KabayanCentral.com - The DigitalFilipino 2008 Web Awards Winner for Auction / Shopping Portal Category

KabayanCentral.com, on its 10th year of service as the world's Internet Filipino Store, is The DigitalFilipino 2008 Web Awardee as the best eCommerce site in the Auction/Shopping Portal Category. KabayanCentral.com has been delivering Filipino movies, music, books and a wide selection of Filipiniana products, worldwide since 1998. In award rites last November 5, 2008 held at the SM Mall of Asia, The Digital Filipino club honored the 2008 winners in the 34 categories:

1. Apparel / Fashion Category - Tesoro's Philippine Handicrafts and Barongs
2. Art Category - Hiraya
3. Association / Organization Category - Information Technology Association of the Philippines
4. Auction / Shopping Portal Category - KabayanCentral
5. Automotive Category - AutoIndustriya
6. Beauty Category - Godiva
7. Blog - Corporate Category - The Belo Medical Group Blog
8. Blog - Personal Category - The D Spot
9. Blog - Professional Category - Tech at Hand
10. Books Category - OMF Literature
11. Community Category - TipidPC
12. Computer / Consumer Electronics Category - Villman Computers Philippines
13. Consumer Banking / Bills Payment Category - Philippine National Bank
14. Corporate / Professional Category - Syntactics
15. Events / Conferences Category - WordCamp Philippines
16. Financial Services Category - Absolute Traders
17. Food Category - Filipino Recipes
18. Games Category - RF Online Philippines
19. Gifts Category - Express Regalo
20. Guides / Review Category - ClickTheCity.com
21. Home Furnishings / Improvement Category - Philippine Interior Design & Feng Shui Tips
22. Jobs / Employment Category - MyNimo
23. Magazine Category - Candymag.com
24. Music / Movie/ Film Category - TitikPilipino
25. Newspaper Category - Inquirer.net
26. Pharmaceuticals Category - GlaxoSmithKline Philippines
27. Podcast Category - The Daily PCIJ
28. Politics Category - Filipino Voices
29. Real Estate Category - BF Homes Properties
30. School / University Category - De La Salle University - Manila
31. Services Category - Load.com.ph
32. Social Networking Category - GreatPinoy!
33. Tourism Category - Cebu CeBoom CeBlog
34. Travel Category - Philippine Airlines

In an article in the SunStar (Cebu), Janette Toral of The Digital Filipino, explained that the judging criteria included various factors such as technical performance for site navigation, content originality, truthfulness and site popularity based on number of web site traffic.

KabayanCentral.com proudly accepts this award from The Digital Filipino club. Read more about The Digital Filipino and the awards ceremony.