* NUDITY
*PORNOGRAPHY
*GAMBLING
* HATRED
*ABUSE TO ANIMALS OR PEOPLE
*FOUL LANGUAGE
*ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES; SUCH AS:
*DRUG ABUSE
*CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
*UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(2) QUALIFICATIONS:
CONTENT
SITES WILL BE JUDGED PRIMARILY ON CONTENT.
SITES THAT REFLECT THE WEBMASTER'S INTERESTS CAN BE THE MOST INTERESTING, INFORMATIVE AND WILL HOLD A PERSON'S ATTENTION LONGER THAN A SITE THAT IS NOTHING MORE THAN BANNERS AND OR LINKS. IF BY THE SECOND PAGE MY INTEREST IS NOT PEAKED, THEN LIKE ANYONE ELSE, I WILL LEAVE. FOR THIS AWARDS PROGRAM INTERESTING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FLASHY GRAPHICS OR FANCY HTML CODING. THE FLASHY GRAPHICS AND FANCY CODING WILL NOT DISQUALIFY A SITE. IN THE END A SITE WHERE I MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING WILL PREVAIL.
DESIGN AND GRAPHICS
*GRAPHICS
CREATIVITY THROUGH THE USE OF GRAPHICS CAN BE A BIG HELP TO ANY WEB SITE IF THEY PERTAIN TO THE THEME OF SAID SITE. IF THE GRAPHICS ARE JUST THERE FOR "FLASH" AND HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SITE, THIS CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THE OVERALL CREATIVITY OF THE WEBMASTER. A NOTE ABOUT TO MANY GRAPHICS AND OR INTENSE GRAPHICS: GRAPHICS THAT ARE INTENSE OR TO MANY GRAPHICS CAN LENGTHEN THE LOAD TIME OF EACH PAGE. THE LONGER IT TAKES FOR A PAGE TO LOAD THE QUICKER YOU CAN LOSE A VISITOR.
ANY GRAPHICS THAT ARE NOT CREATED BY THE WEBMASTER OF THE SITE SHOULD HAVE A CREDIT GIVEN TO THE CREATOR.
DESIGN
THE DESIGN IS SIMPLY HOW YOU HAVE PUT YOUR WEB PAGES TOGETHER. EACH COMPONENT OF THE PAGE LENDS TO THE OVERALL IMPRESSION IT WILL HAVE ON ANY VISITOR. A POORLY DESIGNED SITE WILL LOSE VISITORS.
EASY NAVIGATION IS A MUST, THE VISITOR TO THE SITE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE INDEX PAGE EACH TIME THEY WANT TO ADVANCE PAGES. AS FAR AS THIS AWARD PROGRAM IS CONCERNED, OTHER THAN EASY NAVIGATION, EMPHASIS WILL STILL BE PLACED ON THE CONTENT.
NOTE:
THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS ON THIS PAGE ARE THAT SOLEY OF THE WEBMASTER.
ANY COMMENTS OR OPINIONS MADE ARE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARDS PROGRAM AND ARE IN NO WAY TO SUGGEST THAT A SITE WOULD OR COULD WIN AN AWARD FROM ANY OTHER AWARDS PROGRAM BASED ON THIS CRITERIA
