Nominate your favourite .eu website for the .eu Web Awards!

Aug. 7, 2014 - PRLog -- Brussels, 7 August 2014 –  The .eu Awards is an online competition launched with the objective to distinguish and award .eu websites that are leaders in five particular categories.

The categories are:

The LEADERS (Established business with more than 10 employees)

The RISING STARS (Start-up/Entrepreneur with 1 to 10 employees)

The LAURELS (Education/Institutional/Pan European ongoing project)

The HOUSE of .eu (News/Media/Entertainment/Blog – company or private)

The BETTER WORLD (Environmental/green projects)

The five winning websites will receive an online media package worth EUR 5 000 in their resident country. The package should be used to promote the winning .eu website, and will be designed, developed and approved in close cooperation with EURid staff.

Please note that nominations will only be accepted until and including 5 September 2014, so visit link.eurid.eu/awards and nominate your favourite .eu website today!

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About .eu and EURid

The .eu domain ranks among the largest top-level domains in the world, connecting more than 500 million people across 31 countries to one Internet identity. More than 3.5 million .eu names have been registered since the domain opened for registration in 2005. Many companies and brands use a .eu website as a practical solution to convey a clear European identity and their business ambitions, including Fairtrade International, Foot Locker, Louis Vuitton, the MAN Group, Microsoft Corporation, Orangina and Toyota.

EURid is the not-for-profit organisation that operates the .eu top-level domain, following a tender process and appointment by the European Commission. EURid works with over 750 accredited registrars and provides support in the 24 official EU languages. As part of its ongoing commitment to data security, EURid has been certified for the ISO27001 security standard since 2013. EURid is also registered by the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), which is an expression of its environmental commitment. EURid has its headquarters in Brussels (Belgium), and regional offices in Pisa (Italy), Prague (the Czech Republic) and Stockholm (Sweden). More information at: http://www.eurid.eu.