Google has announced 50 state winners of Google eCity Awards. According to the company, the awards recognize the strongest online business community in each state. “These cities’ businesses are using the web to find new customers, connect with existing customers and fuel their local economies,” says Google.
According to the selection methodology, the first hurdle for a city to cross to be considered their state’s eCity winner was to be among the top five cities with the highest percentage of small businesses purchasing online advertising through Google’s Adwords program.
After crossing the Adwords usage hurdle, the cities were judged based on the web marketing savvy of its local business with fewer than 50 employees. Factors included were having a website, blogging and a presence on social media platforms.
Here is the list of Google eCity Award winners:
- Alabama Pelham
- Alaska Homer
- Arizona Tempe
- Arkansas Little Rock
- California Emeryville
- Colorado Englewood
- Connecticut Norwalk
- Delaware Hockessin
- Florida Sarasota
- Georgia Suwanee
- Hawaii Lahaina
- Idaho Hayden
- Illinois Effingham
- Iowa Cedar Falls
- Indiana Zionsville
- Kansas Prairie Village
- Kentucky Florence
- Louisville Mandeville
- Massachusetts Needham
- Maryland Annapolis
- Maine Brunswick
- Michigan Ann Arbor
- Minnesota Golden Valley
- Mississippi Madison
- Missouri Columbia
- Montana Missoula
- Nevada La Vista
- North Carolina Cornelius
- North Dakota Grand Fork
- New Hampshire Portsmouth
- New Jersey Red Bank
- New Mexico Los Alamos
- Nevada Reno
- New York Hauppauge
- Ohio Solon
- Oklahoma Tulsa
- Oregon Ashland
- Pennsylvania Lancaster
- Rhode Island Warwick
- South Carolina Greenville
- South Dakota Sioux Falls
- Tennessee Brentwood
- Texas Addison
- Utah Midvale
- Virginia Fairfax
- Vermont Stowe
- West Virginia Charleston
- Washington Bellevue
- Wisconsin Cedarburg
- Wyoming Cheyenne