Cars.com Named Best Automotive Web Site in the Ninth Annual Webby Awards' People's Voice Awards
May 04 2005 - 8:56AM
PR Newswire (US)
Cars.com Named Best Automotive Web Site in the Ninth Annual Webby
Awards' People's Voice Awards CHICAGO, May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Webby Awards, the leading international honor for Web sites,
announced that cars.com won The People's Voice Award for Best
Automotive Web Site. The award is a tremendous honor indicating the
highest level of loyalty and commitment from the site's visitor
base. It is the most recent in a series of accolades cars.com has
received from consumers and advertisers in 2005. In a wide range of
studies and awards programs, cars.com has received top honors for
consumer experience and consumer marketing initiatives. The site's
advertisers have also ranked cars.com as an industry leader: --
People's Voice Award: As part of the ninth annual Webby Awards
program, more than 200,000 Web users cast their votes for their
favorite Web sites. Cars.com ranked number one among all Automotive
Web sites. -- Keynote Customer Experience Rankings for Third Party
Auto Web Sites: A leader in Web site performance measurement,
Keynote ranked cars.com and its partner Kelley Blue Book as the
best sites in terms of online customer experience based on
evaluation of more than 250 metrics. -- Ward's e-Dealer 100: Ward's
Dealer Business, a world leader in automotive information, named
cars.com as the 3rd-party automotive site of choice among the top
100 Internet dealers in the U.S. More of these leading dealerships
advertise on cars.com than on any other automotive destination. --
Auto Dealer Monthly's Dealers' Choice Awards: Dealers recognized
cars.com with the Platinum Award for third-party lead providers,
noting the fact that dealer ads compete on an equal basis on the
site. -- US Ad Review: The US Ad Review recently selected
cars.com's consumer print creative as being among the best in the
newspaper ad category. The creative runs across cars.com's network
of newspaper partners to drive local car shoppers to the site.
"Recent recognition from our site visitors, advertising partners
and industry leaders is a testament to the cars.com business model
and approach," said Mitch Golub, president of cars.com. "We have
always kept the consumer experience at the heart of our business,
continually developing site content, resources and technology to
bring consumers the most comprehensive automotive destination
available. That investment has been rewarded by consumers who have
made cars.com their number one source to research, buy and sell a
car, and by advertisers who recognize cars.com's ability to deliver
a quality audience of in-market automotive shoppers." 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. The Ninth
Annual Webby Awards received a record number of entries from over
40 countries and all 50 states. More then 200,000 fans cast their
ballots to decide their own personal favorites from among the
nominees in each category. About cars.com Partnered with more than
200 leading metro newspapers, television stations and their Web
sites, cars.com is the most comprehensive destination for those
looking to buy or sell a new or used car. The site lists more than
1.4 million vehicles from 10,000 dealer customers, classified
advertisers and private- parties to offer consumers the best
selection of new and used cars online, as well as the content,
tools and advice to support their shopping experience. Cars.com
combines powerful inventory search tools and new-car configuration
with pricing information, photo galleries, buying guides,
side-by-side comparison tools, original editorial content and
reviews to help millions of consumers connect with sellers each
month. Launched in June 1998, cars.com is a division of Classified
Ventures, LLC, ( http://www.classifiedventures.com/ ), which is
owned by six leading media companies including, Belo (NYSE:BLC),
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Knight Ridder (NYSE:KRI), The
McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) and The
Washington Post Company. (NYSE:WPO). DATASOURCE: cars.com CONTACT:
Media, Kerri McLaughlin, Communications Manager of cars.com,
+1-312-601-6134 (direct), +1-773-412-7823 (mobile), Web site:
http://www.cars.com/ http://www.classifiedventures.com/
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