mobiSiteGalore ‘build-mobile-websites-with-mobile-phone’ selected-Official Honoree-Webby Awards

April 21, 2009 - PRLog -- mobiSiteGalore (www.mobisitegalore.com), for the first time in the history of the Internet enables anyone to build a full-fledged mobile website using just their mobile phone, has been selected as an Official Honoree for the Mobile Applications category in The 13th Annual Webby Awards. The Webby Awards is the Internet's most respected symbol of success.
David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of The Webby Awards says “With nearly 10,000 entries received from all 50 states and over 60 countries, this is an outstanding accomplishment”
To build a mobile website using mobiSiteGalore, anyone who has a basic Internet connection (like GPRS) on their mobile phone can visit www.mobisitegalore.com, sign up for a free account and start building their mobile website right away. Of course, they can also build from a PC/Laptop as well.
The best part is mobiSiteGalore does not need an expensive, high-end phone to work. Any mobile phone with a basic Internet connection (like GPRS) will do. Also there is no software or plug-in to be downloaded. mobiSiteGalore also provides a free website address to publish and host the mobile website after it is built.
S. Prashanth, CEO of mobiSiteGalore says, “This recognition would help us achieve our vision of giving the 4 billion mobile phone users the power to create mobile websites using just their mobile phone. With this vision becoming a reality it is just a matter of time before the number of mobile websites far exceeds the number of PC websites. The mobile web revolution is now all set to unfold and touch the lives of millions of people around the world.”
mobiSiteGalore enables users to easily add powerful site building features like Feedback Form pages to receive inputs from website visitors, Hit Counters to count the number of visitors, easy image upload options, incorporate YouTube videos, sell products & services through Mobile Commerce, monetize their website content through mobile advertising and even the ability to Rollback the website to any earlier published version of the website that are all backed up and saved automatically. Most importantly websites that are built using mobiSiteGalore are guaranteed to work fine on any mobile phone because mobiSiteGalore is 100% compliant with the standards for the mobile web that are defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C.org).
As you would be aware, mobiSiteGalore already offers a free service for users to build mobile websites using a computer. To use this, you just need to visit the same address (www.mobisitegalore.com) from a PC/Laptop. mobiSiteGalore users can swap between Mobile and Computer to edit and manage their websites. The websites created using mobiSiteGalore, though ideally suited for viewing on the small screen of a mobile phone, can also be viewed using a PC or Laptop.
To try mobiSiteGalore and for more details, please visit www.mobiSiteGalore.com
About Webby Awards:
The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.
The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes members such as musicians Beck and David Bowie, Internet inventor Vint Cerf, political columnist Arianna Huffington, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, R/GA Founder and Chairman Robert Greenberg, Virgin Atlantic Chairman and Founder Richard Branson, and The Weinstein Company Co-Founder Harvey Weinstein. Members also include writers and editors from publications such as The New York Times, Wired, Details, Fast Company, Elle, The Los Angeles Times, Vibe, and WallPaper. The 12th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states and generated over 750 million media impressions worldwide.
Recognition by the Webby Award puts you in the esteemed group of industry leaders such as Amazon.com, eBay, Yahoo!, iTunes, Google, FedEx, BBC News, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, NPR, Salon Magazine, Evite, Meetup, Wikipedia, Flickr, ESPN, Comedy Central, PBS, and The Onion.
The 13th Annual Webby Awards will be held on June 10, 2009 at Cipriani Wall Street, NYC
To learn more about The Webby Awards, please visit www.webbyawards.com
Akmin, mobiSiteGalore, SiteGalore & Editlet are all trademarks of Akmin. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
©2009 Akmin Technologies Private Limited.
Press Contact: Matt Morris, Director – Communications, 1-800-615-7453, info@mobisitegalore.com Fax: 1-408-716-7779

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mobiSiteGalore comes from Akmin (www.akmin.com) - a global leader in online website building solutions for PC and mobile platforms. Akmin is a software products company founded in Chennai, India with its Data Technology Centers in Herndon, Virginia, USA and its International Design & Development Center in Chennai, India. Founded in 1998 as a web technologies company, Akmin has offered highly acclaimed site building and content management tools like www.SiteGalore.com, www.mobiSiteGalore.com and www.Editlet.com over the years. mobiSiteGalore is offered free to users as the principal source of revenue for mobiSiteGalore comes from service providers who license mobiSiteGalore, private brand it with their own brand name & logo and offer it to their clients. Akmin today powers over a thousand service providers across 45+ countries around the world.