

The Sausage Software Web site last night won the Most Popular Australian Web site category for the second year running in the Australian Internet Awards. Judged by an independent panel of judges, and based on public nomination, Sausage beat all competition including a snow information Web site (ski.com.au) and the image library sweeet.com.

Votes from Australia, and around the world, totalled over 13 000 for the 18 categories (the winners of which are listed further down), and there was a large increase in votes over previous years. Hugh Irvine and Chris Chaundy, founders of Connect (an ISP) were this year inducted into the Australian Internet Hall of Fame for "an exceptional contribution" to the development of the Internet in Australia.

The winners were as follows:

• Most Popular Australian Web site - Sausage Software


• Most Entrepreneurial Internet Achievement - LookSmart


• 1999 Hall of Fame Inductees - Hugh Irvine and Chris Chaundy


• Arts site - POD


• Community and/or Special Interest site - Reach Out!


• Corporate site (over 50 employees worldwide) - Westpac


• Ecommerce site - Wine Planet


• Educational site - Media Skills Online


• Entertainment site - stuff-art 99


• Government site - Airforce


• Internet Applications - Active Concepts Funnel Web


• Investment/Financial site - MercAdvicer


• Media site - ABC Online


• Multimedia/Broadband - Moove


• Personal Web page - wasabi sneaker


• Professional/Industry Association site - YHA Australia


• Science and Technology site - the lab


• Small Business site (less than 50 employees worldwide) - Jerrard & Stuck Lawyers


• Sports site - Official AFL Website


• Youth Internet Award - Brielle Online