Healthline Wins People's Voice Award as Best Health Web Site for the
Tenth Annual Webby Awards
Healthline
Selected Amongst Winners by the Public After 300,000 Votes Cast in All
Categories
SAN FRANCISCO – May 10, 2006 –
The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for web sites, today
named Healthline for the Best Health Web site of 2006 in the annual
People's Voice voting. People's Voice Winners will be honored at The
Tenth Annual Webby Awards in New York City on June 12th.
Hailed as the "online Oscars" by Time Magazine, The Webby Awards are
determined by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences,
a global organization with a membership that includes musician David
Bowie, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, The Body Shop president
Anita Roddick, "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Real Networks CEO Rob
Glaser, and fashion designer Max Azria.
Healthline, the
leading Internet search engine dedicated to consumer
healthcare, offers an intelligent health search platform. It surpasses
categorization and filtering algorithms by leveraging medical domain
expertise to go beyond presenting relevant results to helping consumers
navigate through complex, interrelated medical concepts. Healthline's
Medically Guided SearchSM experience combines a one-million word medical
terminology classification system, developed by more than 1,100
physicians and medical experts, with advanced search capabilities and
tens of thousands of pages of physician-reviewed journal articles and
encyclopedias from the world's foremost medical information publishers.
"The Webby Awards honors the outstanding web sites that are setting the
standards for the Internet," said Tiffany Shlain, founder and
ambassador of The Webby Awards. "Healthline's Webby Award is a
testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators."
"Healthline is honored to have been chosen by our site members and
visitors to win the equivalent of the 'People's Choice Award' of the
Webbys," said West Shell III, Healthline chairman and chief executive
officer. "In just six months since its launch, Healthline has become
the most trusted name in online health information search. We're
extremely gratified that our site users find Healthline's advanced
Medically Guided SearchSM capabilities integral to their personal health
information search -- and have demonstrated their satisfaction with
Healthline through their votes for this award."
About Healthline
Healthline Networks, Inc. provides the easiest way for consumers and
medical professionals to find, understand and manage healthcare
information, empowering them to make more informed decisions that lead
to better health. Created in collaboration with 1,100 physicians and
medical specialists, Healthline's unique Medically Guided Search™
experience is powered by a consumer health taxonomy that encompasses
nearly one million medical terms and synonyms -- the largest of its
kind, and one that translates everyday language and precisely matches
it to complex medical information. Healthline is defining the
HealthWeb, a filtered directory currently consisting of more than
170,000 health-oriented websites and 130 million pages of medical
content. Combined with the company's visual HealthMaps® and
personalization tools, Healthline connects users with the information,
people and resources not readily available through general search
engines or today's online health destinations. Based in San Francisco ,
Healthline is backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Reed Elsevier
Ventures, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and JHK Investments, LLC. For more
information, please visit www.healthline.com.
About The Webby Awards
Called the "Oscars of the Internet" by the New York Times, the Webby is
the leading international award honoring excellence in Web design,
creativity, usability and functionality. Established in 1996, the 10th
Annual Webby Awards received over 5,500 entries from all 50 states and
over 40 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards are presented by The
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and
Partners of The Webby Awards include: AOL; The Creative Group; Verizon;
Adweek, Brandweek and Mediaweek magazines; Fortune; OnRequest Images;
IDG; iStockphoto; American Marketing Association;
PricewaterhouseCoopers; 2advanced Studios; MX Interactive and Museum of
the Moving Image. For more information visit www.webbyawards.com.
Company information:
Bill McGee
Vice President, Marketing and Sales
415-281-3113
bill@healthline.com
