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Digital Filipino Web Awards 2008 Winners Announced

November 8, 2008
By E. Eder

E-commerce research site DigitalFilipino.com has announced the winners of its Web Awards 2008 in a recognition ceremony held on November 5, Wednesday at the Taste Asia in Mall of Asia, Pasay City.

Dine Racoma’s The D Spot bagged the award in the personal blog category, while Dexter Panganiban’s Tech at Hand won in the professional blog category.

The Belo Medical Group Blog was selected as this year’s best corporate blog.

Dine Racoma (center) receives her plaque for best blog in the personal category.

Below are the complete list of winners:

• Apparel / Fashion Category - Tesoro’s Philippine Handicrafts and Barongs
• Art Category - Hiraya
• Association / Organization Category - Information Technology Association of the Philippines
• Auction / Shopping Portal Category - KabayanCentral
• Automotive Category - AutoIndustriya
• Beauty Category - Godiva
• Blog - Corporate Category - The Belo Medical Group Blog
• Blog - Personal Category - The D Spot
• Blog - Professional Category - Tech at Hand
• Books Category - OMF Literature
• Community Category - TipidPC
• Computer / Consumer Electronics Category - Villman Computers Philippines
• Consumer Banking / Bills Payment Category - Philippine National Bank
• Corporate / Professional Category - Syntactics
• Events / Conferences Category - WordCamp Philippines
• Financial Services Category - Absolute Traders
• Food Category - Filipino Recipes
• Games Category - RF Online Philippines
• Gifts Category - Express Regalo
• Guides / Review Category - ClickTheCity.com
• Home Furnishings / Improvement Category - Philippine Interior Design & Feng Shui Tips
• Jobs / Employment Category - MyNimo
• Magazine Category - Candymag.com
• Music / Movie/ Film Category - TitikPilipino
• Newspaper Category - Inquirer.net
• Pharmaceuticals Category - GlaxoSmithKline Philippines
• Podcast Category - The Daily PCIJ
• Politics Category - Filipino Voices
• Real Estate Category - BF Homes Properties
• School / University Category - De La Salle University - Manila
• Services Category - Load.com.ph
• Social Networking Category - GreatPinoy!
• Tourism Category - Cebu CeBoom CeBlog
• Travel Category - Philippine Airlines

Janette Toral, founder of DigitalFilipino.com, thanked the sponsors of the awards: Bitstop Network Services, CashSense, RegaloService.com, LocalPhilippines, and ChipIn donors.

She also thanked Ms Aileen Apolo for referring them to Taste Asia and DigDesignz for providing this year’s awards logo.

Members of the Digital Filipino Club helped in the award’s judging process.

Last month, more than 100 bloggers attended the Digital FIlipino Club’s Bloggers Manila Networking Event. Sponsored by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, the event was held at the Casino Filipino in Paranaque.

(Photo courtesy of Carl Valenzona of Web Magazine blog)

Links from the Digital Filipino Web Awards blog:

Video

• Website Sharing - Philippine National Bank
• Website Sharing - Villman
• Website Sharing - OMF Literature
• Website Sharing - Tech at Hand
• Website Sharing - The D Spot
• Website Sharing - The Belo Medical Group Blog
• Website Sharing - Godiva
• Website Sharing - Hiraya.com

Photo

• DigitalFilipinoWebAwards
• Digital Filipino Web Awards
• DF Web Awards 2
• Digital Filipino 2008 Web Awards
• DF Web Awards 1
• Digital Filipino 2008 Web Awards
• Digital Filipino Web Awards 2008

Blog Post and Write-ups

• RF Philippines Site Wins Web Award
• Philippine Interior Design Wins at the 2008 Digital Filipino Web Awards
• Filipino Recipes Wins at the 2008 Digital Filipino Web Awards
• BF Homes Properties - Digital Filipino 2008 Web Awards Winner
• Digital Filipino Web Awards 2008
• The DigitalFilipino.com Web Awards 2008
• OMFLit.com wins award
• RF Online Philippines Website Takes DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2008
• The 2nd Digital Filipino Web Awards - We Won!
• Recognizing the Finest E-Commerce Websites DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2008
• The Belo Medical Group blog wins Best Corporate Blog Award
• We made it for the second year in a row!!
• Winners of the DigitalFilipino Web Awards 2008
• Mynimo Wins!
• RF Online Website won an award on Digital Filipino
• Digital Filipino Web Awards Winners Announced
• My Digital Filipino 2008 Web Awards Experience
• The D Spot is Winner of Best Blog-Personal Category @ Digital Filipino Web Awards 2008
• Success for everyone
• I Won the Blog-Professional Category in Digital Filipino Web Awards
• WCPhils site bags a DigitalFilipino Web Award!