Afilias Announces 2011 .Info Award Winners - Will Hand Out $18,000 in Prize Money

The operator of the .Info registry, Afilias, has announced the winners of its 2011 .Info Awards recognizing the best websites built on .info domains this year and also celebrating the 10th anniversary of the .info extension. The top three sites were selected by combining scores from a seven-person panel of judges with votes the public cast for their favorites.

The $10,000 First Prize went to TrafalgarSquare.info, a site celebrating London's world-famous landmark that was built by a developer based in Bulgaria. 

The $5,000 Second Place Prize was won by Typografie.info, a German-language website community of people interested in graphic design and typography. 

The $3,000 Third Place Prize was awarded to FrauenUndHIV.info, a German website for women 

interested in learning more about or living with HIV/AIDS. Judge Anand Parthasarathy said, "I found FrauenUndHIV.info to be a model of its kind: friendly information and advice, neatly organized and displayed without visual flourishes. I can imagine how useful this would be for all who need to explore the subject of women and HIV in the privacy of their own homes."

Afilias said that dozens of sites representing 17 countries were submitted for this year's awards.  Personal websites made up 28% of the entries, just ahead of business sites with 27%.  Non-profit websites comprised 15% of the field and blogs made up 10% with other categories holding single digit shares.

In addition to the cash awards that go to the winners, five people who took time to vote in the competition will be chosen at random to receive an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. The winners of the .Info Awards and the Kindle Fires will be contacted individually to arrange receipt of their prizes.

(Posted Dec. 20, 2011)