The Lifetime Achievement Award, which debuted this year, went to Ray Tomlinson and Douglas Engelbart.[2]
It was the first awards held after the dot-com crash; as a result, they were smaller and quieter than in years past.[3][4]
| Category | Winner | People's Voice winner | Other nominees | | Activism | VolunteerMatch
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010721204912/http://volunteermatch.org/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) | act for change
([https://web.archive.org/web/20100808104810/http://www.actforchange.com:80/ Archived 22 July 2001] via Wayback) | Independent Media Center
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010823031531/http://www.indymedia.org/ Archived 23 August 2001] via Wayback) |
PETA
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010712100608/http://www.peta-online.org/ Archived 12 July 2001] via Wayback) |
Protest Net
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010722021412/http://protest.net/ Archived 22 July 2001] via Wayback) |
| Art | YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010722094333/http://www.yhchang.com/ Archived 22 July 2001] via Wayback) | 1to1
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010801215813/http://www.c5corp.com/1to1/ Archived 1 August 2001] via Wayback) |
Apartment
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010801142725/http://www.turbulence.org/Works/apartment/ Archived 1 August 2001] via Wayback) |
Glasbead
([https://web.archive.org/web/20050202222928/http://glasbead.com:80/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) |
Potatoland
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010721234645/http://potatoland.org/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) |
| Best Practices | Google
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010713114845/http://www.google.com/ Archived 13 July 2001] via Wayback) | Amazon
([https://web.archive.org/web/20031005172643/http://www.amazon.com Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) |
Slashdot
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010720162948/http://slashdot.com/ Archived 20 July 2001] via Wayback) |
Yahoo!
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010713000027/http://www.yahoo.com/ Archived 13 July 2001] via Wayback) |
{fray}
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010702150526/http://www.fray.com/ Archived 2 July 2001] via Wayback) |
| Broadband | Heavy
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010709003850/http://www.heavy.com/ Archived 9 July 2001] via Wayback) | Yahoo!Finance Vision
([https://web.archive.org/web/20011009024946/http://financevision.yahoo.com:80/ Archived 20 July 2001] via Wayback) | 120 Seconds
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010712131525/http://www.120seconds.com/ Archived 12 July 2001] via Wayback) |
Once Upon A Forest
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010721105820/http://once-upon-a-forest.com/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) |
Pulitzer Newseum - Photos
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010813084243/http://www.newseum.org/pulitzer/shock/shock.htm Archived 13 August 2001] via Wayback) |
| Commerce | Travelocity
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010713000647/http://www.travelocity.com/ Archived 13 July 2001] via Wayback) | Cafepress.com
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010702134623/www.cafepress.com/ Archived 20 July 2001] via Wayback) | GORPtravel.com
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010721095820/http://gorptravel.gorp.com/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) |
Half.com
([https://web.archive.org/web/20011009233208/http://www.half.com/ Archived 9 October 2001] via Wayback) |
mySimon
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010711204150/http://www.mysimon.com:80/ Archived 22 July 2001] via Wayback) |
| Games | 3D Groove
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010721234111/http://3dgroove.com/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) | IGN
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010619113409/http://www.ign.com/ Archived 19 June 2001] via Wayback) | Gamasutra
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010617020226/http://gamasutra.com/ Archived 17 June 2001] via Wayback) |
GameLab
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010917200935/http://www.gmlb.com/ Archived 17 September 2001] via Wayback) |
MyVideoGames.com
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010721101132/http://myvideogames.com/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) |
SiSSYFiGHT
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010720004445/http://sissyfight.com/ Archived 20 July 2001] via Wayback) |
| Sports | Swell.com
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010708223406/http://www.swell.com/ Archived 8 July 2001] via Wayback) | ESPN.com
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010927183307/http://espn.go.com/ Archived 27 September 2001] via Wayback) | bowl.com
([https://web.archive.org/web/20000303155741/http://www.bowl.com:80/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) |
CBS SportsLine.com
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010720053239/http://cbs.sportsline.com/ Archived 20 July 2001] via Wayback) |
Planet Rugby
([https://web.archive.org/web/20010418175701/http://www.planetrugby.com:80/ Archived 21 July 2001] via Wayback) |
1. ^{{cite news |title=Webbys not what they used to be |first=Verne |last=Kopytoff |date=June 18, 2002 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=2011-07-23 |url=http://articles.sfgate.com/2002-06-18/business/17549435_1_webby-awards-year-s-best-web-web-sites}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=Best web sites of the year honored at the 5th Annual Webby Awards |date=July 18, 2001 |newspaper=Webbys Press Release |url=http://www.webbyawards.com/main/press/press_releases/pr_071801.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20011215124501/http://www.webbyawards.com/main/press/press_releases/pr_071801.html |archivedate=December 15, 2001 |deadurl=no |df= }}
3. ^{{cite news |title=After Last Year's Bacchanal, a Quieter Webby Party |last=Nieves |first=Evelyn |date=July 20, 2001 |newspaper=New York Times |accessdate=2011-07-23 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/20/us/after-last-year-s-bacchanal-a-quieter-webby-party.html}}
4. ^{{cite journal |title=Webbys 2.0 |last=Rosmarin |first=Rachel |date=June 9, 2006 |magazine=Forbes |accessdate=2011-07-23 |url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/06/09/webby_internet_award_cx_rr_0609webby.html }}