OREANDA-NEWS. On 18 August 2008 XXI Century Investments, one of Ukraine's leading real estate investment, development and property management companies announced that their corporate website, www.21.com.ua, has been named the best Ukrainian corporate website according to Hallvarsson&Halvarsson  (H&H), in their Webranking Ukraine 2008 report. (More information can be found at www.webranking.eu)

XXI Century Investments top scored in the 2008 Ukrainian ranking, with a score of 48.25 out of a maximum of 100 points. This figure is almost equivalent to the average European score (51.2). XXI Century is followed by the iron producer Ferrexpo with 34.75 and the telecommunication company Ukrtelecom with 22 points. The ranking also includes the websites of Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, Centerenergo and Ukrnafta.

"When the company became public in December 2005, we saw higher interest from investors and analysts towards our website. We realized that the website should become a resource that provides information about the company’s activities and results, its projects and strategy in a simple, clear and visual form. Therefore, with the help of local and international consultants we created a website that corresponds to European best-practice standards, and it is constantly being improved”, Dimitri Vasylev, XXI Century’s Corporate Communication Director stated.

This is the second year in a row that XXI Century’s website has taken the first position in the Ukrainian H&H Webranking. XXI Century increases 2007’s result by a massive +20.25 points (from last year’s 28 points). XXI Century is the only company out of top five companies from last year’s ranking that got into top five companies this year.

Robin Olenius, one of the researchers at Hallvarsson&Halvarsson  that has conducted the Ukrainian survey, comments: “XXI Century has made great improvements since last year and wins because they manage to produce a corporate website that is comparable with overall European standards. XXI Century gives a pleasant first impression when you visit the web-site. The company presents links to important and highly valued information, uses a clear and understandable navigation and contains very good contact information.”

H&H Webranking is Europe’s leading survey of corporate websites. It has been conducted annually since 1997. The corporate websites are ranked according to key criteria such as information availability, interactivity, use of multimedia tools and personalization.