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Entries to the international website awards came from 52 countries around the world. Each entry was assessed by three judges from a panel of industry leaders who are told the site's mission statement and target audience. They then visit the site, assume the role of a target user and judge according to seven criteria: design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copywriting and ease-of-use.
VetNurse.co.uk Editor Arlo Guthrie said: "In fact, the award was won by VetSurgeon.org after it was entered by our team of developers at 4Roads Ltd. But VetSurgeon.org and VetNurse.co.uk run on exactly the same software platform we developed for both communities, so I see this as a shared win for both sites.
"I didn't even know the developers had entered the awards, so it came as a very nice surprise. Particularly when you consider that other winners of a Standard of Excellence Award included the BBC, Leica, Mitsubishi Electric, Cisco, Dell, Deloitte and Philip Morris. That's very illustrious company to be in!"