2002 Search Engine Watch Awards

By Danny Sullivan, Editor
SearchEngineWatch.com, Jan. 28, 2003

The Search Engine Watch Awards recognize outstanding achievements in web searching. The winners for accomplishments during 2002 are below:
Outstanding Search Service
Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb

Best Meta Search Engine
Winner: Vivisimo & Copernic
Honorable Mentions:
Ez2www, Kartoo & SurfWax

Best News Search Engine
Winner: Google News
Second Place: Yahoo News
Honorable Mentions:
AllTheWeb News, AltaVista News & Daypop

Best Image Search Engine
Winner: Google Images
Second Place:
AllTheWeb Images & AltaVista Images

Best Shopping Search Engine
Winners:
Yahoo Shopping & DealTime
Honorable Mentions:
mySimon, PriceGrabber, BizRate.com

Best Design
Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb
Honorable Mention: Teoma

Most Webmaster Friendly Search Engine
Winner: Google
Second Place: AllTheWeb & Yahoo
Honorable Mention: MSN

Best Paid Placement Service
Winners: Google AdWords & Overture
Honorable Mention: FindWhat

Best European Paid Placement Service
Winners: Espotting & Google
Second Place: Overture

Best Paid Inclusion Service
Winners: Inktomi & Fast
Second Place: Yahoo Express

Best Search Feature
Winner:
Google Spell Checking
Second Place:
AllTheWeb Page Customization
Honorable Mentions:
Google Dictionary Links & AllTheWeb Skins

Best Specialty Search Engine
Winners: Scirus & Google Groups
Second Place: Internet Archive
Honorable Mentions:
FindLaw
The Internet Movie Database
Singingfish Audio Video Search
FindArticles.com

Special Recognition
WebmasterWorld.com

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