It seems that – after 5 years online – www.webstandardsawards.com has finally disappeared completely. Sigh. All those dead links …

The site actually stopped featuring new websites in 2006, with just the 100 winners displayed along with the message:

“As a testament to the work of the pioneers who we applauded, this site will remain open as a record of 100 sites that helped shape a period in the Internet’s development that we were - and still are - excited to be a part of.”

In July 2005, I was lucky enough to win a web standards award for this very website (number 86 in the list). It was a real honour, and I’m a little sad that the website is now nothing more than an <iframe> advertising hosting and such. But hey. Change happens and things move on.

I also feel it is a shame for all the other 99 websites, so here is a list of them all in order of their inclusion on the website. Many have now changed or no longer exist, and some – dare I say it – have obviously changed hands and are now quite shocking in terms of their design and in terms of web standards HTML and such:

• http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2003/ The 85th PGA Championship
• http://maniacalrage.net/xpad/ xPad
• http://www.wildlysophisticated.com/ Wildly Sophisticated
• http://www.citysound.se City Sound Göteborg
• http://www.simplethinking.co.uk/ Simple Thinking
• http://www.wddg.com/ WDDG
• http://www.sercotransarctic.com Serco TransArctic Expedition
• http://www.shauninman.com/ ShaunInman.com
• http://www.fishmarketing.net/ Fish Marketing
• http://www.jasonsantamaria.com Jason Santa Maria
• http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/ Hicks Design
• http://www.aiga-atl.org/ AIGA Atlanta
• http://www.marquessjobs.com Marquess and Associates
• http://www.stopdesign.com/ Stop Design
• http://www.colincameron.com/nightsalive/ Nightsalive
• http://www.cloudking.com Cloud King
• http://www.adaptivepath.com/ Adaptive Path
• http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ News Letter
• http://www.happycog.com/ Happy Cog
• http://www.twinsparc.com Twinsparc
• http://www.designdojo.ca/ Design Dojo
• http://whatdoiknow.org/ What Do I Know
• http://www.radioreykjavik.is Radio Reykjavik
• http://www.cameronmoll.com/ Authentic Boredom
• http://www.mulliganspub.it Mulligans Irish Pub
• http://www.alazanto.org/ Alazanto
• http://www.guigalaxy.com/ GUI Galaxy
• http://www.esfootwear.com/ eS
• http://www.criticalmass.com/ Critical Mass
• http://www.rad-e8.com/ RAD.E8
• http://www.readymademag.com/ ReadyMade Mag
• http://www.oceanen.com/ Oceanen
• http://www.yellowlane.com/ Yellowlane
• http://www.goppa.co.uk/ Goppa
• http://www.somme.no Berit Somme
• http://www.adampolselli.com/ Adam Polselli
• http://www.markwyner.com/ Mark Wyner Design
• http://www.blakems.com/ Blakems
• http://www.justwatchthesky.com/ Justwatchthesky
• http://badreligion.com Bad Religion
• http://www.infosion.de/ Infosion
• http://www.shockmedia.com.au/ Shock Media Studios
• http://www.ibeginwithanidea.com I begin with an idea
• http://www.gedimo.lt Gedimo
• http://www.rapha.cc/ Rapha
• http://www.pseudoroom.com Pseudoroom Design
• http://www.5000xzukunft.de/ 5000xZukunft
• http://www.frozentoast.com Frozentoast
• http://www.newezra.com/xhtml New Ezra
• http://www.leftjustified.net/ Left Justified
• http://chevrolet.com Chevrolet
• http://www.redhat.com/ Red Hat
• http://www.followtherhinos.com/ Follow the Rhinos
• http://www.mozilla.org/ Mozilla
• http://www.evgord.com/ Evgord
• http://www.noscope.com Noscope
• http://www.redlabor.com Red Labor
• http://www.monc.se/ Monc
• http://www.jaerhagen.no Jaerhagen
• http://www.lousco.com/ Lousco Labradors
• http://www.kymco.es Kymco
• http://www.wwzwickau.de/ Wasserwerke Zwickau
• http://www.cafelisa.com/ Cafe Lisa
• http://www.theheadsofstate.com The Heads of State
• http://www.thirtytwo.com ThirtyTwo
• http://www.mrtandme.com/mrt/main/ Mr. T and Me
• http://www.smalltransport.com/ smallTransport
• http://www.leejeans.com/home.asp Lee Jeans
• http://www.bearskinrug.co.uk/ Bearskinrug
• http://www.martagnan.co.uk/ Martagnan
• http://www.rammstein.com Rammstein
• http://www.subtraction.com/ Subtraction
• http://www.brotherjones.com Brother Jones Artworks
• http://www.etnies.com/ Etnies
• http://www.faktor6.de FAKTOR6
• http://www.kingcosmonaut.de/ kingcosmonaut
• http://www.joshuaink.com/ Joshuaink
• http://www.robweychert.com Rob Weychert
• http://www.folietto.at/ folietto
• http://web.burza.hr/ web.burza
• http://www.paumanokreview.com/ The Paumanok Review
• http://www.456bereastreet.com/ 456 Berea Street
• http://www.shauninman.com/ Shaun Inman
• http://www.decaf.de/ DECAF
• http://www.vivabit.co.uk/ Vivabit
• http://www.kevadamson.com/ Kev Adamson Animation
• http://www.alistapart.com/ A List Apart
• http://www.stonewall.co.za/ Stonewall
• http://www.sony.co.uk Sony UK
• http://www.poptones.co.uk Poptones
• http://www.zimmertwins.com/ Zimmer Twins
• http://www.designchuchi.ch/ Designchuchi
• http://www.twintype.com/ Twintype
• http://www.elansnowboards.com/ Elan Snowboards
• http://www.mattbrett.com/ Matt Brett
• http://www.decibelmagazine.com/ Decibel Magazine
• http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/commdes/ Kutztown University Communication Design Department
• http://breakerdesign.com/ Breaker Design
• http://www.noodlebox.be/ Noodlebox
• http://www.e-knjige.net/ Matija Turcin