Singer Erykah Badu has also had her own site nominated for its creativity. Lighter categories include humour sites such as The Onion, Modern Humorist and National Lampoon. Peter Pan's Homepage, where American Randy Constan dresses up as his favourite fairy tale character, is also nominated. Finance, while commerce includes Travelocity, CafePress and GorpTravel. Among the music sites nominated are Motown, Sonicnet and sputnik7.
Amateurs also get a look-in with a category dedicated to personal homepages.
Members of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences will honour outstanding achievement in technology and creativity for the fifth annual Webby Awards. There is also a chance for the online community to vote for their favourite site. Hype The Academy has picked five nominees in each of 27 categories including news, sport, community, education and fashion. It has 350 members including such names as Francis Ford Coppola, Bjork and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening. The ceremony will take place at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco on 18 July.