

LinkShare announced the winners of the 2008 LinkShare Golden Link Awards at the company’s annual awards event hosted at The Plaza in New York City on Monday, June 23. This gala awards ceremony drew more than 300 leading executives together to recognize achievements and innovation in performance-based marketing.
The prelude to LinkShare’s annual Symposium, a daylong industry event covering innovative and collaborative trends on the Web, the awards celebrate the best of breed in both publishers and advertisers doing business online today.
“LinkShare celebrate the best in performance-based marketing with our annual Golden Link Awards,” said Yasuhisa (“Yaz”) Iida, Co-President of LinkShare. “We congratulate all of the 2008 LinkShare Golden Link Award winners, as well as this year’s nominees.”
The Golden Link Awards received its best response ever, with more LinkShare advertisers and publishers nominated than ever before, according to Jonathan Levine, Co-President of LinkShare. “This is proof that these awards have come to mean something in our community and that’s exactly what we had hoped would happen when we started this five years ago,” said Levine.
The 2008 Golden Link Awards Winners Are:
– Walmart.com: Innovative Advertiser of the Year
– Buzzillions.com: Innovative Publisher of the Year
– Petite Sophisticate: Best New Advertiser
– Clever Parties Inc.: Best New Publisher:
– FabulousSavings.com: Advertiser’s Choice Award
– Ice.com: Publisher’s Choice Award
– NET-A-PORTER UK: International Advertiser of the Year
– McAfee, Vertive Inc. (tie): Best Performance-Based Search Strategy
– Chase: Best Integrated Lead Generation Campaign
– 1ShopMall: MVP – Most Valuable Publisher for Lead Generation
– Dell Canada/Airmilesshops.ca: Best Integrated Multi-Channel Marketing
– Eastbay: Best Overall Online Distribution Strategy
– StyleFeeder: Technology Genius Award
– Revenue Magazine: Performance Marketing’s Most Vocal Advocate
Would you like to know more about online search trends? If so, contact Hit Search, SEMPO accredited SEO and PPC specialists, on 0845 643 9289. Remember, its a big world out there, make sure you become visible.
Other Related Stories That May Be Of Interest: