The1999Webby Awards were held on March 18, 1999, at the Herbst Theater (War memorial Opera House) inSan Francisco, California.IDG, which still owned the awards organization, continued to retainTiffany Shlain to produce the awards even though the magazine division she had been working for had been shut down. MayorRudy Giuliani had lobbied to move the ceremony toNew York City, but San Francisco MayorWillie Brown interceded with Schlain by promising the city's support, including hosting a post-award party at the newly remodeledCity Hall.^[1]

Google foundersLarry Page andSergey Brin arrived wearingrollerblades and metallic capes, and remained in the opera hall lobby to grant interviews while most guests were watching the awards in the theater. The event was noted for the famous incident in which a representative ofJodi.org, which had won in the arts category, called the event participants "Ugly corporate sons-of-bitches" in his acceptance speech and tossed his trophy to the audience.^[2] The organizers askedPricewaterhouseCoopers to tabulate and ensure security for the "People's Voice" winners, chosen by online voting.^[3]

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Winners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, theweb design firm or internal department that created the winning site and in the case ofcorporate websites, the designer's client. Web links are provided for informational purposes, both in the most recently availablearchive.org version before the awards ceremony and, where available, the current website. Many older websites no longer exist, are redirected, or have been substantially redesigned.

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